Readings for Sunday 1 October 2023
20 Tut 1740
Third Sunday of Tut
Vespers Psalm & Gospel
From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.
Psalms 9 : 1 - 2
| 1 | I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. |
| 2 | I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. |
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint Mark the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
Mark 1 : 29 - 34
| 29 | Now as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. |
| 30 | But Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. |
| 31 | So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them. |
| 32 | At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. |
| 33 | And the whole city was gathered together at the door. |
| 34 | Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him. |
Glory be to God forever.
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Matins Psalm & Gospel
From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.
Psalms 9 : 10 - 11
| 10 | And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. |
| 11 | Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people. |
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint Matthew the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
Matthew 8 : 5 - 13
| 5 | Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, |
| 6 | saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented." |
| 7 | And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." |
| 8 | The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. |
| 9 | For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, "Go,' and he goes; and to another, "Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, "Do this,' and he does it." |
| 10 | When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! |
| 11 | And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. |
| 12 | But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." |
| 13 | Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you." And his servant was healed that same hour. |
Glory be to God forever.
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Divine Liturgy
Pauline 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 Corinthians.
May his blessings be with us. Amen.
1 Corinthians 2 : 1 - 16
| 1 | And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. |
| 2 | For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. |
| 3 | I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. |
| 4 | And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, |
| 5 | that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. |
| 6 | However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. |
| 7 | But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, |
| 8 | which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. |
| 9 | But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." |
| 10 | But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. |
| 11 | For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. |
| 12 | Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. |
| 13 | These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. |
| 14 | But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. |
| 15 | But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. |
| 16 | For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ. |
The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.
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Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. Peter . May his blessings be upon us. Amen.
1 Peter 1 : 13 - 21
| 13 | Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; |
| 14 | as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; |
| 15 | but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, |
| 16 | because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." |
| 17 | And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; |
| 18 | knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, |
| 19 | but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. |
| 20 | He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you |
| 21 | who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. |
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.
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Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us. Amen.
Acts 9 : 22 - 31
| 22 | But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ. |
| 23 | Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to kill him. |
| 24 | But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him. |
| 25 | Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket. |
| 26 | And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple. |
| 27 | But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. |
| 28 | So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out. |
| 29 | And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him. |
| 30 | When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus. |
| 31 | Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied. |
The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. Amen.
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Synaxarium
Day 20 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Tut.
May God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins are forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers. Amen.
The Twentieth Day of the Blessed Month of Tut
Departure of Pope Athanasius the Second,
the Twenty-Eighth Patriarch of the See of St.Mark
On
this day of the year 512 A.D., departed the righteous father St.Athanasius
the Second, the twenty-eighth patriarch of the See of St.Mark. This father
was the steward of the churches of Alexandria. When the saintly father
Abba Peter departed, the bishops and elders and the people agreed to ordain
him patriarch for what they had known about his orthodox faith and knowledge.
He was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and faith. When he became
patriarch, he shepherded the flock of the Lord Christ exceedingly well,
and he protected them from the snatching wolves with his teachings and
prayers. He sat on the episcopal throne for three years and nine months.
Then he departed in peace.
May His prayers be with us all. Amen.
Martyrdom of St.Malatini the Virgin
On
this day also is the commemoration of the martyrdom of St.Malatini the
Virgin.
May her prayers be with us all. Amen.
Departure of St.Theopesti
Also
today we commemorate the departure of St.Theopesti. She was married and
had a son. Her husband died while she was still young. She took it upon
herself to become a nun. She started to practice the spiritual life. She
persisted in fasting and continual prayers and worshipping day and night.
She went to the saintly father Abba Macarius, bishop of Nekios, she bowed
to him and took his blessings, then she asked him to pray on her and put
on her garb of monasticism. The bishop advised her to try herself for a
year and he promised her that would put on her the garb of monasticism
after that year.
She went to
her house and enclosed herself in a small room and closed its door, and
then made a small opening in it. Her son, who was then twelve years old,
was taking care of her needs. She embarked in strenous worships with asceticism
and devotion. The year elapsed, and the bishop had forgotten that he had
promised this saint that he would put on her the garb of monasticism. He
saw her in his sleep in a shining figure, telling him, "My father, how
did you forget me till now, and I am passing away tonight?" and he saw
as if he were awake. He prayed on her the prayer for ordaining monks, and
he did not find a Kalansowa (cover for the head), he took off his own and
put it on her head. Then he put on her the holy Eskeem. He asked his disciple
for another Kalansowa and put it on. She had a silver cross in her hand
which she gave to him saying, "Accept this from your disciple." And it
was said that when he awakened, he found the cross in his hand and he looked
attentively at the cross which was beautifully made. He was amazed and
glorified God.
Early in the morning he
went with his disciple to the house of this blessed woman. Her son received
him crying with tears. When he asked him why he was crying, he replied
saying, "My mother called me in the middle of the night and bid me farewell
and told me whatever the bishop tells you, do and do not break it. I will
depart this night to go to the Lord Christ. She prayed over me and advised
me saying, 'Keep all that I commanded you and do not go against the opinion
of our father, the bishop, and here now I am in your hands." The bishop
came to where the saint was lying and knocked on the door, but she did
not answer. He said this blessed saint had departed indeed, and he ordered
his disciple to open the door. When the bishop entered, he found she had
given up her soul. She had on her the Eskeem that he had put on her in
his vision and also the Kalansowa that he had on. His eyes were filled
with tears. He praised and glorified God who works out the satisfaction
of His saints. The bishop shrouded her as was the habit of the monks and
called the priests who carried her to the holy church and prayed over her
with great honor.
There was in the city a
paralytic infidel man, suffering from evil spirits. When he heard the chanting
of priests, he asked his people to carry him and take him where the body
of the saint was. When they brought him to the church, he drew near to
the holy body with faith and he was cured instantly. The devil came out
of him, and he became well straightaway. He and his people believed in
the Lord Christ and the bishop baptized them. And everyone who had a disease
or a deformity would come to the church and touch the holy body and would
be healed immediately. And when the governor heard about these wonders,
he and most of the city believed in the Lord Christ. He came to the church
and carried the body and buried it with honor.
May his prayers and blessings be with us all, and Glory be to God
forever. Amen.
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Divine Liturgy Psalm & Gospel
From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.
Psalms 18 : 46,49
| 46 | The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted. |
| 49 | Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name. |
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
Luke 19 : 1 - 10
| 1 | Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. |
| 2 | Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. |
| 3 | And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. |
| 4 | So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. |
| 5 | And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house." |
| 6 | So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. |
| 7 | But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner." |
| 8 | Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold." |
| 9 | And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; |
| 10 | for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." |
Glory be to God forever.
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