READINGS 11, 12 & 13 - Introduction - Continued from page 1
Please call the blessing upon every soul, every human being. It might seem that we are different. There was only one Adam and we are of his descent. There was one Saviour, Jesus Christ and He does forgive, atone, call and change our lives. We may go through hell, but our joy is real and concrete. We do not belong to ourselves, we belong to God Who opens all the Gates of Reconciliation and Unity.
We may not experience that. We may consider that these are only pious words of comfort and compassion. We may think that we are right and that others are wrong. Why do we prefer to hate rather than to love, kill with words if not for real rather than educate, encounter, listen, see the beauty of a human spectrum that shines?
Christ is born! Glorify the Most High! If you do not believe, if you do not have confidence in yourself or do not trust in God, His Son and the numerous Gifts, do not hang up. We shall never try to convince you! You are at home here on this website to read the Word and feel the hospitality that the Church proposes to you and may God dispose of your life according to His Will and for the best of your life.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003!
READING 11
Sunday, January 5th, 2003 / December 23rd, 2002, 28th Week after Pentecost, Tone 3
Shabbat Rosh Hodesh [New Month] Shvat 1st, 5763 [January 3rd/4th, 2003]
Shabbat VA'ERA [And God appeared]
Portion of the Torah:
Parshat Torah: Shmot [Exodus] 6:2 - 9:35
Prophetic reading - Haftarah:
[Ashkenazim, Sephardim]: The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21
[Yemenite]: The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 28:24 - 29:21
Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ; 10 martyrs of Crete, repose of Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow, new confessor
Matins:
The Epistle to the Hebrews ch. 6
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 24:36-53
The Divine Liturgy, Week before the Nativity of Christ:
The Epistle to the Hebrews 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 1:1-25
Monday, January 6th, 2003 / December 24th, 2002
Eve of the Nativity of Christ; Saint Eugenia, nun-martyr; Vigils of the Nativity
Hour 1:
The Epistle to the Hebrews 1:1-12
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 1:18-25
Hour 3:
The Epistle to the Galatians 3:23-29
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke: 1-20
Hour 6:
The Epistle to the Hebrews 1:10 - 2:3
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 2:1-12
Hour 9:
The Epistle to the Hebrews 2:11-18
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 2:13-23
The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great:
The Epistle to the Hebrews 1:1-12
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 2:1-20
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