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SUMMARY:1st of Subara/Advent
DESCRIPTION:Genesis 17: 1-22 \nWhen Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lordappeared to Abram\, and said to him\, “I am God Almighty; walk before me\, and be blameless. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you\, and will multiply you exceedingly.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him\, 4 “Behold\, my covenant is with you\, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be Abram\, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you\, and kings shall come forth from you. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant\, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you\, and to your descendants after you\, the land of your sojournings\, all the land of Canaan\, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” 9 And God said to Abraham\, “As for you\, you shall keep my covenant\, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant\, which you shall keep\, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins\, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations\, whether born in your house\, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring\, 13 both he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money\, shall be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” 15 And God said to Abraham\, “As for Sarai your wife\, you shall not call her name Sarai\, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 I will bless her\, and moreover I will give you a son by her; I will bless her\, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed\, and said to himself\, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah\, who is ninety years old\, bear a child?” 18 And Abraham said to God\, “O that Ishmael might live in your sight!” 19 God said\, “No\, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son\, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 As for Ishmael\, I have heard you; behold\, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes\, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac\, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.” 22 When he had finished talking with him\, God went up from Abraham. \n  \nIsaiah 42:18-25 \n18 Hear\, you deaf; \nand look\, you blind\, that you may see! \n19 Who is blind but my servant\, \nor deaf as my messenger whom I send? \nWho is blind as my dedicated one\, \nor blind as the servant of the Lord? \n20 He sees many things\, but does not observe them; \nhis ears are open\, but he does not hear. \n21 The Lord was pleased\, for his righteousness’ sake\, \nto magnify his law and make it glorious. \n22 But this is a people robbed and plundered\, \nthey are all of them trapped in holes \nand hidden in prisons; \nthey have become a prey with none to rescue\, \na spoil with none to say\, “Restore!” \n23 Who among you will give ear to this\, \nwill attend and listen for the time to come? \n24 Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler\, \nand Israel to the robbers? \nWas it not the Lord\, against whom we have sinned\, \nin whose ways they would not walk\, \nand whose law they would not obey? \n25 So he poured upon him the heat of his anger \nand the might of battle; \nit set him on fire round about\, but he did not understand; \nit burned him\, but he did not take it to heart. \n  \n  \nEphesians 5:21-33 \nThe Christian Household \nBe subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives\, be subject to your husbands\, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the Church\, his body\, and is himself its Savior. 24 As the Church is subject to Christ\, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. 25 Husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her\, 26 that he might sanctify her\, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word\, 27 that he might present the Church to himself in splendor\, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing\, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no man ever hates his own flesh\, but nourishes and cherishes it\, as Christ does the Church\, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery\, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church; 33 however\, let each one of you love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. \nChildren and Parents \n6 Children\, obey your parents in the Lord\, for this is right. 2Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise)\, 3 that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” 4 Fathers\, do not provoke your children to anger\, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. \nSlaves and Masters \n5 Slaves\, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters\, with fear and trembling\, in singleness of heart\, as to Christ; 6 not in the way of eye-service\, as men-pleasers\, but as servants of Christ\, doing the will of God from the heart\, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men\, 8 knowing that whatever good any one does\, he will receive the same again from the Lord\, whether he is a slave or free. 9 Masters\, do the same to them\, and forbear threatening\, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven\, and that there is no partiality with him. \n  \nLuke 1:1-25 \nInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us\, 2 just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word\, 3 it seemed good to me also\, having followed all things closely for some time past\, to write an orderly account for you\, most excellent Theophilus\, 4 that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed. \nThe Birth of John the Baptist Foretold \n5 In the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest named Zechariah\, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. 7 But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were advanced in years. 8 Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty\, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him\, “Do not be afraid\, Zechariah\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John.14 And you will have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth; 15 for he will be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\,even from his mother’s womb. 16 And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, 17and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, o turn the hearts of the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” 18 And Zechariah said to the angel\, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years.” 19 And the angel answered him\, “I am Gabriel\, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. 20 And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled in their time.” 21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. 22 And when he came out\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them and remained mute. 23 And when his time of service was ended\, he went to his home. 24 After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, 25  “Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men.”
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SUMMARY:Memorial of Mar Jacob\, the Maimed - November 27
DESCRIPTION:All readings taken from the Memorial of St. George \nDaniel 6:6-24 \n6 Then these presidents and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him\, “O King Darius\, live for ever! 7 All the presidents of the kingdom\, the prefects and the satraps\, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an interdict\, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days\, except to you\, O king\, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now\, O king\, establish the interdict and sign the document\, so that it cannot be changed\, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians\, which cannot be revoked.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict. \nDaniel in the Den of Lions \n10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed\, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem; and he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God\, as he had done previously. 11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near and said before the king\, concerning the interdict\, “O king! Did you not sign an interdict\, that any man who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you\, O king\, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered\, “The thing stands fast\, according to the law of the Medes and Persians\, which cannot be revoked.” 13 Then they answered before the king\, “That Daniel\, who is one of the exiles from Judah\, pays no heed to you\, O king\, or the interdict you have signed\, but makes his petition three times a day.” \n14 Then the king\, when he heard these words\, was much distressed\, and set his mind to deliver Daniel; and he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. 15 Then these men came by agreement to the king\, and said to the king\, “Know\, O king\, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no interdict or ordinance which the king establishes can be changed.” \n16 Then the king commanded\, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel\, “May your God\, whom you serve continually\, deliver you!” 17 And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den\, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords\, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace\, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him\, and sleep fled from him. \nGod Saves Daniel from the Lions \n19 Then\, at break of day\, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 When he came near to the den where Daniel was\, he cried out in a tone of anguish and said to Daniel\, “O Daniel\, servant of the living God\, has your God\, whom you serve continually\, been able to deliver you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel said to the king\, “O king\, live for ever! 22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths\, and they have not hurt me\, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you\, O king\, I have done no wrong.” 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad\, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den\, and no kind of hurt was found upon him\, because he had trusted in his God. 24 And the king commanded\, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they\, their children\, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 12:1-23 \nJames Killed and Peter Imprisoned by Herod \n12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the Church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5 So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church. \nAn Angel Rescues Peter from Prison \n6 The very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; 7 and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8 And the angel said to him\, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him\, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9 And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. 11 And Peter came to himself\, and said\, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” \n12 When he realized this\, he went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter’s voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her\, “You are mad.” But she insisted that it was so. They said\, “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said\, “Tell this to James and to the brethren.” Then he departed and went to another place. \n18 Now when day came\, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 And when Herod had sought for him and could not find him\, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea\, and remained there. \nThe Death of Herod \n20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body\, and having persuaded Blastus\, the king’s chamberlain\, they asked for peace\, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes\, took his seat upon the throne\, and made an oration to them. 22 And the people shouted\, “The voice of a god\, and not of man!” 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him\, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died. \n  \n2Corinthians 12:1-14 \nPaul’s Visions and Revelations \n12 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows—4 and he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter. 5 On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. 6 Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. 8 Three times I begged the Lord about this\, that it should leave me; 9 but he said to me\, “My grace is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 or the sake of Christ\, then\, I am content with weaknesses\, insults\, hardships\, persecutions\, and calamities; for when I am weak\, then I am strong. \nPaul’s Concern for the Corinthian Church \n11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it\, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am not at all inferior to these superlative apostles\, even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience\, with signs and wonders and mighty works. 13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches\, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong! \n14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents\, but parents for their children. \n  \nMatthew 10:37-42\, 16:24-27\, 19:27-30 \nTaking Up One’s Cross \n37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. \nThe Cross and Self-Denial \n24 Then Jesus told his disciples\, “If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it\, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? 27 For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father\, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. \n27 Then Peter said in reply\, “Behold\, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?” 28 Jesus said to them\, “Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, for my name’s sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life. 30But many that are first will be last\, and the last first.
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SUMMARY:4th Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church
DESCRIPTION:1Kings 6:1-19 \n6 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt\, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel\, in the month of Ziv\, which is the second month\, he began to build the house of the Lord. 2 The house which King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long\, twenty cubits wide\, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long\, equal to the width of the house\, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. 4 And he made for the house windows with recessed frames. 5 He also built a structure against the wall of the house\, running round the walls of the house\, both the nave and the inner sanctuary; and he made side chambers all around. 6 The lowest story was five cubits broad\, the middle one was six cubits broad\, and the third was seven cubits broad; for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house. \n7 When the house was built\, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple\, while it was being built. \n8 The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house; and one went up by stairs to the middle story\, and from the middle story to the third. 9 So he built the house\, and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10 He built the structure against the whole house\, each story five cubits high\, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar. \n11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon\, 12 “Concerning this house which you are building\, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments and walk in them\, then I will establish my word with you\, which I spoke to David your father. 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel\, and will not forsake my people Israel.” \n14 So Solomon built the house\, and finished it. 15 He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling\, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 16 He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters\, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary\, as the most holy place. 17 The house\, that is\, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary\, was forty cubits long. 18 The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar\, no stone was seen. 19 The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house\, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. \nEzekiel 43:1-7\, 44:1-5 \n43 Afterward he brought me to the gate\, the gate facing east. 2 And behold\, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with his glory. 3 And the vision I saw was like the vision which I had seen when he came to destroy the city\, and like the vision which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4 As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east\, 5 the Spirit lifted me up\, and brought me into the inner court; and behold\, the glory of the Lord filled the temple. \n6 While the man was standing beside me\, I heard one speaking to me out of the temple; 7 and he said to me\, “Son of man\, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet\, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name\, neither they\, nor their kings\, by their harlotry\, and by the dead bodies of their kings. \nThe Closed Gate \n44 Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary\, which faces east; and it was shut. 2 And he said to me\, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened\, and no one shall enter by it; for the Lord\, the God of Israel\, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut. 3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate\, and shall go out by the same way.” \nThose Admitted to the Temple \n4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; and I looked\, and behold\, the glory of the Lordfilled the temple of the Lord; and I fell upon my face. 5 And the Lord said to me\, “Son of man\, mark well\, see with your eyes\, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the ordinances of the temple of the Lord and all its laws; and mark well those who may be admitted to the temple and all those who are to be excluded from the sanctuary. \nHebrews 9:16-28 \n16 For where a will is involved\, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For a will takes effect only at death\, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Hence even the first covenant was not ratified without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people\, he took the blood of calves and goats\, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop\, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people\, 20 saying\, “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed\, under the law almost everything is purified with blood\, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. \nChrist’s Sacrifice Takes Away Sin \n23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites\, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered\, not into a sanctuary made with hands\, a copy of the true one\, but into heaven itself\, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly\, as the high priest enters the Holy Place yearly with blood not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is\, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as it is appointed for men to die once\, and after that comes judgment\, 28 so Christ\, having been offered once to bear the sins of many\, will appear a second time\, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. \nMatthew 22:41-23:22 \nA Question about the Christ \n41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, 42 saying\, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him\, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them\, “How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, \n44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord\, \nSit at my right hand\, \ntill I put your enemies under your feet’? \n45 If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?” 46 And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions. \nJesus Denounces the Hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees \n23 Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples\, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 so practice and observe whatever they tell you\, but not what they do; for they preach\, but do not practice. 4 They bind heavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long\, 6 and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues\, 7 and salutations in the market places\, and being called rabbi by men. 8 But you are not to be called rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, and you are all brethren. 9 And call no man your father on earth\, for you have one Father\, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called masters\, for you have one master\, the Christ. 11 He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; 12 whoever exalts himself will be humbled\, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. \n13“But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. 15 Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. \n16 “Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, ‘If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say\, ‘If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it; 21 and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; 22 and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church
DESCRIPTION:Numbers 7:1-10; 9:15-18 \nOfferings of the Leaders \n7 On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle\, and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings\, and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils\, 2 the leaders of Israel\, heads of their fathers’ houses\, the leaders of the tribes\, who were over those who were numbered\, 3 offered and brought their offerings before the Lord\, six covered wagons and twelve oxen\, a wagon for every two of the leaders\, and for each one an ox; they offered them before the tabernacle. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses\, 5 “Accept these from them\, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting\, and give them to the Levites\, to each man according to his service.” 6 So Moses took the wagons and the oxen\, and gave them to the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon\, according to their service; 8 and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari\, according to their service\, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none\, because they were charged with the care of the holy things which had to be carried on the shoulder. 10 And the leaders offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the leaders offered their offering before the altar. \nThe Cloud and the Fire \n15 On the day that the tabernacle was set up\, the cloud covered the tabernacle\, the tent of the covenant; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. 16 So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day\, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tent\, after that the sons of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down\, there the sons of Israel encamped. 18 At the command of the Lord the sons of Israel set out\, and at the command of the Lord they encamped; as long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle\, they remained in camp. \n  \nIsaiah 54:1-15 \nMercy and Comfort Offered \n54 “Sing\, O barren one\, who did not bear; \nbreak forth into singing and cry aloud\, \nyou who have not had labor pains! \nFor the children of the desolate one will be more \nthan the children of her that is married\, says the Lord. \n2 Enlarge the place of your tent\, \nand let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; \nhold not back\, lengthen your cords \nand strengthen your stakes. \n3 For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left\, \nand your descendants will possess the nations \nand will people the desolate cities. \n4 “Fear not\, for you will not be ashamed; \nbe not confounded\, for you will not be put to shame; \nfor you will forget the shame of your youth\, \nand the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. \n5 For your Maker is your husband\, \nthe Lord of hosts is his name; \nand the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer\, \nthe God of the whole earth he is called. \n6 For the Lord has called you \nlike a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit\, \nlike a wife of youth when she is cast off\, \nsays your God. \n7 For a brief moment I forsook you\, \nbut with great compassion I will gather you. \n8 In overflowing wrath for a moment \nI hid my face from you\, \nbut with everlasting mercy I will have compassion on you\, \nsays the Lord\, your Redeemer. \n9 “For this is like the days of Noah to me: \nas I swore that the waters of Noah \nshould no more go over the earth\, \nso I have sworn that I will not be angry with you \nand will not rebuke you. \n10 For the mountains may depart \nand the hills be removed\, \nbut my mercy shall not depart from you\, \nand my covenant of peace shall not be removed\, \nsays the Lord\, who has compassion on you. \n11 “O afflicted one\, storm-tossed\, and not comforted\, \nbehold\, I will set your stones in antimony\, \nand lay your foundations with sapphires. \n12 I will make your pinnacles of agate\, \nyour gates of carbuncles\, \nand all your wall of precious stones. \n13 All your sons shall be taught by the Lord\, \nand great shall be the prosperity of your sons. \n14 In righteousness you shall be established; \nyou shall be far from oppression\, for you shall not fear; \nand from terror\, for it shall not come near you. \n15 If any one stirs up strife\, \nit is not from me; \nwhoever stirs up strife with you \nshall fall because of you. \n  \nHebrews 9:5-15 \n5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. \n6 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties; 7 but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people. 8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the sanctuary is not yet opened as long as the outer tent is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement\, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper\, 10 but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms\, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. \n11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh\, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant\, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance\, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant. \n  \nJohn 2:12-22 \n12 After this he went down to Capernaum\, with his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days. \nThe Cleansing of the Temple \n13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changers at their business. 15 And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with the sheep and oxen\, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons\, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written\, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then said to him\, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?” 19 Jesus answered them\, “Destroy this temple\, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said\, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple\, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead\, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church
DESCRIPTION:Exodus 39:32-40:16 \nThe Work Finished \n32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished; and the sons of Israel had done according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so had they done. 33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses\, the tent and all its utensils\, its hooks\, its frames\, its bars\, its pillars\, and its bases; 34 the covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins\, and the veil of the screen; 35 the ark of the covenant with its poles and the mercy seat; 36 the table with all its utensils\, and the bread of the Presence; 37 the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils\, and the oil for the light; 38 the golden altar\, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense\, and the screen for the door of the tent; 39 the bronze altar\, and its grating of bronze\, its poles\, and all its utensils; the laver and its base; 40 the hangings of the court\, its pillars\, and its bases\, and the screen for the gate of the court\, its cords\, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle\, for the tent of meeting; 41 the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place\, the holy garments for Aaron the priest\, and the garments of his sons to serve as priests. 42 According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses\, so the sons of Israel had done all the work. 43 And Moses saw all the work\, and behold\, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded\, so had they done it. And Moses blessed them. \nErection of the Tabernacle \n40 The Lord said to Moses\, 2 “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 And you shall put in it the ark of the covenant\, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. 4 And you shall bring in the table\, and set its arrangements in order; and you shall bring in the lampstand\, and set up its lamps. 5 And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant\, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6 You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting\, 7 and place the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar\, and put water in it. 8 And you shall set up the court round about\, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court. 9 Then you shall take the anointing oil\, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it\, and consecrate it and all its furniture; and it shall become holy. 10 You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils\, and consecrate the altar; and the altar shall be most holy. 11 You shall also anoint the laver and its base\, and consecrate it. 12 Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting\, and shall wash them with water\, 13 and put upon Aaron the holy garments\, and you shall anoint him and consecrate him\, that he may serve me as priest. 14 You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them\, 15 and anoint them\, as you anointed their father\, that they may serve me as priests: and their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.” \n16 Thus did Moses; according to all that the Lordcommanded him\, so he did. \n  \n1Kings 8:10-29 \n10 And when the priests came out of the holy place\, a cloud filled the house of the Lord\, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. \nSolomon’s Speech \n12 Then Solomon said\, \n“The Lord has set the sun in the heavens\, \nbut has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. \n13 I have built you an exalted house\, \na place for you to dwell in for ever.” \n14 Then the king faced about\, and blessed all the assembly of Israel\, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 15 And he said\, “Blessed be the Lord\, the God of Israel\, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father\, saying\, 16 ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt\, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house\, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.’ 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord\, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to David my father\, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name\, you did well that it was in your heart; 19 nevertheless you shall not build the house\, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ 20 Now the Lordhas fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father\, and sit on the throne of Israel\, as the Lord promised\, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord\, the God of Israel. 21 And there I have provided a place for the ark\, in which is the covenant of the Lord which he made with our fathers\, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” \nSolomon’s Prayer of Dedication \n22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel\, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; 23 and said\, “O Lord\, God of Israel\, there is no God like you\, in heaven above or on earth beneath\, keeping covenant and showing mercy to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; 24 who have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him; yes\, you spoke with your mouth\, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. 25 Now therefore\, O Lord\, God of Israel\, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him\, saying\, ‘There shall never fail you a man before me to sit upon the throne of Israel\, if only your sons take heed to their way\, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ 26 Now therefore\, O God of Israel\, let your word be confirmed\, which you have spoken to your servant David my father. \n27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold\, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built! 28 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication\, O Lord my God\, listening to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day; 29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house\, the place of which you have said\, ‘My name shall be there\,’ that you may listen to the prayer which your servant offers toward this place. \n  \nHebrews 8:1-9:10 \nMediator of a New Covenant \n8 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, 2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4 Now if he were on earth\, he would not be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. 5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God\, saying\, “See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But as it is\, Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better\, since it is enacted on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless\, there would have been no occasion for a second. \n8 For he finds fault with them when he says: \n“The days will come\, says the Lord\, \nwhen I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel \nand with the house of Judah; \n9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers \non the day when I took them by the hand \nto lead them out of the land of Egypt; \nfor they did not continue in my covenant\, \nand so I paid no heed to them\, says the Lord. \n10 This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel \nafter those days\, says the Lord: \nI will put my laws into their minds\, \nand write them on their hearts\, \nand I will be their God\, \nand they shall be my people. \n11 And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother\, saying\, ‘Know the Lord\,’ \nfor all shall know me\, \nfrom the least of them to the greatest. \n12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities\, \nand I will remember their sins no more.” \n13 In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first \nas obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and \ngrowing old is ready to vanish away. \nThe Earthly and the Heavenly Sanctuary \n9 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of offering; it is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, 4 having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron’s rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant; 5 above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. \n6 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties; 7but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people. 8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the sanctuary is not yet opened as long as the outer tent is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement\, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper\, 10 but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms\, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. \n  \nMatthew 12:1-21 \nPlucking Grain on the Sabbath \n12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry\, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it\, they said to him\, “Look\, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” 3 He said to them\, “Have you not read what David did\, when he was hungry\, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread\, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him\, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath\, and are guiltless? 6 I tell you\, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means\, ‘I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice\,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.” \nThe Man with a Withered Hand \n9 And he went on from there\, and entered their synagogue. 10 And behold\, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him\, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?” so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them\, “What man of you\, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath\, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man\, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out\, and it was restored\, whole like the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him\, how to destroy him. \nGod’s Chosen Servant \n15 Jesus\, aware of this\, withdrew from there. And many followed him\, and he healed them all\, 16 and ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: \n18 “Behold\, my servant whom I have chosen\, \nmy beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. \nI will put my Spirit upon him\, \nand he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. \n19 He will not wrangle or cry aloud\, \nnor will any one hear his voice in the streets; \n20 he will not break a bruised reed \nor quench a smoldering wick\, \ntill he brings justice to victory; \n21 and in his name will the Gentiles hope.”
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SUMMARY:1st Friday of the Sanctification of the Church – Memorial of Mar Eugene & his Companions
DESCRIPTION:All readings taken from the Memorial of the Patron Saint \nIsaiah 41:8-16 \n8 But you\, Israel\, my servant\, \nJacob\, whom I have chosen\, \nthe offspring of Abraham\, my friend; \n9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, \nand called from its farthest corners\, \nsaying to you\, “You are my servant\, \nI have chosen you and not cast you off”; \n10 fear not\, for I am with you\, \nbe not dismayed\, for I am your God; \nI will strengthen you\, I will help you\, \nI will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n11 Behold\, all who are incensed against you \nshall be put to shame and confounded; \nthose who strive against you \nshall be as nothing and shall perish. \n12 You shall seek those who contend with you\, \nbut you shall not find them; \nthose who war against you \nshall be as nothing at all. \n13 For I\, the Lord your God\, \nhold your right hand; \nit is I who say to you\, “Fear not\, \nI will help you.” \n14 Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, \nyou men of Israel! \nI will help you\, says the Lord; \nyour Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. \n15 Behold\, I will make of you a threshing sledge\, \nnew\, sharp\, and having teeth; \nyou shall thresh the mountains and crush them\, \nand you shall make the hills like chaff; \n16 you shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away\, \nand the tempest shall scatter them. \nAnd you shall rejoice in the Lord; \nin the Holy One of Israel you shall glory. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 19:8-20 \n8 And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God; 9 but when some were stubborn and disbelieved\, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation\, he withdrew from them\, taking the disciples with him\, and argued daily in the hall of Tyrannus. 10 This continued for two years\, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord\, both Jews and Greeks. \nThe Sons of Sceva \n11 And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul\, 12 so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick\, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits\, saying\, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them\, “Jesus I know\, and Paul I know; but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them\, mastered all of them\, and overpowered them\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all residents of Ephesus\, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Many also of those who were now believers came\, confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew and prevailed mightily. \n  \n2Corinthians 10:4-18 \n4 For the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every thought captive to obey Christ\, 6 Being ready to punish every disobedience\, when your obedience is complete. \n7 Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ’s\, let him remind himself that as he is Christ’s\, so are we. 8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority\, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you\, I shall not be put to shame. 9 I would not seem to be frightening you with letters. 10 For they say\, “His letters are weighty and strong\, but his bodily presence is weak\, and his speech of no account.” 11 Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. 12 Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another\, and compare themselves with one another\, they are without understanding. \n13 But we will not boast beyond limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us\, to reach even to you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. 15 We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men’s labors; but our hope is that as your faith increases\, our field among you may be greatly enlarged\, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in another’s field. 17 “Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord.” 18 For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord commends. \n  \nMatthew 24:45-47; 25:14-23 \nThe Faithful and the Unfaithful Servant \n45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. 47 Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. \nThe Parable of the Talents \n14 “For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; 15 to one he gave five talents\, to another two\, to another one\, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. 17 So also\, he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward\, bringing five talents more\, saying\, ‘Master\, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him\, ‘Well done\, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward\, saying\, ‘Master\, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him\, ‘Well done\, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
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SUMMARY:1st Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church
DESCRIPTION:Exodus 40:17-38 \n17 And in the first month in the second year\, on the first day of the month\, the tabernacle was erected. 18 Moses erected the tabernacle; he laid its bases\, and set up its frames\, and put in its poles\, and raised up its pillars; 19 and he spread the tent over the tabernacle\, and put the covering of the tent over it\, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 20 And he took the covenant and put it into the ark\, and put the poles on the ark\, and set the mercy seat above on the ark; 21 and he brought the ark into the tabernacle\, and set up the veil of the screen\, and screened the ark of the covenant; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting\, on the north side of the tabernacle\, outside the veil\, 23 and set the bread in order on it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting\, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle\, 25 and set up the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil\, 27 and burnt fragrant incense upon it; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 28 And he put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting\, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the cereal offering; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30 And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar\, and put water in it for washing\, 31 with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet; 32 when they went into the tent of meeting\, and when they approached the altar\, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses. 33 And he erected the court round the tabernacle and the altar\, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. \nThe Cloud and the Glory of the Lord \n34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting\, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting\, because the cloud abode upon it\, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 Throughout all their journeys\, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle\, the sons of Israel would go onward; 37 but if the cloud was not taken up\, then they did not go onward till the day that it was taken up. 38 For throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day\, and fire was in it by night\, in the sight of all the house of Israel. \n  \nIsaiah 6:1-13 \nA Vision of the Lord in the Temple \n6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two he covered his feet\, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: \n“Holy\, holy\, holy is the Lord of hosts; \nthe whole earth is full of his glory.” \n4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called\, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King\, the Lord of hosts!” \n6 Then flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth\, and said: “Behold\, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away\, and your sin forgiven.” 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, “Whom shall I send\, and who will go for us?” Then I said\, “Here am I! Send me.” 9 And he said\, “Go\, and say to this people: \n‘Hear and hear\, but do not understand; see and see\, but do not perceive.’ \n10 Make the heart of this people fat\, \nand their ears heavy\, \nand shut their eyes; \nlest they see with their eyes\, \nand hear with their ears\, \nand understand with their hearts\, \nand turn and be healed.” \n11 Then I said\, “How long\, O Lord?” \nAnd he said: \n“Until cities lie waste \nwithout inhabitant\, \nand houses without men\, \nand the land is utterly desolate\, \n12 and the Lord removes men far away\, \nand the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. \n13 And though a tenth remain in it\, \nit will be burned again\, \nlike a terebinth or an oak\, \nwhose stump remains standing \nwhen it is felled.” \nThe holy seed is its stump. \n  \n1Corinthians 12:28-13:13 \n28 And God has appointed in the Church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts. \nAnd I will show you a still more excellent way. \nThe Way of Love \n13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. \n4 Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; 5 it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. 7 Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. \n8 Love never ends; as for prophecies\, they will pass away; as for tongues\, they will cease; as for knowledge\, it will pass away. 9 For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; 10 but when the perfect comes\, the imperfect will pass away. 11 When I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. 13 So faith\, hope\, love abide\, these three; but the greatest of these is love. \n  \nMatthew 16:13-19 \nPeter’s Declaration That Jesus Is the Christ \n13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14 And they said\, “Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them\, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied\, “You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him\, “Blessed are you\, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my Church\, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
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SUMMARY:Memorial of Mar Pithyon\, Martyr – October 25
DESCRIPTION:All readings from the Memorial of St. George \nDaniel 6:6-24 \n6 Then these presidents and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him\, “O King Darius\, live for ever! 7 All the presidents of the kingdom\, the prefects and the satraps\, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an interdict\, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days\, except to you\, O king\, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now\, O king\, establish the interdict and sign the document\, so that it cannot be changed\, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians\, which cannot be revoked.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict. \nDaniel in the Den of Lions \n10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed\, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem; and he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God\, as he had done previously. 11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near and said before the king\, concerning the interdict\, “O king! Did you not sign an interdict\, that any man who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you\, O king\, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered\, “The thing stands fast\, according to the law of the Medes and Persians\, which cannot be revoked.” 13 Then they answered before the king\, “That Daniel\, who is one of the exiles from Judah\, pays no heed to you\, O king\, or the interdict you have signed\, but makes his petition three times a day.” \n14 Then the king\, when he heard these words\, was much distressed\, and set his mind to deliver Daniel; and he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. 15 Then these men came by agreement to the king\, and said to the king\, “Know\, O king\, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no interdict or ordinance which the king establishes can be changed.” \n16 Then the king commanded\, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel\, “May your God\, whom you serve continually\, deliver you!” 17 And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den\, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords\, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace\, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him\, and sleep fled from him. \nGod Saves Daniel from the Lions \n19 Then\, at break of day\, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 When he came near to the den where Daniel was\, he cried out in a tone of anguish and said to Daniel\, “O Daniel\, servant of the living God\, has your God\, whom you serve continually\, been able to deliver you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel said to the king\, “O king\, live for ever! 22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths\, and they have not hurt me\, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you\, O king\, I have done no wrong.” 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad\, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den\, and no kind of hurt was found upon him\, because he had trusted in his God. 24 And the king commanded\, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they\, their children\, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 12:1-23 \nJames Killed and Peter Imprisoned by Herod \n12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the Church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5 So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church. \nAn Angel Rescues Peter from Prison \n6 The very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; 7 and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8 And the angel said to him\, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him\, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9 And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. 11 And Peter came to himself\, and said\, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” \n12 When he realized this\, he went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter’s voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her\, “You are mad.” But she insisted that it was so. They said\, “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said\, “Tell this to James and to the brethren.” Then he departed and went to another place. \n18 Now when day came\, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 And when Herod had sought for him and could not find him\, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea\, and remained there. \nThe Death of Herod \n20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body\, and having persuaded Blastus\, the king’s chamberlain\, they asked for peace\, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes\, took his seat upon the throne\, and made an oration to them. 22 And the people shouted\, “The voice of a god\, and not of man!” 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him\, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died. \n  \n2Corinthians 12:1-14 \nPaul’s Visions and Revelations \n12 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows—4 and he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter. 5 On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. 6 Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. 8 Three times I begged the Lord about this\, that it should leave me; 9 but he said to me\, “My grace is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 or the sake of Christ\, then\, I am content with weaknesses\, insults\, hardships\, persecutions\, and calamities; for when I am weak\, then I am strong. \nPaul’s Concern for the Corinthian Church \n11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it\, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am not at all inferior to these superlative apostles\, even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience\, with signs and wonders and mighty works. 13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches\, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong! \n14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents\, but parents for their children. \n  \nMatthew 10:37-42\, 16:24-27\, 19:27-30 \nTaking Up One’s Cross \n37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. \nThe Cross and Self-Denial \n24 Then Jesus told his disciples\, “If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it\, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? 27 For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father\, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. \n27 Then Peter said in reply\, “Behold\, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?” 28 Jesus said to them\, “Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, for my name’s sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life. 30But many that are first will be last\, and the last first.
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SUMMARY:1st Sunday of Moses
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 11:1-12 \nRewards for Obedience \n11 “You shall therefore love the Lord your God\, and keep his charge\, his statutes\, his ordinances\, and his commandments always. 2 And consider this day (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it)\, consider the discipline of the Lord your God\, his greatness\, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm\, 3 his signs and his deeds which he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; 4 and what he did to the army of Egypt\, to their horses and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued after you\, and how the Lord has destroyed them to this day; 5 and what he did to you in the wilderness\, until you came to this place; 6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab\, son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up\, with their households\, their tents\, and every living thing that followed them\, in the midst of all Israel; 7 for your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which he did. \n8 “You shall therefore keep all the commandment which I command you this day\, that you may be strong\, and go in and take possession of the land which you are going over to possess\, 9 and that you may live long in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants\, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land which you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt\, from which you have come\, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your feet\, like a garden of vegetables; 11 but the land which you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys\, which drinks water by the rain from heaven\, 12 a land which the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it\, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. \n  \nIsaiah 40:1-17 \nGod Comforts His People \n40 Comfort\, comfort my people\, says your God. \n2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem\, \nand cry to her \nthat her warfare is ended\, \nthat her iniquity is pardoned\, \nthat she has received from the Lord’s hand \ndouble for all her sins. \n3 A voice cries: \n“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord\, \nmake straight in the desert a highway for our God. \n4 Every valley shall be lifted up\, \nand every mountain and hill be made low; \nthe uneven ground shall become level\, \nand the rough places a plain. \n5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed\, \nand all flesh shall see it together\, \nfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” \n6 A voice says\, “Cry!” \nAnd I said\, “What shall I cry!” \nAll flesh is grass\, \nand all its beauty is like the flower of the field. \n7 The grass withers\, the flower fades\, \nwhen the breath of the Lord blows upon it; \nsurely the people is grass. \n8 The grass withers\, the flower fades; \nbut the word of our God will stand for ever. \n9 Get you up to a high mountain\, \nO Zion\, herald of good tidings; \nlift up your voice with strength\, \nO Jerusalem\, herald of good tidings\, \nlift it up\, fear not; \nsay to the cities of Judah\, \n“Behold your God!” \n10 Behold\, the Lord God comes with might\, \nand his arm rules for him; \nbehold\, his reward is with him\, \nand his recompense before him. \n11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd\, \nhe will gather the lambs in his arms\, \nhe will carry them in his bosom\, \nand gently lead those that are with young. \n12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand \nand marked off the heavens with a span\, \nenclosed the dust of the earth in a measure \nand weighed the mountains in scales \nand the hills in a balance? \n13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord\, \nor as his counselor has instructed him? \n14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment\, \nand who taught him the path of justice\, \nand taught him knowledge\, \nand showed him the way of understanding? \n15 Behold\, the nations are like a drop from a bucket\, \nand are accounted as the dust on the scales; \nbehold\, he takes up the isles like fine dust. \n16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel\, \nnor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. \n17 All the nations are as nothing before him\, \nthey are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. \n  \n2Corinthians 1:23-2:16 \n23 But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy\, for you stand firm in your faith. 2 1 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you pain\, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did\, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice\, for I felt sure of all of you\, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. \nForgiveness for the Offender \n5 But if any one has caused pain\, he has caused it not to me\, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to you all. 6 For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough; 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him\, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this is why I wrote\, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. 10 Any one whom you forgive\, I also forgive. What I have forgiven\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ\, 11 to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs. \nPaul’s Anxiety in Troas \n12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ\, a door was opened for me in the Lord; 13 but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. \n14 But thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing\, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death\, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? \n  \nMatthew 20:1-16 \nThe Laborers in the Vineyard \n20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place; 4 and to them he said\, ‘You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. 5 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them\, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him\, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them\, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when the first came\, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, 12 saying\, ‘These last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them\, ‘Friend\, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you\, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 So the last will be first\, and the first last.”
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SUMMARY:1st Sunday of Moses
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 11:1-12 \nRewards for Obedience \n11 “You shall therefore love the Lord your God\, and keep his charge\, his statutes\, his ordinances\, and his commandments always. 2 And consider this day (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it)\, consider the discipline of the Lord your God\, his greatness\, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm\, 3 his signs and his deeds which he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; 4 and what he did to the army of Egypt\, to their horses and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued after you\, and how the Lord has destroyed them to this day; 5 and what he did to you in the wilderness\, until you came to this place; 6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab\, son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up\, with their households\, their tents\, and every living thing that followed them\, in the midst of all Israel; 7 for your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which he did. \n8 “You shall therefore keep all the commandment which I command you this day\, that you may be strong\, and go in and take possession of the land which you are going over to possess\, 9 and that you may live long in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants\, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land which you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt\, from which you have come\, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your feet\, like a garden of vegetables; 11 but the land which you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys\, which drinks water by the rain from heaven\, 12 a land which the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it\, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. \n  \nIsaiah 40:1-17 \nGod Comforts His People \n40 Comfort\, comfort my people\, says your God. \n2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem\, \nand cry to her \nthat her warfare is ended\, \nthat her iniquity is pardoned\, \nthat she has received from the Lord’s hand \ndouble for all her sins. \n3 A voice cries: \n“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord\, \nmake straight in the desert a highway for our God. \n4 Every valley shall be lifted up\, \nand every mountain and hill be made low; \nthe uneven ground shall become level\, \nand the rough places a plain. \n5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed\, \nand all flesh shall see it together\, \nfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” \n6 A voice says\, “Cry!” \nAnd I said\, “What shall I cry!” \nAll flesh is grass\, \nand all its beauty is like the flower of the field. \n7 The grass withers\, the flower fades\, \nwhen the breath of the Lord blows upon it; \nsurely the people is grass. \n8 The grass withers\, the flower fades; \nbut the word of our God will stand for ever. \n9 Get you up to a high mountain\, \nO Zion\, herald of good tidings; \nlift up your voice with strength\, \nO Jerusalem\, herald of good tidings\, \nlift it up\, fear not; \nsay to the cities of Judah\, \n“Behold your God!” \n10 Behold\, the Lord God comes with might\, \nand his arm rules for him; \nbehold\, his reward is with him\, \nand his recompense before him. \n11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd\, \nhe will gather the lambs in his arms\, \nhe will carry them in his bosom\, \nand gently lead those that are with young. \n12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand \nand marked off the heavens with a span\, \nenclosed the dust of the earth in a measure \nand weighed the mountains in scales \nand the hills in a balance? \n13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord\, \nor as his counselor has instructed him? \n14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment\, \nand who taught him the path of justice\, \nand taught him knowledge\, \nand showed him the way of understanding? \n15 Behold\, the nations are like a drop from a bucket\, \nand are accounted as the dust on the scales; \nbehold\, he takes up the isles like fine dust. \n16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel\, \nnor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. \n17 All the nations are as nothing before him\, \nthey are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. \n  \n2Corinthians 1:23-2:16 \n23 But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy\, for you stand firm in your faith. 2 1 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you pain\, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did\, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice\, for I felt sure of all of you\, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. \nForgiveness for the Offender \n5 But if any one has caused pain\, he has caused it not to me\, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to you all. 6 For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough; 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him\, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this is why I wrote\, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. 10 Any one whom you forgive\, I also forgive. What I have forgiven\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ\, 11 to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs. \nPaul’s Anxiety in Troas \n12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ\, a door was opened for me in the Lord; 13 but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. \n14 But thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing\, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death\, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? \n  \nMatthew 20:1-16 \nThe Laborers in the Vineyard \n20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place; 4 and to them he said\, ‘You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. 5 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them\, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him\, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them\, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when the first came\, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, 12 saying\, ‘These last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them\, ‘Friend\, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you\, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 So the last will be first\, and the first last.”
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SUMMARY:4th Sunday of the Cross - 7th of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 10:12-22 \nThe Essence of the Law \n12 “And now\, Israel\, what does the Lord your God require of you\, but to fear the Lord your God\, to walk in all his ways\, to love him\, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul\, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord\, which I command you this day for your good? 14 Behold\, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens\, the earth with all that is in it; 15 yet the Lord set his heart in love upon your fathers and chose their descendants after them\, you above all peoples\, as at this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart\, and be no longer stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords\, the great\, the mighty\, and the terrible God\, who is not partial and takes no bribe. 18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow\, and loves the sojourner\, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20 You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him and cling to him\, and by his name you shall swear. 21 He is your praise; he is your God\, who has done for you these great and terrible things which your eyes have seen. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude. \n  \nIsaiah 33:1-14 \nA Prophecy of Deliverance: The Lord\, the Majestic King \n33 Woe to you\, destroyer\, \nwho yourself have not been destroyed; \nyou treacherous one\, \nwith whom none has dealt treacherously! \nWhen you have ceased to destroy\, \nyou will be destroyed; \nand when you have made an end of dealing treacherously\, \nyou will be dealt with treacherously. \n2 O Lord\, be gracious to us; we wait for you. \nBe our arm every morning\, \nour salvation in the time of trouble. \n3 At the thunderous noise peoples flee\, \nat the lifting up of yourself nations are scattered; \n4 and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; \nas locusts leap\, men leap upon it. \n5 The Lord is exalted\, for he dwells on high; \nhe will fill Zion with justice and righteousness; \n6 and he will be the stability of your times\, \nabundance of salvation\, wisdom\, and knowledge; \nthe fear of the Lord is his treasure. \n7 Behold\, the valiant ones cry without; \nthe envoys of peace weep bitterly. \n8 The highways lie waste\, \nthe wayfaring man ceases. \nCovenants are broken\, \nwitnesses are despised\, \nthere is no regard for man. \n9 The land mourns and languishes; \nLebanon is confounded and withers away; \nSharon is like a desert; \nand Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. \n10 “Now I will arise\,” says the Lord\, \n“now I will lift myself up; \nnow I will be exalted. \n11 You conceive chaff\, you bring forth stubble; \nyour breath is a fire that will consume you. \n12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime\, \nlike thorns cut down\, that are burned in the fire.” \n13 Hear\, you who are far off\, what I have done; \nand you who are near\, acknowledge my might. \n14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; \ntrembling has seized the godless: \n“Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? \nWho among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?” \n  \n1Corinthians 14:1\, 3\, 12\, 20-21\, 26\, 31-33a \nGifts of Prophecy and Tongues \n1 Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. \n3 On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. \n12 So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit\, strive to excel in building up the Church. \n20 Brethren\, do not be children in your thinking; be infants in evil\, but in thinking be mature. 21 In the law it is written\, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people\, and even then they will not listen to me\, says the Lord.” \nOrderly Worship \n26 What then\, brethren? When you come together\, each one has a hymn\, a lesson\, a revelation\, a tongue\, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. \n31 For you can all prophesy one by one\, so that all may learn and all be encouraged; 32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. 33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. \n  \nMatthew 18:1-18 \n18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, 3 and said\, “Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. \nTemptations to Sin \n5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; 6  but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. \n7 “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come\, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! 8 And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. \nThe Parable of the Lost Sheep \n10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. \nBinding and Loosing of Sins \n15 “If your brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the Church; and if he refuses to listen even to the Church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of the Cross - 6th of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 9:13-22 \n13 “Furthermore the Lord said to me\, ‘I have seen this people\, and behold\, it is a stubborn people; 14 let me alone\, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’ 15 So I turned and came down from the mountain\, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked\, and behold\, you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you. 17 So I took hold of the two tables\, and cast them out of my two hands\, and broke them before your eyes. 18 Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before\, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water\, because of all the sin which you had committed\, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord\, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the Lord bore against you\, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the Lordlistened to me that time also. 20 And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. 21 Then I took the sinful thing\, the calf which you had made\, and burned it with fire and crushed it\, grinding it very small\, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain. \n22 “At Taberah also\, and at Massah\, and at Kibroth-hattaavah\, you provoked the Lord to wrath. \n  \nIsaiah 26:1-19 \nJudah’s Song of Praise to God \n26 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: \n“We have a strong city; \nhe sets up salvation \nas walls and bulwarks. \n2 Open the gates\, \nthat the righteous nation which keeps faith \nmay enter in. \n3 You keep him in perfect peace\, \nwhose mind is stayed on you\, \nbecause he trusts in you. \n4 Trust in the Lord for ever\, \nfor the Lord God \nis an everlasting rock. \n5 For he has brought low \nthe inhabitants of the height\, \nthe lofty city. \nHe lays it low\, lays it low to the ground\, \ncasts it to the dust. \n6 The foot tramples it\, \nthe feet of the poor\, \nthe steps of the needy.” \n7 The way of the righteous is level; \nyou make smooth the path of the righteous. \n8 In the path of your judgments\, \nO Lord\, we wait for you; \nyour memorial name \nis the desire of our soul. \n9 My soul yearns for you in the night\, \nmy spirit within me earnestly seeks you. \nFor when your judgments are in the earth\, \nthe inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. \n10 If favor is shown to the wicked\, \nhe does not learn righteousness; \nin the land of uprightness he deals perversely \nand does not see the majesty of the Lord. \n11 O Lord\, your hand is lifted up\, \nbut they see it not. \nLet them see your zeal for your people\, and be ashamed. \nLet the fire for your adversaries consume them. \n12 O Lord\, you will ordain peace for us\, \nyou have wrought for us all our works. \n13 O Lord our God\, \nother lords besides you have ruled over us\, \nbut your name alone we acknowledge. \n14 They are dead\, they will not live; \nthey are shades\, they will not arise; \nto that end you have visited them with destruction \nand wiped out all remembrance of them. \n15 But you have increased the nation\, O Lord\, \nyou have increased the nation; you are glorified; \nyou have enlarged all the borders of the land. \n16 O Lord\, in distress they sought you\, \nthey poured out a prayer \nwhen your chastening was upon them. \n17 Like a woman with child\, \nwho writhes and cries out in her pangs\, \nwhen she is near her time\, \nso were we because of you\, O Lord; \n18    we were with child\, we writhed\, \nbut we gave birth only to wind. \nWe have wrought no deliverance in the earth\, \nand the inhabitants of the world have not fallen. \n19 Your dead shall live\, their bodies shall rise. \nO dwellers in the dust\, awake and sing for joy! \nFor your dew is a dew of light\, \nand on the land of the shades you will let it fall. \n  \nPhilippians 4:4-23 \n4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say\, Rejoice. 5 Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. 6Have no anxiety about anything\, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God\, which passes all understanding\, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. \n8 Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true\, whatever is honorable\, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if there is any excellence\, if there is anything worthy of praise\, think about these things. 9What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me\, do; and the God of peace will be with you. \nAcknowledgment of the Philippians’ Gifts \n10 I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me; you were indeed concerned for me\, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I complain of want; for I have learned\, in whatever state I am\, to be content. 12 I know how to be abased\, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger\, abundance and want. 13 I can do all things in him who strengthens me. \n14 Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. 15 And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel\, when I left Macedonia\, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving except you only; 16 for even in Thessalonica you sent me help once and again. 17 Not that I seek the gift; but I seek the fruit which increases to your credit. 18 I have received full payment\, and more; I am filled\, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent\, a fragrant offering\, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. \nFinal Greetings and Benediction \n21 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. 22 All the saints greet you\, especially those of Caesar’s household. \n23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. \n  \nMatthew 15:21-38 \nThe Canaanite Woman’s Faith \n21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold\, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried\, “Have mercy on me\, O Lord\, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him\, saying\, “Send her away\, for she is crying after us.” 24 He answered\, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt before him\, saying\, “Lord\, help me.” 26 And he answered\, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said\, “Yes\, Lord\, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her\, “O woman\, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly. \nJesus Heals Many People \n29 And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain\, and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him\, bringing with them the lame\, the maimed\, the blind\, the mute\, and many others\, and they put them at his feet\, and he healed them\, 31 so that the throng wondered\, when they saw the mute speaking\, the maimed whole\, the lame walking\, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. \nFeeding the Four Thousand \n32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said\, “I have compassion on the crowd\, because they have been with me now three days\, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on the way.” 33 And the disciples said to him\, “Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?” 34 And Jesus said to them\, “How many loaves have you?” They said\, “Seven\, and a few small fish.” 35 And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground\, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish\, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38 Those who ate were four thousand men\, besides women and children.
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of the Cross - 5th of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 9:1-8 \nConsequences of Rebelling against God \n9 “Hear\, O Israel; you are to pass over the Jordan this day\, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves\, cities great and fortified up to heaven\, 2 a people great and tall\, the sons of the Anakim\, whom you know\, and of whom you have heard it said\, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’ 3 Know therefore this day that he who goes over before you as a devouring fire is the Lord your God; he will destroy them and subdue them before you; so you shall drive them out\, and make them perish quickly\, as the Lordhas promised you. \n4 “Do not say in your heart\, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you\, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lordis driving them out before you. 5 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you\, and that he may confirm the word which the Lordswore to your fathers\, to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to Jacob. \n6 “Know therefore\, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people. 7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you came out of the land of Egypt\, until you came to this place\, you have been rebellious against the Lord. 8 Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath\, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you. \n  \nIsaiah 25:1-8 \nPraise for Deliverance from Oppression \n25 O Lord\, you are my God; \nI will exalt you\, I will praise your name; \nfor you have done wonderful things\, \nplans formed of old\, faithful and sure. \n2 For you have made the city a heap\, \nthe fortified city a ruin; \nthe palace of strangers is a city no more\, \nit will never be rebuilt. \n3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; \ncities of ruthless nations will fear you. \n4 For you have been a stronghold to the poor\, \na stronghold to the needy in his distress\, \na shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; \nfor the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall\, \n5     like heat in a dry place. \nYou subdue the noise of the strangers; as heat by the shade of a cloud\, \nso the song of the ruthless is stilled. \n6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things\, a feast of choice wines—of fat things full of marrow\, of choice wines well refined. 7 And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples\, the veil that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death for ever\, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces\, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth\, for the Lord has spoken. \n  \nPhilippians 3:1-14 \nLoss of All to Gain Christ \n3 Finally\, my brethren\, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me\, and is safe for you. \n2 Look out for the dogs\, look out for the evilworkers\, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we are the true circumcision\, who worship God in spirit\, and glory in Christ Jesus\, and put no confidence in the flesh. 4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If any other man thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh\, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day\, of the people of Israel\, of the tribe of Benjamin\, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law a Pharisee\, 6 as to zeal a persecutor of the Church\, as to righteousness under the law blameless. 7 But whatever gain I had\, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him\, not having a righteousness of my own\, based on law\, but that which is through faith in Christ\, the righteousness from God that depends on faith; 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection\, and may share his sufferings\, becoming like him in his death\, 11 that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. \nPressing toward the Goal \n12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own\, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.13 Brethren\, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do\, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead\, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. \n  \nMatthew 17:14-27 \nJesus Cures an Epileptic Boy \n14 And when they came to the crowd\, a man came up to him and kneeling before him said\, 15 “Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered\, “O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly. 19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said\, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them\, “Because of your little faith. For truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to this mountain\, ‘Move from here to there\,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” \nJesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection \n22 As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\, “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men\, 23 and they will kill him\, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed. \nJesus and the Temple Tax \n24 When they came to Capernaum\, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said\, “Does not your teacher pay the tax?” 25 He said\, “Yes.” And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, “What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said\, “From others\,” Jesus said to him\, “Then the sons are free. 27However\, not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
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SUMMARY:1st Sunday of the Cross - 4th Sunday of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 8:11-20 \n11 “Take heed lest you forget the Lord your God\, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes\, which I command you this day: 12 lest\, when you have eaten and are full\, and have built excellent houses and live in them\, 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply\, and your silver and gold is multiplied\, and all that you have is multiplied\, 14 then your heart be lifted up\, and you forget the Lord your God\, who brought you out of the land of Egypt\, out of the house of bondage\, 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness\, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water\, who brought you water out of the flinty rock\, 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know\, that he might humble you and test you\, to do you good in the end. 17 Beware lest you say in your heart\, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ 18 You shall remember the Lord your God\, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers\, as at this day. 19 And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them\, I solemnly warn you this day that you shall surely perish. 20 Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you\, so shall you perish\, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. \n  \nIsaiah 33:13-24 \n13 Hear\, you who are far off\, what I have done; \nand you who are near\, acknowledge my might. \n14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; \ntrembling has seized the godless: \n“Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? \nWho among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?” \n15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly\, \nwho despises the gain of oppressions\, \nwho shakes his hands\, lest they hold a bribe\, \nwho stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed \nand shuts his eyes from looking upon evil\, \n16 he will dwell on the heights; \nhis place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; \nhis bread will be given him\, his water will be sure. \n17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; \nthey will behold a land that stretches afar. \n18 Your mind will muse on the terror: \n“Where is he who counted\, where is he who weighed the tribute? \nWhere is he who counted the towers?” \n19 You will see no more the insolent people\, \nthe people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend\, \nstammering in a tongue which you cannot understand. \n20 Look upon Zion\, the city of our appointed feasts! \nYour eyes will see Jerusalem\, \na quiet habitation\, an immovable tent\, \nwhose stakes will never be plucked up\, \nnor will any of its cords be broken. \n21 But there the Lord in majesty will be for us \na place of broad rivers and streams\, \nwhere no galley with oars can go\, \nnor stately ship can pass. \n22 For the Lord is our judge\, the Lord is our ruler\, \nthe Lord is our king; he will save us. \n23 Your tackle hangs loose; \nit cannot hold the mast firm in its place\, \nor keep the sail spread out. \nThen prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; \neven the lame will take the prey. \n24 And no inhabitant will say\, “I am sick”; \nthe people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. \n  \nPhilippians 1:27-2:11 \n27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ\, so that whether I come and see you or am absent\, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit\, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel\, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction\, but of your salvation\, and that from God. 29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake\, 30 engaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be mine. \nImitating Christ’s Humility \n2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ\, any incentive of love\, any participation in the Spirit\, any affection and sympathy\, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind\, having the same love\, being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing from selfishness or conceit\, but in humility count others better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests\, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves\, which was in Christ Jesus\, 6 who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, 7 but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father. \n  \nMatthew 4:12-5:16 \nJesus Begins Preaching in Galilee \n12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested\, he withdrew into Galilee; 13 and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea\, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, 14 that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: \n15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, \ntoward the sea\, across the Jordan\, \nGalilee of the Gentiles— \n16 the people who sat in darkness \nhave seen a great light\, \nand for those who sat in the region and shadow of death \nlight has dawned.” \n17 From that time Jesus began to preach\, saying\, “Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” \nJesus Calls the First Disciples \n18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them\, “Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father\, and followed him. \nJesus Ministers to Crowds of people \n23 And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epileptics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. \nThe Beatitudes \n5 Seeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them\, saying: \n3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. \n4 “Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted. \n5 “Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth. \n6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied. \n7 “Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy. \n8 “Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God. \n9 “Blessed are the peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of God. \n10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. \n11 “Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad\, for your reward is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you. \nSalt and Light \n13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste\, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. \n14“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Feast of the Cross - September 14
DESCRIPTION:This feast usually falls after the 3rd Sunday of Elijah; if there are less than 3 Sundays of Elijah before this feast\, the following Sunday will always be the 4th Sunday of Elijah/1stSunday of the Cross\, followed by the 5th Sunday of Elijah/2ndSunday of the Cross\, etc… \n  \nIsaiah 52:13-53:12 \n13 Behold\, my servant shall prosper\, \nhe shall be exalted and lifted up\, \nand shall be very high. \n14 As many were astonished at him— \nhis appearance was so marred\, beyond human semblance\, \nand his form beyond that of the sons of men— \n15 so shall he startle many nations; \nkings shall shut their mouths because of him; \nfor that which has not been told them they shall see\, \nand that which they have not heard they shall understand. \nThe Lord’s Suffering Servant \n53 Who has believed what we have heard? \nAnd to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? \n2 For he grew up before him like a young plant\, \nand like a root out of dry ground; \nhe had no form or comeliness that we should look at him\, \nand no beauty that we should desire him. \n3 He was despised and rejected by men; \na man of sorrows\, and acquainted with grief; \nand as one from whom men hide their faces \nhe was despised\, and we esteemed him not. \n4 Surely he has borne our griefs \nand carried our sorrows; \nyet we esteemed him stricken\, \nstruck down by God\, and afflicted. \n5 But he was wounded for our transgressions\, \nhe was bruised for our iniquities; \nupon him was the chastisement that made us whole\, \nand with his stripes we are healed. \n6 All we like sheep have gone astray; \nwe have turned every one to his own way; \nand the Lord has laid on him \nthe iniquity of us all. \n7 He was oppressed\, and he was afflicted\, \nyet he opened not his mouth; \nlike a lamb that is led to the slaughter\, \nand like a sheep that before its shearers is silent\, \nso he opened not his mouth. \n8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; \nand as for his generation\, who considered \nthat he was cut off out of the land of the living\, \nstricken for the transgression of my people? \n9 And they made his grave with the wicked and \nwith a rich man in his death\, \nalthough he had done no violence\, \nand there was no deceit in his mouth. \n10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise him; \nhe has put him to grief; \nwhen he makes himself an offering for sin\, \nhe shall see his offspring\, he shall prolong his days; \nthe will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand; \n11    he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; \nby his knowledge shall the righteous one\, my servant\, \nmake many to be accounted righteous; \nand he shall bear their iniquities. \n12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great\, \nand he shall divide the spoil with the strong; \nbecause he poured out his soul to death\, \nand was numbered with the transgressors; \nyet he bore the sin of many\, \nand made intercession for the transgressors. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 2:14-36 \nPeter Addresses the Crowd \n14 But Peter\, standing with the Eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. 15 For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third hour of the day; 16 but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: \n17 And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, \nthat I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh\, \nand your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, \nand your young men shall see visions\, \nand your old men shall dream dreams; \n18 yes\, and on my menservants and my maidservants in those days \nI will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. \n19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above \nand signs on the earth beneath\, \nblood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke; \n20 the sun shall be turned into darkness \nand the moon into blood\, \nbefore the day of the Lord comes\, \nthe great and manifest day. \n21 And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ \n22 “Men of Israel\, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth\, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst\, as you yourselves know—23 this Jesus\, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God\, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 But God raised him up\, having loosed the pangs of death\, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him\, \n‘I saw the Lord always before me\, \nfor he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; \n26 therefore my heart was glad\, and my tongue rejoiced; \nmoreover my flesh will dwell in hope. \n27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades\, \nnor let your Holy One see corruption. \n28 You have made known to me the ways of life; \nyou will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ \n29 “Brethren\, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried\, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet\, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne\, 31 he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ\, that he was not abandoned to Hades\, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up\, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God\, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit\, he has poured out this which you see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself says\, \n‘The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, \n35 till I make your enemies a stool for your feet.’ \n36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ\, this Jesus whom you crucified.” \n  \n1Corinthians 1:18-31 \nChrist the Power and Wisdom of God \n18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written\, \n“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise\, \nand the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.” \n20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the world did not know God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom\, 23 but we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles\, 24 but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men\, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. \n26 For consider your call\, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh\, not many were powerful\, not many were of noble birth; 27 but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong\, 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world\, even things that are not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, 29 so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God. 30 He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption; 31 therefore\, as it is written\, “Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord.” \n  \nGospel – From Tuesday of the Week of Weeks \nLuke 24:13-35 \nThe Walk to Emmaus \n13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, 14 and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them\, “What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still\, looking sad. 18 Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said to them\, “What things?” And they said to him\, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. 22 Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning 23 and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them\, “O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. \n28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, 29 but they constrained him\, saying\, “Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them\, he took the bread and blessed and broke it\, and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. 32 They said to each other\, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the Eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, 34 who said\, “The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 7:12-26 \nBlessing for Obedience \n12 “And because you listen to these ordinances\, and keep and do them\, the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the merciful love which he swore to your fathers to keep; 13 he will love you\, bless you\, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground\, your grain and your wine and your oil\, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock\, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you\, or among your cattle. 15 And the Lord will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt\, which you knew\, will he inflict upon you\, but he will lay them upon all who hate you. 16 And you shall destroy all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you\, your eye shall not pity them; neither shall you serve their gods\, for that would be a snare to you. \n17 “If you say in your heart\, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’ 18 you shall not be afraid of them\, but you shall remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt\, 19 the great trials which your eyes saw\, the signs\, the wonders\, the mighty hand\, and the outstretched arm\, by which the Lord your God brought you out; so will the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. 20 Moreover the Lord your God will send hornets among them\, until those who are left and hide themselves from you are destroyed. 21 You shall not be in dread of them; for the Lord your God is in the midst of you\, a great and terrible God. 22 The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you may not make an end of them at once\, lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you. 23 But the Lord your God will give them over to you\, and throw them into great confusion\, until they are destroyed. 24 And he will give their kings into your hand\, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven; not a man shall be able to stand against you\, until you have destroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them\, or take it for yourselves\, lest you be ensnared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. 26 And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house\, and become accursed like it; you shall utterly detest and abhor it; for it is an accursed thing. \n  \nIsaiah 32:1-33:6 \nA Reign of Righteousness and Justice \n32 Behold\, a king will reign in righteousness\, \nand princes will rule in justice. \n2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind\, \na covert from the tempest\, \nlike streams of water in a dry place\, \nlike the shade of a great rock in a weary land. \n3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed\, \nand the ears of those who hear will listen. \n4 The mind of the rash will have good judgment\, \nand the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and distinctly. \n5 The fool will no more be called noble\, \nnor the knave said to be honorable. \n6 For the fool speaks folly\, \nand his mind plots iniquity: \nto practice ungodliness\, \nto utter error concerning the Lord\, \nto leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied\, \nand to deprive the thirsty of drink. \n7 The knaveries of the knave are evil; \nhe devises wicked devices \nto ruin the poor with lying words\, \neven when the plea of the needy is right. \n8 But he who is noble devises noble things\, \nand by noble things he stands. \n9 Rise up\, you women who are at ease\, hear my voice; \nyou complacent daughters\, give ear to my speech. \n10 In little more than a year \nyou will shudder\, you complacent women; \nfor the vintage will fail\, \nthe fruit harvest will not come. \n11 Tremble\, you women who are at ease\, \nshudder\, you complacent ones; \nstrip\, and make yourselves bare\, \nand put sackcloth upon your loins. \n12 Beat upon your breasts for the pleasant fields\, \nfor the fruitful vine\, \n13 for the soil of my people \ngrowing up in thorns and briers; \nyes\, for all the joyous houses \nin the joyful city. \n14 For the palace will be forsaken\, \nthe populous city deserted; \nthe hill and the watchtower \nwill become dens for ever\, \na joy of wild donkeys\, \na pasture of flocks; \n15 until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high\, \nand the wilderness becomes a fruitful field\, \nand the fruitful field is deemed a forest. \n16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness\, \nand righteousness abide in the fruitful field. \n17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace\, \nand the result of righteousness\, quietness and trust for ever. \n18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation\, \nin secure dwellings\, and in quiet resting places. \n19 And the forest will utterly go down\, \nand the city will be utterly laid low. \n20 Happy are you who sow beside all waters\, \nwho let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free. \nA Prophecy of Deliverance: The Lord\, the Majestic King \n33 Woe to you\, destroyer\, \nwho yourself have not been destroyed; \nyou treacherous one\, \nwith whom none has dealt treacherously! \nWhen you have ceased to destroy\, \nyou will be destroyed; \nand when you have made an end of dealing treacherously\, \nyou will be dealt with treacherously. \n2 O Lord\, be gracious to us; we wait for you. \nBe our arm every morning\, \nour salvation in the time of trouble. \n3 At the thunderous noise peoples flee\, \nat the lifting up of yourself nations are scattered; \n4 and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; \nas locusts leap\, men leap upon it. \n5 The Lord is exalted\, for he dwells on high; \nhe will fill Zion with justice and righteousness; \n6 and he will be the stability of your times\, \nabundance of salvation\, wisdom\, and knowledge; \nthe fear of the Lord is his treasure. \n  \nPhilippians 1:12-25 \nPaul’s Present Circumstances \n12 I want you to know\, brethren\, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ; 14 and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear. \n15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry\, but others from good will. 16 The latter do it out of love\, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel; 17 the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18 What then? Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or in truth\, Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. \nTo Live Is Christ \n19 Yes\, and I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I shall not be at all ashamed\, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body\, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ\, and to die is gain. 22 If it is to be life in the flesh\, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ\, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this\, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all\, for your progress and joy in the faith. \n  \nMatthew 13:24-43 \nThe Parable of Weeds among the Wheat \n24 Another parable he put before them\, saying\, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men were sleeping\, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat\, and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain\, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said to him\, ‘Sir\, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?’ 28 He said to them\, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him\, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he said\, ‘No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers\, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned\, but gather the wheat into my barn.’ ” \nThe Parable of the Mustard Seed \n31 Another parable he put before them\, saying\, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all seeds\, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree\, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” \nThe Parable of the Leaven \n33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal\, till it was all leavened.” \nWhy Jesus Speaks in Parables \n34 All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: \n“I will open my mouth in parables\, \nI will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” \nJesus Explains the Parable of the Weeds \n36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him\, saying\, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He answered\, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of man; 38 the field is the world\, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one\, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age\, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire\, so will it be at the close of the age. 41 The Son of man will send his angels\, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers\, 42 and throw them into the furnace of fire\, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears\, let him hear.
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 7:7-11 \n7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love upon you and chose you\, for you were the fewest of all peoples; 8 but it is because the Lord loves you\, and is keeping the oath which he swore to your fathers\, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand\, and redeemed you from the house of bondage\, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God\, the faithful God who keeps covenant and merciful love with those who love him and keep his commandments\, to a thousand generations\, 10 and repays to their face those who hate him\, by destroying them; he will not be slack with him who hates him\, he will repay him to his face. 11 You shall therefore be careful to do the commandment\, and the statutes\, and the ordinances\, which I command you this day. \n  \nIsaiah 30:15-26 \n15 For thus said the Lord God\, the Holy One of Israel\, \n“In returning and rest you shall be saved; \nin quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” \nAnd you would not\, 16 but you said\, \n“No! We will speed upon horses\,” \ntherefore you shall speed away; \nand\, “We will ride upon swift steeds\,” \ntherefore your pursuers shall be swift. \n17 A thousand shall flee at the threat of one\, \nat the threat of five you shall flee\, \ntill you are left \nlike a flagstaff on the top of a mountain\, \nlike a signal on a hill. \n18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; \ntherefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. \nFor the Lord is a God of justice; \nblessed are all those who wait for him. \nGod’s Promise to Zion \n19 Yes\, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it\, he will answer you. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction\, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more\, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you\, saying\, “This is the way\, walk in it\,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. 22 Then you will defile your silver-covered graven images and your gold-plated molten images. You will scatter them as unclean things; you will say to them\, “Begone!” \n23 And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground\, and grain\, the produce of the ground\, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your flock will be given pasture\, and the lamb will graze in open fields; 24 and the oxen and the donkeys that till the ground will eat salted food\, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And upon every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water\, in the day of the great slaughter\, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun\, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold\, as the light of seven days\, in the day when the Lord binds up the hurt of his people\, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow. \n  \n2Thessalonians 2:15-3:18 \n15 So then\, brethren\, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us\, either by word of mouth or by letter. \n16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself\, and God our Father\, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace\, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. \nRequest for Prayer \n3 Finally\, brethren\, pray for us\, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph\, as it did among you\, 2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not all have faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord about you\, that you are doing and will do the things which we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. \nWarning against Idleness \n6 Now we command you\, brethren\, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you\, 8 we did not eat any one’s bread without paying\, but with toil and labor we worked night and day\, that we might not burden any of you. 9 It was not because we have not that right\, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you\, we gave you this command: If any one will not work\, let him not eat. 11 For we hear that some of you are walking in idleness\, mere busybodies\, not doing any work. 12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living. 13 Brethren\, do not be weary in well-doing. \n14 If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter\, note that man\, and have nothing to do with him\, that he may be ashamed. 15 Do not look on him as an enemy\, but warn him as a brother. \nFinal Greetings and Benediction \n16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. \n17 I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine; it is the way I write. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. \n  \nMatthew 13:1-23 \nThe Parable of the Sower \n13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him\, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables\, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed\, some seeds fell along the path\, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground\, where they had not much soil\, and immediately they sprang up\, since they had no depth of soil\, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell upon thorns\, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain\, some a hundredfold\, some sixty\, some thirty. 9 He who has ears\, let him hear.” \nThe Purpose of the Parables \n10 Then the disciples came and said to him\, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them\, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven\, but to them it has not been given. 12 For to him who has will more be given\, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables\, because seeing they do not see\, and hearing they do not hear\, nor do they understand. 14 With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: \n‘You shall indeed hear but never understand\, \nand you shall indeed see but never perceive. \n15 For this people’s heart has grown dull\, \nand their ears are heavy of hearing\, \nand their eyes they have closed\, \nlest they should perceive with their eyes\, \nand hear with their ears\, \nand understand with their heart\, \nand turn for me to heal them.’ \n16 But blessed are your eyes\, for they see\, and your ears\, for they hear. 17 Truly\, I say to you\, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it. \nThe Parable of the Sower Explained \n18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it\, the Evil One comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground\, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself\, but endures for a while\, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word\, immediately he falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns\, this is he who hears the word\, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word\, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil\, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit\, and yields\, in one case a hundredfold\, in another sixty\, and in another thirty.”
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SUMMARY:1st Friday of Elijah – Memorial of Mar Papa the Patriarch
DESCRIPTION:All readings taken from the Memorial of the Patron Saint \nIsaiah 41:8-16 \n8 But you\, Israel\, my servant\, \nJacob\, whom I have chosen\, \nthe offspring of Abraham\, my friend; \n9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, \nand called from its farthest corners\, \nsaying to you\, “You are my servant\, \nI have chosen you and not cast you off”; \n10 fear not\, for I am with you\, \nbe not dismayed\, for I am your God; \nI will strengthen you\, I will help you\, \nI will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n11 Behold\, all who are incensed against you \nshall be put to shame and confounded; \nthose who strive against you \nshall be as nothing and shall perish. \n12 You shall seek those who contend with you\, \nbut you shall not find them; \nthose who war against you \nshall be as nothing at all. \n13 For I\, the Lord your God\, \nhold your right hand; \nit is I who say to you\, “Fear not\, \nI will help you.” \n14 Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, \nyou men of Israel! \nI will help you\, says the Lord; \nyour Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. \n15 Behold\, I will make of you a threshing sledge\, \nnew\, sharp\, and having teeth; \nyou shall thresh the mountains and crush them\, \nand you shall make the hills like chaff; \n16 you shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away\, \nand the tempest shall scatter them. \nAnd you shall rejoice in the Lord; \nin the Holy One of Israel you shall glory. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 19:8-20 \n8 And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God; 9 but when some were stubborn and disbelieved\, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation\, he withdrew from them\, taking the disciples with him\, and argued daily in the hall of Tyrannus. 10 This continued for two years\, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord\, both Jews and Greeks. \nThe Sons of Sceva \n11 And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul\, 12 so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick\, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits\, saying\, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them\, “Jesus I know\, and Paul I know; but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them\, mastered all of them\, and overpowered them\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all residents of Ephesus\, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Many also of those who were now believers came\, confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew and prevailed mightily. \n  \n2Corinthians 10:4-18 \n4 For the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every thought captive to obey Christ\, 6 Being ready to punish every disobedience\, when your obedience is complete. \n7 Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ’s\, let him remind himself that as he is Christ’s\, so are we. 8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority\, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you\, I shall not be put to shame. 9 I would not seem to be frightening you with letters. 10 For they say\, “His letters are weighty and strong\, but his bodily presence is weak\, and his speech of no account.” 11 Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. 12 Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another\, and compare themselves with one another\, they are without understanding. \n13 But we will not boast beyond limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us\, to reach even to you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. 15 We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men’s labors; but our hope is that as your faith increases\, our field among you may be greatly enlarged\, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in another’s field. 17 “Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord.” 18 For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord commends. \n  \nMatthew 24:45-47; 25:14-23 \nThe Faithful and the Unfaithful Servant \n45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. 47 Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. \nThe Parable of the Talents \n14 “For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; 15 to one he gave five talents\, to another two\, to another one\, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. 17 So also\, he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward\, bringing five talents more\, saying\, ‘Master\, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him\, ‘Well done\, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward\, saying\, ‘Master\, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him\, ‘Well done\, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
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SUMMARY:1st Sunday of Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 6:20-7:6 \n20 And I said to you\, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites\, which the Lord our God gives us. 21 Behold\, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up\, take possession\, as the Lord\, the God of your fathers\, has told you; do not fear or be dismayed.’ 22 Then all of you came near me\, and said\, ‘Let us send men before us\, that they may explore the land for us\, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’ 23 The thing seemed good to me\, and I took twelve men of you\, one man for each tribe; 24 and they turned and went up into the hill country\, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out. 25 And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us\, and brought us word again\, and said\, ‘It is a good land which the Lord our God gives us.’ \n26 “Yet you would not go up\, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; 27 and you murmured in your tents\, and said\, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt\, to give us into the hand of the Amorites\, to destroy us. 28 Where are we going up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt\, saying\, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.” ’ 29 Then I said to you\, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you\, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes\, 31 and in the wilderness\, where you have seen how the Lord your God bore you\, as a man bears his son\, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ 32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God\, 33 who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents\, in fire by night\, to show you by what way you should go\, and in the cloud by day. \nPunishment for Israel’s Rebellion \n34 “And the Lord heard your words\, and was angered\, and he swore\, 35 ‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers\, 36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it\, and to him and to his children I will give the land upon which he has trodden\, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’ 37 The Lord was angry with me also on your account\, and said\, ‘You also shall not go in there; 38 Joshua the son of Nun\, who stands before you\, he shall enter; encourage him\, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones\, who you said would become a prey\, and your children\, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil\, shall go in there\, and to them I will give it\, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you\, turn\, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’ \n41 “Then you answered me\, ‘We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight\, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every man of you belted on his weapons of war\, and thought it easy to go up into the hill country. 42 And the Lord said to me\, ‘Say to them\, Do not go up or fight\, for I am not in the midst of you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.’ 43 So I spoke to you\, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the Lord\, and were presumptuous and went up into the hill country. 44 Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah. 45 And you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not listen to your voice or give ear to you. 46 So you remained at Kadesh many days\, the days that you remained there. \nThe Years in the Wilderness \n2 “Then we turned\, and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea\, as the Lord told me; and for many days we went about Mount Seir. 2 Then the Lord said to me\, 3 ‘You have been going about this mountain country long enough; turn northward. 4 And command the people\, You are about to pass through the territory of your brethren the sons of Esau\, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So take good heed; 5 do not contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land\, no\, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on\, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You shall purchase food from them for money\, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money\, that you may drink. \n  \nIsaiah 31:1-9 \nHelp from Egypt Is Futile \n31 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help \nand rely on horses\, \nwho trust in chariots because they are many \nand in horsemen because they are very strong\, \nbut do not look to the Holy One of Israel \nor consult the Lord! \n2 And yet he is wise and brings disaster\, \nhe does not call back his words\, \nbut will arise against the house of the evildoers\, \nand against the helpers of those who work iniquity. \n3 The Egyptians are men\, and not God; \nand their horses are flesh\, and not spirit. \nWhen the Lord stretches out his hand\, \nthe helper will stumble\, and he who is helped will fall\, \nand they will all perish together. \n4 For thus the Lord said to me\, \nAs a lion or a young lion growls over his prey\, \nand when a band of shepherds is called forth against him \nis not terrified by their shouting \nor daunted at their noise\, \nso the Lord of hosts will come down \nto fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill. \n5 Like birds hovering\, so the Lord of hosts \nwill protect Jerusalem; \nhe will protect and deliver it\, \nhe will spare and rescue it. \n6 Turn to him from whom you have deeply revolted\, O people of Israel. 7 For in that day every one shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold\, which your hands have sinfully made for you. \n8 “And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword\, not of man; \nand a sword\, not of man\, shall devour him; \nand he shall flee from the sword\, \nand his young men shall be put to forced labor. \n9 His rock shall pass away in terror\, \nand his officers desert the standard in panic\,” \nsays the Lord\, whose fire is in Zion\, \nand whose furnace is in Jerusalem. \n  \n2Thessalonians 1:1-12 \nSalutation \n1 Paul\, Silvanus\, and Timothy\, \nTo the Church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: \n2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. \nThanksgiving \n3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, brethren\, as is fitting\, because your faith is growing abundantly\, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions\, which you are enduring. \nThe Judgment at Christ’s Coming \n5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God\, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of God\, for which you are suffering—6 since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you\, 7 and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted\, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire\, 8 inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might\, 10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints\, and to be marveled at in all who have believed\, because our testimony to you was believed. 11 To this end we always pray for you\, that our God may make you worthy of his call\, and may fulfill every good resolve and work of faith by his power\, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you\, and you in him\, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. \n  \nLuke 18:35-19:10 \nJesus Heals a Blind Beggar near Jericho \n35 As he drew near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging; 36 and hearing a multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. 37 They told him\, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 38 And he cried\, “Jesus\, Son of David\, have mercy on me!” 39 And those who were in front rebuked him\, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more\, “Son of David\, have mercy on me!” 40 And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to him; and when he came near\, he asked him\, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He said\, “Lord\, let me receive my sight.” 42 And Jesus said to him\, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” 43 And immediately he received his sight and followed him\, glorifying God; and all the people\, when they saw it\, gave praise to God. \nJesus and Zacchaeus \n19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector\, and rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was\, but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was small of stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him\, for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked up and said to him\, “Zacchaeus\, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he made haste and came down\, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it they all murmured\, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord\, “Behold\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him\, “Today salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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SUMMARY:Friday that Ends the Season of Summer - Memorial of Mar Qardagh\, Honorable Martyr
DESCRIPTION:All readings taken from the Memorial of St. George \nDaniel 6:6-24 \n6 Then these presidents and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him\, “O King Darius\, live for ever! 7 All the presidents of the kingdom\, the prefects and the satraps\, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an interdict\, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days\, except to you\, O king\, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now\, O king\, establish the interdict and sign the document\, so that it cannot be changed\, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians\, which cannot be revoked.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict. \nDaniel in the Den of Lions \n10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed\, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem; and he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God\, as he had done previously. 11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near and said before the king\, concerning the interdict\, “O king! Did you not sign an interdict\, that any man who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you\, O king\, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered\, “The thing stands fast\, according to the law of the Medes and Persians\, which cannot be revoked.” 13 Then they answered before the king\, “That Daniel\, who is one of the exiles from Judah\, pays no heed to you\, O king\, or the interdict you have signed\, but makes his petition three times a day.” \n14 Then the king\, when he heard these words\, was much distressed\, and set his mind to deliver Daniel; and he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. 15 Then these men came by agreement to the king\, and said to the king\, “Know\, O king\, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no interdict or ordinance which the king establishes can be changed.” \n16 Then the king commanded\, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel\, “May your God\, whom you serve continually\, deliver you!” 17 And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den\, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords\, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace\, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him\, and sleep fled from him. \nGod Saves Daniel from the Lions \n19 Then\, at break of day\, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 When he came near to the den where Daniel was\, he cried out in a tone of anguish and said to Daniel\, “O Daniel\, servant of the living God\, has your God\, whom you serve continually\, been able to deliver you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel said to the king\, “O king\, live for ever! 22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths\, and they have not hurt me\, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you\, O king\, I have done no wrong.” 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad\, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den\, and no kind of hurt was found upon him\, because he had trusted in his God. 24 And the king commanded\, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they\, their children\, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 12:1-23 \nJames Killed and Peter Imprisoned by Herod \n12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the Church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5 So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church. \nAn Angel Rescues Peter from Prison \n6 The very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; 7 and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8 And the angel said to him\, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him\, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9 And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. 11 And Peter came to himself\, and said\, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” \n12 When he realized this\, he went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter’s voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her\, “You are mad.” But she insisted that it was so. They said\, “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said\, “Tell this to James and to the brethren.” Then he departed and went to another place. \n18 Now when day came\, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 And when Herod had sought for him and could not find him\, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea\, and remained there. \nThe Death of Herod \n20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body\, and having persuaded Blastus\, the king’s chamberlain\, they asked for peace\, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes\, took his seat upon the throne\, and made an oration to them. 22 And the people shouted\, “The voice of a god\, and not of man!” 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him\, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died. \n  \n2Corinthians 12:1-14 \n12 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows—4 and he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter. 5 On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. 6 Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. 8 Three times I begged the Lord about this\, that it should leave me; 9 but he said to me\, “My grace is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 or the sake of Christ\, then\, I am content with weaknesses\, insults\, hardships\, persecutions\, and calamities; for when I am weak\, then I am strong. \nPaul’s Concern for the Corinthian Church \n11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it\, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am not at all inferior to these superlative apostles\, even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience\, with signs and wonders and mighty works. 13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches\, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong! \n14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents\, but parents for their children. \n  \nMatthew 10:37-42\, 16:24-27\, 19:27-30 \n37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. \nRewards \n40 “He who receives you receives me\, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward\, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose his reward.” \nThe Cross and Self-Denial \n24 Then Jesus told his disciples\, “If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it\, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? 27 For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father\, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. \n27 Then Peter said in reply\, “Behold\, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?” 28 Jesus said to them\, “Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, for my name’s sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life. 30But many that are first will be last\, and the last first.
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SUMMARY:7th Sunday of Summer
DESCRIPTION:Leviticus 19:15-19; 20:9-14 \n15 “You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great\, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16 You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people\, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord. \n17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart\, but you shall reason with your neighbor\, lest you bear sin because of him. 18 You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people\, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. \n19 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall there come upon you a garment of cloth made of two kinds of stuff. \n9 For every one who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother\, his blood is upon him. \n10 “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor\, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. 11The man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall be put to death\, their blood is upon them. 12 If a man lies with his daughter-in-law\, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed incest\, their blood is upon them. 13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman\, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death\, their blood is upon them. 14 If a man takes a wife and her mother also\, it is wickedness; they shall be burned with fire\, both he and they\, that there may be no wickedness among you. \nIsaiah 30:1-15 \nA Rebellious People \n30 “Woe to the rebellious children\,” says the Lord\, \n“who carry out a plan\, but not mine; \nand who make a league\, but not of my spirit\, \nthat they may add sin to sin; \n2 who set out to go down to Egypt\, \nwithout asking for my counsel\, \nto take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh\, \nand to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! \n3 Therefore the protection of Pharaoh shall turn to your shame\, \nand the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation. \n4 For though his officials are at Zoan \nand his envoys reach Hanes\, \n5 every one comes to shame \nthrough a people that cannot profit them\, \nthat brings neither help nor profit\, \nbut shame and disgrace.” \n6 An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. \nThrough a land of trouble and anguish\, \nfrom where come the lioness and the lion\, \nthe viper and the flying serpent\, \nthey carry their riches on the backs of \ndonkeys\, \nand their treasures on the humps of camels\, \nto a people that cannot profit them. \n7 For Egypt’s help is worthless and empty\, \ntherefore I have called her \n“Rahab who sits still.” \n8 And now\, go\, write it before them on a tablet\, \nand inscribe it in a book\, \nthat it may be for the time to come as a witness for ever. \n9 For they are a rebellious people\, \nlying sons\, \nsons who will not hear \nthe instruction of the Lord; \n10 who say to the seers\, “See not”; \nand to the prophets\, “Prophesy not to us what is right; \nspeak to us smooth things\, \nprophesy illusions\, \n11 leave the way\, turn aside from the path\, \nlet us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel.” \n12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel\, \n“Because you despise this word\, \nand trust in oppression and perverseness\, \nand rely on them; \n13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you \nlike a break in a high wall\, bulging out\, and about to collapse\, \nwhose crash comes suddenly\, in an instant; \n14 and its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel \nwhich is smashed so ruthlessly \nthat among its fragments not a shard is found \nwith which to take fire from the hearth\, \nor to dip up water out of the cistern.” \n15 For thus said the Lord God\, the Holy One of Israel\, \n“In returning and rest you shall be saved; \nin quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” \nAnd you would not\, \n1Thessalonians 2:14-3:13 \n14 For you\, brethren\, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews\, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets\, and drove us out\, and displease God and oppose all men 16 by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God’s wrath has come upon them at last! \nPaul’s Desire to Visit the Thessalonians Again \n17 But since we were deprived of you\, brethren\, for a short time\, in person not in heart\, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face; 18 because we wanted to come to you—I\, Paul\, again and again—but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy. \n3 Therefore when we could bear it no longer\, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone\, 2 and we sent Timothy\, our brother and God’s servant in the gospel of Christ\, to establish you in your faith and to exhort you\, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves know that this is to be our lot. 4 For when we were with you\, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction; just as it has come to pass\, and as you know. 5 For this reason\, when I could bear it no longer\, I sent that I might know your faith\, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain. \nTimothy’s Good Report \n6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you\, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us\, as we long to see you—7 for this reason\, brethren\, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith; 8 for now we live\, if you stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you\, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God\, 10 praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? \n11 Now may our God and Father himself\, and our Lord Jesus\, direct our way to you; 12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men\, as we do to you\, 13 so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father\, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. \nLuke 18:1-14 \nThe Parable of the Widow and the Unrighteous Judge \n18 And he told them a parable\, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said\, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; 3 and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying\, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself\, ‘Though I neither fear God nor regard man\, 5 yet because this widow bothers me\, I will vindicate her\, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.’ ” 6 And the Lord said\, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God vindicate his elect\, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you\, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless\, when the Son of man comes\, will he find faith on earth?” \nThe Parable of the Pharisees and the Tax Collector \n9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\, ‘God\, I thank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulterers\, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week\, I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector\, standing far off\, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, ‘God\, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you\, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled\, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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SUMMARY:6th Friday of Summer – Feast of Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae\, Catholicos Patriarch\, and the Fathers who were Crowned with Him
DESCRIPTION:The Law – From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors\, or the Patron Saint \nDaniel 3:2-22 (3:25-45 in the Pshitta) \n2 Then Azariah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said: \n3 “Blessed are you\, O Lord\, God of our fathers\, and worthy of praise; \nand your name is glorified for ever. \n4 For you are just in all that you have done to us\, \nand all your works are true and your ways right\, \nand all your judgments are truth. \n5 You have executed true judgments in all that you have brought upon us \nand upon Jerusalem\, the holy city of our fathers\, \nfor in truth and justice you have brought all this upon us because of our sins. \n6 For we have sinfully and lawlessly departed from you\, \nand have sinned in all things and have not obeyed your commandments; \n7 we have not observed them or done them\, \nas you have commanded us that it might go well with us. \n8 So all that you have brought upon us\, \nand all that you have done to us\, \nyou have done in true judgment. \n9 You have given us into the hands of lawless enemies\, most hateful rebels\, \nand to an unjust king\, the most wicked in all the world. \n10 And now we cannot open our mouths; \nshame and disgrace have befallen your servants and worshipers. \n11 For your name’s sake do not give us up utterly\, \nand do not break your covenant\, \n12 and do not withdraw your mercy from us\, \nfor the sake of Abraham your beloved \nand for the sake of Isaac your servant \nand Israel your holy one\, \n13 to whom you promised \nto make their descendants as many as the stars of heaven \nand as the sand on the shore of the sea. \n14 For we\, O Lord\, have become fewer than any nation\, \nand are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins. \n15 And at this time there is no prince\, or prophet\, or leader\, \nno burnt offering\, or sacrifice\, or oblation\, or incense\, \nno place to make an offering before you or to find mercy. \n16 Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted\, \nas though it were with burnt offerings of rams and bulls\, \nand with tens of thousands of fat lambs; \n17 such may our sacrifice be in your sight this day\, \nand may we wholly follow you\, \nfor there will be no shame for those who trust in you. \n18 And now with all our heart we follow you\, \nwe fear you and seek your face. \n19 Do not put us to shame\, \nbut deal with us in your forbearance \nand in your abundant mercy. \n20 Deliver us in accordance with your marvelous works\, \nand give glory to your name\, O Lord! \nLet all who do harm to your servants be put to shame; \n21 let them be disgraced and deprived of all power and dominion\, \nand let their strength be broken. \n22 Let them know that you are the Lord\, the only God\, \nglorious over the whole world.” \n  \nor \n  \nIsaiah 41:8-16 \n8 But you\, Israel\, my servant\, \nJacob\, whom I have chosen\, \nthe offspring of Abraham\, my friend; \n9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, \nand called from its farthest corners\, \nsaying to you\, “You are my servant\, \nI have chosen you and not cast you off”; \n10 fear not\, for I am with you\, \nbe not dismayed\, for I am your God; \nI will strengthen you\, I will help you\, \nI will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n11 Behold\, all who are incensed against you \nshall be put to shame and confounded; \nthose who strive against you \nshall be as nothing and shall perish. \n12 You shall seek those who contend with you\, \nbut you shall not find them; \nthose who war against you \nshall be as nothing at all. \n13 For I\, the Lord your God\, \nhold your right hand; \nit is I who say to you\, “Fear not\, \nI will help you.” \n14 Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, \nyou men of Israel! \nI will help you\, says the Lord; \nyour Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. \n15 Behold\, I will make of you a threshing sledge\, \nnew\, sharp\, and having teeth; \nyou shall thresh the mountains and crush them\, \nand you shall make the hills like chaff; \n16 you shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away\, \nand the tempest shall scatter them. \nAnd you shall rejoice in the Lord; \nin the Holy One of Israel you shall glory. \n  \nThe Prophets – From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors\, or the Patron Saint \nActs of the Apostles 6:8-7:10 \nThe Arrest of Stephen \n8 And Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. 10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. 11 Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, 13 and set up false witnesses who said\, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” 15 And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. \nStephen’s Speech to the Council \n7 And the high priest said\, “Is this so?” 2 And Stephen said: \n“Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, 3 and said to him\, ‘Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I will show you.’ 4 Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living; 5 yet he gave him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot’s length\, but promised to give it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child. 6 And God spoke to this effect\, that his posterity would be aliens in a land belonging to others\, who would enslave them and ill-treat them four hundred years. 7 ‘But I will judge the nation which they serve\,’ said God\, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’ 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac\, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob\, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. \n9 “And the patriarchs\, jealous of Joseph\, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him\, 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions\, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh\, king of Egypt\, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household. \n  \nor \n  \nActs of the Apostles 19:8-20 \n8 And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God; 9 but when some were stubborn and disbelieved\, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation\, he withdrew from them\, taking the disciples with him\, and argued daily in the hall of Tyrannus. 10 This continued for two years\, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord\, both Jews and Greeks. \nThe Sons of Sceva \n11 And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul\, 12 so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick\, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits\, saying\, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them\, “Jesus I know\, and Paul I know; but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them\, mastered all of them\, and overpowered them\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all residents of Ephesus\, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Many also of those who were now believers came\, confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew and prevailed mightily. \n  \nEphesians 4:1-16 \nUnity in the Body of Christ \n4 I therefore\, a prisoner for the Lord\, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called\, 2 with all lowliness and meekness\, with patience\, forbearing one another in love\, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit\, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call\, 5 one Lord\, one faith\, one baptism\, 6 one God and Father of us all\, who is above all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it is said\, \n“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives\, \nand he gave gifts to men.” \n9 (In saying\, “He ascended\,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\, that he might fill all things.) 11 And his gifts were that some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 so that we may no longer be children\, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine\, by the cunning of men\, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. 15 Rather\, speaking the truth in love\, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head\, into Christ\, 16 from whom the whole body\, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied\, when each part is working properly\, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love. \n  \nJohn 15:1-25 \nJesus the True Vine \n15 “I am the true vine\, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch of mine that bears no fruit\, he takes away\, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes\, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me\, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself\, unless it abides in the vine\, neither can you\, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine\, you are the branches. He who abides in me\, and I in him\, he it is that bears much fruit\, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If a man does not abide in me\, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered\, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you abide in me\, and my words abide in you\, ask whatever you will\, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified\, that you bear much fruit\, and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me\, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments\, you will abide in my love\, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you\, that my joy may be in you\, and that your joy may be full. \n12 “This is my commandment\, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants\, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends\, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me\, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name\, he may give it to you. 17 This I command you\, to love one another. \nThe World’s Hatred \n18 “If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world\, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you\, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also. 21 But all this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
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SUMMARY:6th Sunday of the Summer
DESCRIPTION:Ritual and Moral Holiness \n19 And the Lord said to Moses\, 2 “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel\, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father\, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. \n9 “When you reap the harvest of your land\, you shall not reap your field to its very border\, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare\, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God. \n11 “You shall not steal\, nor deal falsely\, nor lie to one another. 12 And you shall not swear by my name falsely\, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. \n13 “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning. 14 You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind\, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. \n  \nIsaiah 29:13-24 \n13 And the Lord said: \n“Because this people draw near with their mouth \nand honor me with their lips\, \nwhile their hearts are far from me\, \nand their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote; \n14 therefore\, behold\, I will again \ndo marvelous things with this people\, \nwonderful and marvelous; \nand the wisdom of their wise men shall perish\, \nand the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” \n15 Woe to those who hide deep from the Lord their counsel\, \nwhose deeds are in the dark\, \nand who say\, “Who sees us? Who knows us.” \n16 You turn things upside down! \nShall the potter be regarded as the clay; \nthat the thing made should say of its maker\, \n“He did not make me”; \nor the thing formed say of him who formed it\, \n“He has no understanding”? \n17 Is it not yet a very little while \nuntil Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field\, \nand the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? \n18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book\, \nand out of their gloom and darkness \nthe eyes of the blind shall see. \n19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord\, \nand the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. \n20 For the ruthless shall come to nothing and the scoffer cease\, \nand all who watch to do evil shall be cut off\, \n21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender\, \nand lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, \nand with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right. \nHope for the Future \n22 Therefore thus says the Lord\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: \n“Jacob shall no more be ashamed\, \nno more shall his face grow pale. \n23 For when he sees his children\, \nthe work of my hands\, in his midst\, \nthey will sanctify my name; \nthey will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, \nand will stand in awe of the God of Israel. \n24 And those who err in spirit will come to understanding\, \nand those who murmur will accept instruction.” \n  \n1Thessalonians 2:1-12 \nPaul’s Ministry in Thessalonica \n2 For you yourselves know\, brethren\, that our visit to you was not in vain; 2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi\, as you know\, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition. 3 For our appeal does not spring from error or uncleanness\, nor is it made with guile; 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel\, so we speak\, not to please men\, but to please God who tests our hearts. 5 For we never used either words of flattery\, as you know\, or a cloak for greed\, as God is witness; 6 nor did we seek glory from men\, whether from you or from others\, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you\, like a nurse taking care of her children. 8 So\, being affectionately desirous of you\, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves\, because you had become very dear to us. \n9 For you remember our labor and toil\, brethren; we worked night and day\, that we might not burden any of you\, while we preached to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses\, and God also\, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you believers; 11 for you know how\, like a father with his children\, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you 12 to walk in a manner worthy of God\, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. \n  \nLuke 17:5-19 \n5 The apostles said to the Lord\, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said\, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you could say to this sycamine tree\, ‘Be rooted up\, and be planted in the sea\,’ and it would obey you. \n7 “Will any one of you\, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep\, say to him when he has come in from the field\, ‘Come at once and sit down at table’? 8 Will he not rather say to him\, ‘Prepare supper for me\, and put on your apron and serve me\, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also\, when you have done all that is commanded you\, say\, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’ ” \nJesus Cleanses Ten Lepers \n11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village\, he was met by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices and said\, “Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us.” 14When he saw them he said to them\, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them\, when he saw that he was healed\, turned back\, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet\, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 17 Then said Jesus\, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 And he said to him\, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”
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SUMMARY:Memorial of the Assumption of Mary – August 15
DESCRIPTION:The Law – From the Memorial of Mary\, Our Lady of the Harvest \nExodus 15:11-21 \n11 “Who is like you\, O Lord\, among the gods? \nWho is like you\, majestic in holiness\, \nterrible in glorious deeds\, doing wonders? \n12 You stretched out your right hand\, \nthe earth swallowed them. \n13 “You have led in your merciful love the people whom you have redeemed\, \nyou have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. \n14 The peoples have heard\, they tremble; \npangs have seized on the inhabitants of Philistia. \n15 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; \nthe leaders of Moab\, trembling seizes them; \nall the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. \n16 Terror and dread fall upon them; \nbecause of the greatness of your arm\, they are as still as a stone\, \ntill your people\, O Lord\, pass by\, \ntill the people pass by whom you have purchased. \n17 You will bring them in\, and plant them on your own mountain\, \nthe place\, O Lord\, which you have made for your abode\, \nthe sanctuary\, O Lord\, which your hands have established. \n18 The Lord will reign for ever and ever.” \n19 For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea\, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the sons of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then Miriam\, the prophetess\, the sister of Aaron\, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them: \n“Sing to the Lord\, for he has triumphed gloriously; \nthe horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.” \n  \nThe Prophets – From the Memorial of Mary\, Our Lady of the Harvest \nActs of the Apostles 1:1-8 \nThe Promise of the Holy Spirit \n1 In the first book\, O Theophilus\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\, 2 until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. 4  And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, “you heard from me\, 5 for John baptized with water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” \nThe Ascension of Jesus \n6 So when they had come together\, they asked him\, “Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them\, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.” \n  \nApostle – From the Feast of the Virgin Mary \nRomans 16:1-27 \nPersonal Greetings \nI commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the Church at Cenchre-ae\, 2 that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well. 3 Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, 4 who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks; 5 greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus\, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. 6 Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. 7 Greet Andronicus and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners; they are men of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. 8 Greet Ampliatus\, my beloved in the Lord. 9 Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. 10 Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. 11 Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissus. 12 Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. 13 Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. 14 Greet Asyncritus\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are with them. 15 Greet Philologus\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. \nFinal Instructions \n17 I appeal to you\, brethren\, to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulties\, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught; avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ\, but their own appetites\,and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. 19 For while your obedience is known to all\, so that I rejoice over you\, I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil; 20 then the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. \n21 Timothy\, my fellow worker\, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater\, my kinsmen.22 I Tertius\, the writer of this letter\, greet you in the Lord 23 Gaius\, who is host to me and to the whole Church\, greets you. Erastus\, the city treasurer\, and our brother Quartus\, greet you. \nFinal Doxology \n25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ\, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages 26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations\, according to the command of the eternal God\, to bring about the obedience of faith—27 to the only wise God be glory for evermore through Jesus Christ! Amen. \n  \nGospel – From the Memorial of Mary\, Our Lady of the Harvest \nJohn 2:12; Matthew 13:53-57\, 12:46-50; Luke 11:27-28 \n12 After this he went down to Capernaum\, with his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days. \nThe Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth \n53 And when Jesus had finished these parables\, he went away from there\, 54 and coming 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 not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?” 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them\, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” \n46 While he was still speaking to the people\, behold\, his mother and his brethren stood outside\, asking to speak to him. 48 But he replied to the man who told him\, “Who is my mother\, and who are my brethren?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples\, he said\, “Here are my mother and my brethren! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother\, and sister\, and mother.” \nTrue Blessedness \n27 As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, “Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!” 28 But he said\, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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SUMMARY:5th Friday of Summer – Memorial of Mart Shmoni and Her Sons
DESCRIPTION:Daniel 3:2-22 (3:25-45 in the Pshitta) \n2 Then Azariah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said: \n3 “Blessed are you\, O Lord\, God of our fathers\, and worthy of praise; \nand your name is glorified for ever. \n4 For you are just in all that you have done to us\, \nand all your works are true and your ways right\, \nand all your judgments are truth. \n5 You have executed true judgments in all that you have brought upon us \nand upon Jerusalem\, the holy city of our fathers\, \nfor in truth and justice you have brought all this upon us because of our sins. \n6 For we have sinfully and lawlessly departed from you\, \nand have sinned in all things and have not obeyed your commandments; \n7 we have not observed them or done them\, \nas you have commanded us that it might go well with us. \n8 So all that you have brought upon us\, \nand all that you have done to us\, \nyou have done in true judgment. \n9 You have given us into the hands of lawless enemies\, most hateful rebels\, \nand to an unjust king\, the most wicked in all the world. \n10 And now we cannot open our mouths; \nshame and disgrace have befallen your servants and worshipers. \n11 For your name’s sake do not give us up utterly\, \nand do not break your covenant\, \n12 and do not withdraw your mercy from us\, \nfor the sake of Abraham your beloved \nand for the sake of Isaac your servant \nand Israel your holy one\, \n13 to whom you promised \nto make their descendants as many as the stars of heaven \nand as the sand on the shore of the sea. \n14 For we\, O Lord\, have become fewer than any nation\, \nand are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins. \n15 And at this time there is no prince\, or prophet\, or leader\, \nno burnt offering\, or sacrifice\, or oblation\, or incense\, \nno place to make an offering before you or to find mercy. \n16 Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted\, \nas though it were with burnt offerings of rams and bulls\, \nand with tens of thousands of fat lambs; \n17 such may our sacrifice be in your sight this day\, \nand may we wholly follow you\, \nfor there will be no shame for those who trust in you. \n18 And now with all our heart we follow you\, \nwe fear you and seek your face. \n19 Do not put us to shame\, \nbut deal with us in your forbearance \nand in your abundant mercy. \n20 Deliver us in accordance with your marvelous works\, \nand give glory to your name\, O Lord! \nLet all who do harm to your servants be put to shame; \n21 let them be disgraced and deprived of all power and dominion\, \nand let their strength be broken. \n22 Let them know that you are the Lord\, the only God\, \nglorious over the whole world.” \n  \nActs of Apostles 6:8-7:2\, 11-8:2 \nThe Arrest of Stephen \n8 And Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. 10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. 11 Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, 13 and set up false witnesses who said\, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” 15 And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. \nStephen’s Speech to the Council \n7 And the high priest said\, “Is this so?” 2 And Stephen said: \n“Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran. \n11 Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan\, and great affliction\, and our fathers could find no food. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt\, he sent forth our fathers the first time. 13 And at the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers\, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh. 14 And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father and all his kindred\, seventy-five souls; 15 and Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died\, himself and our fathers\, 16 and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. \n17 “But as the time of the promise drew near\, which God had granted to Abraham\, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till there arose over Egypt another king who had not known Joseph. 19 He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants\, that they might not be kept alive. 20 At this time Moses was born\, and was beautiful before God. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house; 21 and when he was exposed\, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians\, and he was mighty in his words and deeds. \n23 “When he was forty years old\, it came into his heart to visit his brethren\, the sons of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being wronged\, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brethren understood that God was giving them deliverance by his hand\, but they did not understand. 26 And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and would have reconciled them\, saying\, ‘Men\, you are brethren\, why do you wrong each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside\, saying\, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this retort Moses fled\, and became an exile in the land of Midian\, where he became the father of two sons. \n30 “Now when forty years had passed\, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai\, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look\, the voice of the Lord came\, 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers\, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. 33 And the Lord said to him\, ‘Take off the shoes from your feet\, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning\, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come\, I will send you to Egypt.’ \n35 “This Moses whom they refused\, saying\, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ God sent as both ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush. 36He led them out\, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea\, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites\, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up.’ 38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai\, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to give to us. 39 Our fathers refused to obey him\, but thrust him aside\, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt\, 40 saying to Aaron\, ‘Make for us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt\, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And they made a calf in those days\, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their hands. 42 But God turned and gave them over to worship the host of heaven\, as it is written in the book of the prophets: \n‘Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices\, \nforty years in the wilderness\, O house of Israel? \n43 And you took up the tent of Moloch\, \nand the star of the god Rephan\, \nthe figures which you made to worship; \nand I will remove you beyond Babylon.’ \n44 “Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness\, even as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it\, according to the pattern that he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God thrust out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David\, 46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked leave to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him. 48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet says\, \n49 Heaven is my throne\, \nand earth my footstool. \nWhat house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, \nor what is the place of my rest? \n50 Did not my hand make all these things?’ \n51 “You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, 53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.” \nThe Stoning of Stephen \n54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth against him. 55 But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56 and he said\, “Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, “Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit.” 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, “Lord\, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said 8 this\, he fell asleep. 1 And Saul was consenting to his death. \nSaul Persecutes the Church \nAnd on that day a great persecution arose against the Church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria\, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen\, and made great lamentation over him. \n  \nThe Apostle – From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors \nHebrews 11:3-10\, 32-12:2 \n3 By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God\, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear. \nThe Examples of Abel\, Enoch\, and Noah \n4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain\, through which he received approval as righteous\, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he died\, but through his faith he is still speaking. 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found\, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 7 By faith Noah\, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen\, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith. \nThe Faith of Abraham \n8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out\, not knowing where he was to go. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a foreign land\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he looked forward to the city which has foundations\, whose builder and maker is God. \n32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets—33 who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, 34 quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, illtreated—38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves of the earth. \n39 And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, 40 since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. \nThe Example of Jesus \n12 Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, 2 looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. \n  \nGospel – From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors \nMatthew 10:16-33 \nComing Persecutions \n16 “Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, 18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. 19 When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; 20for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; 22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town\, flee to the next; for truly\, I say to you\, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel\, before the Son of man comes. \n24 “A disciple is not above his teacher\, nor a servant above his master; 25 it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher\, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul\, how much more will they malign those of his household. \nWhom to Fear \n26 “So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed\, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the dark\, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered\, proclaim upon the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s will. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not\, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 So every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; 33 but whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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SUMMARY:5th Sunday of the Summer
DESCRIPTION:Leviticus 23:33-43 \n33 And the Lord said to Moses\, 34 “Say to the sons of Israel\, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the feast of booths to the Lord. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. 36 Seven days you shall present offerings by fire to the Lord; on the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work. \n37 “These are the appointed feasts of the Lord\, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation\, for presenting to the Lord offerings by fire\, burnt offerings and cereal offerings\, sacrifices and drink offerings\, each on its proper day; 38 besides the sabbaths of the Lord\, and besides your gifts\, and besides all your votive offerings\, and besides all your freewill offerings\, which you give to the Lord. \n39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month\, when you have gathered in the produce of the land\, you shall keep the feast of the Lord seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest\, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40 And you shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees\, branches of palm trees\, and boughs of leafy trees\, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lordyour God seven days. 41 You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in the year; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month. 42 You shall dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel shall dwell in booths\, 43 that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” \n  \nIsaiah 28:14-22 \n14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord\, you scoffers\, \nwho rule this people in Jerusalem! \n15 Because you have said\, “We have made a covenant with death\, \nand with Sheol we have an agreement; \nwhen the overwhelming scourge passes through \nit will not come to us; \nfor we have made lies our refuge\, \nand in falsehood we have taken shelter”; \n16 therefore thus says the Lord God\, \n“Behold\, I am laying in Zion for a foundation \na stone\, a tested stone\, \na precious cornerstone\, of a sure foundation: \n‘He who believes will not be in haste.’ \n17 And I will make justice the line\, \nand righteousness the plummet; \nand hail will sweep away the refuge of lies\, \nand waters will overwhelm the shelter.” \n18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled\, \nand your agreement with Sheol will not stand; \nwhen the overwhelming scourge passes through \nyou will be beaten down by it. \n19 As often as it passes through it will take you; \nfor morning by morning it will pass through\, \nby day and by night; \nand it will be sheer terror to understand the message. \n20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it\, \nand the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it. \n21 For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim\, \nhe will rage as in the valley of Gibeon; \nto do his deed—strange is his deed! \nand to work his work—alien is his work! \n22 Now therefore do not scoff\, \nlest your bonds be made strong; \nfor I have heard a decree of destruction \nfrom the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land. \n  \n2Corinthians 12:14-21 \n14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents\, but parents for their children. 15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more\, am I to be loved the less? 16 But granting that I myself did not burden you\, I was crafty\, you say\, and got the better of you by guile. 17 Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you? 18I urged Titus to go\, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps? \n19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ\, and all for your upbuilding\, beloved. 20 or I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish\, and that you may find me not what you wish; that perhaps there may be quarreling\, jealousy\, anger\, selfishness\, slander\, gossip\, conceit\, and disorder. 21 I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you\, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity\, immorality\, and licentiousness which they have practiced. \n  \nLuke 16:19-17:10 \nThe Rich Man and Lazarus \n19 “There was a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus\, full of sores\, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; 23 and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he called out\, ‘Father Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said\, ‘Son\, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things\, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here\, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this\, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able\, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said\, ‘Then I beg you\, father\, to send him to my father’s house\, 28 for I have five brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said\, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said\, ‘No\, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead\, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him\, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.’ ” \nSome Sayings of Jesus \n17 And he said to his disciples\, “Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea\, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins\, rebuke him\, and if he repents\, forgive him; 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\, ‘I repent\,’ you must forgive him.” \n5 The apostles said to the Lord\, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said\, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you could say to this sycamine tree\, ‘Be rooted up\, and be planted in the sea\,’ and it would obey you. \n7 “Will any one of you\, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep\, say to him when he has come in from the field\, ‘Come at once and sit down at table’? 8 Will he not rather say to him\, ‘Prepare supper for me\, and put on your apron and serve me\, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also\, when you have done all that is commanded you\, say\, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’ ”
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SUMMARY:Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord – August 6
DESCRIPTION:The Law – From Pentecost \nExodus 19:1-9; 20:18-21 \nThe Israelites Reach Mount Sinai \n1 On the third new moon after the sons of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt\, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 And when they set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai\, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain. 3 And Moses went up to God\, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain\, saying\, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob\, and tell the sons of Israel: 4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians\, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore\, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant\, you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine\, 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.” \n7 So Moses came and called the elders of the people\, and set before them all these words which the Lord had commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together and said\, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. 9 And the Lordsaid to Moses\, “Behold\, I am coming to you in a thick cloud\, that the people may hear when I speak with you\, and may also believe you for ever.” \n18 Now when all the people perceived the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking\, the people were afraid and trembled; and they stood afar off\, 19 and said to Moses\, “You speak to us\, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us\, lest we die.” 20 And Moses said to the people\, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you\, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes\, that you may not sin.” \n21 And the people stood afar off\, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. \n  \nIsaiah 6:1-13 \nA Vision of the Lord in the Temple \n6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two he covered his feet\, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: \n“Holy\, holy\, holy is the Lord of hosts; \nthe whole earth is full of his glory.” \n4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called\, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King\, the Lord of hosts!” \n6 Then flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth\, and said: “Behold\, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away\, and your sin forgiven.” 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, “Whom shall I send\, and who will go for us?” Then I said\, “Here am I! Send me.” 9 And he said\, “Go\, and say to this people: \n‘Hear and hear\, but do not understand; see and see\, but do not perceive.’ \n10 Make the heart of this people fat\, \nand their ears heavy\, \nand shut their eyes; \nlest they see with their eyes\, \nand hear with their ears\, \nand understand with their hearts\, \nand turn and be healed.” \n11 Then I said\, “How long\, O Lord?” \nAnd he said: \n“Until cities lie waste \nwithout inhabitant\, \nand houses without men\, \nand the land is utterly desolate\, \n12 and the Lord removes men far away\, \nand the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. \n13 And though a tenth remain in it\, \nit will be burned again\, \nlike a terebinth or an oak\, \nwhose stump remains standing \nwhen it is felled.” \nThe holy seed is its stump. \n  \nHebrews 12:18-29 \n18 For you have not come to what may be touched\, a blazing fire\, and darkness\, and gloom\, and a tempest\, 19 and the sound of a trumpet\, and a voice whose words made the hearers entreat that no further messages be spoken to them. 20For they could not endure the order that was given\, “If even a beast touches the mountain\, it shall be stoned.” 21 Indeed\, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said\, “I tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God\, the heavenly Jerusalem\, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering\, 23 and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven\, and to a judge who is God of all\, and to the spirits of just men made perfect\, 24 and to Jesus\, the mediator of a new covenant\, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel. \n25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth\, much less shall we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 His voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised\, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” 27 This phrase\, “Yet once more\,” indicates the removal of what is shaken\, as of what has been made\, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe; 29 for our God is a consuming fire. \n  \nMatthew 17:1-9 \nThe Transfiguration \n1 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led them up a high mountain apart. 2 And he was transfigured before them\, and his face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. 3 And behold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus\, “Lord\, it is well that we are here; if you wish\, I will make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 He was still speaking\, when behold\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice from the cloud said\, “This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” 6 When the disciples heard this\, they fell on their faces\, and were filled with awe. 7 But Jesus came and touched them\, saying\, “Rise\, and have no fear.” 8 And when they lifted up their eyes\, they saw no one but Jesus only. \n9 And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesus commanded them\, “Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.”
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SUMMARY:4th Sunday of the Summer
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 5:16-6:3 \n16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother\, as the Lordyour God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged\, and that it may go well with you\, in the land which the Lordyour God gives you. \n17 “ ‘You shall not kill. \n18 “ ‘Neither shall you commit adultery. \n19 “ ‘Neither shall you steal. \n20 “ ‘Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor. \n21 “ ‘Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house\, his field\, or his manservant\, or his maidservant\, his ox\, or his donkey\, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’ \nMoses the Mediator of God’s Will \n22 “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire\, the cloud\, and the thick darkness\, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone\, and gave them to me. 23 And when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness\, while the mountain was burning with fire\, you came near to me\, all the heads of your tribes\, and your elders; 24 and you said\, ‘Behold\, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness\, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire; we have this day seen God speak with man and man still live. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more\, we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh\, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire\, as we have\, and has still lived? 27 Go near\, and hear all that the Lord our God will say; and speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you; and we will hear and do it.’ \n28 “And the Lord heard your words\, when you spoke to me; and the Lord said to me\, ‘I have heard the words of this people\, which they have spoken to you; they have rightly said all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that they had such a mind as this always\, to fear me and to keep all my commandments\, that it might go well with them and with their children for ever! 30 Go and say to them\, “Return to your tents.” 31 But you\, stand here by me\, and I will tell you all the commandment and the statutes and the ordinances which you shall teach them\, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.’ 32 You shall be careful to do therefore as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 You shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you\, that you may live\, and that it may go well with you\, and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess. \nThe Great Commandment \n6 “Now this is the commandment\, the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you\, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over\, to possess it; 2 that you may fear the Lord your God\, you and your son and your son’s son\, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments\, which I command you\, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore\, O Israel\, and be careful to do them; that it may go well with you\, and that you may multiply greatly\, as the Lord\, the God of your fathers\, has promised you\, in a land flowing with milk and honey. \n  \nIsaiah 9:8-21 \n8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob\, and it will light upon Israel; \n9 and all the people will know\, \nEphraim and the inhabitants of Samaria\, \nwho say in pride and in arrogance of heart: \n10 “The bricks have fallen\, \nbut we will build with dressed stones; \nthe sycamores have been cut down\, \nbut we will put cedars in their place.” \n11 So the Lord raises adversaries against them\, \nand stirs up their enemies. \n12 The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west \ndevour Israel with open mouth. \nFor all this his anger is not turned away \nand his hand is stretched out still. \n13 The people did not turn to him who struck them\, \nnor seek the Lord of hosts. \n14 So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail\, \npalm branch and reed in one day— \n15 the elder and honored man is the head\, \nand the prophet who teaches lies is the tail; \n16 for those who lead this people lead them astray\, \nand those who are led by them are swallowed up. \n17 Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men\, \nand has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; \nfor every one is godless and an evildoer\, \nand every mouth speaks folly. \nFor all this his anger is not turned away \nand his hand is stretched out still. \n18 For wickedness burns like a fire\, \nit consumes briers and thorns; \nit kindles the thickets of the forest\, \nand they roll upward in a column of smoke. \n19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts \nthe land is burned\, \nand the people are like fuel for the fire; \nno man spares his brother. \n20 They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\, \nand they devour on the left\, but are not satisfied; \neach devours his neighbor’s flesh\, \n21 Manasseh Ephraim\, and Ephraim Manasseh\, \nand together they are against Judah. \nFor all this his anger is not turned away \nand his hand is stretched out still. \n  \n2Corinthians 10:1-18 \nPaul Defends His Ministry \n10 I\, Paul\, myself entreat you\, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you\, but bold to you when I am away! 2 I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion. 3 For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war\, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every thought captive to obey Christ\, 6 Being ready to punish every disobedience\, when your obedience is complete. \n7 Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ’s\, let him remind himself that as he is Christ’s\, so are we. 8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority\, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you\, I shall not be put to shame. 9 I would not seem to be frightening you with letters. 10 For they say\, “His letters are weighty and strong\, but his bodily presence is weak\, and his speech of no account.” 11 Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. 12 Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another\, and compare themselves with one another\, they are without understanding. \n13 But we will not boast beyond limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us\, to reach even to you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. 15 We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men’s labors; but our hope is that as your faith increases\, our field among you may be greatly enlarged\, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in another’s field. 17 “Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord.” 18 For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord commends. \n  \nMark 7:1-23 \nThe Tradition of the Elders \n7 Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him\, with some of the scribes\, who had come from Jerusalem\, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled\, that is\, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees\, and all the Jews\, do not eat unless they wash their hands\, observing the tradition of the elders; 4 and when they come from the market place\, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe\, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him\, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders\, but eat with hands defiled?” 6And he said to them\, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites\, as it is written\, \n‘This people honors me with their lips\, \nbut their heart is far from me; \n7 in vain do they worship me\, \nteaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ \n8 You leave the commandment of God\, and hold fast the tradition of men.” \n9 And he said to them\, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God\, in order to keep your tradition! 10For Moses said\, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and\, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother\, let him surely die’; 11 but you say\, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother\, What you would have gained from me is Corban’ (that is\, given to God)—12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother\, 13 thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do.” \n14 And he called the people to him again\, and said to them\, “Hear me\, all of you\, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.” 17And when he had entered the house\, and left the people\, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them\, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him\, 19 since it enters\, not his heart but his stomach\, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said\, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. 21 For from within\, out of the heart of man\, come evil thoughts\, fornication\, theft\, murder\, adultery\, 22 coveting\, wickedness\, deceit\, licentiousness\, envy\, slander\, pride\, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within\, and they defile a man.”
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of the Summer
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 5:1-16 \nThe Ten Commandments \n5 And Moses summoned all Israel\, and said to them\, “Hear\, O Israel\, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your hearing this day\, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant\, but with us\, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The Lordspoke with you face to face at the mountain\, out of the midst of the fire\, 5 while I stood between the Lord and you at that time\, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire\, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said: \n6 “ ‘I am the Lord your God\, who brought you out of the land of Egypt\, out of the house of bondage. \n7 “ ‘You shall have no other gods before me. \n8 You shall not make for yourself a graven image\, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above\, or that is on the earth beneath\, or that is in the water under the earth; 9 you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lordyour God am a jealous God\, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me\, 10 but showing merciful love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. \n11 “ ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. \n12 “ ‘Observe the sabbath day\, to keep it holy\, as the Lordyour God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor\, and do all your work; 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work\, you\, or your son\, or your daughter\, or your manservant\, or your maidservant\, or your ox\, or your donkey\, or any of your cattle\, or the sojourner who is within your gates\, that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt\, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. \n16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother\, as the Lordyour God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged\, and that it may go well with you\, in the land which the Lordyour God gives you. \n  \nIsaiah 5:1-7 \nThe Parable of the Vineyard \n5 Let me sing for my beloved \na love song concerning his vineyard: \nMy beloved had a vineyard \non a very fertile hill. \n2 He dug it and cleared it of stones\, \nand planted it with choice vines; \nhe built a watchtower in the midst of it\, \nand hewed out a wine vat in it; \nand he looked for it to yield grapes\, \nbut it yielded wild grapes. \n3 And now\, O inhabitants of Jerusalem \nand men of Judah\, \njudge\, I beg you\, between me \nand my vineyard. \n4 What more was there to do for my vineyard\, \nthat I have not done in it? \nWhen I looked for it to yield grapes\, \nwhy did it yield wild grapes? \n5 And now I will tell you \nwhat I will do to my vineyard. \nI will remove its hedge\, \nand it shall be devoured; \nI will break down its wall\, \nand it shall be trampled down. \n6 I will make it a waste; \nit shall not be pruned or hoed\, \nand briers and thorns shall grow up; \nI will also command the clouds \nthat they rain no rain upon it. \n7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts \nis the house of Israel\, \nand the men of Judah \nare his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice\, \nbut behold\, bloodshed; \nfor righteousness\, \nbut behold\, a cry! \n  \n2Corinthians 7:1-11 \n7 Since we have these promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God. \nPaul’s Joy at the Corinthians’ Repentance and Zeal \n2 Open your hearts to us; we have wronged no one\, we have corrupted no one\, we have taken advantage of no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you\, for I said before that you are in our hearts\, to die together and to live together. 4 I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction\, I am overjoyed. \n5 For even when we came into Macedonia\, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. 6 But God\, who comforts the downcast\, comforted us by the coming of Titus\, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you\, as he told us of your longing\, your mourning\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced still more. 8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter\, I do not regret it (though I did regret it)\, for I see that that letter grieved you\, though only for a while. 9 As it is\, I rejoice\, not because you were grieved\, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief\, so that you suffered no loss through us. 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death. 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you\, what eagerness to clear yourselves\, what indignation\, what alarm\, what longing\, what zeal\, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter. \n  \nJohn 9:1-38 \nHealing of the Blind Man \n9 As he passed by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him\, “Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered\, “It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me\, while it is day; night comes\, when no one can work. 5  As long as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world.” 6 As he said this\, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay\, 7 saying to him\, “Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. 8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said\, “It is he”; others said\, “No\, but he is like him.” He said\, “I am the man.” 10 They said to him\, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered\, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me\, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him\, “Where is he?” He said\, “I do not know.” \nThe Pharisees Investigate the Healing \n13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them\, “He put clay on my eyes\, and I washed\, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said\, “This man is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbath.” But others said\, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was a division among them. 17 So they again said to the blind man\, “What do you say about him\, since he has opened your eyes?” He said\, “He is a prophet.” \n18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight\, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight\, 19 and asked them\, “Is this your son\, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered\, “We know that this is our son\, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age\, he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ\, he was to be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said\, “He is of age\, ask him.” \n24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind\, and said to him\, “Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered\, “Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know; one thing I know\, that though I was blind\, now I see.” 26 They said to him\, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them\, “I have told you already\, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him\, saying\, “You are his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered\, “Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners\, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God\, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him\, “You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. \nSpiritual Blindness \n35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out\, and having found him he said\, “Do you believe in the Son of man?” 36 He answered\, “And who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him\, “You have seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you.” 38 He said\, “Lord\, I believe”; and he worshiped him.
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday of Summer – Memorial of Mar Mari the Apostle
DESCRIPTION:Isaiah 55:4-13 \n4 Behold\, I made him a witness to the peoples\, \na leader and commander for the peoples. \n5 Behold\, you shall call nations that you know not\, \nand nations that knew you not shall run to you\, \nbecause of the Lord your God\, and of the Holy One of Israel\, \nfor he has glorified you. \n6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found\, \ncall upon him while he is near; \n7 let the wicked forsake his way\, \nand the unrighteous man his thoughts; \nlet him return to the Lord\, that he may have mercy on him\, \nand to our God\, for he will abundantly pardon. \n8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts\, \nneither are your ways my ways\, says the Lord. \n9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth\, \nso are my ways higher than your ways \nand my thoughts than your thoughts. \n10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven\, \nand do not return there but water the earth\, \nmaking it bring forth and sprout\, \ngiving seed to the sower and bread to the eater\, \n11 so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; \nit shall not return to me empty\, \nbut it shall accomplish that which I intend\, \nand prosper in the thing for which I sent it. \n12 “For you shall go out in joy\, \nand be led forth in peace; \nthe mountains and the hills before you \nshall break forth into singing\, \nand all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. \n13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; \ninstead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; \nand it shall be to the Lord for a memorial\, \nfor an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off.” \n  \nActs of the Apostles 4:32-5:11 \nThe Believers Share Their Possessions \n32 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul\, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own\, but they had everything in common. 33 And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus\, and great grace was upon them all. 34 There was not any one needy among them\, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them\, and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35 and laid it at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need. 36 Thus Joseph who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas (which means\, Son of encouragement)\, a Levite\, a native of Cyprus\, 37 sold a field which belonged to him\, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet. \nAnanias and Sapphira \n5 But a man named Ananias with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property\, 2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said\, “Ananias\, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold\, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him. \n7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in\, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter said to her\, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said\, “Yes\, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her\, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Listen\, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door\, and they will carry you out.” 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead\, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came upon the whole Church\, and upon all who heard of these things. \n  \n1Corinthians 15:1-19 \nThe Resurrection of Christ \n15 Now I would remind you\, brethren\, in what terms I preached to you the gospel\, which you received\, in which you stand\, 2 by which you are saved\, if you hold it fast—unless you believed in vain. \n3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received\, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures\, 4 that he was buried\, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures\, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas\, then to the Twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time\, most of whom are still alive\, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James\, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all\, as to one untimely born\, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles\, unfit to be called an apostle\, because I persecuted the Church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am\, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary\, I worked harder than any of them\, though it was not I\, but the grace of God which is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they\, so we preach and so you believed. \nThe Resurrection of the Dead \n12 Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead\, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead\, then Christ has not been raised; 14 If Christ has not been raised\, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God\, because we testified of God that he raised Christ\, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised\, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised\, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ\, we are of all men most to be pitied. \n  \nJohn 20:19-31 \nJesus Gives the Disciples the Power to Forgive Sins \n19 On the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were\, for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again\, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you.” 22 And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained.” \nJesus and Thomas \n24 Now Thomas\, one of the Twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him\, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them\, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe.” \n26 Eight days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said\, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas\, “Put your finger here\, and see my hands; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side; do not be faithless\, but believing.” 28 Thomas answered him\, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him\, “You have believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” \nThe Purpose of This Book \n30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.
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