The Morning Offering

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The Morning Offering

Saturday, January 30 / 17 (Church Calendar)

Saints of the Day:

January 17 / 30. St. Anthony the Great. Emperor St. Theodosius the Great. St. Achilles the Confessor, hermit of Egypt. St.Anthony the New, of Berrhia in Macedonia. St. Anthony of Dymsk (Novgorod). St. Anthony of Krasny Kholm, monk. St. Anthony of Chernoezersk, monk. St. Anthony the Roman, of Novgorod. New-Martyr George of Ioannina.

Photo of the Day:

  The Waters of the Jordan. This is our holy water fount, just after the Great Blessing of Waters, on Theophany. (click for enlargement)

Quote of the Day:

"For truly he who has 'run the race,' as the Apostle says, in that wide and roomy stadium, which the divine voice calls 'place,' and has 'kept the faith' and, as the figurative expression says, has planted his feet on the rock; such a person will be adorned with the 'crown of righteousness' from the hand of the contest's judge. This prize is described in different ways by Scripture."

St. Gregory of Nyssa

Scripture Readings for the Day:

2 Timothy 3:1-9

Perilous Times and Perilous Men

 ¹ But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: ² For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³ unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, ⁴ traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! ⁶ For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, ⁷ always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; ⁹ but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.

Luke 20:45-21:4

Beware of the Scribes

⁴⁵ Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶ "Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, ⁴⁷ who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

Luke 21

The Widow's Two Mites

 ¹ And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, ² and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. ³ So He said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; ⁴ for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had."