Thursday, October 29, 2043

Thursday of the 19th week after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastJulian: October 16

Epistle

Philippians 1.20-27

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20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.Log in to add notes

21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.Log in to add notes

22But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.Log in to add notes

23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Log in to add notes

24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.Log in to add notes

25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;Log in to add notes

26That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.Log in to add notes

27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 9.7-11

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7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;Log in to add notes

8And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.Log in to add notes

9And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.Log in to add notes

10And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.Log in to add notes

11And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.Log in to add notes