'Daily Bread'
Monday, January 29, 2024
Daily Scripture Reading for Monday, January 29, 2024
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 8:7-13
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah –
9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD.
Gospel Reading: Mark 8:11-21
11 Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.
12 But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”
13 And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
Translation of the Relics of Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer, Bishop of Antioch (107)
WATCH Iona Monastery commemorate the feast of the translation of the relics of the Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch. The recording was made at Kilninian, the main church of the Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.
‘In the Likeness of God’ (Luke 6, 31-36)
READ a reflection by Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and AlmopiaIn on what ways we can imitate God?
Excerpt:
Saint John Chrysostom observes that we aren’t called upon by God to imitate his all-powerfulness, wisdom and miracles, but his love, goodness and mercy. God is entirely merciful and charitable and, depending on what strength we have, i.e. ‘commensurately’, we, his images, can imitate him in love for our neighbor. We can forgive our enemies and those who’ve done us harm. Our kinship to God is revealed in such instances. We can also imitate God in being merciful. According to the Fathers, God is the source of grace, love and wisdom: ‘he gives everything without fear or favor’. For us, this translates as: All people, without exception, are capable of becoming like God as regards his love and mercy.
This week’s calendar reminders:
Monday 1/29: Matins 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday 1/30: no services or events
Wednesday 1/31: no services or events
Thursday 2/1: No Matins; Festal Vesperal Liturgy 6:30 p.m. (Meeting of Christ in the Temple)
Friday 2/2: Festal Matins 8:30 a.m.
Saturday 2/3: Great Vespers 6 p.m.
Sunday 2/4: Divine Liturgy 9:15 a.m.