Baramhat 17, 1745 AM <-> March 26 2029 <->The Readings for today

Monday 26 March 2029
17 Baramhat 1745
Readings for Monday of of the Great Lent

Prophecy

From the Book of Proverbs , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen

Proverbs 10 : 1 - 16

¹	The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

²	Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.

³	The LORD will not allow the righteous soul to famish, But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

⁴	He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

⁵	He who gathers in summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

⁶	Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

⁷	The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

⁸	The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall.

⁹	He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.

¹⁰	He who winks with the eye causes trouble, But a prating fool will fall.

¹¹	The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

¹²	Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.

¹³	Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, But a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding.

¹⁴	Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

¹⁵	The rich man's wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶	The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.

Glory be to the Holy Trinity, our God, forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.

From the Book of Isaiah , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen

Isaiah 48 : 17 - 22

¹⁷	Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.

¹⁸	Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

¹⁹	Your descendants also would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand; His name would not have been cut off Nor destroyed from before Me."

²⁰	Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!"

²¹	And they did not thirst When He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow from the rock for them; He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.

²²	"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

Isaiah 49 : 1 - 4

¹	"Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

²	And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me."

³	"And He said to me, "You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.'

⁴	Then I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my work with my God."'

Glory be to the Holy Trinity, our God, forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.

From the Book of Job , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen

Job 38 : 1 - 36

¹	Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

²	"Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

³	Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

⁴	"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

⁵	Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

⁶	To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

⁷	When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸	"Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

⁹	When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band;

¹⁰	When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;

¹¹	When I said, "This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'

¹²	"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,

¹³	That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

¹⁴	It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment.

¹⁵	From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.

¹⁶	"Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?

¹⁷	Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

¹⁸	Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

¹⁹	"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,

²⁰	That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?

²¹	Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great?

²²	"Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,

²³	Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?

²⁴	By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

²⁵	"Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,

²⁶	To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;

²⁷	To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?

²⁸	Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹	From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?

³⁰	The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.

³¹	"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?

³²	Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?

³³	Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

³⁴	"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you?

³⁵	Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, "Here we are!'?

³⁶	Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

Glory be to the Holy Trinity, our God, forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.

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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 32 : 10 - 11

¹⁰	Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.

¹¹	Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

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 16 : 19 - 31

¹⁹	"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

²⁰	But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,

²¹	desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

²²	So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

²³	And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴	"Then he cried and said, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'

²⁵	But Abraham said, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

²⁶	And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.'

²⁷	"Then he said, "I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,

²⁸	for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

²⁹	Abraham said to him, "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

³⁰	And he said, "No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

³¹	But he said to him, "If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead."'

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 Romans.
May his blessings be with us. Amen.

Romans 14:10-23 Romans 15:1-2

¹⁰	But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

¹¹	For it is written: "As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God."

¹²	So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

¹³	Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.

¹⁴	I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

¹⁵	Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.

¹⁶	Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;

¹⁷	for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸	For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

¹⁹	Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

²⁰	Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

²¹	It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

²²	Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

²³	But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

¹	We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

²	Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

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 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 17 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Baramhat.
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 Seventeenth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramhat

Departure of Lazarus, the beloved of the Lord

On this day the righteous Lazarus, the beloved of the Lord Christ, departed. He was the brother of Martha and Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair. When Lazarus fell sick the sisters sent to the Lord Christ saying: "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was" to magnify the miracle. Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." The disciples told Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. "But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."

When the Lord came to Bethany which is nearby Jerusalem He stood before the tomb and said: "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and prayed then he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go." (John 11:1-45) That was to manifest the reality of his death, so no one would think that this was deception with previous arrangement, for that the miracle was magnified and many believed.

May The prayers of this righteous be with us. Amen.

Commemoration of the Saints George the Ascetic, Belasius the Martyr, and Anba Joseph the Bishop

On this day also the church celebrates the commemoration of the Saints George the ascetic, Belasius the martyr, and Anba Joseph the bishop.

May their prayers be with us. Amen.

Departure of St.Basilius, Bishop of Jerusalem

On this day also of the year 1615 A.M. (March 26th., 1899 A.D.) the great father Anba Basilius, Metropolitan of Jerusalem, departed. This father was born in the village of El-Dabah, Farshout county, the province of Quena, for righteous parents. They nursed him with the milk of righteousness since his young age, as they taught him reading and writing, so he grew on loving perfection and moral excellence. When he was twenty-five years old he went to the monastery of St. Antonios and put on the monastic garb in the year 1559 A.M. He persevered in worshipping and ascetism and because he was adorned with righteousness and piety they ordained him priest in the year 1565 A.M. and archpriest (Hegumen) in the year 1568 A.M., then they appointed him an Abott for the monastery. He managed the monastery well with gentleness, wisdom and meekness that made the blessed Anba Kyrellos IV to ordain him Metropolitan for Jerusalem and the parishes that were attached to him: El-Kaliobia, El-Sharkia, El-Dakahlia, El-Gharbia, Suez, Domiat, and Port-Said. He had shown prudence in managing the affairs of these parishes that made him the center of admiration and pride to the Copts. All his efforts were dedicated for the building of churches all over his parish, buying and renovating properties in Jaffa and Jerusalem. He was loved by all the people of Syria and Palestine, regardless of their religion or political persuasion, especially the rulers of Jerusalem, for his wise policy and straight morals. During his days a dispute aroused from the Ethiopians where they claimed their ownership for the monastery of El-Sultan in Jerusalem. Because of this father and his vigilance they could not establish an ownership for the monastery. He attended the enthronement of Pope Demetrius II, the hundred eleventh, and Pope Kyrellos V, the hundred twelfth. He spent his days in continuous effort for what was good for his people and departed in peace.

May his prayers be with us. Amen.

Martyrdom of St.Sedhom Bishay in Domiat

On this day also the church commemorates the martyrdom of Sedhom Bishay in Domiat on the 17th. of Baramhat year 1565 A.D. (March 25th., 1844 A.D.). He endured the torture for the Name of the Lord Christ and his martyrdom made the rising of the Cross during the Christian funeral processions openly, for it was forbidden before. This martyr was a clerical employee in the government of the port of Domiat during the days of Mohammed Ali Basha the Governor of Egypt. A revolt of mobs in the port arose, they seized Sidhom Bishay and accused him falsely that he cursed Islam and witnessed against him before the religious judge a low uncivilized person and a donkey driver. The judge decided either he would forsake his faith or be killed, he whipped him and then sent him to the Governor of the city. After the Governor had examined his case he issued the same judgement against him as the judge did. Sidhom was steadfast in his Christian faith, not caring to be killed. They whipped, dragged him on his face down the stairs in the Governor palace, then they put him on a buffalo facing the tail and went around with him in the streets of the city insulting and degrading him. The Christians in the city became afraid and locked themselves in their houses.

The mob continued to insult him and tortured him in different ways until he was about to deliver his soul; so they brought him to the door of his house and left him there. His family went out and brought him inside and five days later he departed to heaven. His departure was a great martyrdom, and the Christians counted him among the holy martyrs. They gathered regardless of their denomination and joined in his funeral in a celebration that there was nothing like it before. The Christians carried their arms and the priest put on their vestments headed by the Archpriest Yousef Michael who was the head of the Coptic congregation in Domiat and accompanied by the priests of the other denominations. They marched in his fu.eral in the streets of the city and in front of him the deacons carrying the banners of the Cross, and they arrived to the church where they prayed the funeral rites. The people went on objecting this reprehensible and painful incident and talking about the patience and endurance of the different kinds of torture in silence and the steadfastness of Sidhom the martyr. The prominent people of the Christian community in Domiat deliberated as how to avoid these incidents in the future. They decided to ask the consuls of the foreign countries to mediate with the ruler of the country and the Pope the Patriarch of the Copts and sent to them detailed reports. Mr Michail Sorour the official representative of seven countries in Domiat was in charge of this mediation. The ruler of Egypt was concerned about this incident and sent two official representatives to examine the case. So they reopened the inquiry and they realized the injustice and the ill-treatment that befell the great martyr and convicted the judge and the governor for their wrong doing, stripped them from their honor then exiled them. They asked, as a good will and to comfort the people, to allow the raising of the Cross publicly before the Christian funerals, and the ruler allowed that in Domiat. This was allowed later on all over the country during the Papacy of Pope Kyrellos IV.

May The blessings of this great martyr be with us 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 86 : 12 - 13

¹²	I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.

¹³	For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

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 John the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.

John 5 : 31 - 47

³¹	"If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.

³²	There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.

³³	You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

³⁴	Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.

³⁵	He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

³⁶	But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish--the very works that I do--bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

³⁷	And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.

³⁸	But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.

³⁹	You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

⁴⁰	But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

⁴¹	"I do not receive honor from men.

⁴²	But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

⁴³	I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

⁴⁴	How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?

⁴⁵	Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you trust.

⁴⁶	For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.

⁴⁷	But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

Glory be to God forever.

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