Friday, May 03, 2024 | |
Holy FridayStrict Fast | |
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Daily Readings | |
| Epistle Reading St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 5:6-8 | رسالة بولس الاولى الى اهل كورنثس 5: 6-8 |
BRETHREN, a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us, therefore, celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us - for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. | يَُّا إِخْوَة، أَنَّ خَمِيرَةً صَغِيرَةً تُخَمِّرُ الْعَجِينَ كُلَّهُ؟ إِذاً نَقُّوا مِنْكُمُ الْخَمِيرَةَ الْعَتِيقَةَ لِكَيْ تَكُونُوا عَجِيناً جَدِيداً كَمَا أَنْتُمْ فَطِيرٌ. لأَنَّ فِصْحَنَا أَيْضاً الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ ذُبِحَ لأَجْلِنَا. إِذاً لِنُعَيِّدْ لَيْسَ بِخَمِيرَةٍ عَتِيقَةٍ وَلاَ بِخَمِيرَةِ الشَّرِّ وَالْخُبْثِ بَلْ بِفَطِيرِ الإِخْلاَصِ وَالْحَقِّ. (غلاطية 3: 13-14 ) اَلْمَسِيحُ افْتَدَانَا مِنْ لَعْنَةِ النَّامُوسِ، إِذْ صَارَ لَعْنَةً لأَجْلِنَا، لأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: ((مَلْعُونٌ كُلُّ مَنْ عُلِّقَ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ)). لِتَصِيرَ بَرَكَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِلأُمَمِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لِنَنَالَ بِالإِيمَانِ مَوْعِدَ الرُّوحِ. |
| Gospel Reading Matthew 27:62-66 | متى 27: 62-66 |
On the next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. | 62وَفِي الْغَدِ الَّذِي بَعْدَ الاِسْتِعْدَادِ اجْتَمَعَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ إِلَى بِيلاَطُسَ 63قَائِلِينَ: ((يَا سَيِّدُ ،قَدْ تَذَكَّرْنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْمُضِلَّ قَالَ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ: إِنِّي بَعْدَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَقُومُ. 64فَمُرْ بِضَبْطِ الْقَبْرِ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ ،لِئَلا يَأْتِيَ تَلاَمِيذُهُ لَيْلاً وَيَسْرِقُوهُ، وَيَقُولُوا لِلشَّعْبِ : إِنَّهُ قَامَ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ ،فَتَكُونَ الضَّلاَلَةُ الأَخِيرَةُ أَشَرَّ مِنَ الأُولَى!)) 65فَقَالَ لَهُمْ بِيلاَطُسُ: ((عِنْدَكُمْ حُرَّاسٌ. اذْهَبُوا وَاضْبُطُوهُ كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ)). 66فَمَضَوْا وَضَبَطُوا الْقَبْرَ بِالْحُرَّاسِ وَخَتَمُوا الْحَجَرَ.
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