Tuesday, December 09, 2025 | |
The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy TheotokosFast Day (Fish Allowed) | |
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Daily Readings | |
| Epistle Reading St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27 | رسالة بولس الاولى الى غلاطية 4: 22-27 |
Brethren, Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married." | يَُّا إِخْوَة، كَانَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنَانِ، وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْجَارِيَةِ وَالآخَرُ مِنَ الْحُرَّةِ. لَكِنَّ الَّذِي مِنَ الْجَارِيَةِ وُلِدَ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ، وَأَمَّا الَّذِي مِنَ الْحُرَّةِ فَبِالْمَوْعِدِ. وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ رَمْزٌ، لأَنَّ هَاتَيْنِ هُمَا الْعَهْدَانِ، أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ الْوَالِدُ لِلْعُبُودِيَّةِ، الَّذِي هُوَ هَاجَرُ. لأَنَّ هَاجَرَ جَبَلُ سِينَاءَ فِي الْعَرَبِيَّةِ. وَلَكِنَّهُ يُقَابِلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَاضِرَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا مُسْتَعْبَدَةٌ مَعَ بَنِيهَا. وَأَمَّا أُورُشَلِيمُ الْعُلْيَا، الَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّنَا جَمِيعاً، فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ. لأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: ((افْرَحِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَاقِرُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَلِدْ. اهْتِفِي وَاصْرُخِي أَيَّتُهَا الَّتِي لَمْ تَتَمَخَّضْ، فَإِنَّ أَوْلاَدَ الْمُوحِشَةِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّتِي لَهَا زَوْجٌ)). |
| Gospel Reading Luke 8:16-21 | لوقا 8: 16-21 |
The Lord said, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away." Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you." But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it." | 16 قال الرب : لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُوقِدُ سِرَاجاً وَيُغَطِّيهِ بِإِنَاءٍ أَوْ يَضَعُهُ تَحْتَ سَرِيرٍ ، بَلْ يَضَعُهُ عَلَى مَنَارَةٍ ، لِيَنْظُرَ الدَّاخِلُونَ النُّورَ. 17لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ خَفِيٌّ لاَ يُظْهَرُ ، وَلاَ مَكْتُومٌ لاَ يُعْلَمُ وَيُعْلَنُ. 18فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ تَسْمَعُونَ ، لأَنَّ مَنْ لَهُ سَيُعْطَى ، وَمَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ فَالَّذِي يَظُنُّهُ لَهُ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ)). 19وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّهُ وَإِخْوَتُهُ ، وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْهِ لِسَبَبِ الْجَمْعِ. 20فَأَخْبَرُوهُ قَائِليِنَ : ((أُمُّكَ وَإِخْوَتُكَ وَاقِفُونَ خَارِجاً ، يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَرَوْكَ)). 21فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ : ((أُمِّي وَإِخْوَتِي هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَيَعْمَلُونَ بِهَا)).
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