Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Liturgical Season: 
VII The Season of Sleebo
Special Significance: 
Mar Ksusthos

Is 13:6-10

6Howl, for the day of the LORD* is near;

as destruction from the Almighty it comes.d

7Therefore all hands fall helpless,e

every human heart melts,

8and they are terrified,

Pangs and sorrows take hold of them,

like a woman in labor they writhe;

They look aghast at each other,

their faces aflame.f

9Indeed, the day of the LORD comes,

cruel, with wrath and burning anger;

To lay waste the land

and destroy the sinners within it!g

10The stars of the heavens and their constellations

will send forth no light;

The sun will be dark at its rising,

and the moon will not give its light.h

Rom 2:7-16

7eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works, 8but wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness.f 9Yes, affliction and distress will come upon every human being who does evil, Jew first and then Greek. 10g But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, Jew first and then Greek. 11* h There is no partiality with God.

Judgment by the Interior Law.* 12All who sin outside the law will also perish without reference to it, and all who sin under the law will be judged in accordance with it.i 13For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight of God; rather, those who observe the law will be justified.j 14For when the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature observe the prescriptions of the law, they are a law for themselves even though they do not have the law.k 15They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts,* while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them 16on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge people’s hidden works through Christ Jesus.l

Mt 6:5-8

Teaching About Prayer. 5“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. 7* In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.* 8Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.