Daily Readings
The Seventh Day
Morning Prayer
Make the sign of the cross as you or the priest say:
In the name of the Father and the Son…
Opening Prayer
Lord God, who are the source of our lives, giver of grace we ask you to help us and to enlighten us with your grace and to fill our heart with your fatherly love, today and always. Amen. Our Father….
Psalm 35: 1-28
35:1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation. 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 35:10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like to thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him? 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 35:22 This you have seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord. 35:24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning….
Psalm 36: 1-12
36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 36:2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 36:4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. 36:5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 36:6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 36:7 How excellent is your loving-kindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings. 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; and thou shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures. 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light. 36:10 O continue your loving kindness to them that know thee; and your righteousness to the upright in heart. 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,….
Scripture Reading
1st Reading
Deuteronomy 4: 39-40
4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Thou shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with your children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong your days upon the earth, which the Lord your God gives thee, forever.He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet shall receive the prophet’s reward. Amen
2nd Reading
Romans 14: 17-19
14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 135: 1-2
135:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. 135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Halleluiah! Stand and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St. John 14: 12-14
14:12 Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
Day 7
Evening Prayer
Make the sign of the cross as you or the priest say:
In the name of the Father and the Son…
Opening Prayer
O God, our Almighty King and Lord, who are merciful, we ask you in our evening prayer; to lighten our darkness and by your great mercy to defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your Holy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Father…
Psalm 37:1-40
37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shall be fed. 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of your heart. 37:5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 37:6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday. 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes upon him with his teeth. 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seesthat his day is coming. 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholds the righteous. 37:18 The Lord knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever. 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 37:21 The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives. 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delights in his way. 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholds him with his hand. 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore. 37:28 For the Lord loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever. 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeks to slay him. 37:33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 37:34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shall see it. 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 37:40 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Deuteronomy 7: 6, 8-9
7:6 For you are an holy people to the Lord your God: the Lord your God hath chosen thee to be a special people to himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet…
2nd Reading
1st Corinthians 2: 7-10
2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 37: 27-28
37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore. 37:28 For the Lord loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. Halleluiah! Stand and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St. John 14: 15-17
14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeshim not, neither knows him: but ye know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
Concluding Prayer
O lord our God, who never failed to help and support those you did bring up in your steadfast care and love; we pray you to you to keep us under the protection of you good providence and love. Amen. Our Father…
Saints/Feasts to be commemmorated: + Medhanialem (Savior of the World)
Synaxarium
THE SECOND MONTH
TEKEMT 27
(November 06)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD. AMEN.
On this day died the holy and blessed father Abba Macarius, Bishop of the city of Kaw. In this holy man were fulfilled the words of David the prophet, saying, “Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, who hath not stood in the way of sinners, and who hath not sat in the seat of the scoffers, but whose pleasure is in the Law of God, and in that Law he doth meditate (or speak) day and night” (Psalm I). This holy man kept the commandment of God, and he traded with [his] talent and gained profit thereby. How many were the signs and great wonders, which God wrought by the hands of this holy man! Concerning him it is said that when he was in the city of Kaw, every time he took his seat upon the throne to teach the people he would weep continuously. And one of his disciples whom he loved exceedingly adjured him, saying, “Why dost thou weep continuously, my father?” And because of his disciple’s adjuration he answered and said, “I weep when I see the sins of the people and the evil of their works; even as oil is seen upon glass.” And on another occasion he saw our Lord Christ sitting upon the altar, and the angels bringing unto Him the works of each and every man. And he heard a voice, which said, “Bishop, why dost thou keep thyself invisible to the people? Why dost thou not rebuke them and teach them?” And the bishop said, “My Lord, they will not accept my words.” And He said unto him, “It is meet for a bishop to admonish the people and to teach them; and if they will not receive his words then their blood be upon their own heads.” For this reason the holy man was always weeping. Then [this father] was summoned to go with Saint Abba Dioscorus to the Council, which had been assembled by the Emperor Marcianus. And when he arrived at the royal palace the guard would not allow him to enter because of his mean attire, and the soldiers told Abba Dioscorus, who said unto them, “Bring him in, for he is a bishop.” When he had gone in and had heard their words concerning our Lord in their evil faith, how they separated His Godhead and assigned to Him Two Natures, this holy man became wroth with them, and he cursed the Emperor Marcianus in the Council. And he spoke to the emperor fearlessly, for he had delivered himself over to death for the True Faith; and [the emperor] exiled him and Dioscorus to the island of Gagra. And from this place Dioscorus sent him with a certain believing man to the city of Alexandria, and he prophesied to him, saying, “Needs must that thou shalt receive the crown of martyrdom.” When Saint Abba Macarius had arrived in the city of Alexandria, there reached him at this time a letter from the infidel Emperor Marcianus, and with it was a roll containing a copy of the wicked creed, which assigned to Christ Two Natures. Now Marcianus, the infidel emperor, had commanded his envoy and said unto him, “He who shall first write [his name] on this roll, and doth believe our belief, make him Archbishop of the city of Alexandria.” And there was in the city of Alexandria a certain man, an infidel, a high priest, whose name was ‘Abrotari, and he took that filthy roll and wished to write [his name] first on it. And Saint Abba Macarius said unto ‘Abrotari, “Remember the word which Abba Dioscorus spoke unto thee when he went from the city of Alexandria, saying, ‘Thou shalt have dominion over the Church after me’”; and ‘Abrotari remembered that word and did not wish to write [his name] on that filthy roll. And the envoy of the emperor made known to him that Bishop Abba Macarius did not believe in the faith of the Emperor Marcianus, and that he would not write [his name] on that filthy roll. When the emperor heard this, he rose up in wrath, and he sent and had Saint Abba Macarius beaten on his members secretly, and straightway Abba Macarius died, and received the crown of martyrdom in the kingdom of heaven. And believers carried away the saint’s body, and they placed it with the bodies of Saint John the Baptist and Elisa the prophet. Now Saint Abba Macarius had seen vision wherein these saints, John and Elisa, had said unto him, “Thy body shall be with ours.” And the body of Saint Abba Macarius was with the bodies of Abba Macarius the Great, and Abba Macarius the Alexandrian in the monastery of Scete. And this father Macarius went to Christ Whom he loved, and crowned himself with the crown of endurance. Many salutations to Macarius, who hated false belief. When the wife of the governor laid her hand on the face of this holy man she was cleansed of her leprosy and made whole.
On this day also are commemorated Paul of the Cell, and Julianus and his companions who became martyrs.
Glory be to God Who is glorified in His Saints. Amen.
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