Thursday, 20 August 2015 : First Letter of John 2,21-29.
I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth. Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is...
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Then Jesus said to him, ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, "Come; for everything is ready now." But they...
View ArticleFriday, 21 August 2015 : First Letter of John 3,1-10.
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s...
View ArticleSaturday, 22 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself,...
View ArticleSaturday, 22 August 2015 : First Letter of John 3,11-22.
This is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We must not be like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because...
View ArticleSunday, 23 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was...
View ArticleSunday, 23 August 2015 : First Letter to the Thessalonians 2,1-13.
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully maltreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God...
View ArticleSunday, 23 August 2015 : Commentary Saint Augustine
Martha and Mary were sisters; they were close not only through ties of blood, but also through piety. Both of them were attached to the Lord, and with one heart they served him during the time of his...
View ArticleMonday, 24 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
All the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them...
View ArticleMonday, 24 August 2015 : First Letter of John 3,23-24.4,1-6.
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them....
View ArticleTuesday, 25 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
‘What woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends...
View ArticleTuesday, 25 August 2015 : First Letter of John 4,7-21.
Let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this...
View ArticleWednesday, 26 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
The Lord Jesus said to the disciples: ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, "What is...
View ArticleWednesday, 26 August 2015 : First Letter of John 5,1-12.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his...
View ArticleThursday, 27 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. ‘Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in...
View ArticleThursday, 27 August 2015 : First Letter of John 5,13-21.
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his...
View ArticleFriday, 28 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.’ The Pharisees, who were lovers...
View ArticleFriday, 28 August 2015 : Second Letter of John 1,1-13.
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us for ever: Grace,...
View ArticleSaturday, 29 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, ‘John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.’ But others said, ‘It...
View ArticleSaturday, 29 August 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 11,32-40.
And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained...
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