'Daily Bread'
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Daily Scripture Reading for Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 13:17-21
17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.
19 But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9
1 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Ven. Prokopios the Confessor of Decapolis (8th c.)
Saint Procopius the Dekapolite lived during the eighth century in the region of Decapolis (Mark 7:31), to the east of Lake Galilee. There he labored for his salvation, struggling in asceticism.
Saint Procopius, his fellow ascetic Saint Basil (February 28), and others zealous for holy Orthodoxy rose up against the Iconoclast heresy of those times. By order of the emperor Leo the Isaurian (716-741), Saint Procopius was arrested, subjected to a fierce scourging and thrown into prison. Here he languished together with Saint Basil until the very death of the oppressive emperor, after which the holy confessors were set free.
Saint Procopius spent the rest of his life in peace, guiding many on the way of virtue and salvation. He died in old age, around the year 750.
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears You did make the desert fertile / And the longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles You did illuminate the whole universe. / O holy Father Procopius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Part 1 (Full Audiobook)
LISTEN to The Brothers Karamazov, the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is a passionate philosophical story set in 19th-century Russia, that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual, theological drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, judgment, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia, with a plot which revolves around the subject of patricide.
This week’s calendar reminders:
Monday 2/26: Matins 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday 2/27: no services or events
Wednesday 2/28: no services or events
Thursday 2/29: Matins 8:30 a.m.
Friday 3/1: Matins 8:30 a.m.
Saturday 3/2: Great Vespers 6 p.m.
Sunday 3/3: Divine Liturgy 9:15 a.m.
