Bashans 26, 1749 AM <-> June 3 2033 <->The Readings for today

Friday 3 June 2033
26 Bashans 1749
Readings for Friday of sixth of of the Holy Fifty Days

Vespers Psalm & Gospel

From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.

Psalms 99 : 1 - 2

¹	The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved!

²	The LORD is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples.

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 8 : 34 - 9 : 1

³⁴	When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³⁵	For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.

³⁶	For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

³⁷	Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸	For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

¹	And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."

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 110 : 1 - 2

¹	The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."

²	The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

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 : 2 - 7

²	Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.

³	His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

⁴	And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵	Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"--

⁶	because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.

⁷	And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

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 11 : 2 - 16

²	Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

³	But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

⁴	Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

⁵	But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved.

⁶	For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

⁷	For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

⁸	For man is not from woman, but woman from man.

⁹	Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

¹⁰	For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

¹¹	Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord.

¹²	For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God.

¹³	Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

¹⁴	Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

¹⁵	But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

¹⁶	But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

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 5 : 14 - 21

¹⁴	Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

¹⁵	And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

¹⁶	If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

¹⁷	All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

¹⁸	We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

¹⁹	We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

²⁰	And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

²¹	Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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 22 : 6 - 10

⁶	"Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

⁷	And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

⁸	So I answered, "Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'

⁹	"And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.

¹⁰	So I said, "What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, "Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.'

The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. 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 69 : 32,33,30

³²	The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

³³	For the LORD hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.

³⁰	I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

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 14 : 26 - 31

²⁶	But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

²⁷	Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

²⁸	You have heard Me say to you, "I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, "I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.

²⁹	"And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.

³⁰	I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.

³¹	But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

Glory be to God forever.

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Not to be read in the Church during this time of the year.

Synaxarium

Day 26 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Bashans.
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 Twenty-Sixth Day of the Blessed Month of Bashans

Martyrdom of St.Thomas, the Apostle

On this day St. Thomas the apostle was martyred. He was born in Galilee, and the Lord chose him among the twelve disciples (Mathew 10:3). When the Lord wanted to go to raise Lazarus from the dead, Thomas said to the other disciples: " (John 11:16). He also asked the Lord at the supper: " (John 14:5-6). When the Lord Christ appeared to the disciples after the resurrection, and said to them "Receive the Holy Spirit", Thomas was absent. On his return, the disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." He said to them: " (John 20:19-29). After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost in the Upper room in Zion, the apostles dispersed everywhere to preach the Gospel, Thomas went to India. He worked there as a slave at one of the friends of the king, whose name was Lukios, who brought him to the king who inquired about his profession. Thomas said: "I am builder, carpenter and a physician. He preached in his master's palace, and Lukios' wife believed and all his household. The king asked him about his achievements, and he said: "The palaces that I built were the souls that have become the temples of the King of Glory; the carpentry that I did was the Gospel that removes the thorns of sin; and the medicines I practiced are the Holy Mysteries which heal the poison of the evil one. The king became angry and tortured him, and bound him among four poles, cut off his skin and rubbed his wounds with salt and lime. The apostle Thomas endured the pains. Lukios' wife saw him suffering, and she fell from the window and died. Lukios came to him and said: "If you raise my wife from the dead, I believe in your God." Thomas went to the room where the dead body was, and said: "Arsabona (Arsonia), rise up in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ." She rose instantly and bowed to the Saint. When her husband saw that, he believed and many more with him from the people of the city, and Thomas baptized them. Once the sea drove a huge tree to the shore that no one could lift it up. St. Thomas asked the king for permission to lift it up and to use its wood in building a church. He got the permission, he made the sign of the cross, and he raised it and later he built the church, to which he ordained a bishop and priests.

St. Thomas left and went to a city called "Kantoura" (Kontaria), where he found an old man weeping bitterly because the king killed his six children. The Saint prayed over them, and the Lord raised them up. The idol priests were angry, and wanted to stone him. The first raised a stone to throw it at him, and his hand was paralyzed. The Saint prayed over his hand, he was healed instantly, and all the idol priests believed in the Lord Christ. Then St. Thomas went to the city of "Parkenas" and other cities, where he preached in the Name of Jesus Christ. The king heard about him, and he put him in prison. When he found out that he was teaching the prisoners the way of God, he tortured him, and at last he cut his head off, and he received the crown of martyrdom. He was buried in "Melibar", then his body was relocated to El-Raha.

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

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