Imaginary Sins
“It is worth noticing that, after acquiring spiritual understanding, the defects and faults of one’s neighbor begin to seem very slight and insignificant, as redeemed by the Savior and easily cured by repentance—those very faults and defects which seemed to the carnal understanding so big and serious. Evidently the carnal mind, being itself a plank, gives them this huge significance. The carnal mind sees in others sins that are not there at all.”
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
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Friday January 10, 2025 / December 28, 2024
29th Week after Pentecost. Tone three.
Sviatki. Fast-free
The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including Glycerius, Zeno, Theophilus, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, Euthymius, and the virgins Agape, Domna, Theophila and others (302).
St. Cornelius, monk of Krypets Monastery in Pskov (1903).
New Hieromartyrs Nikodim, bishop of Belgorod and Arcadius deacon (1918).
New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1920).
New Hieromartyrs Theoctistus, Leonid, Nicholas priests (1937).
New Hieromartyr Aretha priest (1938).
Venerable Ignatius, monk, of Loma (Vologda) (1591).
Apostle Nicanor the Deacon (34).
Venerable Simon the Myrrh-gusher, founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt. Athos (1287).
Venerable Babylas of Tarsus in Cilicia.
Martyr Secundus (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
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For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,
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for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
20
And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath
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(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The LORD has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek’ “),
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by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
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Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.
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But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
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Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
1
Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
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Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers.
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And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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Again he sent them another servant, and at him they threw stones, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
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And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
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Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
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So they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.
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Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others.
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Have you not even read this Scripture:’The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
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This was the LORD’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
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And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.
Romans 8:3-9 Martyrs
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For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
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that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
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For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
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So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Luke 10:19-21 Martyrs
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Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.
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In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
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