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PRAYERS FOR A CHURCH SOBOR
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Alleluia, [of the day, and then:]
Verse:
Cast us not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit
from us.
Gospel: Matthew (Zachalo 75): 18:10-22.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you,
That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is
in heaven. {11} For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. {12}
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains,
and seeketh that which is gone astray? {13} And if so be that he find it,
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and
nine which went not astray. {14} Even so it is not the will of your Father
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. {15} Moreover
if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. {16}
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the
mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. {17} And if
he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear
the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. {18}
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
{19} Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven. {20} For where two or three are gathered together in my
name, there am I in the midst of them. {21} Then came Peter to him, and
said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till
seven times? {22} Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven
times: but, Until seventy times seven.