Today's Scripture Readings
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/01/2025
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Prayer Before Reading Holy Scripture
O Master Who loves mankind, illuminate our hearts with the pure light of Your divine knowledge and open the eyes of our mind to understand the teachings of Your Gospel. Instill in us also the fear of Your blessed commandments, that we may overcome all carnal desires, entering upon a spiritual life and understanding and acting in all things according to Your holy will. For You are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ God, and to You we give glory together with Your eternal Father and Your all-holy, gracious and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.
Epistle Reading: 1 Timothy 1:1-7
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God
our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,
To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
Gospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God
would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come
with observation;
"nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
"And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them.
"For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
"But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
"nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
"And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them.
"For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
"But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
The Old Calendar readings are from the New King James Version of the Bible.
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