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15, Amshir 1742 (Sunday, 22 February 2026)

Sunday of the First week of the Holy Lent

Vespers

Psalm

Psalms 17:1-2

1Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.2Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.

Gospel

Matthew 6:34 - 7:12

34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.1Judge not, that you be not judged.2For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.3And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?4Or how can you say to your brother, `Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye?5Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.6Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.8For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.9Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?10Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!12Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Matins

Psalm

Psalms 18:1-2

1I will love You, O Lord, my strength.2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust

Gospel

Matthew 7:22-29

22Many will say to Me in that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'23And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'24Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:25and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.26But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:27and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.28And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,29for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Liturgy

Pauline

Romans 13:1-14

1Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.2Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.4For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.5Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake.6For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.7Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.8Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.9For the commandments, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet, and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.10Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.11And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.12The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.13Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

Catholic

James 1:13-21

13Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.15Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.16Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.18Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.19So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;20for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Acts

Acts 21:40 - 22:16

40So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,1Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.2And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said:3I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,5as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.6Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.7And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, `Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'8So I answered, `Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, `I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'9And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.10So I said, `What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, `Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.'11And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.12Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good testimony with all the Jews who dwelt there,13came to me; and he stood and said to me, `Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And at that same hour I looked up at him.14Then he said, `The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth.15`For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.16`And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

Psalm

Psalms 25:1-2, 4

1To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.2O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed
4Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.

Gospel

Matthew 6:19-33

19Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?27Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?28So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;29and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?31Therefore do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?'32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Evening

Psalm

Psalms 48:10-11

10Your right hand is full of righteousness.11Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments.

Gospel

Luke 6:27-38

27But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.29To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.30Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.31And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.32But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.35But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.36Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.37Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.38Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.