LECTIONARY - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

The Liturgy
The Pauline Epistle
Romans 1:11-13
A chapter from the First Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Romans. His blessing be upon us. Amen.
For I long to see you, that I may
impart unto you some spiritual gift, to
the end ye may be established; That
is, that I may be comforted together
with you by the mutual faith both of
you and me. Now I would not have
The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.
you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes
I purposed to come unto you, (but was
let hitherto,) that I might have some
fruit among you also, even as among
other Gentiles.
The Catholic Epistle
1 John 2:1-6
The Catholic Epistle from the First Epistle of our teacher John. His Blessing be upon us. Amen.
commandments.
My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And
if any man sin, we have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous: And he is the propitiation
for our sins: and not for ours only, but
also for the sins of the whole world.
And hereby we do know that we
know him, if we keep his
He that saith, I
know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth
is not in him. But whoso keepeth his
word, in him verily is the love of God
perfected: hereby know we that we are
in him. He that saith he abideth in
him ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.
Do not love the world, nor the things which are in the world. The world shall pass away and all its desires; but he
who does the will of God shall abide forever. Amen.
The Praxis
Acts 4:8-12
A chapter from the Acts of our fathers the pure Apostles, who were invested with the grace of the Holy Spirit. Their
blessing be with us all. Amen.
Then Peter, filled with the Holy
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the
people, and elders of Israel, If we this
day be examined of the good deed
done to the impotent man, by what
means he is made whole; Be it known
unto you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, whom ye crucified,
Wednesday of the Second Week of Holy Pentecost
The word of the Lord abides in this church and in every church. Amen.
whom God raised from the dead, even
by him doth this man stand here
before you whole. This is the stone
which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of
the corner. Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none other
name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved.
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