Wednesday, 11 October 2017 : Book of Revelation 19,1-2.5-9.11-13.16.
After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, ‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God, for his judgements are true and just; he has judged...
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Then Jesus told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, "See here! For three years I have come...
View ArticleThursday, 12 October 2017 : Book of Revelation 21,1-12.14.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from...
View ArticleFriday, 13 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Jesus told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?...
View ArticleFriday, 13 October 2017 : Book of Revelation 21,22-27.22,1-5.
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the...
View ArticleSaturday, 14 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘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 ArticleSaturday, 14 October 2017 : Book of Revelation 22,16-21.
‘It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.’ The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let...
View ArticleSunday, 15 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they...
View ArticleSunday, 15 October 2017 : Letter to the Philippians 2,12-18.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in...
View ArticleSunday, 15 October 2017 : Commentary Homily attributed to Saint Macarius of...
The soul that really loves God and Christ, even if it has done thousands of good works, thinks it has done nothing because of its insatiable hunger for God. Even if it has exhausted the body through...
View ArticleMonday, 16 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
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 ArticleMonday, 16 October 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 1,1-9.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,...
View ArticleTuesday, 17 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was...
View ArticleTuesday, 17 October 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 1,10-17.
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you should be in agreement and that there should be no divisions among you, but that you should be united in the...
View ArticleWednesday, 18 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the...
View ArticleWednesday, 18 October 2017 : Second Letter to the Corinthians 8,16-22.
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have. For he not only accepted our appeal, but since he is more eager than ever, he is going to you of his...
View ArticleThursday, 19 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
The Lord Jesus says: ‘Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand? For there is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret,...
View ArticleThursday, 19 October 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 3,10-23.
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can...
View ArticleFriday, 20 October 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark...
He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces...
View ArticleFriday, 20 October 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 4,1-13.
Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they should be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very small thing that I...
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