Saturday, January 23, 2016
Liturgical Season: 
II The Season of Yaldo-Denho

2 Tm 2:20-26

20In a large household there are vessels not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for lofty and others for humble use. 21If anyone cleanses himself of these things, he will be a vessel for lofty use, dedicated, beneficial to the master of the house, ready for every good work.r 22So turn from youthful desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord* with purity of heart.s 23Avoid foolish and ignorant debates, for you know that they breed quarrels.t 24A slave of the Lord should not quarrel, but should be gentle with everyone, able to teach, tolerant,u 25correcting opponents with kindness. It may be that God will grant them repentance that leads to knowledge of the truth,v 26* and that they may return to their senses out of the devil’s snare,w where they are entrapped by him, for his will.

Jn 17:20-26

20“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.m 22And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. 24Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am* they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.n 25Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me.o 26I made known to them your name and I will make it known,* that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”