Daily Readings
11 Baramudah 1740
Readings for Friday of of Holy Great Lent
Prophecy
From TheBook of Genesis of Moses, may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Genesis 22 : 1 - 18
Glory to the Holy Trinity our God into the ages of ages.
Amen
From TheBook of Isaiah , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Isaiah 45 : 11 - 17
Glory to the Holy Trinity our God into the ages of ages.
Amen
From TheBook of Proverbs , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Proverbs 9 : 12 - 18
Glory to the Holy Trinity our God into the ages of ages.
Amen
From TheBook of Job , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Job 36 : 1 - 33
Job 37 : 1 - 4
Glory to the Holy Trinity our God into the ages of ages.
Amen
From TheBook of Tobit , may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen
Tobit 1 : 1 - 22
Tobit 2 : 1 - 14
Tobit 3 : 1 - 6
Tobit 3 : 7 - 15
Tobit 3 : 16 - 17
Tobit 4 : 1 - 21
Tobit 5 : 1 - 22
Tobit 6 : 1 - 8
Tobit 6 : 9 - 17
Tobit 7 : 1 - 18
Tobit 8 : 1 - 21
Tobit 9 : 1 - 6
Tobit 10 : 1 - 12
Tobit 11 : 1 - 19
Tobit 12 : 1 - 22
Tobit 13 : 1 - 18
Tobit 14 : 1 - 15
Glory to the Holy Trinity our God into the ages of ages.
Amen
Matins Psalm & Gospel
A reading from the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 51 : 7 - 8
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
John 3 : 14 - 21
And Glory be to God forever.
Divine Liturgy
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Corinthians.
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
1 Corinthians 10 : 1 - 13
The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 John 2 : 12 - 17
Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 8 : 9 - 17
The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
Synaxarium
Day 11 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Baramudah.
May God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins after forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers.
Amen.
The Eleventh Day of the Blessed Month of Baramudah
Departure of St.Theodora
On this day, the pure and holy mother Theodora, departed. This holy woman was the only daughter of noble and Christian parents of Alexandria. Her parents Provided for her costly apparels and many gold and silver accessories, for they wished to give her in marriage. This Saint refused that, for she desired in her heart the worship of God and the strife for His Name's sake. She sold all what her father bought her, gave to the needy, and then built a church outside the city of Alexandria, towards the west. Then she went to the holy father Abba Athanasius, the apostolic (Fourth century), who shaved her hair and made her a nun in one of the convents outside the city of Alexandria. She devoted herself to the ascetic life, fought the spiritual fight, and became worthy to see divine visions, distinguish angels from satan, and know the thoughts of the minds. Pope Athanasius visited her often and instructed her with his teachings. When he was exiled, he sent her many letters full of valuable sermons, and she was steadfast in her strife until the end of her life. She was contemporary to five Patriarchs: Alexandros, Athanasius, Petros, Timotheos and Theophilos. She put down many useful sayings, some of them by the grace that was in her; the others were from what she learned from those fathers. Once she was asked: "If a man talked to another evil words, would he silence him, or rebuke him, or close the ears and not listen to him?" She replied saying: "If a man put in front of you a table with good and bad foods, you can not say to him "Take this or that for it is harmful for me,' but you overlook it and eat what you desired, so nothing should be said to who speak bad words to others but it is enough that the man does not let his ears enjoy what he is hearing." She was also asked: "How can the human overcome his enemy Satan?" She answered saying: "With fasting, prayer, and humility." When she finished her strife, she departed in peace and was one hundred years old.
May Her prayers be with us. Amen.
Departure of St.John, Bishop of Gaza
This day also marks the commemoration of the departure of Anba John, Bishop of Gaza.
May His intercession be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
Divine Liturgy Psalm & Gospel
A reading from the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 34 : 5,4
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
John 3 : 1 - 13
And Glory be to God forever.
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