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Luke 8:<\/p>\n
1 \u00a0 Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 2 \u00a0 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities\u2014 Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, 3 \u00a0 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod\u2019s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him* from their substance. ( Mark 3)\u00a0 Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 \u00a0 But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, \u201cHe is out of His mind.\u201d 22 \u00a0 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, \u201cHe has Beelzebub,\u201d and, \u201cBy the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.\u201d 23 \u00a0 So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: \u201cHow can Satan cast out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. 27No one can enter a strong man\u2019s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.<\/p>\n
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Prayer:
\nGlory to God in the Highest and on earth peace good will among men.<\/p>\n
Monday
\nMathew 12:\u00a022 \u00a0 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and* mute man both spoke and saw. 23 \u00a0 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, \u201cCould this be the Son of David?\u201d 24 \u00a0 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, \u201cThis fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub,* the ruler of the demons.\u201d 25 \u00a0 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: \u201cEvery kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29Or how can one enter a strong man\u2019s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad. 31\u201c Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. 33\u201c Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of\u00a0\u00a0the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35A good man out of the good treasure of his heart* brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0\u00a0 May the Strength of God guide us. May the Power of God preserve us. Tuesday Prayer: <\/p>\n Wednesday Prayer: 10 \u00a0 But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 \u00a0 And He said to them, \u201cTo you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, 12so that \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2018 Seeing they may see and not perceive, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And hearing they may hear and not understand; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lest they should turn, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And their sins be forgiven them.\u2019 \u201d*<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prayer: Friday Prayer: Saturday <\/p>\n Prayer: Sunday Luke 8: 1 \u00a0 Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthodox-daily-devotional","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9069,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9052\/revisions\/9069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMay the Wisdom of God instruct us. May the Hand of God protect us.
\nMay the Way of God direct us. May the Shield of God defend us.
\nMay the Angels of God guard us. – Against the snares of the evil one.
\nPrayer for the Faithful of St. Patrick Part 1<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMatthew 12:\u00a038 \u00a0 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, \u201cTeacher, we want to see a sign from You.\u201d 39 \u00a0 But He answered and said to them, \u201cAn evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. 43\u201c When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44Then he says, \u2018I will return to my house from which I came.\u2019 And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and\u00a0\u00a0the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMay Christ be with us! May Christ be before us! May Christ be in us, Christ be over all!
\nMay Thy Grace, Lord, Always be ours, This day, O Lord, and forevermore. Amen.
\nPrayer for the Faithful of St. Patrick\u00a0 Part 2<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMatthew 12:46 \u00a0 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 \u00a0 Then one said to Him, \u201cLook, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.\u201d 48 \u00a0 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, \u201cWho is My mother and who are My brothers?\u201d 49 \u00a0 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, \u201cHere are My mother and My brothers! 50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGlory to Jesus Christ \u2013 Glory forever!
\nThursday
\nMatthew 13:\u00a01 \u00a0 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2 \u00a0 And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 \u00a0 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: \u201cBehold, a sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. 5Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. 6But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. 7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. 8But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9He who has ears to hear, let him hear!\u201d\u00a0 (Mark 4:)<\/p>\n
\nFor as many have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ\u2026Alleluia<\/p>\n
\nMark 4:13 \u00a0 And He said to them, \u201cDo you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14The sower sows the word. 15And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word\u2019s sake, immediately they stumble. 18Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, 19and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nChrist is in our midst \u2013 He is and always shall be<\/p>\n
\nLuke 8:Also He said to them, \u201cIs a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? 22For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. 23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.\u201d 24 \u00a0 Then He said to them, \u201cTake heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. 25For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.\u201d\u00a0 (Mark 4) And He said, \u201cThe kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.<\/p>\n
\nPreserve O Lord while waking and guard us while sleeping that awake we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"