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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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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of Summer
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 4:32-40 \n32 “For ask now of the days that are past\, which were before you\, since the day that God created man upon the earth\, and ask from one end of heaven to the other\, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. 33 Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire\, as you have heard\, and still live? 34 Or has God ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation\, by trials\, by signs\, by wonders\, and by war\, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm\, and by great terrors\, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown\, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. 36 Out of heaven he let you hear his voice\, that he might discipline you; and on earth he let you see his great fire\, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your fathers and chose their descendants after them\, and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence\, by his great power\, 38 driving out before you nations greater and mightier than yourselves\, to bring you in\, to give you their land for an inheritance\, as at this day; 39 know therefore this day\, and lay it to your heart\, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments\, which I command you this day\, that it may go well with you\, and with your children after you\, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God gives you for ever.” \n  \nIsaiah 3:16-4:6 \n16 The Lord said: \nBecause the daughters of Zion are haughty \nand walk with outstretched necks\, \nglancing wantonly with their eyes\, \nmincing along as they go\, \ntinkling with their feet; \n17 the Lord will strike with a scab \nthe heads of the daughters of Zion\, \nand the Lord will lay bare their secret parts. \n18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets\, the headbands\, and the crescents; 19 the pendants\, the bracelets\, and the scarfs; 20 the headdresses\, the armlets\, the sashes\, the perfume boxes\, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and nose rings; 22 the festal robes\, the mantles\, the cloaks\, and the handbags; 23 the garments of gauze\, the linen garments\, the turbans\, and the veils. \n24 Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; \nand instead of a belt\, a rope; \nand instead of well-set hair\, baldness; \nand instead of a rich robe\, a putting on of sackcloth; \ninstead of beauty\, shame. \n25 Your men shall fall by the sword \nand your mighty men in battle. \n26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; \nravaged\, she shall sit upon the ground. \n4 And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day\, saying\, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes\, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.” \n2 In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious\, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. 3 And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy\, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem\, 4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. 5 Then the Lordwill create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day\, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion. 6 It will be for a shade by day from the heat\, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain. \n  \n2Corinthians 3:4-18 \n4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our sufficiency is from God\, 6who has qualified us to be ministers of a new covenant\, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills\, but the Spirit gives life. \n7 Now if the dispensation of death\, carved in letters on stone\, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses’ face because of its brightness\, fading as this was\, 8 will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with greater splendor? 9 For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation\, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor. 10 Indeed\, in this case\, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all\, because of the splendor that surpasses it. 11 For if what faded away came with splendor\, what is permanent must have much more splendor. \n12 Since we have such a hope\, we are very bold\, 13 not like Moses\, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not see the end of the fading splendor. 14 But their minds were hardened; for to this day\, when they read the old covenant\, that same veil remains unlifted\, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes\, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their minds; 16 but when a man turns to the Lord the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit\, and where the Spirit of the Lord is\, there is freedom. 18 And we all\, with unveiled face\, beholding the glory of the Lord\, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. \n  \nLuke 15:4-32 \n4 What man of you\, having a hundred sheep\, if he has lost one of them\, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness\, and go after the one which is lost\, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it\, he lays it on his shoulders\, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home\, he calls together his friends and his neighbors\, saying to them\, ‘Rejoice with me\, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’ 7 Just so\, I tell you\, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. \nThe Parable of the Lost Coin \n8 “Or what woman\, having ten silver coins\, if she loses one coin\, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it\, she calls together her friends and neighbors\, saying\, ‘Rejoice with me\, for I have found the coin which I had lost.’ 10 Just so\, I tell you\, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” \nThe Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother \n11 And he said\, “There was a man who had two sons; 12 and the younger of them said to his father\, ‘Father\, give me the share of property that falls to me.’ And he divided his living between them. 13 Not many days later\, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country\, and there he squandered his property in loose living. 14 And when he had spent everything\, a great famine arose in that country\, and he began to be in want. 15 So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country\, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to himself he said\, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare\, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father\, and I will say to him\, “Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you; 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants.” ’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance\, his father saw him and had compassion\, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him\, ‘Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 But the father said to his servants\, ‘Bring quickly the best robe\, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his feet; 23 and bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let us eat and make merry; 24 for this my son was dead\, and is alive again; he was lost\, and is found.’ And they began to make merry. \n25 “Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house\, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant. 27 And he said to him\, ‘Your brother has come\, and your father has killed the fatted calf\, because he has received him safe and sound.’ 28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him\, 29 but he answered his father\, ‘Behold\, these many years I have served you\, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came\, who has devoured your living with harlots\, you killed for him the fatted calf!’ 31 And he said to him\, ‘Son\, you are always with me\, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting to make merry and be glad\, for this your brother was dead\, and is alive; he was lost\, and is found.’ ”
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SUMMARY:1st Friday of Summer - Memorial of Mar Yako\, Bishop of Nisibin
DESCRIPTION:The Law – 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  \nThe Prophet – From the Memorial of the Patron Saint \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  \nApostle – From the Memorial of the Patron Saint \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  \nLuke 12:1-12 \nA Warning against Hypocrisy \n12 In the meantime\, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another\, he began to say to his disciples first\, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy. 2  Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed\, or hidden that will not be known. 3 Whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light\, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. \nWhom to Fear \n4 “I tell you\, my friends\, do not fear those who kill the body\, and after that have no more that they can do. 5  But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who\, after he has killed\, has power to cast into hell; yes\, I tell you\, fear him! 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why\, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. \n8 “And I tell you\, every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God; 9  but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 10  And every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious about how or what you are to answer or what you are to say; 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
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SUMMARY:Memorial of Mar Qiryaqos and His Mother\, Juliet – July 15
DESCRIPTION:All readings from the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors \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  \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 17:22-31 \n22 So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagus\, said: “Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shrines made by man\, 25 nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation\, 27 that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, 28 for \n‘In him we live and move and have our being’; \nas even some of your poets have said\, \n‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ \n29 Being then God’s offspring\, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or stone\, a representation by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked\, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead.” \n  \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  \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:1st Sunday of Summer\, also called Nosardeil – Memorial of the 12 Apostles
DESCRIPTION:1 Kings 18:30-39 \n30 Then Elijah said to all the people\, “Come near to me”; and all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down; 31 Elijah took twelve stones\, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob\, to whom the word of the Lord came\, saying\, “Israel shall be your name”; 32 and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord. And he made a trench about the altar\, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order\, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said\, “Fill four jars with water\, and pour it on the burnt offering\, and on the wood.” 34 And he said\, “Do it a second time”; and they did it a second time. And he said\, “Do it a third time”; and they did it a third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar\, and filled the trench also with water. \n36 And at the time of the offering of the oblation\, Elijah the prophet came near and said\, “O Lord\, God of Abraham\, Isaac\, and Israel\, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel\, and that I am your servant\, and that I have done all these things at your word. 37 Answer me\, O Lord\, answer me\, that this people may know that you\, O Lord\, are God\, and that you have turned their hearts back.” 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell\, and consumed the burnt offering\, and the wood\, and the stones\, and the dust\, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it\, they fell on their faces; and they said\, “The Lord\, he is God; the Lord\, he is God.” \n  \nActs of the Apostles 5:12-32 \nThe Apostles Heal Many \n12 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. 13 None of the rest dared join them\, but the people held them in high honor. 14 And more than ever believers were added to the Lord\, multitudes both of men and women\, 15 so that they even carried out the sick into the streets\, and laid them on beds and pallets\, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. 16 The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem\, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits\, and they were all healed. \nThe Apostles Are Imprisoned and Brought before the Council \n17 But the high priest rose up and all who were with him\, that is\, the party of the Sadducees\, and filled with jealousy 18 they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. 19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said\, 20 “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” 21 And when they heard this\, they entered the temple at daybreak and taught. \nNow the high priest came and those who were with him and called together the council and all the senate of Israel\, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the officers came\, they did not find them in the prison\, and they returned and reported\, 23 “We found the prison securely locked and the sentries standing at the doors\, but when we opened it we found no one inside.” 24 Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words\, they were much perplexed about them\, wondering what this would come to. 25 And some one came and told them\, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” 26 Then the captain with the officers went and brought them\, but without violence\, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people. \n27 And when they had brought them\, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them\, 28 saying\, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name\, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered\, “We must obey God rather than men. 30The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior\, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are witnesses to these things\, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” \n  \n1Corinthians 4:9-16; 2Corinthians 1:8-14 \n9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. 11To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are poorly clothed and buffeted and homeless\, 12 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless; when persecuted\, we endure; 13 when slandered\, we try to conciliate; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the dregs of all things. \nFatherly Admonition \n14 I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me. \n8 For we do not want you to be ignorant\, brethren\, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly\, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself. 9 Why\, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead; 10 he delivered us from so deadly a peril\, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 11 You also must help us by prayer\, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers. \n12 For our boast is this\, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world\, and still more toward you\, with holiness and godly sincerity\, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. 13 For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; I hope you will understand fully\, 14 as you have understood in part\, that you can be proud of us as we can be of you\, on the day of the Lord Jesus. \n  \nLuke 14:1-14 \nJesus Heals the Man with Dropsy on the Sabbath \n14 One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees\, they were watching him. 2 And behold\, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees\, saying\, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath\, or not?” 4 But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him\, and let him go. 5 And he said to them\, “Which of you\, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well\, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?” 6 And they could not reply to this. \nHumility and Hospitality \n7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited\, when he marked how they chose the places of honor\, saying to them\, 8When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast\, do not sit down in a place of honor\, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him; 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you\, ‘Give place to this man\,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited\, go and sit in the lowest place\, so that when your host comes he may say to you\, ‘Friend\, go up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled\, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” \n12  He said also to the man who had invited him\, “When you give a dinner or a banquet\, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors\, lest they also invite you in return\, and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast\, invite the poor\, the maimed\, the lame\, the blind\, 14 and you will be blessed\, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” \n 
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SUMMARY:Friday that Ends the Season of the Apostles: Memorial of the 72 Disciples
DESCRIPTION:Isaiah 41:8-20 \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. \n17 When the poor and needy seek water\, \nand there is none\, \nand their tongue is parched with thirst\, \nI the Lord will answer them\, \nI the God of Israel will not forsake them. \n18 I will open rivers on the bare heights\, \nand fountains in the midst of the valleys; \nI will make the wilderness a pool of water\, \nand the dry land springs of water. \n19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar\, \nthe acacia\, the myrtle\, and the olive; \nI will set in the desert the cypress\, \nthe plane and the pine together; \n20 that men may see and know\, \nmay consider and understand together\, \nthat the hand of the Lord has done this\, \nthe Holy One of Israel has created it. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 13:13-23 \nPaul and Barnabas in Antioch of Pisidia \n13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos\, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem; 14 but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 After the reading of the law and the prophets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\, saying\, “Brethren\, if you have any word of exhortation for the people\, say it.” 16 So Paul stood up\, and motioning with his hand said: \n“Men of Israel\, and you that fear God\, listen. 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt\, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan\, he gave them their land as an inheritance\, for about four hundred and fifty years. 20 And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21 Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a man of the tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. 22 And when he had removed him\, he raised up David to be their king; of whom he testified and said\, ‘I have found in David\, the son of Jesse\, a man after my heart\, who will do all my will.’ 23 Of this man’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesus\, as he promised. \n  \nRomans 8:28-9:5 \n28 We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him\, who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. \nGod’s Love in Christ Jesus \n31 What then shall we say to this? If God is for us\, who is against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies; 34 who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us? 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword? \n36 As it is written\, \n“For your sake we are being killed all the day long; \nwe are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” \n37 No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, 39 nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. \nGod’s Election of Israel \n9 I am speaking the truth in Christ\, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit\, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren\, my kinsmen according to the flesh. 4They are Israelites\, and to them belong the sonship\, the glory\, the covenants\, the giving of the law\, the worship\, and the promises; 5 to them belong the patriarchs\, and of their race\, according to the flesh\, is the Christ\, who is God over all\, blessed for ever. Amen. \n  \nMatthew 10:37-11:15 \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. \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.” \n11 And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. \nMessengers from John the Baptist \n2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him\, “Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?” 4 And Jesus answered them\, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. 6 And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.” \nJesus Praises John the Baptist \n7 As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 Why then did you go out? To see a man dressed in soft robes? Behold\, those who wear soft robes are in kings’ houses. 9 Why then did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written\, \n‘Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, \nwho shall prepare your way before you.’ \n11 Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence\, and men of violence take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; 14 And if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear\, let him hear. \n 
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SUMMARY:Memorial of St. Thomas the Apostle
DESCRIPTION:The Law – From New Sunday \nIsaiah 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  \nThe Prophets – From New Sunday \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  \nThe Apostle – Tuesday of the Week of Weeks \n1Corinthians 15:1-19 \nThe Resurrection of Christ \n1 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  \nGospel – From New Sunday \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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SUMMARY:Memorial of Ss. Peter and Paul – June 29
DESCRIPTION:All readings from the 2nd Friday of Epiphany – Memorial of Ss. Peter & Paul \n2Kings 4:8-37 \nElisha and the Shunammite Couple \n8 One day Elisha went on to Shunem\, where a wealthy woman lived\, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way\, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband\, “Behold now\, I perceive that this is a holy man of God\, who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small roof chamber with walls\, and put there for him a bed\, a table\, a chair\, and a lamp\, so that whenever he comes to us\, he can go in there.” \n11 One day he came there\, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant\, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her\, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him\, “Say now to her\, See\, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?” She answered\, “I dwell among my own people.” 14 And he said\, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered\, “Well\, she has no son\, and her husband is old.” 15 He said\, “Call her.” And when he had called her\, she stood in the doorway. 16 And he said\, “At this season\, when the time comes round\, you shall embrace a son.” And she said\, “No\, my lord\, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant.” 17 But the woman conceived\, and she bore a son about that time the following spring\, as Elisha had said to her. \nElisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son \n18 When the child had grown\, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. 19 And he said to his father\, “Oh\, my head\, my head!” The father said to his servant\, “Carry him to his mother.” 20 And when he had lifted him\, and brought him to his mother\, the child sat on her lap till noon\, and then he died. 21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God\, and shut the door upon him\, and went out. 22 Then she called to her husband\, and said\, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys\, that I may quickly go to the man of God\, and come back again.” 23 And he said\, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” She said\, “It will be well.” 24 Then she saddled the donkey\, and she said to her servant\, “Urge the beast on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.” 25 So she set out\, and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. \nWhen the man of God saw her coming\, he said to Gehazi his servant\, “Look\, yonder is the Shu-nammite; 26 run at once to meet her\, and say to her\, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?” And she answered\, “It is well.” 27 And when she came to the mountain to the man of God\, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to thrust her away. But the man of God said\, “Let her alone\, for she is in bitter distress; and the Lord has hidden it from me\, and has not told me.” 28 Then she said\, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say\, Do not deceive me?” 29 He said to Gehazi\, “Gird up your loins\, and take my staff in your hand\, and go. If you meet any one\, do not salute him; and if any one salutes you\, do not reply; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.” 30 Then the mother of the child said\, “As the Lordlives\, and as you yourself live\, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her. 31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff upon the face of the child\, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him\, and told him\, “The child has not awaked.” \n32 When Elisha came into the house\, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33 So he went in and shut the door upon the two of them\, and prayed to the Lord. 34 Then he went up and lay upon the child\, putting his mouth upon his mouth\, his eyes upon his eyes\, and his hands upon his hands; and as he stretched himself upon him\, the flesh of the child became warm. 35 Then he got up again\, and walked once back and forth in the house\, and went up\, and stretched himself upon him; the child sneezed seven times\, and the child opened his eyes. 36 Then he summoned Gehazi and said\, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him\, he said\, “Take up your son.” 37 She came and fell at his feet\, bowing to the ground; then she took up her son and went out. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 9:32-42 \nPeter Heals Aeneas in Lydda \n32 Now as Peter went here and there among them all\, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. 34 And Peter said to him\, “Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose. 35 And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him\, and they turned to the Lord. \nPeter in Joppa \n36 Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha\, which means Dorcas or Gazelle. She was full of good works and acts of charity. 37 In those days she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her\, they laid her in an upper room. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the disciples\, hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him\, “Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping\, and showing coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. 40 But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said\, “Tabitha\, rise.” And she opened her eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. 42 And it became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord. \n  \n2Corinthians 10:1-7; 11:21-33 \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. \n22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors\, far more imprisonments\, with countless beatings\, and often near death. 24 Five times I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys\, in danger from rivers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my own people\, danger from Gentiles\, danger in the city\, danger in the wilderness\, danger at sea\, danger from false brethren; 27 in toil and hardship\, through many a sleepless night\, in hunger and thirst\, often without food\, in cold and exposure. 28 And\, apart from other things\, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. 29 Who is weak\, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall\, and I am not indignant? \n30 If I must boast\, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. 32 At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me\, 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall\, and escaped his hands. \n  \nMatthew 16:13-19; John 21:15-19 \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.” \nPeter Is Given a Command \n15 When they had finished breakfast\, Jesus said to Simon Peter\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?” He said to him\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him\, “Feed my lambs.” 16 A second time he said to him\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” He said to him\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him\, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, “Do you love me?” And he said to him\, “Lord\, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him\, “Feed my sheep. 18 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you fastened your own belt and walked where you would; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will fasten your belt for you and carry you where you do not wish to go.” 19 This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, “Follow me.
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SUMMARY:6th Sunday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 4:1-10 \nMoses Commands Obedience to God \n4 “And now\, O Israel\, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you\, and do them; that you may live\, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord\, the God of your fathers\, gives you. 2 You shall not add to the word which I command you\, nor take from it; that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor; for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor; 4 but you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive this day. 5 Behold\, I have taught you statutes and ordinances\, as the Lord my God commanded me\, that you should do them in the land which you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Keep them and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples\, who\, when they hear all these statutes\, will say\, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us\, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there\, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day? \n9 “Only take heed\, and keep your soul diligently\, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen\, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children—10 how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb\, the Lord said to me\, ‘Gather the people to me\, that I may let them hear my words\, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth\, and that they may teach their children so.’ \n  \nIsaiah 2:1-19 \nThe Lord’s Universal Reign \n1 The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz \nsaw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. \n2 It shall come to pass in the latter days \nthat the mountain of the house of the Lord \nshall be established as the highest of the mountains\, \nand shall be raised above the hills; \nand all the nations shall flow to it\, \n3 and many peoples shall come\, and say: \n“Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, \nto the house of the God of Jacob; \nthat he may teach us his ways \nand that we may walk in his paths.” \nFor out of Zion shall go forth the law\, \nand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. \n4 He shall judge between the nations\, \nand shall decide for many peoples; \nand they shall beat their swords into plowshares\, \nand their spears into pruning hooks; \nnation shall not lift up sword against nation\, \nneither shall they learn war any more. \n5 O house of Jacob\, \ncome\, let us walk \nin the light of the Lord. \n6 For you have rejected your people\, \nthe house of Jacob\, \nbecause they are full of diviners from the east \nand of soothsayers like the Philistines\, \nand they strike hands with foreigners. \n7 Their land is filled with silver and gold\, \nand there is no end to their treasures; \ntheir land is filled with horses\, \nand there is no end to their chariots. \n8 Their land is filled with idols; \nthey bow down to the work of their hands\, \nto what their own fingers have made. \n9 So man is humbled\, \nand men are brought low— \nforgive them not! \n10 Enter into the rock\, \nand hide in the dust \nfrom before the terror of the Lord\, \nand from the glory of his majesty. \n11 The haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, \nand the pride of men shall be humbled; \nand the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. \n12 For the Lord of hosts has a day \nagainst all that is proud and lofty\, \nagainst all that is lifted up and high; \n13 against all the cedars of Lebanon\, \nlofty and lifted up; \nand against all the oaks of Bashan; \n14 against all the high mountains\, \nand against all the lofty hills; \n15 against every high tower\, \nand against every fortified wall; \n16 against all the ships of Tarshish\, \nand against all the beautiful craft. \n17 And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled\, \nand the pride of men shall be brought low; \nand the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. \n18 And the idols shall utterly pass away. \n19 And men shall enter the caves of the rocks \nand the holes of the ground\, \nfrom before the terror of the Lord\, \nand from the glory of his majesty\, \nwhen he rises to terrify the earth. \n  \n1Corinthians 10:14-32 \n14 Therefore\, my beloved\, shun the worship of idols. 15 I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread\, we who are many are one body\, for we all partake of the one bread. 18 Consider the people of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? 19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything\, or that an idol is anything? 20 No\, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? \nAll to the Glory of God \n23 “All things are lawful\,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful\,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good\, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For “the earth is the Lord’s\, and everything in it.” 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go\, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 (But if some one says to you\, “This has been offered in sacrifice\,” then out of consideration for the man who informed you\, and for conscience’ sake—29 I mean his conscience\, not yours—do not eat it.) For why should my liberty be determined by another man’s scruples? 30 If I partake with thankfulness\, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? \n31 So\, whether you eat or drink\, or whatever you do\, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the Church of God. \n  \nLuke 12:57-13:17 \nSettling with Your Accuser \n57 “And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you go with your accuser before the magistrate\, make an effort to settle with him on the way\, lest he drag you to the judge\, and the judge hand you over to the officer\, and the officer put you in prison. 59 I tell you\, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper.” \nRepent or Perish \n13 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them\, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans\, because they suffered thus? 3 I tell you\, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them\, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you\, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” \nThe Parable of the Barren Fig Tree \n6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser\, ‘Behold\, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree\, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him\, ‘Let it alone\, sir\, this year also\, till I dig about it and put on manure. 9 And if it bears fruit next year\, well and good; but if not\, you can cut it down.’ ” \nJesus Heals a Crippled Woman \n10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, “Woman\, you are freed from your infirmity.” 13 And he laid his hands upon her\, and immediately she was made straight\, and she praised God. 14But the ruler of the synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said to the people\, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day.” 15 Then the Lord answered him\, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years\, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” 17 As he said this\, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. \n 
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SUMMARY:Memorial of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth – June 21
DESCRIPTION:The Law – From the 1st Sunday of Subara/Advent \nGenesis 17:1-22 \n17 When 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.” \n9 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.” \n15 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.” \n22 When he had finished talking with him\, God went up from Abraham. \n  \nThe Prophets – From the 1st Sunday of Subara/Advent \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  \nApostle – From the 1st Sunday of Subara/Advent \nEphesians 5:21-6:9 \nThe Christian Household \n21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22Wives\, 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 1:39-46 \nMary Visits Elizabeth; and Mary’s Song of Praise \n39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the child leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, “Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the child in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” 46 And Mary said\, \n“My soul magnifies the Lord.”
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SUMMARY:5th Sunday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 1:33-2:1 \n33 The Lord 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. \n  \nIsaiah 1:21-31 \n21 How the faithful city \nhas become a harlot\, \nshe that was full of justice! \nRighteousness lodged in her\, \nbut now murderers. \n22 Your silver has become dross\, \nyour wine mixed with water. \n23 Your princes are rebels \nand companions of thieves. \nEvery one loves a bribe \nand runs after gifts. \nThey do not defend the fatherless\, \nand the widow’s cause does not come to them. \n24 Therefore the Lord says\, \nthe Lord of hosts\, \nthe Mighty One of Israel: \n“Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, \nand avenge myself on my foes. \n25 I will turn my hand against you \nand will smelt away your dross as with lye \nand remove all your alloy. \n26 And I will restore your judges as at the first\, \nand your counselors as at the beginning. \nAfterward you shall be called the city of righteousness\, \nthe faithful city.” \n27 Zion shall be redeemed by justice\, \nand those in her who repent\, by righteousness. \n28 But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together\, \nand those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. \n29 For you shall be ashamed of the oaks \nin which you delighted; \nand you shall blush for the gardens \nwhich you have chosen. \n30 For you shall be like an oak \nwhose leaf withers\, \nand like a garden without water. \n31 And the strong shall become tow\, \nand his work a spark\, \nand both of them shall burn together\, \nwith none to quench them. \n  \n1Corinthians 14:1-19 \nGifts of Prophecy and Tongues \n14 Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. 2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 3 On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edifies the Church. 5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the Church may be edified. \n6 Now\, brethren\, if I come to you speaking in tongues\, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? 7 If even lifeless instruments\, such as the flute or the harp\, do not give distinct notes\, how will any one know what is played? 8 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound\, who will get ready for battle? 9 So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible\, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. 10 There are doubtless many different languages in the world\, and none is without meaning; 11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language\, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. 12 So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit\, strive to excel in building up the Church. \n13 Therefore\, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue\, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. 16Otherwise\, if you bless with the spirit\, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? 17 For you may give thanks well enough\, but the other man is not edified. 18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all; 19 nevertheless\, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind\, in order to instruct others\, than ten thousand words in a tongue. \n  \nLuke 12:16-34 \n16 And he told them a parable\, saying\, “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; 17 and he thought to himself\, ‘What shall I do\, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said\, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns\, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul\, Soul\, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease\, eat\, drink\, be merry.’ 20 But God said to him\, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared\, whose will they be?’ 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself\, and is not rich toward God.” \nDo Not Be Anxious \n22 And he said to his disciples\, “Therefore I tell you\, do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. 23 For life is more than food\, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap\, they have neither storehouse nor barn\, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life? 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that\, why are you anxious about the rest? 27Consider the lilies\, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, how much more will he clothe you\, O men of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink\, nor be of anxious mind. 30 For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead\, seek his kingdom\, and these things shall be yours as well. \n32 “Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions\, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.
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SUMMARY:4th Sunday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 1:16-33 \n16 And I charged your judges at that time\, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren\, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien that is with him. 17 You shall not be partial in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man\, for the judgment is God’s; and the case that is too hard for you\, you shall bring to me\, and I will hear it.’ 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. \nIsrael’s Refusal to Enter the Land \n19 “And we set out from Horeb\, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw\, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites\, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea. 20 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. \n  \nIsaiah 1:10-20 \n10 Hear the word of the Lord\, \nyou rulers of Sodom! \nGive ear to the teaching of our God\, \nyou people of Gomorrah! \n11 “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? \nsays the Lord; \nI have had enough of burnt offerings of rams \nand the fat of fed beasts; \nI do not delight in the blood of bulls\, \nor of lambs\, or of he-goats. \n12 “When you come to appear before me\, \nwho requires of you \nthis trampling of my courts? \n13 Bring no more vain offerings; \nincense is an abomination to me. \nNew moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies— \nI cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. \n14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts \nmy soul hates; \nthey have become a burden to me\, \nI am weary of bearing them. \n15 When you spread forth your hands\, \nI will hide my eyes from you; \neven though you make many prayers\, \nI will not listen; \nyour hands are full of blood. \n16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; \nremove the evil of your doings \nfrom before my eyes; \ncease to do evil\, \n17    learn to do good; \nseek justice\, \ncorrect oppression; \ndefend the fatherless\, \nplead for the widow. \n18 “Come now\, let us reason together\, \nsays the Lord: \nthough your sins are like scarlet\, \nthey shall be as white as snow; \nthough they are red like crimson\, \nthey shall become like wool. \n19 If you are willing and obedient\, \nyou shall eat the good of the land; \n20 but if you refuse and rebel\, \nyou shall be devoured by the sword; \nfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” \n  \n1Corinthians 9:13-27 \n13 Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple\, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? 14 In the same way\, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. \n15 But I have made no use of any of these rights\, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting. 16 For if I preach the gospel\, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will\, I have a reward; but if not of my own will\, I am entrusted with a commission. 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge\, not making full use of my right in the gospel. \nThe Responsibilities of the Apostle \n19 For though I am free from all men\, I have made myself a slave to all\, that I might win the more. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew\, in order to win Jews; to those under the law I became as one under the law—though not being myself under the law—that I might win those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law—not being without law toward God but under the law of Christ—that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak\, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men\, that I might by all means save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel\, that I may share in its blessings. \n24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete\, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath\, but we an imperishable. 26 Well\, I do not run aimlessly\, I do not box as one beating the air; 27 but I pommel my body and subdue it\, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. \n  \nLuke 6:12-46 \nJesus Chooses the Twelve Disciples \n12 In these days he went out to the hills to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose from them twelve\, whom he named apostles; 14 Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew his brother\, and James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, 15 and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaeus\, and Simon who was called the Zealot\, 16 and Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a traitor. \nJesus Teaches and Heals \n17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; 18 and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all. \nBlessings and Woes \n20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples\, and said: \n“Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the kingdom of God. \n21 “Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied. \n“Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh. \n22 “Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man! 23 Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. \n24 “But woe to you that are rich\, for you have received your consolation. \n25 “Woe to you that are full now\, for you shall hunger. \n“Woe to you that laugh now\, for you shall mourn and weep. \n26 “Woe to you\, when all men speak well of you\, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. \nLove for Enemies \n27 “But I say to you that hear\, Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate you\, 28 bless those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To him who strikes you on the cheek\, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak do not withhold your coat as well. 30 Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. 31 And as you wish that men would do to you\, do so to them. \n32“If you love those who love you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. 36 Be merciful\, even as your Father is merciful. \nJudging Others \n37 “Judge not\, and you will not be judged; condemn not\, and you will not be condemned; forgive\, and you will be forgiven; 38 give\, and it will be given to you; good measure\, pressed down\, shaken together\, running over\, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” \n39 He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A disciple is not above his teacher\, but every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher. 41 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your brother\, ‘Brother\, let me take out the speck that is in your eye\,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. \nA Tree and Its Fruit \n43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns\, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good\, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. \nHearers and Doers \n46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord\, Lord\,’ and not do what I tell you?
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SUMMARY:Memorial of the Sacred Heart – 3rd Friday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:The Law – From 4th Wednesday of Lent \nGenesis 13:8-18 \n8 Then Abram said to Lot\, “Let there be no strife between you and me\, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand\, then I will go to the right; or if you take the right hand\, then I will go to the left.” 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes\, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord\, like the land of Egypt\, in the direction of Zoar; this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan valley\, and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked\, great sinners against the Lord. \n14 The Lord said to Abram\, after Lot had separated from him\, “Lift up your eyes\, and look from the place where you are\, northward and southward and eastward and westward; 15for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever. 16 I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth\, your descendants also can be counted. 17 Arise\, walk through the length and the breadth of the land\, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent\, and came and dwelt by the Oaks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the Lord. \n  \nThe Prophets – From 4th Wednesday of Lent \nJoshua 8:18-29 \n18 Then the Lord said to Joshua\, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush rose quickly out of their place\, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand\, they ran and entered the city and took it; and they made haste to set the city on fire. 20 So when the men of Ai looked back\, behold\, the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that\, for the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city\, and that the smoke of the city went up\, then they turned back and struck the men of Ai. 22 And the others came forth from the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel\, some on this side\, and some on that side; and Israel struck them\, until there was left none that survived or escaped. 23 But the king of Ai they took alive\, and brought him to Joshua. \n24 When Israel had finished slaughtering all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them\, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword\, all Israel returned to Ai\, and struck it with the edge of the sword. 25 And all who fell that day\, both men and women\, were twelve thousand\, all the people of Ai. 26 For Joshua did not draw back his hand\, with which he stretched out the javelin\, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took as their booty\, according to the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai\, and made it for ever a heap of ruins\, as it is to this day. 29 And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded\, and they took his body down from the tree\, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city\, and raised over it a great heap of stones\, which stands there to this day. \n  \nThe Apostle – From 4th Wednesday of Lent \nRomans 9:30-10:17 \nIsrael’s Lack of Faith \n30 What shall we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that is\, righteousness through faith; 31 but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, 33 as it is written\, \n“Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, \na rock that will make them fall; \nand he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” \n10 Brethren\, my heart’s desire and prayer to \nGod for them is that they may be saved. 2 I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God\, but it is not enlightened. 3 For\, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God\, and seeking to establish their own\, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law\, that every one who has faith may be justified. \nSalvation Is for Believers in Christ \n5 Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says\, Do not say in your heart\, “Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is\, to bring Christ down) 7 or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is\, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? The word is near you\, on your lips and in your heart (that is\, the word of faith which we preach); 9 because\, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead\, you will be saved. 10 For man believes with his heart and so is justified\, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved. 11 The Scripture says\, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. 13 For\, “every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” \n14 But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? 15 And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written\, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!” 16 But they have not all heeded the gospel; for Isaiah says\, “Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. \n  \nMatthew 11:25-30; John 19:30-37 \nJesus Thanks His Father \n25 At that time Jesus declared\, “I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to infants; 26 yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light.” \n30 When Jesus had received the vinegar\, he said\, “It is finished”; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. \nJesus’ Side Is Pierced \n31 Since it was the day of Preparation\, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day)\, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken\, and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first\, and of the other who had been crucified with him; 33 but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead\, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear\, and at once there came out blood and water. 35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true\, and he knows that he tells the truth—that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled\, “Not a bone of him shall be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says\, “They shall look on him whom they have pierced.”
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:Deuteronomy 1:3-17 \n3 And in the fortieth year\, on the first day of the eleventh month\, Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them\, 4 after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites\, who lived in Heshbon\, and Og the king of Bashan\, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. 5 Beyond the Jordan\, in the land of Moab\, Moses undertook to explain this law\, saying\, 6 “The Lord our God said to us in Horeb\, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain; 7 turn and take your journey\, and go to the hill country of the Amorites\, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah\, in the hill country and in the lowland\, and in the Negeb\, and by the seacoast\, the land of the Canaanites\, and Lebanon\, as far as the great river\, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold\, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers\, to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to Jacob\, to give to them and to their descendants after them.’ \nAppointment of Heads of the Tribes \n9 “At that time I said to you\, ‘I am not able alone to bear you; 10 the Lord your God has multiplied you\, and behold\, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 May the Lord\, the God of your fathers\, make you a thousand times as many as you are\, and bless you\, as he has promised you! 12 How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife? 13 Choose wise\, understanding\, and experienced men\, according to your tribes\, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ 14 And you answered me\, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’ 15 So I took the heads of your tribes\, wise and experienced men\, and set them as heads over you\, commanders of thousands\, commanders of hundreds\, commanders of fifties\, commanders of tens\, and officers\, throughout your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time\, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren\, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien that is with him. 17 You shall not be partial in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man\, for the judgment is God’s; and the case that is too hard for you\, you shall bring to me\, and I will hear it.’ \n  \nIsaiah 1:1-9 \nThe Sinfulness of Judah \n1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz\, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezekiah\, kings of Judah. \n2 Hear\, O heavens\, and give ear\, O earth; \nfor the Lord has spoken: \n“Sons have I reared and brought up\, \nbut they have rebelled against me. \n3 The ox knows its owner\, \nand the donkey its master’s crib; \nbut Israel does not know\, \nmy people does not understand.” \n4 Ah\, sinful nation\, \na people laden with iniquity\, \noffspring of evildoers\, \nsons who deal corruptly! \nThey have forsaken the Lord\, \nthey have despised the Holy One of Israel\, \nthey are utterly estranged. \n5 Why will you still be struck down\, \nthat you continue to rebel? \nThe whole head is sick\, \nand the whole heart faint. \n6 From the sole of the foot even to the head\, \nthere is no soundness in it\, \nbut bruises and sores \nand bleeding wounds; \nthey are not pressed out\, or bound up\, \nor softened with oil. \n7 Your country lies desolate\, \nyour cities are burned with fire; \nin your very presence \nstrangers devour your land; \nit is desolate\, as overthrown by strangers. \n8 And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard\, \nlike a lodge in a cucumber field\, \nlike a besieged city. \n9 If the Lord of hosts \nhad not left us a few survivors\, \nwe should have been like Sodom\, \nand become like Gomorrah. \n  \n1Corinthians 7:1-7 \nConcerning Marriage \n1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of the temptation to immorality\, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights\, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not rule over her own body\, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body\, but the wife does. 5 Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season\, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again\, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control. 6 I say this by way of concession\, not of command. 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God\, one of one kind and one of another. \n  \nLuke 10:23-42 \n23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately\, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired 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 Good Samaritan \n25 And behold\, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test\, saying\, “Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him\, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 And he answered\, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your strength\, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him\, “You have answered right; do this\, and you will live.” \n29 But he\, desiring to justify himself\, said to Jesus\, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied\, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, who stripped him and beat him\, and departed\, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite\, when he came to the place and saw him\, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, came to where he was; and when he saw him\, he had compassion\, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds\, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn\, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend\, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three\, do you think\, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 He said\, “The one who showed mercy on him.” And Jesus said to him\, “Go and do likewise.” \nJesus Visits Martha and Mary \n38 Now as they went on their way\, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said\, “Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her\, “Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things; 42 one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her.”
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SUMMARY:Feast of the Body of Christ - 2nd Thursday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:Genesis 14:1-20 \nLot’s Captivity and Rescue \n14 In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar\, Arioch king of Ellasar\, Ched″-or-laomer king of Elam\, and Tidal king of Goiim\, 2 these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom\, Birsha king of Gomorrah\, Shinab king of Admah\, Shemeber king of Zeboiim\, and the king of Bela (that is\, Zoar). 3 And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is\, the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they had served Ched″-or-laomer\, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 In the fourteenth year Ched″-or-laomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim\, the Zuzim in Ham\, the Emim in Shaveh-kir″iathaim\, 6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness; 7 then they turned back and came to Enmishpat (that is\, Kadesh)\, and subdued all the country of the Amalekites\, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazontamar. 8 Then the king of Sodom\, the king of Gomorrah\, the king of Admah\, the king of Zeboiim\, and the king of Bela (that is\, Zoar) went out\, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim 9 with Ched″-or-laomer king of Elam\, Tidal king of Goiim\, Amraphel king of Shinar\, and Arioch king of Ellasar\, four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled\, some fell into them\, and the rest fled to the mountain. 11 So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah\, and all their provisions\, and went their way; 12 they also took Lot\, the son of Abram’s brother\, who dwelt in Sodom\, and his goods\, and departed. \n13 Then one who had escaped came\, and told Abram the Hebrew\, who was living by the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite\, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive\, he led forth his trained men\, born in his house\, three hundred and eighteen of them\, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 And he divided his forces against them by night\, he and his servants\, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah\, north of Damascus. 16 Then he brought back all the goods\, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his goods\, and the women and the people. \nMelchizedek Blesses Abram \n17 After his return from the defeat of Ched″-or-laomer and the kings who were with him\, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is\, the King’s Valley). 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said\, \n“Blessed be Abram by God Most High\, \nmaker of heaven and earth; \n20 and blessed be God Most High\, \nwho has delivered your enemies into your hand!” \n  \nMalachi 1:6-11 \nCorruption of the Priesthood \n6 “A son honors his father\, and a servant his master. If then I am a father\, where is my honor? And if I am a master\, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you\, O priests\, who despise my name. You say\, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. And you say\, ‘How have we polluted it?’ By thinking that the Lord’stable may be despised. 8 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice\, is that no evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick\, is that no evil? Present that to your governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says the Lordof hosts. 9 And now entreat the favor of God\, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand\, will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. 10 Oh\, that there were one among you who would shut the doors\, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you\, says the Lord of hosts\, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations\, and in every place incense is offered to my name\, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations\, says the Lord of hosts. \n  \n1Corinthians 10:15-17; 11:23-30 \n15 I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread\, we who are many are one body\, for we all partake of the one bread. \nThe Institution of the Eucharist \n23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you\, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread\, 24 and when he had given thanks\, he broke it\, and said\, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also the chalice\, after supper\, saying\, “This chalice is the new covenant in my blood. Do this\, as often as you drink it\, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the chalice\, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. \nPartaking of the Eucharist Unworthily \n27 Whoever\, therefore\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a man examine himself\, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill\, and some have died. \n  \nJohn 6:51-64         \n51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread\, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” \n52 The Jews then disputed among themselves\, saying\, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them\, “Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood\, you have no life in you; 54 he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life\, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food indeed\, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me\, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me\, and I live because of the Father\, so he who eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven\, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” 59 This he said in the synagogue\, as he taught at Capernaum. \nThe Words of Eternal Life \n60 Many of his disciples\, when they heard it\, said\, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus\, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it\, said to them\, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit that gives life\, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you that do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe\, and who it was that would betray him.
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of the Apostles
DESCRIPTION:Joel 2:15-26 \n15 Blow the trumpet in Zion; \nsanctify a fast; \ncall a solemn assembly; \n16 gather the people. \nSanctify the congregation; \nassemble the elders; \ngather the children\, \neven nursing infants. \nLet the bridegroom leave his room\, \nand the bride her chamber. \n17 Between the vestibule and the altar \nlet the priests\, the ministers of the Lord\, weep \nand say\, “Spare your people\, O Lord\, \nand make not your heritage a reproach\, \na byword among the nations. \nWhy should they say among the peoples\, \n‘Where is their God?’ ” \n18 Then the Lord became jealous for his land\, \nand had pity on his people. \n19 The Lord answered and said to his people\, \n“Behold\, I am sending to you \ngrain\, wine\, and oil\, \nand you will be satisfied; \nand I will no more make you \na reproach among the nations. \n20 “I will remove the northerner far from you\, \nand drive him into a parched and desolate land\, \nhis front into the eastern sea\, \nand his rear into the western sea; \nthe stench and foul smell of him will rise\, \nfor he has done great things. \n21 “Fear not\, O land; \nbe glad and rejoice\, \nfor the Lord has done great things! \n22 Fear not\, you beasts of the field\, \nfor the pastures of the wilderness are green; \nthe tree bears its fruit\, \nthe fig tree and vine give their full yield. \n23 “Be glad\, O sons of Zion\, \nand rejoice in the Lord\, your God; \nfor he has given the early rain for your vindication\, \nhe has poured down for you abundant rain\, \nthe early and the latter rain\, as before. \n24 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain\, \nthe vats shall overflow with wine and oil. \n25 I will restore to you the years \nwhich the swarming locust has eaten\, \nthe hopper\, the destroyer\, and the cutter\, \nmy great army\, which I sent among you. \n26 “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied\, \nand praise the name of the Lord your God\, \nwho has dealt wondrously with you. \nAnd my people shall never again be put to shame. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 4:5-22 \n5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem\, 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander\, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in their midst\, they inquired\, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, said to them\, “Rulers of the people and elders\, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple\, by what means this man has been healed\, 10 be it known to you all\, and to all the people of Israel\, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, whom you crucified\, whom God raised from the dead\, by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders\, but which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else\, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” \n13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John\, and perceived that they were uneducated\, common men\, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. 14 But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them\, they had nothing to say in opposition. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council\, they conferred with one another\, 16 saying\, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. 17 But in order that it may spread no further among the people\, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name.” 18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered them\, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God\, you must judge; 20 for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” 21 And when they had further threatened them\, they let them go\, finding no way to punish them\, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened. 22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old. \n  \n1Corinthians 5:6-6:11 \n6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens all the dough? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be new dough\, as you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our Paschal Lamb\, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\, not with the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. \nImmorality and Judgment \n9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men; 10 not at all meaning the immoral of this world\, or the greedy and robbers\, or idolaters\, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But rather I wrote to you not to associate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of immorality or greed\, or is an idolater\, reviler\, drunkard\, or robber—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the Church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.” \nLawsuits among Believers \n6 When one of you has a grievance against a brother\, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you\, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more\, matters pertaining to this life! 4 If then you have such cases\, why do you lay them before those who are least esteemed by the Church? 5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between members of the brotherhood\, 6 but brother goes to law against brother\, and that before unbelievers? \n7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud\, and that even your own brethren. \n9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral\, nor idolaters\, nor adulterers\, nor homosexuals\, 10 nor thieves\, nor the greedy\, nor drunkards\, nor revilers\, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed\, you were sanctified\, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. \n  \nLuke 7:31-50 \n31 “To what then shall I compare the men of this generation\, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another\, \n‘We piped to you\, and you did not dance; \nwe wailed\, and you did not weep.’ \n33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say\, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and you say\, ‘Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.” \nA Sinful Woman Forgiven \n36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee’s house\, and sat at table. 37 And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was sitting at table in the Pharisee’s house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, 38 and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, “If this man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner.” 40 And Jesus answering said to him\, “Simon\, I have something to say to you.” And he answered\, “What is it\, Teacher?” 41 “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered\, “The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him\, “You have judged rightly.” 44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little.” 48 And he said to her\, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49 Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, “Who is this\, who even forgives sins?” 50 And he said to the woman\, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
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SUMMARY:Golden Friday
DESCRIPTION:Isaiah 35:3-10 \nThe Lord Will Come to Save \n3 Strengthen the weak hands\, \nand make firm the feeble knees. \n4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart\, \n“Be strong\, fear not! \nBehold\, your God \nwill come with vengeance\, \nwith the recompense of God. \nHe will come and save you.” \n5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened\, \nand the ears of the deaf unstopped; \n6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer\, \nand the tongue of the mute sing for joy. \nFor waters shall break forth in the wilderness\, \nand streams in the desert; \n7 the burning sand shall become a pool\, \nand the thirsty ground springs of water; \nthe haunt of jackals shall become a swamp\, \nthe grass shall become reeds and rushes. \n8 And a highway shall be there\, \nand it shall be called the Holy Way; \nthe unclean shall not pass over it\, \nand fools shall not err therein. \n9 No lion shall be there\, \nnor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; \nthey shall not be found there\, \nbut the redeemed shall walk there. \n10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return\, \nand come to Zion with singing; \neverlasting joy shall be upon their heads; \nthey shall obtain joy and gladness\, \nand sorrow and sighing shall flee away. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 3:1-26 \nPeter Heals a Lame Beggar \n1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried\, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention upon them\, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said\, “I have no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, rise and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God\, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. \nPeter Addresses the People in Solomon’s Portico \n11 While he clung to Peter and John\, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s\, astounded. 12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people\, “Men of Israel\, why do you wonder at this\, or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\, the God of our fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you\, 15 and killed the Author of life\, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16 And his name\, by faith in his name\, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and the faith which is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all. \n17 “And now\, brethren\, I know that you acted in ignorance\, as did also your rulers. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets\, that his Christ should suffer\, he thus fulfilled. 19 Repent therefore\, and turn again\, that your sins may be blotted out\, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord\, 20 and that he may send the Christ appointed for you\, Jesus\, 21 whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. 22 Moses said\, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. 23 And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets who have spoken\, from Samuel and those who came afterwards\, also proclaimed these days. 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers\, saying to Abraham\, ‘And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ 26 God\, having raised up his servant\, sent him to you first\, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness.” \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  \nLuke 7:1-23 \nJesus Heals a Centurion’s Slave \n1 After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum. 2 Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at the point of death. 3 When he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking him to come and heal his slave. 4 And when they came to Jesus\, they begged him earnestly\, saying\, “He is worthy to have you do this for him\, 5 for he loves our nation\, and he built us our synagogue.” 6 And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent friends to him\, saying to him\, “Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7 therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word\, and let my servant be healed. 8 For I am a man set under authority\, with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, ‘Go\,’ and he goes; and to another\, ‘Come\,’ and he comes; and to my slave\, ‘Do this\,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and turned and said to the multitude that followed him\, “I tell you\, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” 10 And when those who had been sent returned to the house\, they found the slave well. \nJesus Raises a Widow’s Son at Nain \n11 Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain\, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the city\, behold\, a man who had died was being carried out\, the only son of his mother\, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her\, he had compassion on her and said to her\, “Do not weep.” 14 And he came and touched the bier\, and the bearers stood still. And he said\, “Young man\, I say to you\, arise.” 15 And the dead man sat up\, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized them all; and they glorified God\, saying\, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” 17 And this report concerning him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. \nMessengers from John the Baptist \n18 The disciples of John told him of all these things. 19 And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, “Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?” 20 And when the men had come to him\, they said\, “John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, ‘Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?’ ” 21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. 22 And he answered them\, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached to them. 23 And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”
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SUMMARY:Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:Exodus 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  \n  \nActs of the Apostles 2:1-21 \nThe Coming of the Holy Spirit \n1 When the day of Pentecost had come\, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire\, distributed and resting on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gave them utterance. \n5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together\, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear\, each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontus and Asia\, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome\, both Jews and proselytes\, 11 Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” 12 And all were amazed and perplexed\, saying to one another\, “What does this mean?” 13 But others mocking said\, “They are filled with new wine.” \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.’ \n  \n1Corinthians 12:1-27 \nSpiritual Gifts \n12 Now concerning spiritual gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were heathen\, you were led astray to mute idols\, however you may have been moved. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. \n4 Now there are varieties of gifts\, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service\, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of working\, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom\, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit\, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit\, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit\, 10 to another the working of miracles\, to another prophecy\, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits\, to another various kinds of tongues\, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit\, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. \nOne Body with Many Members \n12 For just as the body is one and has many members\, and all the members of the body\, though many\, are one body\, so it is with Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks\, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. \n14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say\, “Because I am not a hand\, I do not belong to the body\,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say\, “Because I am not an eye\, I do not belong to the body\,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye\, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear\, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is\, God arranged the organs in the body\, each one of them\, as he chose. 19 If all were a single organ\, where would the body be? 20 As it is\, there are many parts\, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand\, “I have no need of you\,” nor again the head to the feet\, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary\, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable\,23 and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor\, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty\,24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body\, giving the greater honor to the inferior part\,25 that there may be no discord in the body\, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers\, all suffer together; if one member is honored\, all rejoice together. \n27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. \n  \nJohn 14:15-16\, 25-26; 15:26-16:15 \nThe Promise of the Holy Spirit \n15 “If you love me\, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father\, and he will give you another Counselor\, to be with you for ever. \n25 “These things I have spoken to you\, while I am still with you. 26 But the Counselor\, the Holy Spirit\, whom the Father will send in my name\, he will teach you all things\, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. \n26 But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me; 27 and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the beginning. \n16 “I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father\, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you\, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. \nThe Work of the Spirit \n“I did not say these things to you from the beginning\, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me\, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you\, sorrow has filled your hearts. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away\, for if I do not go away\, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go\, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes\, he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment: 9 of sin\, because they do not believe in me; 10 of righteousness\, because I go to the Father\, and you will see me no more; 11 of judgment\, because the ruler of this world is judged. \n12 “I have yet many things to say to you\, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes\, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority\, but whatever he hears he will speak\, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me\, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
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SUMMARY:Sunday After the Ascension
DESCRIPTION:Isaiah 6:1-13 \nA Vision of the Lord in the Temple \n1 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  \nActs of the Apostles 1:15-26 \n15 In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, 16 Brethren\, the Scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. 17 For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this ministry. 18 (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem\, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama\, that is\, Field of Blood.) 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms\, \n‘Let his habitation become desolate\, \nand let there be no one to live in it’; \nand \n‘His office let another take.’ \n21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, 22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” 23 And they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justus\, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said\, “Lord\, you know the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place.” 26 And they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles. \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 \n1 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  \nMark 16:9-20 \nJesus Appears to Mary Magdalene \n9 Now when he rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept. 11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it. \nJesus Appears to Two Disciples \n12 After this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. 13 And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. \nJesus Commissions the Disciples \n14 Afterward he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. 15 And he said to them\, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover.” \nThe Ascension of Jesus \n19 So then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
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SUMMARY:Memorial of Mary\, Our Lady of the Harvest – May 15
DESCRIPTION:Exodus 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  \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 \n16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the Church at Cenchreae\, 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. \n3 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. \n22 I Tertius\, the writer of this letter\, greet you in the Lord. \n23 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  \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:The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord
DESCRIPTION:2Kings 2:1-15 \nElijah Is Taken Up to Heaven \n2 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind\, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said to Elisha\, “Tarry here\, I beg you; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said\, “As the Lord lives\, and as you yourself live\, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha\, and said to him\, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said\, “Yes\, I know it; hold your peace.” \n4 Elijah said to him\, “Elisha\, tarry here\, I beg you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said\, “As the Lord lives\, and as you yourself live\, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. 5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha\, and said to him\, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered\, “Yes\, I know it; hold your peace.” \n6 Then Elijah said to him\, “Tarry here\, I beg you; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said\, “As the Lordlives\, and as you yourself live\, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. 7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went\, and stood at some distance from them\, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 Then Elijah took his coat\, and rolled it up\, and struck the water\, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other\, till the two of them could go over on dry ground. \nElisha Succeeds Elijah \n9 When they had crossed\, Elijah said to Elisha\, “Ask what I shall do for you\, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said\, “I beg you\, let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” 10 And he said\, “You have asked a hard thing; yet\, if you see me as I am being taken from you\, it shall be so for you; but if you do not see me\, it shall not be so.” 11 And as they still went on and talked\, behold\, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it and he cried\, “My father\, my father! the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. \nThen he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 13 And he took up the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him\, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 Then he took the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him\, and struck the water\, saying\, “Where is the Lord\, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water\, the water was parted to the one side and to the other; and Elisha went over. \n15 Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him over against them\, they said\, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him\, and bowed to the ground before him. \n  \nActs of the Apostles 1:1-14 \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.” 9 And when he had said this\, as they were looking on\, he was lifted up\, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went\, behold\, two men stood by them in white robes\, 11 and said\, “Men of Galilee\, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus\, who was taken up from you into heaven\, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” \nMatthias Chosen to Replace Judas \n12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day’s journey away; 13 and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his brethren. \n  \n1Timothy 1:18-2:15 \n18 This charge I commit to you\, Timothy\, my son\, in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you\, that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare\, 19 holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience\, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith\, 20 among them Hymenaeus and Alexander\, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. \nInstructions concerning Prayer \n2 First of all\, then\, I urge that supplications\, prayers\, intercessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life\, godly and respectful in every way. 3 This is good\, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior\, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God\, and there is one mediator between God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all\, the testimony to which was given at the proper time. 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am not lying)\, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. \n8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray\, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel\, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire 10 but by good deeds\, as befits women who profess religion. 11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. 12 I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent. 13 For Adam was formed first\, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived\, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet woman will be saved through bearing children\, if she continues in faith and love and holiness\, with modesty. \n  \nLuke 24:36-53 \nJesus Appears to His Disciples \n36 As they were saying this\, Jesus himself stood among them\, and said to them\, “Peace to you.” 37 But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them\, “Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet\, that it is I myself; handle me\, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, 43 and he took it and ate before them. \n44 Then he said to them\, “These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures\, 46 and said to them\, “Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from on high.” \nThe Ascension of Jesus \n50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
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