Gospel of November 16 2018

Second letter of Saint John the Apostle 1,3.4-9.
I, the presbyter, to the chosen Lady, and to her children whom I love in truth: grace, mercy and peace be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, Son of the Father, in truth and love.
I was very happy to have found some of your children who walk in truth, according to the commandment we received from the Father.
And now I pray to you, Madam, not to give you a new commandment, but what we have had from the beginning, that we love each other.
And therein lies love: in walking according to his commandments. This is the commandment you learned from the beginning; walk in it.
For many are the seducers who have appeared in the world, who do not recognize Jesus who came in the flesh. Here is the seducer and the antichrist!
Pay attention to yourself, so that you do not have to lose what you have achieved, but you can receive a full reward.
Whoever goes further and does not abide by the doctrine of Christ does not possess God. Whoever abides by doctrine possesses the Father and the Son.

Psalms 119 (118), 1.2.10.11.17.18.
Blessed is the man of whole conduct,
who walks in the law of the Lord.
Blessed is he who is faithful to his teachings
and seek it with all his heart.

With all my heart I look for you:
don't make me deviate from your precepts.
I keep your words in my heart
lest you take offense with sin.

Be good to your servant and I will have life,
I will keep your word.
Open my eyes for me to see
the wonders of your law.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke 17,26-37.
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: «As it happened in the time of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of man:
they ate, drank, married and married, until the day when Noah entered the ark and the flood came and killed them all.
As happened also in the time of Lot: they ate, drank, bought, sold, planted, built;
but on the day Lot came out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and killed them all.
So it will be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
On that day, whoever is on the terrace, if his belongings are at home, do not go down to get them; so whoever is in the field, don't go back.
Remember Lot's wife.
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, whoever loses it will save it.
I tell you: on that night two will find themselves in a bed: one will be taken and the other left;
two women are going to grind in the same place:
one will be taken and the other left. "
Then the disciples asked him, "Where, Lord?" And he said to them, "Where the corpse will be, the vultures will also gather there."