The Morning Offering

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The Morning Offering
Monday, November 23 / 10 (Church Calendar)


Saints of the Day:

November 10 / 23. Apostles Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius of the Seventy. Martyr Orestes ofCappadocia. St. Theocteristus, abbot of Symbola on Mt. Olympus. Hieromartyr Milos (Miles), Bishop of Persia, and two disciples St. Nonnus, Bishop of Heliopolis. Martyr Constantine, prince of Georgia. (Greek Calendar: Great-Martyr George of Iberia Translation of the Relics of St. Gregory, presbyter, in Assos of Lesbos.)

Photo of the Day:

 

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Quote of the Day:

All the achievements of the saints are clearly gifts of grace from God. None of the saints had the least thing other than the goodness granted to him by the Lord God according to the measure of His gratitude and love. And what he acquired he acquired only in so far as he surrendered himself to the Lord who bestowed it.

 

St. Maximus the Confessor

"Third Century of Various Texts"

(The Philokalia)

Scripture Readings for the Day:

2 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Greeting

 ¹ Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

God's Final Judgment and Glory

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, ⁴ so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, ⁵ which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; ⁶ since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, ⁷ and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, ¹⁰ when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

Luke 12:13-15

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
¹⁴ But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" ¹⁵ And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."

Luke 12:22-31

Do Not Worry

²² Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. ²³ Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. ²⁴ Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? ²⁵ And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁶ If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? ²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ²⁸ If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
²⁹ "And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. ³⁰ For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. ³¹ But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.