St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Day

Saturday, August 30, 2025
12th Saturday after Pentecost
No Fast
Today we commemorate:
Daily Readings
Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:26-31; 2:1-5

رسالة بولس الاولى الى اهل كورنثس 1: 26-31 2: 1-5

Brethren, consider your call, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption; therefore, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord." When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling; and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

يُّا إِخْوَةُ انْظُرُوا دَعْوَتَكُمْ أَنْ لَيْسَ كَثِيرُونَ حُكَمَاءَ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ. لَيْسَ كَثِيرُونَ أَقْوِيَاءَ. لَيْسَ كَثِيرُونَ شُرَفَاءَ. بَلِ اخْتَارَ اللهُ جُهَّالَ الْعَالَمِ لِيُخْزِيَ الْحُكَمَاءَ وَاخْتَارَ اللهُ ضُعَفَاءَ الْعَالَمِ لِيُخْزِيَ الأَقْوِيَاءَ وَاخْتَارَ اللهُ أَدْنِيَاءَ الْعَالَمِ وَالْمُزْدَرَى وَغَيْرَ الْمَوْجُودِ لِيُبْطِلَ الْمَوْجُودَ لِكَيْ لاَ يَفْتَخِرَ كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ أَمَامَهُ. وَمِنْهُ أَنْتُمْ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي صَارَ لَنَا حِكْمَةً مِنَ اللهِ وَبِرّاً وَقَدَاسَةً وَفِدَاءً. حَتَّى كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: ((مَنِ افْتَخَرَ فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبِّ". وَأَنَا لَمَّا أَتَيْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ أَتَيْتُ لَيْسَ بِسُمُوِّ الْكَلاَمِ أَوِ الْحِكْمَةِ مُنَادِياً لَكُمْ بِشَهَادَةِ اللهِ لأَنِّي لَمْ أَعْزِمْ أَنْ أَعْرِفَ شَيْئاً بَيْنَكُمْ إِلاَّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ وَإِيَّاهُ مَصْلُوباً. وَأَنَا كُنْتُ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي ضُعْفٍ وَخَوْفٍ وَرِعْدَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَكَلاَمِي وَكِرَازَتِي لَمْ يَكُونَا بِكَلاَمِ الْحِكْمَةِ الإِنْسَانِيَّةِ الْمُقْنِعِ بَلْ بِبُرْهَانِ الرُّوحِ وَالْقُوَّةِ لِكَيْ لاَ يَكُونَ إِيمَانُكُمْ بِحِكْمَةِ النَّاسِ بَلْ بِقُوَّةِ اللهِ.

Gospel Reading
Matthew 20:29-34

متى 20: 29-34

At that time, as Jesus went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they received their sight and followed him.

29 في ذلك الزمان فِيمَا يسوع خَارِجاً مِنْ أَرِيحَا تَبِعَهُ جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ، 30وَإِذَا أَعْمَيَانِ جَالِسَانِ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مُجْتَازٌ صَرَخَا قَائِلَيْنِ: ((ارْحَمْنَا يَا سَيِّدُ ، يَا ابْنَ دَاوُدَ !)). 31فَانْتَهَرَهُمَا الْجَمْعُ لِيَسْكُتَا ، فَكَانَا يَصْرَخَانِ أَكْثَرَ قَائِلَيْنِ: ((ارْحَمْنَا يَا سَيِّدُ ، يَا ابْنَ دَاوُدَ ! )). 32فَوَقَفَ يَسُوعُ وَنَادَاهُمَا وَقَالَ: ((مَاذَا تُرِيدَانِ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ بِكُمَا؟)) 33قَالاَ لَهُ: ((يَا سَيِّدُ ، أَنْ تَنْفَتِحَ أَعْيُنُنَا!)) 34فَتَحَنَّنَ يَسُوعُ وَلَمَسَ أَعْيُنَهُمَا ، فَلِلْوَقْتِ أَبْصَرَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمَا فَتَبِعَاهُ. 

 

 

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