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Monday, 21st May 2018 --- 13 Bashans 1734
Readings for Monday of seventh week of fifty Joyous Days
Vespers
Vespers Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 22 : 2
Chapter 22
2 | O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent. |
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 4 : 38 - 41
Chapter 4
38 | Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. |
39 | So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. |
40 | When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. |
41 | And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ. |
And Glory be to God forever.
Matins
Matins Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 119 : 164 - 165
Chapter 119
164 | Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments. |
165 | Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble. |
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Matins Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 4 : 42 - 5 : 3
Chapter 4
42 | Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; |
43 | but He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent." |
44 | And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. |
Chapter 5
1 | So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, |
2 | and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. |
3 | Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. |
And Glory be to God forever.
Liturgy Gospel
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 Romans .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Romans 8 : 12 - 17
Chapter 8
12 | Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. |
13 | For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. |
14 | For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. |
15 | For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." |
16 | The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, |
17 | and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. |
The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 2 of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
2 John 1 : 1 - 8
Chapter 1
1 | The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth, |
2 | because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: |
3 | Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. |
4 | I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. |
5 | And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. |
6 | This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. |
7 | For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. |
8 | Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. |
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 14 : 19 - 23
Chapter 14
19 | Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. |
20 | However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. |
21 | And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, |
22 | strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." |
23 | So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
Divine Psalm
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet, and the Good King.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 81 : 8,6
Chapter 81
8 | "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me! |
6 | "I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets. |
Hallelujah.
Divine Gospel
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
John 15 : 1 - 8
Chapter 15
1 | "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. |
2 | Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. |
3 | You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. |
4 | Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. |
5 | "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. |
6 | If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. |
7 | If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. |
8 | By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. |
And Glory be to God forever.
Not to be read in the Church during this time of the year.
Synaxarium
Day 13 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Bashans, 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 Thirteenth Day of the Blessed Month of Bashans
Departure of St.Arsanius, the Tutor of the Emperor's Children
On this day, of the year
445 A.D., the ascetic, fighter, and wise father St. Arsanius departed.
He was born in Rome from a very rich Christian parents. They taught him
church subjects and ordained him a deacon. He was highly knowledgeable
in the Greek culture and endowed with great Christian values. When Emperor
Theodosius the Great sought for a good and wise man to teach his sons Honorius
and Arcadius, he could not find a better person than Arsanius. He brought
him to his palace and entrusted the teaching of his sons to him. St. Arsanius
taught them and admonished them, as was fitting. Since he devoted much
exertion and toil in teaching them, he inflicted them once with painful
beatings. When Emperor Theodosius their father died, Honorius reigned over
Rome and Arcadius reigned over Constantinople. The Saint remembered that
he once beat them, and that Honorius desired to do him harm. While he was
thinking of this, a voice came from the Lord saying: "O Arsani, get out
from this world and you shall be saved." Once he heard this voice, he did
not tarry, changed his clothing, and came to the city Alexandria. Then
he went to the wilderness of St. Macarius (Sheahat - Scete), where he fought
a great fight with fasting, prayer and long vigils. At the beginning of
his monastic life, he reviewed his thoughts to a simple monk for advice.
The monks were surprised and said to him: "Does someone like Arsanius who
is very well versed in Greek and Roman culture, need the advice of this
simple monk?" He told them that the Coptic Alpha Beta of this monk had
not been mastered by Arsanius. He meant by this the virtues of that monk.
A messenger came from Rome carrying a will of one of St. Arsanius' relatives
who had departed, granting all his possessions to the Saint. The Saint
asked: "When did this man die?" The messenger answered: "One year ago."
The Saint said: "I have died eleven years ago, and those who died to the
world can not inherit others who died."
One of the noble women of Rome came to visit him because she heard of his righteousness. After she visited with him for a short while, she asked him to remember her in his prayer. He said to her: "May God erase all your memory from my mind." She returned sorrowful and complained to the Pope in objection to this statement. Pope Theophylus clarified to her what he meant, that he was afraid, that the devil might use her memory to tempt him. When Arsanius started his monastic life, he used to select for himself the white beans for his food. When the Abbot of the monastery noticed, he gently struck the monk, who was sitting beside Arsanius saying: "It is not right that you distinguish yourself from your brethren by selecting the white beans." Arsanius said: "This stroke is directed to you, O Arsanius!" Arsanius mastered the virtue of silence. When he was asked about that, he said: "Many times I regretted that I have spoken, but I have never regretted on being silent." He was a very humble and modest man, who lived from selling the works of his hands by pleating palm leaves, and giving the rest to the poor. He put down many useful sayings and teachings. Whenever he entered the church, he hid behind a pillar of the church so no one would see him. His appearance was good, his face was bright and very cheerful. He was tall in stature, but he became bowed because of his age. He visited Jerusalem when he was seventy years old, to be blessed by the holy places, and then he returned to Sheahat. When he departed, he was ninety-five years old: He spent forty years in Rome, forty years in the wilderness of St. Macarius, ten years in Mount Torah, three years in the monasteries of Alexandria, then he returned to Mount Torah and lived there for two years.
He had commanded his disciples
to throw his body on a certain mountain, so that wild beasts and vultures
would eat him. However, fear gripped him, just before his soul departed
from his body and his disciples said to him: "Is someone like Arsanius
fearing death?" He replied: "Since I had become a monk, I dreaded this
hour." He became calm, his soul was comforted, and a peaceful look covered
his face as if he was saying: " Yea, though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me" (Psalms
23:4). He departed in peace in the year 445 A.D. When Theodosius II, the
son of Arcadius, knew of his death, he brought his body to Constantinople.
He built a monastery on the same place where he departed, which was known
in history as the monastery of El-Kosair.
From his sayings:
An old monk was sitting in his cell, heard a voice saying to him: "Go out
so I might show you the deeds of people." When he went out, he saw a man
cutting wood. When he tried to carry it, he could not, and instead of reducing
his load, he increased it, and tried to carry it again, but failed, and
did this again and again. Then he walked away and saw another man getting
water from a well and pouring it in a pot with a hole in it, and the man
could not fill it. Then he saw two men riding on two horses, carrying a
pole from each side. When they came to the door, their pride prevented
that one would stay behind in order to get the pole in, and therefore they
remained outside.
St. Arsanius explained this vision to them, saying: "The wood cutter was a man with a multitude of sins. Instead of repenting, he added more and more to his sins. The man who wanted to fill the pot with water was a charitable man who gave alms from what he earned unjustly, and his reward was lost. The two men carrying the pole were carrying the burden of our Lord Christ, but with great pride, and therefore they both stayed outside the kingdom.
May his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.