Thursday 16 September 2038

Ps 78:11; 78:12; 78:10

Let the prisoners’ sighing come before You, O Lord; repay our neighbors sevenfold into their bosoms; avenge the shedding of Your servants’ blood.

Ps 78:1

O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple, they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

Glory Be to the Father…

Let the prisoners’ sighing come before You, O Lord; repay our neighbors sevenfold into their bosoms; avenge the shedding of Your servants’ blood.

May the feast of the blessed Martyrs and Bishops Cornelius and Cyprian, protect us, O Lord, we beseech You, and may their holy prayer recommend us unto You.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration Sts. Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus

O Lord, grant that our prayers may bear fruit in joy, that we who each year devoutly honor the death of the Martyrs, Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus, may also follow them by steadfastness in faith.

Through our Lord…

Lesson from the book of Wisdom

Wis 3:1-8

The souls of the just are in the hands of God, and no torment of death shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was judged an affliction, and their going forth from us, utter destruction. But they are in peace. For if before men, indeed, they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality; chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of Himself. As gold in the furnace, He proved them, and as sacrificial offerings He took them to Himself. In the time of their visitation they shall shine, and shall dart about as sparks through stubble; they shall judge nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord shall be their King forever.

Exo 15:11

God is glorious in His Saints, wonderful in majesty, a worker of wonders.

Exo 15:6

℣.Your right hand, O Lord, is magnificent in power; Your right hand has shattered the enemy. Alleluia, alleluia.

Sir 44:14

℣.The bodies of the Saints are buried in peace, but their name lives on and on. Alleluia.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 21:9-19

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; these things must first come to pass, but the end will not be at once. Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes in various places, and pestilences and famines, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all these things they will arrest you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, dragging you before kings and governors for My name’s sake. It shall lead to your bearing witness. Resolve therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how you are to make your defense. For I Myself will give you utterance and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or gainsay. But you will be delivered up by your parents and brothers and relatives and friends; and some of you they will put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake; yet not a hair of your head shall perish. By your patience you will win your souls.

Ps 67:36

God is wonderful in His Saints; the God of Israel is He Who gives power and strength to His people. Blessed be God! Alleluia.

Be mindful, O Lord, of our humble prayers in this commemoration of Your Saints, that we who have no confidence in our own righteousness may be aided by the merits of those who have been pleasing to You.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration Sts. Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus

Graciously look upon the prayers of Your people, O Lord, and grant that we may enjoy the spiritual help of those whose festival You permit us to celebrate.

Through our Lord…

Common

It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominions adore it, the Powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do Thou command that it be permitted us to join with them in confessing Thee, while we say with lowly praise:

Wis 3:4-6

For if before men they be punished, God tried them; as gold in the furnace, He proved them, and as sacrificial offerings He took them to Himself.

Refreshed by the sacrament of salvation, we beseech You, O Lord, that we may be aided by the prayers of those whose festival we celebrate.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration Sts. Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus

O Lord, hear our prayers and comfort us by the continual assistance of Your Martyrs, Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus, whose festival we solemnly celebrate.

Through our Lord…