No One Coincidental
“We must have “the need” to love. There is never someone near you by coincidence [in vain]. He is there, by God’s providence.”
Elder Arsenie
#coincidence #providence #love
Thursday December 12, 2024 / November 29, 2024
25th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Wine, and Food with Oil.
Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250).
Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (274).
Venerable Acacius of Mt. Latros, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.).
New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1941).
Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (12th c.).
St. Saturninus, martyr and bishop of Toulouse ( 257) (Gaul).
Hieromartyr Abibus, bishop of Nekressi in Georgia (6th c.) (Georgia).
St. Mardarije of Libertyville (1935) (Serbia).
Venerable Pitirim of Egypt (4th c.), disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great.
Hieromartyr Dionysius, bishop of Corinth (182).
St. Tiridates, king of Armenia (4th c.).
St. Nicholas, archbishop of Thessalonica (Greek).
Hieromartyr John of Persia (Greek).
St. Urban of Macedonia, bishop (Greek).
St. Pancosmius, monk (Greek).
St. Radboud, bishop of Utrecht (917) (Neth.).
St. Brendan of Birr (571) (Celtic and British).
The Scripture Readings
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But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,
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to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.
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Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,
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comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
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Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you,
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and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.
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But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
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And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.
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Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
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Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.
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Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
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And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
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Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’
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But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
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So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
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Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:’The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’?
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Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.