Dying to the Law & Living for Christ SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Saturday After the Holy Cross Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith […]
Gospel of the Feast of the Holy Cross When the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no crime in Him.” The Jews answered Him, “We have a law, and […]
Feast Day Epistles & Gospels A Matter of Perspective Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Venerable & Life-Giving Cross I Corinthians 1:18-24 Epistle of Feast of Holy Cross For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is […]
A Short Reading, a Succinct Summary Jesus said, “No one has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have […]
This Is What Really Counts Galatians 6:11-18 Epistle of Sunday Before Holy Cross See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in […]
This article was originally published on September 4, 2017. Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy and it shall be well with you. Psalm […]
This article was originally published on August 20, 2017 Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. At that time, Jesus said this parable, “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his […]
This article was originally published on August 19, 2017. Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. […]
We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves; let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him. For Christ did […]
Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. Sunday Before Theophany The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, […]
Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever any one dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. Are they […]
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