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DAILY VERSE

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. —1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

—1 Corinthians 12:27

What part of the Body are you? What's your function, your purpose? How are you blessing others in the Body of Christ? Who is someone in the Body who does a great deal of service to others who needs your encouragement and praise? Who is someone who feels neglected and lonely who needs your love to be shown to him or her?

DAILY SYNEXARIUM

19 Kiahk 1741

Day 19 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Kiahk, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins after forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers.
Amen.

The Nineteenth Day of the Blessed Month of Kiahk

Departure of St.John, Bishop of El-Borollos Who Gathered the Biographies of the Saints

On this day St. John, Bishop of El-Borollos, departed. He came from a wealthy family and from priestly ancestors. His parents were charitable and gave generously to the poor. When they died, St. John took the money they left and built a hostel for strangers. He gathered the sick, served them himself, and offered them what they needed. Once a monk visited him and saw his good deeds, he praised him and praised monasticism in his presence, showing him its honor. The saint was attracted to the monastic life and he had a deep love in his heart for it. After the monk departed, the saint distributed his wealth among the poor and went into the wilderness of "Shiheet" (Scetis). He became a monk under the guidance of St. Daniel the archpriest of the wilderness. St. John was known for his zeal for worship and for his great asceticism. He lived alone in a secluded building. Satan and his soldiers envied his good deeds, and they gathered against him and painfully beat him. He was sick for so many days, after which the Lord Christ healed him. He regained his strength and overcame the devil. God then called him to become a bishop of Borollos. At this time, there were some heresies and he made a great effort to eradicate them, and converted the heretics to the Orthodox Faith. Also in his time, a monk from upper Egypt claimed that he could reveal certain things which were imparted to him by the Archangel Michael, and he misled many by his deception. St. John saw that the monk's deeds were from the devil. He commanded that the monk be beaten until he confessed his sins and he drove him out of the country. Another claimed that Habakkuk, the prophet, appeared and revealed hidden things to him and, as a result, he was followed by many. St. John drove him out of the country, after he had exposed his deception. He also put an end to the use of several bad books. Every time this saint went up to the sanctuary (Hekal) to serve the divine liturgy, his face and all his body were flushed red, as though he came out of a fiery furnace, and his tears poured heavily on his cheeks, for he was beholding the heavenly hosts on the altar. Three times when he placed his finger in the chalice to make the sign of the Cross during the fraction prayer, he found that the cup was as hot as fire. Furthermore, in his days, some infidels were partaking of the Holy Mysteries without having fasted. The saint rebuked them, but since they did not hearken to him, he excommunicated them and forbade them from the fellowship of the church. When they disobeyed his order, he entreated God, so fire came down from heaven, and the fire burned their leader. Fear fell upon the rest and they repented. When the Lord wanted to repose him from the toil of this world, He sent to him St. Antony and St. Macarius to tell him of the day of his departure. He called his people and commended them then departed in peace.

May His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.

DAILY KATEMAROS

Kiahk 19th Annual Katameros Readings 1741

Vespers

Vespers Psalm

From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.

Psalms 89 : 19 - 21

Chapter 89

19	Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20	I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

21	With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.

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 Matthew the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.

Matthew 10 : 34 - 42

Chapter 10

34	"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

35	For I have come to "set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law';

36	and "a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'

37	He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

38	And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

39	He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

40	"He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

41	He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

42	And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward."

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 132 : 9,10,17,18

Chapter 132

9	Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.

10	For Your servant David's sake, Do not turn away the face of Your Anointed.

17	There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed.

18	His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish."

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 Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.

Luke 6 : 17 - 23

Chapter 6

17	And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases,

18	as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed.

19	And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.

20	Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.

21	Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.

22	Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake.

23	Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.

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 Hebrews .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.

Hebrews 7 : 18 - 8 : 13

Chapter 7

18	For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,

19	for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

20	And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath

21	(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: "The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek"'),

22	by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

23	Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.

24	But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

25	Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

26	For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

27	who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

28	For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

Chapter 8

1	Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2	a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

3	For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.

4	For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

5	who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

6	But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

7	For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

8	Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--

9	not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD.

10	For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

11	None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, "Know the LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

12	For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."

13	In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.

Catholic Epistle

A Reading from Epistle 3 of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.

3 John 1 : 1 - 15

Chapter 1

1	The Elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth:

2	Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

3	For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.

4	I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

5	Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers,

6	who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,

7	because they went forth for His name's sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

8	We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

9	I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.

10	Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to, putting them out of the church.

11	Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.

12	Demetrius has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.

13	I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink;

14	but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

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 15 : 36 - 16 : 5

Chapter 15

36	Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing."

37	Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.

38	But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

39	Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;

40	but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.

41	And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Chapter 16

1	Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek.

2	He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.

3	Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

4	And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

5	So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.

Divine Psalm

Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet, and the Good King.
May his blessings be with us all.

Psalms 99 : 6 - 7

Chapter 99

6	Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called upon His name; They called upon the LORD, and He answered them.

7	He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; They kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them.

Hallelujah.

Divine Gospel

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.

John 16 : 20 - 33

Chapter 16

20	Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

21	A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

22	Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

23	"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

24	Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

25	"These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

26	In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

27	for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

28	I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father."

29	His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!

30	Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from God."

31	Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

32	Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33	These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

And Glory be to God forever.

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