Readings for Saturday 7 September 2024
2 Nasie 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 19 : 3 - 4
| 3 | There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard. |
| 4 | Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun, |
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 4 : 38 - 41
| 38 | Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. |
| 39 | So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. |
| 40 | When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. |
| 41 | And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ. |
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 : 4,5,7
| 4 | The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek." |
| 5 | The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. |
| 7 | He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head. |
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 5 : 18 - 26
| 18 | Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. |
| 19 | And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus. |
| 20 | When He saw their faith, He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." |
| 21 | And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" |
| 22 | But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts? |
| 23 | Which is easier, to say, "Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, "Rise up and walk'? |
| 24 | But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--He said to the man who was paralyzed, "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." |
| 25 | Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. |
| 26 | And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today!" |
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 3:12-18 2 Corinthians 4:1-4
| 12 | Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech-- |
| 13 | unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. |
| 14 | But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. |
| 15 | But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. |
| 16 | Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. |
| 17 | Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. |
| 18 | But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. |
| 1 | Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. |
| 2 | But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. |
| 3 | But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, |
| 4 | whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. |
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 : 1 - 11
| 1 | Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. |
| 2 | By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. |
| 3 | For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. |
| 4 | For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. |
| 5 | Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| 6 | This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. |
| 7 | For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. |
| 8 | And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. |
| 9 | If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. |
| 10 | He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. |
| 11 | And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
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 14 : 1 - 8
| 1 | Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. |
| 2 | But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren. |
| 3 | Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. |
| 4 | But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles. |
| 5 | And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them, |
| 6 | they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region. |
| 7 | And they were preaching the gospel there. |
| 8 | And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked. |
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 2 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Nasie.
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 Second Day of the Blessed Month of Nasie
Departure of St.Titus, the Apostle
On this day, St. Titus, the Apostle, departed.
He was born in Crete, and he was the nephew of the governor of the island.
He learned the Greek language, its literature and wisdom, and he excelled
in it. He was meek and merciful. When the news of our Lord Jesus Christ
spread in all the land of Palestine and Syria, the governor of Crete, the
uncle of this saint, wanted to confirm what he had heard about the magnificent
signs, and eminent teachings of Christ. He sent Titus to verify that and
to bring him accurate information. When Titus arrived in the land of Judah,
he saw the signs and heard the Divine words of the Lord Christ. He compared
the words and miracles of our Lord to the words and deeds of the Greeks,
and he found a great and clear difference between them. So he believed
in the Lord Christ, and sent to his uncle telling him all that he had seen
and heard. When the Lord chose the seventy apostles, Titus was one of them.
After the ascension of our Lord Christ, Titus received the grace of the
Holy Spirit along with the disciples. He accompanied the apostle Paul to
many countries. When St. Paul went to Rome, St. Titus returned to Crete.
He built a church there, and ordained for it priests and deacons. Having
finished his apostolic strife, St. Titus departed in peace.
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 105:1 Psalms 68:11
| 1 | Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! |
| 11 | The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it: |
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 6 : 12 - 23
| 12 | Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. |
| 13 | And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: |
| 14 | Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; |
| 15 | Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot; |
| 16 | Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor. |
| 17 | And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, |
| 18 | as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. |
| 19 | And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all. |
| 20 | Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. |
| 21 | Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh. |
| 22 | Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake. |
| 23 | Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets. |
Glory be to God forever.
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