Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Saturday • Memorial
Ephesians 1:15-23
Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints,Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.And he hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church,Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.
Psalm 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7
Luke 12:8-12
And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.
For Today
Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be.