October 18, 2003. Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist.

A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to Timothy.

Beloved, Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica,

Creshings to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Luke is the only one with me.

Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is helpful to me in the ministry.

I have sent Ticicus to Ephesus.

When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus and Troas,

the papyrus rolls, and especially the parchments.

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm.

The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

You too be on guard against him, for he has strongly resisted our preaching.

At my first defense, no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me.

May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed,

and all the Gentiles might hear it. The word of the Lord.

The response oral Psalm, the response is,

Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you.

Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might.

Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom and speak of your might. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor

of your kingdom. Making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your

kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

The Lord is just in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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