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12, Baramhat 1742 (Saturday, 21 March 2026)

Saturday of the Fifth week of the Holy Lent

Matins

Psalm

Psalms 65:2-3

2O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.3Iniquities prevail against me

Gospel

Luke 15:3-10

3So He spoke this parable to them, saying:4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'7I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.8Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?9And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!'10Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

Liturgy

Pauline

Galatians 5:16 - 6:2

16I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,21envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.24And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.1Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Catholic

James 5:7-11

7Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.8You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.9Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!10My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.11Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord--that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

Acts

Acts 26:1-18

1So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself:2I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews,3especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.4My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.5They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.7To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.8Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?9Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.10This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.11And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.12While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,13at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.14And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, `Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'15So I said, `Who are You, Lord?' And He said, `I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.16`But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.17`I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,18`to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

Psalm

Psalms 143:1-2

1Hear my prayer, O Lord, Give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, And in Your righteousness.2Do not enter into judgment with Your servant

Gospel

Matthew 23:14-39

14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, `Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.'17Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?18And, `Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.'19Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?20Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.21He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.22And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.26Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,30and say, `If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'31Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.33Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?34Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.36Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!38See! Your house is left to you desolate;39for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, `Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'