God’s Time
“Spend all the hours of your life in a way pleasing to God; keep in your mind the thought that after the present hour you will not be given another and that you will have to render a strict account for every minute of this present hour.”
Saint Theophan the Recluse
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Thursday January 16, 2025 / January 3, 2025
30th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.
Sviatki. Fast-free
1Forefeast of the Theophany.
1Prophet Malachias (400 B.C.).
1Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia (314).
oNew Hieromartyr Basil Kolmogorov priest (1938).
oSt. Genevieve of Paris (512).
oVenerable Abelard, abbot.
oFinding of the relics of New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri, in 1950 (Greek).
oSt. Peter of Atroa (837).
oSt. Thomais of Lesbos (10th c.).
oVenerable Euthymius (Taqaishvili) the Man of God of Tbilisi (1953).
oSt. Findlugan of Islay (7th c.) (Celtic & British).
The Scripture Readings
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Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
36
For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
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For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
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Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
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But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
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By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
4
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
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By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
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Then He said to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,
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the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,
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who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
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Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
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Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans.
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So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;
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for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.
2 Timothy 2:1-10 Martyr
1
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
3
You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
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And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
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Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
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Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,
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for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
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Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Matthew 10:16-22 Martyr
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Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
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But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.
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You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
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But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;
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for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
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And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
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