The Eastern Rite

Romans 2:10-16 (Epistle) Matthew 4:18-23 (Gospel) Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Epistle, Saints Matthew 4:25-5:12 Gospel, Saints For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively what the law requires, these, though [...]

Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30 On the coincidence of All Saints Sunday and Memorial day weekend…. But many who are first will be last, and the last first. Tomorrow the President will lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, in a ceremony that will be repeated over and [...]

The “Prologue from Ochrid” includes this today (March 30 on the Church Calendar): MEMORIAL TO A MONK WHO JOYFULLY DIED AND WHO NEVER JUDGED ANYONE IN HIS LIFE This monk was lazy, careless, and lacking in his prayer life; but throughout all of his life, he did not judge anyone. While dying, he was happy. [...]

Hebrews 11:24-26, 11:32-12:2 John 1:43-51 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our [...]

Revised Common Lectionary: 1 Samuel 15:34 – 16:13 Ezekiel 17:22-24 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 Mark 4:26-34 Eastern Rite: Romans 2:10-16 Matthew 4:18-23 When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves… God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts [...]

Troparion (Tone 8) As the bountiful harvest of Your sowing of salvation, the lands of North and South America offer to You, O Lord, all the saints who have shone forth in them. By their prayers keep the Church and our land in abiding peace through the Theotokos, O most Merciful One! Kontakion (Tone 3) [...]