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6, Baramhat 1742 (Sunday, 15 March 2026)

Sunday of the Fourth week of the Holy Lent

Vespers

Psalm

Psalms 27:14, 13

14Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
13I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

Gospel

Luke 12:22-31

22Then He said to His disciples, Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.24Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?25And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?26If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.28If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?29And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.30For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.31But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

Matins

Psalm

Psalms 31:24, 23

24Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.
23Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful

Gospel

Matthew 22:1-14

1And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.4Again, he sent out other servants, saying, `Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding. '5But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.6And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.7But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.8Then he said to his servants, `The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.9`Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'10So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.12So he said to him, `Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.13Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'14For many are called, but few are chosen.

Liturgy

Pauline

Ephesians 6:10-24

10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.14Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,15and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;16above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;18praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--19and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.21But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you;22whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.23Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.24Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Catholic

James 4:7-17

7Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.11Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.12There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?13Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;14whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.15Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.16But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.17Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Acts

Acts 25:13 - 26:1

13And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.14When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying: There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,15about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him.16To them I answered, `It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.'17Therefore when they had come together, without any delay, the next day I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought in.18When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such things as I supposed,19but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.20And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.21But when Paul appealed to be reserved for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him to Caesar.22Then Agrippa said to Festus, I also would like to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, he said, you shall hear him.23So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus' command Paul was brought in.24And Festus said: King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was not fit to live any longer.25But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him.26I have nothing certain to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has taken place I may have something to write.27For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him.1Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself.

Psalm

Psalms 105:3-5

3Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!4Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!5Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

Gospel

John 4:1-42

1Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John2(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),3He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.4But He needed to go through Samaria.5So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.6Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.7A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink.8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.9Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.10Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, `Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.11The woman said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?12Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?13Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,14but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.15The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.16Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come here.17The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have well said, `I have no husband,'18for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.19The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.21Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.22You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.23But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.24God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.25The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things.26Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am He.27And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, What do You seek? or, Why are You talking with her?28The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,29Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?30Then they went out of the city and came to Him.31In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, Rabbi, eat.32But He said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know.33Therefore the disciples said to one another, Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?34Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.35Do you not say, `There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!36And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.37For in this the saying is true: `One sows and another reaps.'38I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, He told me all that I ever did.40So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.41And many more believed because of His own word.42Then they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.

Evening

Psalm

Psalms 32:10-11

10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.11Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Gospel

John 4:19-24

19The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.21Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.22You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.23But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.24God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.