St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Day

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
10th Tuesday after Pentecost
Strict Fast
Today we commemorate:
Daily Readings
Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:29-38

رسالة بولس الاولى الى اهل كورنثس 15: 29-38

Brethren, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But some one will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.

يَُّا إِخْوَة، مَاذَا يَصْنَعُ الَّذِينَ يَعْتَمِدُونَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَمْوَاتِ؟ إِنْ كَانَ الأَمْوَاتُ لاَ يَقُومُونَ الْبَتَّةَ فَلِمَاذَا يَعْتَمِدُونَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَمْوَاتِ؟ وَلِمَاذَا نُخَاطِرُ نَحْنُ كُلَّ سَاعَةٍ؟ إِنِّي بِافْتِخَارِكُمُ الَّذِي لِي فِي يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ رَبِّنَا أَمُوتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ. إِنْ كُنْتُ كَإِنْسَانٍ قَدْ حَارَبْتُ وُحُوشاً فِي أَفَسُسَ فَمَا الْمَنْفَعَةُ لِي؟ إِنْ كَانَ الأَمْوَاتُ لاَ يَقُومُونَ فَلْنَأْكُلْ وَنَشْرَبْ لأَنَّنَا غَداً نَمُوتُ! لاَ تَضِلُّوا! فَإِنَّ الْمُعَاشَرَاتِ الرَّدِيَّةَ تُفْسِدُ الأَخْلاَقَ الْجَيِّدَةَ. اُصْحُوا لِلْبِرِّ وَلاَ تُخْطِئُوا لأَنَّ قَوْماً لَيْسَتْ لَهُمْ مَعْرِفَةٌ بِاللَّهِ. أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ لِتَخْجِيلِكُمْ! لَكِنْ يَقُولُ قَائِلٌ: ((كَيْفَ يُقَامُ الأَمْوَاتُ وَبِأَيِّ جِسْمٍ يَأْتُونَ؟)) يَا غَبِيُّ! الَّذِي تَزْرَعُهُ لاَ يُحْيَا إِنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ. وَالَّذِي تَزْرَعُهُ لَسْتَ تَزْرَعُ الْجِسْمَ الَّذِي سَوْفَ يَصِيرُ بَلْ حَبَّةً مُجَرَّدَةً رُبَّمَا مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ أَوْ أَحَدِ الْبَوَاقِي. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يُعْطِيهَا جِسْماً كَمَا أَرَادَ. وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْبُزُورِ جِسْمَهُ.

Gospel Reading
Matthew 21:23-27

متى 21: 23-27

At that time, when Jesus entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you a question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

23في ذلك الزمان لَمَّا جَاءَ يسوع إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَشُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ وَهُوَ يُعَلِّمُ، قَائِلِينَ: ((بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا ؟ وَمَنْ أَعْطَاكَ هَذَا السُّلْطَانَ؟)) 24فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ : ((وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَسْأَلُكُمْ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً ، فَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ لِي عَنْهَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَنَا أَيْضاً بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا: 25مَعْمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنَّا: مِنْ أَيْنَ كَانَتْ؟ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ؟)) فَفَكَّرُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: ((إِنْ قُلْنَا :مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ، يَقُولُ لَنَا: فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ؟ 26وَإِنْ قُلْنَا: مِنَ النَّاسِ ، نَخَافُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ ، لأَنَّ يُوحَنَّا عِنْدَ الْجَمِيعِ مِثْلُ نَبِيٍّ)). 27فَأَجَابُوا يَسُوعَ وَقَالُوا: ((لاَ نَعْلَمُ)). فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هُوَ أَيْضاً: ((وَلاَ أَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا)). 

 

 

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