Readings for Sunday 5 October 2025
25 Tut 1742
Fourth 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 33 : 4 - 5
| 4 | For the word of the LORD is right, And all His work is done in truth. |
| 5 | He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. |
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 9 : 18 - 26
| 18 | While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live." |
| 19 | So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples. |
| 20 | And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. |
| 21 | For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well." |
| 22 | But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, "Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour. |
| 23 | When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing, |
| 24 | He said to them, "Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping." And they ridiculed Him. |
| 25 | But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. |
| 26 | And the report of this went out into all that land. |
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 33 : 20 - 21
| 20 | Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. |
| 21 | For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy 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 Matthew the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
Matthew 15 : 21 - 28
| 21 | Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. |
| 22 | And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." |
| 23 | But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us." |
| 24 | But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." |
| 25 | Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" |
| 26 | But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." |
| 27 | And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." |
| 28 | Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very 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.
2 Corinthians 1 : 1 - 14
| 1 | Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: |
| 2 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, |
| 4 | who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
| 5 | For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. |
| 6 | Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. |
| 7 | And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. |
| 8 | For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. |
| 9 | Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, |
| 10 | who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, |
| 11 | you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. |
| 12 | For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. |
| 13 | For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end |
| 14 | (as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus. |
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 : 8 - 12
| 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, |
| 12 | not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous. |
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 : 36 - 42
| 36 | At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. |
| 37 | But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. |
| 38 | And since Lydda was near Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them. |
| 39 | Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. |
| 40 | But Peter put them all out, and knelt down and prayed. And turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. |
| 41 | Then he gave her his hand and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive. |
| 42 | And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. |
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 25 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 Twenty-Fifth Day of the Blessed Month of Tut
Departure of Jonah the Great Prophet
On
this day departed the great prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai. It was said
that he was the son of the widon of Zarephatah whom Elijah the prophet
had raised from the dead. Jonah followed Elijah and served him and gained
the grace of prophesying. God, blessed and exalted, told him to go to the
city of Nineveh to admonish its people and to tell them that after forty
days the city shall be overthrown. Jonah pondered in his heart saying,
"If God wished to destroy them He would not warn them. I am afraid if I
go to them and preach this warning to them, they might repent and He would
not destroy them and I shall be a liar and no one will listen to me and
maybe I will get killed becuase I conveyed to them a false message from
God. I will arise and flee."
What did this prophet
think of ? How could anyone flee from the face of God ? By escaping, he
wanted to get away from the city of Nineveh because he did not want to
admonish them knowing that God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger
and repentent of the evil. He thought that by staying away from Nineveh
the Lord would send another prophet to preach to this city. The escape
of Jonah the prophet and his having been cast into the city are to make
manifest the miracle of his remaining in the belly of the whale for three
days and the coming out safely. It is a symbol of, and evidence for, the
resurrection of our Savior from the sepulchre, unchanged, after three days.
Jonah rose up to flee from the presence of the Lord and went down to Joppa;
he found a ship going to Tarshish and sailed on it. The Lord sent out a
great wind and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship
was about to be broken. The people were all afraid, and cried every man
to his god. They said everyone to his fellow, "Come and let us cast lots,
that we may know because of whom this evil has befallen us." And when they
had cast lots, it fell upon Jonah. They said to him, "What have you done
that brought such an affliction on us ?" He replied, "Cast me in the sea
and you shall be saved." They begged the Lord's pardon. Then they cast
him into the sea, and a great whale swallowed him. He remained in its belly
for three days and three nights and then he was cast out on the seashore.
He rose up straightaway and came into Nineveh. He preached to its people
and they all repented: The King, the nobles, and the poor, the old and
the young. They all cried to God with fasting and everyone turned from
their way, and the Lord accepted their repentance and had mercy upon them.
Then Jonah
rose up and returned to the land of Israel and died there. He was more
than 900 years before the advent of the Lord Christ. He prophesied in the
days of Amos and his son Hosea. He lived nearly 100 years, out of which
he prophesied more than 70 years.
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 28 : 8 - 9
| 8 | The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed. |
| 9 | Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever. |
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 7 : 36 - 50
| 36 | Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. |
| 37 | And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, |
| 38 | and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. |
| 39 | Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner." |
| 40 | And Jesus answered and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." So he said, "Teacher, say it." |
| 41 | "There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. |
| 42 | And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?" |
| 43 | Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have rightly judged." |
| 44 | Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. |
| 45 | You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. |
| 46 | You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. |
| 47 | Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." |
| 48 | Then He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." |
| 49 | And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" |
| 50 | Then He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." |
Glory be to God forever.
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