Prokeimenon (Psalm 102), tone 4: The Lord is generous and merciful, / Long-suffering and abundantly merciful.
Verse: Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, His holy name.
Prokeimenon (Psalm 102), tone 4: The Lord is compassionate and merciful, long-suffering and abundantly merciful.
Verse: Praise the Lord, my soul, and all that is in the depths of me is His holy name!
Genesis reading. [Gen.22:1–18]
It came to pass, according to these verbs, that God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. and speech: se az. And he said: understand thy beloved son, whom thou hast loved, Isaac, and go to the high earth, and offer him there as a burnt offering, one far from the mountains that are above you. rekh. Abraham rose in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took with him two children, and Isaac his son, and grew the wood for a burnt offering, and rose up, and came to the place which God had spoken unto him, on the third day. And Abraham looked with his eyes and saw the place from afar. And Abraham said to his youth: Sit here with the donkey: and I and the kids will go to Onde, and having bowed, we will return to you. Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son: and he took in his hands the fire, and the knife, and both of them together. Isaac said to his father Abraham: Father. he said: what is a child? He said: Behold the fire and the wood, where is the sheep for a burnt offering? Abraham said: God will see for Himself the sheep for a burnt offering.
And when they both walked together, they came to the place, and God said to him: And Abraham built an altar there, and laid on the wood: and having bound Isaac his son, he laid him on altar on top of wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand, took a knife and slain his son. And the Angel of the Lord called from heaven, and said: To Abraham, to Abraham. he also says: behold. And he said: Do not lay your hand on the youth, but do something to him: now I know that you feared God, and you did not spare your beloved son for My sake. And Abraham looked with his eyes, and there was one ram holding a horn in the garden of Savek: and Abraham went, and took the ram, and offered him up as a burnt offering in place of Isaac his son. And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord has seen: let them say this day, on the mountain the Lord will appear. And the Angel of the Lord called Abraham with a second word from heaven, the Verb: By Me Himself hath sworn, O Verb the Lord, for whose sake Thou hast created this Verb, and has not spared Thou art thy beloved Son for My sake.
I will truly bless you, and multiply I will multiply your seed like the stars of heaven, and like the sand that opens the sea, and your seed will inherit the cities of adversaries. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed because of thy seed, because thou hast listened to my voice.
Reading Genesis [22:1–18]
It happened after these events: God tested Abraham and said to him: “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.” And God said: “Take your beloved son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to a high place, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will tell you about.” Abraham got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, took with him two servants and Isaac his son, and, having split wood for the burnt offering, he got up and went, and on the third day he came to the place that God had told him about. Abraham raised his eyes and saw this place from afar. And Abraham said to his servants: “Stay here with the donkey, and I and my son will go there and, having bowed, we will return to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, took fire and a knife in his hands, and they both went away together. And Isaac said to Abraham his father: “Father!” He said: “What, child?” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” And Abraham said: “God will see for Himself a lamb for a burnt offering, child.” And they both went together. And they came to the place that God told him about.
And Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand to take the knife and kill his son. And the angel of the Lord called him from heaven and said: “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said: “Here I am!” And the angel said: “Do not raise your hand against the boy and do nothing to him, for now I have learned that you fear God and have not spared your beloved son for My sake.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw: behold, a ram was entangled with its horns in a savek plant; and Abraham went and took a ram, and offered it as a burnt offering in place of Isaac his son. And Abraham called the name of that place: “The Lord saw,” so that even now they say: “The Lord appeared on the mountain.” And the angel of the Lord called Abraham from heaven again. And he said: “I swear by myself, says the Lord: because you did this deed and did not spare your beloved son for my sake, I will truly bless you and multiply I will multiply your seed like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the seashore, and your seed will inherit the cities of enemies.
And through your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed, for you have obeyed My words.”
Prokeimenon (Psalm 103), tone 4: How great are Your works, O Lord,/ You have done all things with wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, my soul: O Lord my God, you are greatly magnified.
Prokeimenon (Psalm 103), tone 4: How glorious, Lord, are Your accomplishments! You created everything by wisdom.
Verse: Praise the Lord, my soul! Lord my God, You are glorified!
Reading parables. [Prov.17:17-28, 18:1-5]
Let the brothers be of service in need: for this reason they are born. The man splashes madly and rejoices at himself, as if he promised to spoil his friend, but on his own lips he treasures fire. The sinner rejoices in quarrels: but the hard-hearted will not put down the good. A man with a flexible tongue will fall into evil; but the heart of a madman is a disease for the one who has acquired it: A father does not rejoice over an unpunished son: but a wise son rejoices his mother. A joyful heart creates good things: a sad husband will be filled with bones. He who receives gifts unjustly into the depths will not prosper: but the wicked turns away from the path of righteousness. The face of a wise man is wise, but the eyes of a fool are to the ends of the earth. The wrath of the father is insane, and the sickness of the one who gave birth to him. To do vanity to a righteous man is not good: below is like slandering the righteous authorities. The one who spares the verb to pronounce is cruel is wise: a long-suffering man is wise, better than one who seeks science.
To the foolish one who asks about wisdom, wisdom will be imputed: but whoever creates things for himself thinks that he is wise. The husband is looking for guilt and wants to separate himself from his friends, but he will continue to blaspheme him at all times. The husband is poor in understanding and does not require wisdom; he is, moreover, driven by madness. When the wicked comes to the depths of evil, he is negligent: he finds dishonor and reproach. The water is deep in the heart of the husband: a flowing river and a fountain of life. It is not good to marvel at the face of the wicked; it is like turning aside the righteous in judgment.
Reading the book of Proverbs [17:17b–28; 18:1–5]