Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 11/7/2015

Saints and Feasts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn,33 Martyrs of Melitene, Lazarus the Wonderworker, Martyr Athenodorus, Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki

Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 8:1-5
BRETHREN, if we want you to know about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints - and this, not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Gospel Reading: Luke 9:1-6

At that time, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.