Readings for Tuesday, 13th August 2019 --- 7 Misra 1735
Vespers
Vespers Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 9 : 11,14
Chapter 9
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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people. |
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That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation. |
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Mark the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Mark 14 : 3 - 9
Chapter 14
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And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. |
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But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, "Why was this fragrant oil wasted? |
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For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her sharply. |
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But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. |
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For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but Me you do not have always. |
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She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial. |
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Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her." |
And Glory be to God forever.
Matins
Matins Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 102 : 19 - 21
Chapter 102
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For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the LORD viewed the earth, |
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death, |
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To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem, |
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Matins Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Mark the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Mark 12 : 41 - 44
Chapter 12
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Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. |
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Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. |
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So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; |
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for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood." |
And Glory be to God forever.
Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Romans .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Romans 1 : 1 - 17
Chapter 1
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Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God |
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which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, |
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concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, |
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and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. |
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Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, |
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among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; |
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To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. |
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For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, |
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making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you. |
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For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established-- |
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that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. |
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Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. |
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I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. |
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So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. |
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. |
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For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." |
The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. James .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
James 1 : 1 - 18
Chapter 1
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James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings. |
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My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, |
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. |
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But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. |
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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. |
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But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. |
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For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; |
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he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. |
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Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, |
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but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. |
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For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. |
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Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. |
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Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. |
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But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. |
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Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. |
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Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. |
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. |
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Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. |
Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 7 : 2 - 7
