Take Courage
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“Let us not be terrified by the tempests that come upon us, but let us take courage, knowing that though we sail on a sea of troubles, we have Jesus as our pilot.”
– St. John Chrysostom
Monday November 25, 2024 / November 12, 2024
23rd Week after Pentecost. Tone five.
2St. John the Merciful, patriarch of Alexandria (620).
Venerable Nilus the Faster of Sinai (451).
New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1918).
New Hieromartyrs Constantine Uspensky, Vladimir Krasnovsky, Alexander Arkhangelsky, Matthew Aloin, Demetrius Rozanov, Peter Kosminkov priests and Symeon Krechkov deacon (1937).
New Hieromartyr Boris (1942).
Blessed John “the Hairy,” fool-for-Christ at Rostov (1580).
Prophet Ahijah (Achias) (960 B.C.).
St. Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mt. Athos (1651).
“The Merciful” Icon of the Mother of God.
New Martyr Sabbas Nigdelinus of Constantinople (1726) (Greek).
New Martyr Nicholas of Constantinople (1726).
St. Leontius, patriarch of Constantinople (1143).
Venerable Emilian of Vergegio in Iberia.
Venerable Lebuinus, missionary monk of the Netherlands (Netherlands).
St. Machar, bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland) (6th c.) (Celtic & British).
St. Sinell of Cleenish (6th c.) (Celtic & British).
St. Cadwaladr, king of the Welsh (664) (Celtic & British).
New Hieromartyr priest Theodore Gidaspov.
Synaxis of the Russian New Martyrs of Optina: Anatolius, Barnabas, Dositheus, Nectarius, Panteleimon and Vincent.
The Scripture Readings
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,
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remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
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knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.
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For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
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Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
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But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
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And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
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Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
Tuesday Reading
1 Thessalonians 1:6-10
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And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
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so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe.
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For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.
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For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
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and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
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Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
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If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
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And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
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For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it-
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lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
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saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
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Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
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Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
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So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
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Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?
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It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!