Readings for Sunday 19 September 2027
8 Tut 1744
Second 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 7 : 10 - 11
| 10 | My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11 | God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. |
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 4 : 38 - 41
| 38 | Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. |
| 39 | So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. |
| 40 | When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. |
| 41 | And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ. |
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 8 : 1,4
| 1 | O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! |
| 4 | What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? |
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 : 35 - 39
| 35 | Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. |
| 36 | And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him. |
| 37 | When they found Him, they said to Him, "Everyone is looking for You." |
| 38 | But He said to them, "Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth." |
| 39 | And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons. |
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 Timothy.
May his blessings be with us. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:12-18 2 Timothy 2:1-10
| 12 | For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. |
| 13 | Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. |
| 14 | That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. |
| 15 | This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. |
| 16 | The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; |
| 17 | but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me. |
| 18 | The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day--and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus. |
| 1 | You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| 2 | And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. |
| 3 | You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. |
| 4 | No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. |
| 5 | And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. |
| 6 | The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. |
| 7 | Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. |
| 8 | Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, |
| 9 | for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. |
| 10 | Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. |
The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.
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Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. James . May his blessings be upon us. Amen.
James 2 : 5 - 13
| 5 | Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? |
| 6 | But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? |
| 7 | Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called? |
| 8 | If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; |
| 9 | but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. |
| 10 | For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. |
| 11 | For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. |
| 12 | So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. |
| 13 | For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. |
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 11 : 19 - 26
| 19 | Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. |
| 20 | But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. |
| 21 | And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. |
| 22 | Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. |
| 23 | When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. |
| 24 | For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. |
| 25 | Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. |
| 26 | And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. |
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 8 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 Eighth Day of the Blessed Month of Tut
Martyrdom of Zacharias the Prophet
On
this day St.Zacharias, the priest, was martyred by the hand of Herod the
King. When the Archangel Gabriel announced to to him the birth of John
his son, he did not believe his word and the angel made him dumb and not
able to speak until the child was born (Luke 1:18-22) He remained dumb
until the day of his birth, and when they named him, he asked for a writing
table and wrote that his name would be John. Then he spoke, and praised
God. (Luke 1:63-79) The Holy Gospel gave testimony concerning him, that
he and his wife were righteous, walking in the Law of God without blemish.
When our Lord Christ was
born, and the wise men came to worship Him, Herod was troubled and feared
for his kingdom. For this reason, he gave the order to slay all the children
of Bethlehem, from two years old and under, so he would kill the Lord Christ
among them. The angel of God appeared to Joseph in a dream saying, "Take
the child and flee to Egypt." St.Joseph took the child Jesus and St.Mary,
His mother, and went to Egypt as the angel of the Lord had told him.
But John's mother took him
and fled to the mountain where she dwelt, bringing him up for six years.
After her departure to Heaven, the child remained in the desert till the
day of his appearance to Israel (Luke 1:80) It was said that during the
slaughter of the children, Herod thought that John was the Christ. He sent
requesting him from his father Zacharias who said, "I do not know where
the child is." They threatened to kill him, but he did not heed. Herod
ordered his soldiers to slay him. It was also said that when Herod sought
John to slay him, Zacharias escaped with him to the sanctuary and put him
on the altar and when they caught up with him, he told the soldiers, "From
here I accepted him from the Lord," and thereupon the angel of God snatched
away the child, and took him to the desert Zifana. when they did not find
the child, they slew Zacharias between the temple and the altar. (Matthew
23:25)
Zacharias the priest, son
of Barachias, is not Zacharias the prophet who was one of the twelve minor
prophets. This prophet was not martyred but died and his body was found
without decay.
May His prayers be with us all. Amen.
Departure of Moses the Prophet
On this day also departed
the righteous Moses, the head of the prophets. He labored with the people
of God till death and delivered up himself for them. It was he who worked
miracles and wonders in Egypt and in the Red Sea, and who was not pleased
to be called the son of Pharoah's, who brought him up when his parents
left him on the banks of the river because they were afraid of Pharoah
who had commanded the slaughter of all male children of the Hebrews. When
the daughter of Pharoah found him by the river, she took him and reared
him as her own son. When he had completed his forty years, he saw an Egyptian
slay one of the Hebrews and straightaway he avenged the Hebrew and slew
the Egyptian. The next day he saw two of the Hebrews fighting and he attempted
to make peace between them. He who was in the wrong told him, "Do you want
to slay me as you did slay the Egyptian yesterday?" Because of this Moses
fled to the land of Midian where he married and begot two sons. (Exodus
2) When he was eighty years old, a fire appeared to him in a bush, but
the bush was not consumed. When he moved close to behold this great sight,
the Lord spoke to him from the bush and commanded him to bring out the
people of Israel from the land of Egypt.
God worked at his hands
the ten plagues upon the Egyptians, the first was the river which turned
into blood and the last was the slaughter of the first born of the Egyptians.
(Exodus 7-12) He brought the people out, and he divided the Red Sea and
made them pass through it, and then he brought back the water over their
enemies. He brought down for them "Mana" in the desert for forty years,
and he made the water flow from a rock, and in spite of that they grumbled
against him and many times they wanted to stone him. But he was long suffering
with them, and he prayed to God for them, and because he loved them greatly,
he said to God, "If Thou wilt not forgive this people their transgression,
then blot out my name from Thy book." (Exodus 32) The Book testified that
he spoke with God five hundred times as a man talks with his friend, and
he was called the mouthpiece of God. When Moses came down from Mt.Sinai,
after being with God, with the two tables of testimony in his hands, his
face was shining. The children of Israel were afraid to come near him,
so he put a veil on his face when he came near to talk to them.
When he was one-hundred
and twenty years old, God commanded him to commit the leadership of the
people to Joshua, the son of Nun, his disciple. (Deuteronomy 34:9) He called
him and commanded him with the commands of god and his Law, and informed
him that he was the one to bring the people into the Promised Land. After
Moses had made the Tabernacle of Witness and everything which was in it
as God had commanded him, he died in the mountain and was buried there,
and God hid his body so the children of Israel would not find it and worship
it because the Book testifies there never rose up a prophet in Israel as
Moses. When Satan wished to reveal the body, Michael the archangel rebuked
him, and prevented him from doing so as St.Jude testifies in his epistle
(Verse 9).
May His prayers be with us all. Amen.
Martyrdom of St.Dimides
On this day also was the
martyrdom of St.Dimides. He was from Dersheba of the chair of Dantu. He
loved the church, was kind to the poor and visited the sick. A luminous
amn appeared to him and commanded him to go to receive the crown of martyrdom
and promised him heavenly rewards. He rejoiced greatly and left his parents
and went forth from the city. He prayed to God to help him to endure the
torture for His Name's sake.
He came to the city of Attribis
and confessed the Lord Christ before the governor, who tortured himseverly.
Then he sent him to Lucianus, the governor of Alexandria. When he was on
the boat, the Lord Christ appeared to him, comforted him, encouraged him
and promised him everlasting happiness and his soul rejoiced. Lucianus
tortured him with different kinds of tortures, then gave the order to cut
off his head, and he received the crown of martyrdom. The people of his
city came and took away his body and paid great honors to it.
May his blessings and prayers 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 21 : 1 - 2
| 1 | The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD; And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! |
| 2 | You have given him his heart's desire, And have not withheld the request of his lips.Selah |
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 10 : 21 - 28
| 21 | In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. |
| 22 | All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." |
| 23 | Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; |
| 24 | for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it." |
| 25 | And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" |
| 26 | He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?" |
| 27 | So he answered and said, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and "your neighbor as yourself."' |
| 28 | And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live." |
Glory be to God forever.
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