St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Day

Saturday, March 07, 2026
Second Saturday of Lent
Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
Today we commemorate:
Daily Readings
Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:12-16

رسالة بولس الى العبرانيين 3: 12-16

BRETHREN, take care lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end, while it is said, "Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Who were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

يَُّا إِخْوَة، اُنْظُرُوا أَنْ لاَ يَكُونَ فِي أَحَدِكُمْ قَلْبٌ شِرِّيرٌ بِعَدَمِ إِيمَانٍ فِي الاِرْتِدَادِ عَنِ اللهِ الْحَيِّ، بَلْ عِظُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، مَا دَامَ الْوَقْتُ يُدْعَى الْيَوْمَ، لِكَيْ لاَ يُقَسَّى أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ بِغُرُورِ الْخَطِيَّةِ. لأَنَّنَا قَدْ صِرْنَا شُرَكَاءَ الْمَسِيحِ، إِنْ تَمَسَّكْنَا بِبَدَاءَةِ الثِّقَةِ ثَابِتَةً إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ، إِذْ قِيلَ: ((الْيَوْمَ إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ صَوْتَهُ فَلاَ تُقَسُّوا قُلُوبَكُمْ، كَمَا فِي الإِسْخَاطِ)). فَمَنْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ إِذْ سَمِعُوا أَسْخَطُوا؟ أَلَيْسَ جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ بِوَاسِطَةِ مُوسَى؟

Gospel Reading
Mark 1:35-44

مرقس 1: 35-44

At that time, Jesus went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him pursued him, and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is searching for you." And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out." And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I will; be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And he sternly charged him, and sent him away at once, and said to him, "See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to a priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them."

35  في ذلك الزمان ذهب يسوع إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ خَلاَءٍ ، وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي هُنَاكَ، 36فَتَبِعَهُ سِمْعَانُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ. 37وَلَمَّا وَجَدُوهُ قَالُوا لَهُ: ((إِنَّ الْجَمِيعَ يَطْلُبُونَكَ)). 38فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: (( لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى الْقُرَى الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لأَكْرِزَ هُنَاكَ أَيْضاً، لأَنِّي لِهَذَا خَرَجْتُ)). 39فَكَانَ يَكْرِزُ فِي مَجَامِعِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ الْجَلِيلِ وَيُخْرِجُ الشَّيَاطِينَ. 40فَأَتَى إِلَيْهِ أَبْرَصُ يَطْلُبُ إِلَيْهِ جَاثِياً وَقَائِلاً لَهُ: ((إِنْ أَرَدْتَ تَقْدِرْ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَنِي)) 41فَتَحَنَّنَ يَسُوعُ وَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَلَمَسَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: ((أُرِيدُ ، فَاطْهُرْ !)). 42فَلِلْوَقْتِ وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْبَرَصُ وَطَهَرَ.43 فَانْتَهَرَهُ وَأَرْسَلَهُ لِلْوَقْتِ، 44وَقَالَ لَهُ: (( انْظُرْ، لاَ تَقُلْ لأَحَدٍ شَيْئاً، بَلِ اذْهَبْ أَرِ نَفْسَكَ لِلْكَاهِنِ وَقَدِّمْ عَنْ تَطْهِيرِكَ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى، شَهَادَةً لَهُمْ)).

 

 

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