Friday, August 23, 2041

Afterfeast of the Transfiguration

Fasting: FastJulian: August 10

Epistle

2 Corinthians 4.13-18

Read in context

13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;Log in to add notes

14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.Log in to add notes

15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.Log in to add notes

16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.Log in to add notes

17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;Log in to add notes

18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 24.27-33; Matthew 24.42-51

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27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Log in to add notes

28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.Log in to add notes

29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:Log in to add notes

30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.Log in to add notes

31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.Log in to add notes

32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:Log in to add notes

33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.Log in to add notes

42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.Log in to add notes

43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.Log in to add notes

44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.Log in to add notes

45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?Log in to add notes

46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.Log in to add notes

47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.Log in to add notes

48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;Log in to add notes

49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;Log in to add notes

50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,Log in to add notes

51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Log in to add notes