October 8, 2014

Reading

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians    2: 1-2, 7-14

1:1	Paul, an Apostle, not from men and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,
1:2	and all the brothers who are with me: to the churches of Galatia.
1:7	For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ.
1:8	But if anyone, even we ourselves or an Angel from Heaven, were to preach to you a gospel other than the one that we have preached to you, let him be anathema.
1:9	Just as we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone has preached a gospel to you, other than that which you have received, let him be anathema.
1:10	For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.
1:11	For I would have you understand, brothers, that the Gospel which has been preached by me is not according to man.
1:12	And I did not receive it from man, nor did I learn it, except through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:13	For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her.
1:14	And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my equals among my own kind, having proven to be more abundant in zeal toward the traditions of my fathers.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke   11: 1-4

11:1	And it happened that, while he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
11:2	And he said to them: “When you are praying, say: Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.
11:3	Give us this day our daily bread.
11:4	And forgive us our sins, since we also forgive all who are indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”