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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Sunday, January 16, 2011
Readings for today:
Matthew 28:16-20
St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11
Luke 17:12-19
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
12th Sunday of Luke
Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains
Righteous Hierodeacon Makarios of Kalogeras
Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos
Orthros Gospel Reading
The reading is from Matthew 28:16-20
At that time, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain
to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they
worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the
close of the age. Amen."
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Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11
BRETHREN, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear
with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:
fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is
idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of
disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put
them all away; anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your
mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old
nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being
renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be
Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian,
slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 17:12-19
At that time, as Jesus entered a village, He was met by ten lepers,
who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us." When He saw them He said to them, "Go and
show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.
Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,
praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet,
giving Him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then said Jesus: "Were not
ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and
give praise to God except this foreigner?" And He said to him: "Rise
and go your way; your faith has made you well."
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12th Sunday of Luke
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Tone
The stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, * and a guard
of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. * You rose on the
third day, O Lord * and Savior, granting life unto the world. * For
this reason were the powers of heaven crying out to You, O Life-giver:
* Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ; * glory to Your eternal
rule; * glory to Your dispensation, only One who loves mankind.
Resurrectional Kontakion in the First Tone
You arose from the sepulcher in glory as God, and with yourself
resurrected the world. And mortal nature extolled You as God, and death was
obliterated, and Adam is dancing, O Master; and Eve, now redeemed from the
bonds, rejoices crying out: O Christ, You are He who grants resurrection
to all.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
You appeared to the world today, and Your light, O Lord, has left its
mark upon us. With fuller understanding we sing to You: "You came, You
were made manifest, the unapproachable light."
Apolytikion courtesy of St. Gregory Palamas Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of St. Gregory Palamas Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Narthex Press
Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Herod Agrippa, the grandson of Herod the Great and king of the Jews,
grew wroth against the Church of Christ, and slew James, the brother
of John the Evangelist. Seeing that this pleased the Jews, he took
Peter also into custody and locked him up in prison, intending to keep
him there until after the feast of the Passover, so that he could win
the favour of the people by presenting him to them as a victim. But
the Apostle was saved when he was miraculously set free by an Angel
(Acts 12:1-19). The chains wherewith the Apostle was bound received
from his most sacred body the grace of sanctification and healing,
which is bestowed upon the faithful who draw nigh with faith.
That such sacred treasures work wonders and many healings is witnessed
by the divine Scripture, where it speaks concerning Paul, saying
that the Christians in Ephesus had such reverence for him, that his
handkerchiefs and aprons, taken up with much reverence, healed the sick of
their maladies: "So that from his body were brought unto the sick
handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil
spirits went out of them" (Acts 19:12). But not only the Apostles'
clothing (which certainly touched the bodies of the sick), but even their
shadow alone performed healings. On beholding this, people put their
sick on stretchers and beds and brought them out into the streets
that, when Peter passed by, his shadow "might overshadow some of
them"(Acts 5:15). From this the Orthodox Catholic Church has learned to show
reverence and piety not only to the relics of their bodies, but also in the
clothing of God's Saints.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Without leaving Rome, thou didst come to us by the precious chains which
thou didst wear. O foremost of the Apostles. And worshipping them
with faith, we pray: By thine intercessions with God, grant us great
mercy.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Now Christ God, the Rock, doth glorify the rock of faith,
illustriously, in calling all to celebrate the dread wonders of the most
precious chains of Peter, the first and chief of the disciples of Christ
our God, Who granteth forgiveness of sins unto all.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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