Tuesday 29 March 2033
20 Baramhat 1749
Readings for Tuesday of of the Great Lent
Prophecy
From the Book of Numbers of Moses, may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Numbers 10 : 35 - 36
| 35 | So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: "Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You." |
| 36 | And when it rested, he said: "Return, O LORD, To the many thousands of Israel." |
Numbers 11 : 1 - 35
| 1 | Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. |
| 2 | Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched. |
| 3 | So he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them. |
| 4 | Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: "Who will give us meat to eat? |
| 5 | We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; |
| 6 | but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!" |
| 7 | Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. |
| 8 | The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil. |
| 9 | And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. |
| 10 | Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased. |
| 11 | So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me? |
| 12 | Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, "Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,' to the land which You swore to their fathers? |
| 13 | Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, "Give us meat, that we may eat.' |
| 14 | I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. |
| 15 | If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now--if I have found favor in Your sight--and do not let me see my wretchedness!" |
| 16 | So the LORD said to Moses: "Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. |
| 17 | Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. |
| 18 | Then you shall say to the people, "Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, "Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat. |
| 19 | You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, |
| 20 | but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, "Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?' |
| 21 | And Moses said, "The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, "I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.' |
| 22 | Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?" |
| 23 | And the LORD said to Moses, "Has the LORD's arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not." |
| 24 | So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle. |
| 25 | Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. |
| 26 | But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp. |
| 27 | And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." |
| 28 | So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, "Moses my lord, forbid them!" |
| 29 | Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!" |
| 30 | And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel. |
| 31 | Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day's journey on this side and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. |
| 32 | And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. |
| 33 | But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was aroused against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague. |
| 34 | So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving. |
| 35 | From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and camped at Hazeroth. |
Glory be to the Holy Trinity, our God, forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.
From the Book of Proverbs , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Proverbs 3 : 19 - 35
| 19 | The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens; |
| 20 | By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew. |
| 21 | My son, let them not depart from your eyes--Keep sound wisdom and discretion; |
| 22 | So they will be life to your soul And grace to your neck. |
| 23 | Then you will walk safely in your way, And your foot will not stumble. |
| 24 | When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. |
| 25 | Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; |
| 26 | For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught. |
| 27 | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so. |
| 28 | Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it," When you have it with you. |
| 29 | Do not devise evil against your neighbor, For he dwells by you for safety's sake. |
| 30 | Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. |
| 31 | Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways; |
| 32 | For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel is with the upright. |
| 33 | The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just. |
| 34 | Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble. |
| 35 | The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools. |
Proverbs 4 : 1 - 9
| 1 | Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding; |
| 2 | For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. |
| 3 | When I was my father's son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, |
| 4 | He also taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live. |
| 5 | Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. |
| 6 | Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you. |
| 7 | Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. |
| 8 | Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her. |
| 9 | She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you." |
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 40 : 1 - 8
| 1 | "Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God. |
| 2 | "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD's hand Double for all her sins." |
| 3 | The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. |
| 4 | Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; |
| 5 | The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." |
| 6 | The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. |
| 7 | The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. |
| 8 | The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." |
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 25 : 1 - 6
| 1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: |
| 2 | "Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places. |
| 3 | Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise? |
| 4 | How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman? |
| 5 | If even the moon does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight, |
| 6 | How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?" |
Job 26 : 1 - 14
| 1 | But Job answered and said: |
| 2 | "How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength? |
| 3 | How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many? |
| 4 | To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you? |
| 5 | "The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them. |
| 6 | Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering. |
| 7 | He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8 | He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it. |
| 9 | He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it. |
| 10 | He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness. |
| 11 | The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke. |
| 12 | He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm. |
| 13 | By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14 | Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?" |
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 86 : 5,6
| 5 | For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. |
| 6 | Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; And attend to the voice of my supplications. |
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 9 : 14 - 24
| 14 | And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. |
| 15 | Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. |
| 16 | And He asked the scribes, "What are you discussing with them?" |
| 17 | Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. |
| 18 | And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not." |
| 19 | He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me." |
| 20 | Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. |
| 21 | So He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. |
| 22 | And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." |
| 23 | Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." |
| 24 | Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!" |
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 Philippians.
May his blessings be with us. Amen.
Philippians 2 : 22 - 26
| 22 | But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. |
| 23 | Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. |
| 24 | But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly. |
| 25 | Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and the one who ministered to my need; |
| 26 | since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. |
The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.
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Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. John . May his blessings be upon us. Amen.
1 John 3 : 2 - 11
| 2 | Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. |
| 3 | And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. |
| 4 | Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. |
| 5 | And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. |
| 6 | Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. |
| 7 | Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. |
| 8 | He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. |
| 9 | Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. |
| 10 | In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. |
| 11 | For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, |
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 24 : 10 - 23
| 10 | Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: "Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself, |
| 11 | because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. |
| 12 | And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city. |
| 13 | Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. |
| 14 | But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. |
| 15 | I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. |
| 16 | This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. |
| 17 | "Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, |
| 18 | in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. |
| 19 | They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me. |
| 20 | Or else let those who are here themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council, |
| 21 | unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, "Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day."' |
| 22 | But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case." |
| 23 | So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and told him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him. |
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 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 Twentieth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramhat
Departure of the Saint Anba Khail (Mikhail)
the Fifty Sixth Pope of the See of St.Mark
On this day of the year 623 A.M. (March 16th.,
907 A.D.) the holy father Anba Khail (Mikhail), the fifty six Pope of Alexandria,
departed. He was enthroned Patriarch on the 30th. of Baramouda 5296 A.M.
(April 25th., year 880 A.D.). This father had nobel qualities, nevertheless
a great sorrow came upon him. Pope Cosma the Second, built a church on
the name of St. Ebtelmaos in the city of Danousher which was under the
jurisdiction of the bishop of Sakha. The people of Danousher desired to
invite the father the Patriarch Anba Mikhail and some of the neighboring
bishops to consecrate this church but the Bishop of Sakha was not pleased
with this idea. When they did against his wish and the father the Patriarch
along with the bishops came, this bishop refused to stay and he left the
church pretending that he was going to check on their meal. When the Bishop
did not come back, and the time to start the service had passed, the bishops
and the elders asked the father the Patriarch to begin the service. Having
urged the Patriarch and pointed out that he was the father of them all
and having authority over them, with difficulty he rose up and prayed the
prayer of thanks giving and the offering of the Lamb. When the Bishop heard
of this, and for his wickedness and his love for the glory of the world,
he became enraged with the excuse that the Patriarch had violated the cannons
of the church and celebrated the divine Liturgy in a parish without the
permission of its bishop. He returned to the church in hast and Satan entered
his heart, he transgressed against the holy and pure altar and the offering
that was on it, then left the church full of wrath. The father the Patriarch
completed the Divine Liturgy with calmness and maturity. On the following
day the Patriarch held a council from the bishops who were with him, the
priests, and the scholars and they excommunicated this bishop and appointed
another in his stead. That Bishop became furious, Satan entered his heart
and he went to the Governor of Egypt Ahmad Ebn-Tolon and told him: "The
Patriarch is very wealthy, and his churches are filled with vessels, in
gold and silver."
This Governor was preparing to go to war and needed
funds to finance these preparations. He called the Patriarch and demanded
the church funds and its vessels, but the Patriarch refused. He shut him
up in prison with a deacon whose name was Ebn El-Monzer for a year during
which the Pope ate only bread, salt, and boiled beans. John and Moses,
two scribes of the Governor, agreed with the scribes of the Governor's
minister John and his son Macarius to free the father the Patriarch and
they asked for the minister's help who agreed to their request. He interceded
on their behalf before the Governor Ebn-Tolon who agreed on a condition
that the Patriarch pay him 20 thousand Dinar. The Patriarch wrote a promissory
note to pay the amount on two installments: the first after one month and
the second after four month and this way he was able to leave the prison.
When the time came to pay the first instalment those scribes paid two thousand
dinar, the minister contributed one thousand and Anba Michail paid seven
thousands, he collected from the bishops and the believers. The pope was
compelled to travel to collect the sum required for the second instalment.
When he was at the city of Belbays, a monk with ragged cloth passed by
the Pope's disciples and told them: "Go and tell your teacher that the
lord will relieve him from his fine after forty days." When the father
heard that he sent for that monk but they could not find him. Before that
period had passed Ebn-Tolon died and his son Khamarawaih, who forgave the
Patriarch of his debt, took his place year 875 A.M. He called the Patriarch,
comforted him and then tore up the promissory note as the monk had prophesied.
The wicked Bishop that caused all these troubles for the holy father Anba
Mikhail, the wrath of God came upon him in his life and his death to be
an example for others. This father spent twenty seven years on the chair
of St. Mark, then departed in peace.
May His prayers be with us. Amen.
Raising of Lazarus from the dead
On this day also the Lord
raised the righteous lazarus from the dead and many people believed because
of this great miracle.
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 : 17 - 17
| 17 | Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. |
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 8 : 12 - 20
| 12 | Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." |
| 13 | The Pharisees therefore said to Him, "You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true." |
| 14 | Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going. |
| 15 | You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. |
| 16 | And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. |
| 17 | It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. |
| 18 | I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me." |
| 19 | Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also." |
| 20 | These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come. |
Glory be to God forever.
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