Continually Thankful

“Let us give thanks to God continually. For, it is outrageous that when we enjoy His benefaction to us in deed every single day, we do not acknowledge the favor with so much as a word; and this, when the acknowledgment confers great benefit on us. He does not need anything of ours, but we stand in need of all things from Him.”

St. John Chrysostom

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Thursday December 5, 2024 / November 22, 2024

24th Week after Pentecost. Tone six.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fish Allowed

Apostles Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon, and St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul (ca. 109).
Martyrdom of St. Michael, prince of Tver (1318).
New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1932).
New Hieromartyr Iosaph bishop of Mogilev, New Hieromartyrs John, Basil, Paul, Jacob, Theodore, John, Ilia, Alexis, Aphanasius priests and Hieromartyrs Gerasimus, Eutychius, Abenner, Sabbas, Mark and Martyr Boris (1937).
Venerable Paraskeva confessor (1953).
St. Yaropolk-Peter, prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (1086).
Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus at Rome (288).
Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine (303).
Martyr Menignus at Parium (250).
Venerable Agabbas of Syria (5th c.).
Righteous Michael the Soldier of Bulgaria (866).
St. Callistus II, patriarch of Constantinople (Mt. Athos) (1397) (Greek).
St. Clement of Ochrid, bishop of Greater Macedonia (916) (Bulgaria).
St. Germanus of Eikoiphinissa in Macedonia (9th c.).
Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark (another) at Antioch in Pisidia (4th c.).
Martyr Agapion of Greece (304).

The Scripture Readings

1 Thessalonians 5:1-8

1

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.

2

For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

3

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

4

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

5

You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

6

Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.

7

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

8

But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

Luke 18:31-34

31

Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.

32

For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

33

They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.

34

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

Philemon 1:1-25 Apostles

1

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,

2

o the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

3

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4

I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,

5

hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

6

that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

7

For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

8

Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,

9

yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you-being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ-

10

I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,

11

who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

12

I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

13

whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

14

But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

15

For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,

16

no longer as a slave but more than a slave-a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

17

If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.

18

But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.

19

I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay-not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.

20

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

21

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

22

But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

23

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

24

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.

25

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

 

Luke 10:1-15 Apostles

1

After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.

2

Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

3

Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

4

Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road.

5

But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

6

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.

7

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

8

Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.

9

And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

10

But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

11

‘The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.’

12

But I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.

13

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

14

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

15

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

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