Saturday, August 29, 1992

Image of Christ Not Made by Hands

Fasting: No fastVigilJulian: August 16

Epistle

1 Corinthians 1.3-9

Read in context

3Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

4I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;Log in to add notes

5That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;Log in to add notes

6Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:Log in to add notes

7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:Log in to add notes

8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Log in to add notes

Epistle — Image

Colossians 1.12-18

Read in context

12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:Log in to add notes

13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:Log in to add notes

14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:Log in to add notes

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:Log in to add notes

16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:Log in to add notes

17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.Log in to add notes

18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 19.3-12

Read in context

3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?Log in to add notes

4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,Log in to add notes

5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?Log in to add notes

6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.Log in to add notes

7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?Log in to add notes

8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.Log in to add notes

9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.Log in to add notes

10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.Log in to add notes

11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.Log in to add notes

12For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.Log in to add notes

Gospel — Image

Luke 9.51-56; Luke 10.22-24

Read in context

51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,Log in to add notes

52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.Log in to add notes

53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.Log in to add notes

54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?Log in to add notes

55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.Log in to add notes

56For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.Log in to add notes

22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.Log in to add notes

23And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:Log in to add notes

24For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.Log in to add notes