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Sunday Bulletin: February 3, 2008
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Readings
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GOSPEL READING |
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16th Sunday of Matthew |
| The Reading is from Matthew 25:14-30 | |
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The Lord said
this parable: "A man going on a journey called his servants and
entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to
another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.
Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at
once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. So
also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he
who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and
hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of
those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who
had received the five talents came forward, bringing five
talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents;
here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him,
'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful
over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of
your master.' And he also who had the two talents came forward,
saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have
made two talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good
and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I
will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' He
also who had received the one talent came forward, saying,
'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not
sow, and gathering where you did not winnow; so I was afraid,
and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what
is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful
servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather
where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my
money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received
what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and
give it to him who has the ten talents. For to every one who has
will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who
has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the
worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep
and gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried out:
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" |
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EPISTLE READING |
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The Epistle is also available in:
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| The Reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10 | |
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BRETHREN, working
together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace
of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have
listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation."
Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of
salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault
may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we
commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in
afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments,
tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge,
forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful
speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness
for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in
ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet
are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold
we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet
always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having
nothing, and yet possessing everything. |
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