Readings for Thursday 5 September 2024
30 Misra 1740
Vespers Psalm & Gospel
From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.
Psalms 5 : 11 - 12
| 11 | But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. |
| 12 | For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. |
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 13 : 53 - 58
| 53 | Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. |
| 54 | When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? |
| 55 | Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? |
| 56 | And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?" |
| 57 | So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." |
| 58 | Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. |
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 101 : 8
| 8 | Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city 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 14 : 1 - 5
| 1 | At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus |
| 2 | and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him." |
| 3 | For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. |
| 4 | Because John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." |
| 5 | And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. |
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 Ephesians.
May his blessings be with us. Amen.
Ephesians 4 : 8 - 16
| 8 | Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men." |
| 9 | (Now this, "He ascended"--what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? |
| 10 | He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) |
| 11 | And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, |
| 12 | for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, |
| 13 | till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; |
| 14 | that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, |
| 15 | but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ-- |
| 16 | from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. |
The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.
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Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. Peter . May his blessings be upon us. Amen.
2 Peter 1:19-21 2 Peter 2:1-3
| 19 | And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; |
| 20 | knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, |
| 21 | for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. |
| 1 | But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. |
| 2 | And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. |
| 3 | By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. |
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 7 : 30 - 37
| 30 | "And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. |
| 31 | When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, |
| 32 | saying, "I am the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and dared not look. |
| 33 | "Then the LORD said to him, "Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. |
| 34 | I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt."' |
| 35 | "This Moses whom they rejected, saying, "Who made you a ruler and a judge?' is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. |
| 36 | He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. |
| 37 | "This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.' |
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 30 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Misra.
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 Thirtieth Day of the Blessed Month of Misra
Departure of St.Malachi, the Prophet
On this day, the great prophet, Malachi, one of the twelve
minor prophets, departed. He prophesied about the return of the people
from captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem. He rebuked the children of Israel
because of their transgression against God and His Law. He also admonished
them because of their vile offerings, and prophesied about the acceptance
of the Gentiles when he said, "For from the rising of the sun, even to
its going down, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place
incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; For My name shall
be great among the nations." (Malachi 1:11) He pointed out to them that
they did not give the tithes nor their first fruits, by saying, "'Bring
all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house,
and prove Me now in this,' says the LORD of hosts, 'If I will not open
for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there
will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for
your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall
the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,' says the LORD of hosts."
(Malachi 3:10-11)
He prophesied about the coming of St. John the baptizer
before the Lord, the Savior of the World, by saying, "'Behold, I send My
messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you
seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant,
in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,' says the LORD of hosts." (Malachi
3:1) He also prophesied about the coming of Elijah before the Lord at His
second coming, saying, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet before
the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he will turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children
to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." (Malachi
4:5-6) Having pleased God by his strife, and having completed his days
in peace, he departed to God Whom he loved.
May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our 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 50 : 23,14
| 23 | Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God." |
| 14 | Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High. |
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 14 : 16 - 24
| 16 | Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, |
| 17 | and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, "Come, for all things are now ready.' |
| 18 | But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, "I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.' |
| 19 | And another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.' |
| 20 | Still another said, "I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' |
| 21 | So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, "Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.' |
| 22 | And the servant said, "Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.' |
| 23 | Then the master said to the servant, "Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. |
| 24 | For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper."' |
Glory be to God forever.
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