Sunday \u00a0 \u00a0Luke 8: \u00a041-56 \u00a0(Healing of the woman with the issue of blood who touched him in Faith & Jarius’ daughter<\/p>\n
ST. THEOPHYLACT: “But as when a man turns his eye to a shining light, or puts fuel to the fire, immediately they have their effects; so indeed he who brings faith to Him who is able to cure, immediately obtains his cure…For she believed, and was saved, and as was fitting first touched Christ with her mind, then with her body.”<\/p>\n
Monday \u00a0Genesis 50<\/p>\n
15\u00a0<\/sup>When Joseph\u2019s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, \u201cPerhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.\u201d <\/span> 16\u00a0<\/sup>So they sent messengers<\/i> to Joseph, saying, \u201cBefore your father died he commanded, saying, <\/span> 17\u00a0<\/sup>\u2018Thus you shall say to Joseph: \u201cI beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.\u201d\u2019 Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.\u201d And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.<\/span><\/p>\n 18\u00a0<\/sup>Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, \u201cBehold, we are<\/i> your servants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 19\u00a0<\/sup>Joseph said to them, \u201cDo not be afraid, for am<\/i> I in the place of God? <\/span> 20\u00a0<\/sup>But as for you, you meant evil against me; but<\/i> God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is<\/i> this day, to save many people alive. <\/span> 21\u00a0<\/sup>Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.\u201d And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.<\/span><\/p>\n Tuesday<\/p>\n Exodus 1<\/p>\n 8\u00a0<\/sup>Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. <\/span> 9\u00a0<\/sup>And he said to his people, \u201cLook, the people of the children of Israel are<\/i> more and mightier than we; <\/span> 10\u00a0<\/sup>come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so<\/i> go up out of the land.\u201d <\/span> 11\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses. <\/span> 12\u00a0<\/sup>But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. <\/span> 13\u00a0<\/sup>So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. <\/span> 14\u00a0<\/sup>And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage\u2014in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was<\/i> with rigor.<\/span><\/p>\n 15\u00a0<\/sup>Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was<\/i> Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; <\/span> 16\u00a0<\/sup>and he said, \u201cWhen you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them<\/i> on the birthstools, if it is<\/i> a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is<\/i> a daughter, then she shall live.\u201d <\/span> 17\u00a0<\/sup>But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. <\/span> 18\u00a0<\/sup>So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, \u201cWhy have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 19\u00a0<\/sup>And the midwives said to Pharaoh, \u201cBecause the Hebrew women are<\/i> not like the Egyptian women; for they are<\/i> lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 20\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. <\/span> 21\u00a0<\/sup>And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.<\/span><\/p>\n 22\u00a0<\/sup>So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, \u201cEvery son who is born[c<\/a>]<\/sup> you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Wednesday<\/p>\n Exodus 2<\/p>\n 2\u00a0<\/span>And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife<\/i> a daughter of Levi. <\/span> 2\u00a0<\/sup>So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was<\/i> a beautiful child,<\/i> she hid him three months. <\/span> 3\u00a0<\/sup>But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it<\/i> in the reeds by the river\u2019s bank. <\/span> 4\u00a0<\/sup>And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.<\/span><\/p>\n 5\u00a0<\/sup>Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. <\/span> 6\u00a0<\/sup>And when she opened it,<\/i> she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, \u201cThis is one of the Hebrews\u2019 children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 7\u00a0<\/sup>Then his sister said to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, \u201cShall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 8\u00a0<\/sup>And Pharaoh\u2019s daughter said to her, \u201cGo.\u201d So the maiden went and called the child\u2019s mother. <\/span> 9\u00a0<\/sup>Then Pharaoh\u2019s daughter said to her, \u201cTake this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you<\/i> your wages.\u201d So the woman took the child and nursed him. <\/span> 10\u00a0<\/sup>And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses,[a<\/a>]<\/sup> saying, \u201cBecause I drew him out of the water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 11\u00a0<\/sup>Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. <\/span> 12\u00a0<\/sup>So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. <\/span> 13\u00a0<\/sup>And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, \u201cWhy are you striking your companion?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 14\u00a0<\/sup>Then he said, \u201cWho made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n So Moses feared and said, \u201cSurely this thing is known!\u201d <\/span> 15\u00a0<\/sup>When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.<\/span><\/p>\n Thursday<\/p>\n Exodus 2<\/p>\n 16\u00a0<\/sup>Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father\u2019s flock. <\/span> 17\u00a0<\/sup>Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.<\/span><\/p>\n 18\u00a0<\/sup>When they came to Reuel their father, he said, \u201cHow is it that<\/i> you have come so soon today?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n