Sunday, December 2, 2063
14th Sunday of Luke
Tone 8. Nativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowed. What this means
The Epistle
Ephesians 4:1–7
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, 2with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling, 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all. 7But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
The Gospel
Luke 18:35–43
As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. 36Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant. 37They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!” 39Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
40Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
41“What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”
42Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
43Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
Commemorated today
- Holy Prophet Habbakuk (Abbacum) (7th c. BC).
- Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus
- Joannicos the Monk of Devich
- Theophilos the Hermit
- Holy Martyr Myrope (Myropea) of Chios (251)
- Our Holy Father Athanasius "the Resurrected," Recluse of the Kiev Caves (1176)
- Saint (Stephen) Uroš, King of Serbia (1367)
- Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1991) (Nov. 19 OC)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.