Sunday Readings

Apostolic Reading – 2 Timothy 3:10-15

Gospel – Luke 18:10-14

Hymns: See our Church’s website for Audio Recordings: holycrossmelkite.org/hymns

Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 1)

While the stone was sealed by the Jews and soldiers were watching your sacred body, You rose, O Savior, on the third day, giving life to the world. Wherefore, O Giver of life, the powers of heaven cried out: Glory to your resurrection, O Christ. Glory to your kingdom, glory to your Plan of redemption, O You who alone are the Lover of mankind.

Troparion of the Holy Cross (Tone 1)

O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, granting peace to the world. And preserve your community by the power of your Cross.

Kondakion of the Pharisee and the Publican (Tone 3)

Let us shun the boastful words of the Pharisee and learn from the Publican humility with sighing; let us cry out to our Savior: “Have mercy on us, O You who alone are merciful!”

Kondakion of the Presentation of our Lord to the Temple (Tone 1)

O Christ our God, who through your birth have sanctified the virginal womb and have blessed the arms of Simeon, You have come today to save us. When wars prevail, keep your people in peace and strengthen our public authorities in every good deed, for you alone are the Lover of Mankind.

Prokimenon

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;

Let all round about bring gifts to the awesome God.

Stichon

God is renowned in Judah; is Israel, great is his name.

Reading from the Second Epistle to St. Paul to Timothy (2 Timothy 3:10-15)

My son Timothy, you have followed my teaching, my behavior, my faith, my long-suffering, my love, my patience, my persecutions, my afflictions such as befell me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, such persecutions as I suffered: and out of them all, the Lord delivered me. And all who want to live piously in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But the wicked and impostors will go from bad to worse, erring and leading into error. As for you, keep on with the things you have learned and which have been entrusted to you, and remember from whom you learned them. For you have known from infancy the Sacred Scriptures which are able to give you instruction for your salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Alleluia

Come, let us rejoice in the Lord!

Let us sing joyfully to God our Savior!

Stichon

Let us greet his presence with thanksgiving: let us joyfully sing psalms to him.

The Holy Gospel According to St. Luke the Evangelist (18:10-14)

The Lord told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and began to pray thus within himself: ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, robbers, dishonest, adulterers, or even like this publican. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all I possess.’ But the publican, standing far off, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you; this man went back to his home justified rather than the other; for anyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself shall be exalted.”