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24, Barmoudah 1742 (Saturday, 2 May 2026)

Saturday of the Third week of the Holy Fifty Days

Vespers

Psalm

Psalms 32:8

8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Gospel

Matthew 15:29-31

29Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there.30Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them.31So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Matins

Psalm

Psalms 107:1-2

1Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so

Gospel

John 7:10-13

10But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.11Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, Where is He?12And there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. Some said, He is good; others said, No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.13However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

Liturgy

Pauline

Galatians 3:5-11

5Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?--6just as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.7Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, In you all the nations shall be blessed.9So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for the just shall live by faith.

Catholic

1 John 3:2-11

2Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.4Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.5And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.6Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.7Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.9Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

Acts

Acts 5:12-20

12And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch.13Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly.14And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,15so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.16Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.17Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,18and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.19But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,20Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.

Psalm

Psalms 20:5-6

5May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.6Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.

Gospel

John 6:47-56

47Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.48I am the bread of life.49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.51I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.52The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?53Then Jesus said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.55For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.