December 26, 2025
Have a good day!
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Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 10:17-22
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But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
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And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
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But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;
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Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
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And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
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And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
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☆ Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59
6:8
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
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But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
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But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
7:54
Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
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But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.
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And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
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But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
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Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
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