Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints, on Wednesday, May 14,
2008 we celebrate:
EPISTLE READING
The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 8:18-25
IN THOSE DAYS, when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the
laying on
of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying, "Give me also
this
power, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy
Spirit." But
Peter said to him, "Your silver perish with you, because you thought
you could
obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in
this
matter, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of
this
wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the
intent of your
heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of
bitterness and
in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the
Lord, that
nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they
returned to
Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
GOSPEL READING
3rd Wednesday after Pascha
The Reading is from John 6:35-39
The Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of
life; he who
comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never
thirst. But
I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that
the Father
gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast
out. For I
have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of
him who sent
me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose
nothing of all
that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day."
Isidore the Martyr of Chios
May 14
Reading:
This Saint was a soldier from Alexandria. He came with the Roman fleet
to
Chios, where he was betrayed as a Christian to Numerian, Commander of
the
Fleet. Because he boldly pro-fessed himself to wor****p Christ as God
and
refused to wor****p any other, he was tormented and beheaded in 251,
during the
reign of Decius.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee received the
prize of
the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For
since he
possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed
the
demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save
our souls,
since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
In thy holy prayers to God, thou hast shone brightly, a great guide
for all the
world. Wherefore, we praise thee on this day, O Saint, thou Martyr of
godly
mind and boast of Chios, O glorious Isidore.
Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus May 14
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