Sunday, 8 May 2016 : Letter to the Ephesians 1,15-23.
I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love towards all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our...
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Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by...
View ArticleMonday, 9 May 2016 : Letter to the Romans 9,26-33.
‘And in the very place where it was said to them, "You are not my people", there they shall be called children of the living God.’ And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, ‘Though the number of the...
View ArticleTuesday, 10 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour. ‘Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say "Father, save me from this...
View ArticleTuesday, 10 May 2016 : Letter to the Ephesians 4,17-24.
Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God...
View ArticleWednesday, 11 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ He said this to indicate the kind of...
View ArticleWednesday, 11 May 2016 : Letter to the Ephesians 4,25-32.
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make...
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Although he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him. This was to fulfil the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ‘Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has...
View ArticleThursday, 12 May 2016 : Letter to the Ephesians 5,1-7.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But fornication and impurity of any kind,...
View ArticleFriday, 13 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark...
One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is,...
View ArticleFriday, 13 May 2016 : Letter to the Ephesians 5,8-21.
For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to...
View ArticleSaturday, 14 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your...
View ArticleSaturday, 14 May 2016 : Letter to the Ephesians 6,10-20.23-24.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armour of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies...
View ArticleSunday, 15 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,...
View ArticleSunday, 15 May 2016 : Acts of the Apostles 2,1-21.
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were...
View ArticleMonday, 16 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not...
View ArticleMonday, 16 May 2016 : Acts of the Apostles 2,22-28.
‘You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves...
View ArticleTuesday, 17 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for...
View ArticleTuesday, 17 May 2016 : Acts of the Apostles 2,29-39.
‘Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an...
View ArticleWednesday, 18 May 2016 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said,...
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