November 10, 2014

Reading

The Letter from Saint Paul to Titus     1: 1-9

1:1	Paul, a servant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in accord with the faith of God’s elect and in acknowledgment of the truth which is accompanied by piety,
1:2	in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time,
1:3	which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior;
1:4	to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.
1:5	For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you)
1:6	if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.
1:7	And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,
1:8	but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,
1:9	embracing faithful speech which is in agreement with doctrine, so that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to argue against those who contradict.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke    17: 1-6

17:1	And he said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to him through whom they come!
17:2	It would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.
17:3	Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.
17:4	And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
17:5	And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
17:6	But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into the sea.’ And it would obey you.