Vespers
Vespers Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the
prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 45:6,17
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all
generations:
therefore shall the people praise thee for
ever and ever.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of
God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the
Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our
teacher Saint Matthew the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Matthew 16:21-26
Chapter 16
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his
disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be
it far from thee, Lord:
this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me,
Satan:
thou art an offence unto me:
for thou savourest not the things that be of
God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it:
and whosoever will lose his life for my sake
shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his
soul?
And Glory be to God forever
Matins
Matins Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the
prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 74:2,12
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased
of old;
the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast
redeemed;
this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the
midst of the earth.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of
God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Matins Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the
Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our
teacher Saint Mark the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Mark 8:34-9:1
Chapter 8
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his
disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it;
but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake
and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my
words in this adulterous and sinful generation;
of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when
he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Chapter 9
1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till
they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
And Glory be to God forever
Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called
to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher
Paul to the Colossians .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Colossians 2:6-19
Chapter 2
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so
walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the
faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all
principality and power:
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision
made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen
with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from
the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made
a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or
in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come;
but the body is of Christ.
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary
humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath
not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by
joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of God.
The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 John 5:13-21
Chapter 5
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God;
that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and
that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if
we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto
death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto
death. There is a sin unto death:
I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin:
and there is a sin not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;
but he that is begotten of God keepeth
himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world
lieth in wickedness.
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal
life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Do not love the world or the things in the
world. The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God
abides forever.
Amen.
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may
their blessings be with us.
Acts 3:12-21
Chapter 3
12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye
men of Israel, why marvel ye at this?
or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though
by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the
God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus;
whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the
presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a
murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised
from the dead;
whereof we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this
man strong, whom ye see and know:
yea, the faith which is by him hath given him
this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did
it, as did also your rulers.
18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the
mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord.
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy
prophets since the world began.
The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be
mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
Coptic Synaxarium
Tute 19, 1729
Day 19 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Tute, may
God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility,
while our sins after forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and
brothers.
Amen.
Commemoration of St. Gregory, Patriarch of
the Armenians
On this day we commemorate the martyrdom of
St. Gregory, Patriarch of the Armenians, who became a martyr without bloodshed.
He made himself a slave of the country of the Armenia in the days of King
Dertades about the year 270 A.D. This king was not Christian. When he came into
the temple to offer up incense to the idols, he summoned the saint to offer up
incense with him, but he would not do it. The king inflicted upon him severe
tortures and finally cast him in an empty pit. The Saint lived there for fifteen
years. Near the pit lived an old widow, and she saw in a vision someone telling
her to make bread regularly and cast it into this pit, and she continued to do
this for fifteen years. It happened that the king ordered the killing of the
virgins of Arbsima and Ghabata, and their friends. Because he wished to marry
St. Arbsima, he became exceedingly sad at her killing, and he was attacked by a
serious illness from which he did not recover until his sister saw in a dream
someone telling her, Unless you bring up Gregory out of the pit, your brother
will not be cured. They brought the saint out of the pit, and he prayed over
the king, and he was cured from his sickness.May his prayers and blessings be
with us all, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
Divine Liturgy
Divine Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the
prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 62:2,3,5
2 He only is my rock and my salvation;
he is my defence;
I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
ye shall be slain all of you:
as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a
tottering fence.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God;
for my expectation is from him.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of
God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Divine Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the
Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our
teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 14:25-32
Chapter 14
25 And there went great multitudes with him:
and he turned, and said unto them,
26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own
life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after
me, cannot be my disciple.
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth
not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is
not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to
finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth
not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him
that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he
sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
And Glory be to God forever.
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