St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Day

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Tuesday of the 9th Week
Fast Day (Fish Allowed)
Today we commemorate:
Daily Readings
Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 3:8-13

رسالة بولس الاولى الى اهل تسالونيكي 3: 8-13

Brethren, if you stand fast in the Lord, what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God, praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you; and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men, as we do to you, so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

يَُّا إِخْوَة، إِنْ ثَبَتُّمْ أَنْتُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ. أَيَّ شُكْرٍ نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نُعَوِّضَ إِلَى اللهِ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ الْفَرَحِ الَّذِي نَفْرَحُ بِهِ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ قُدَّامَ إِلَهِنَا؟ طَالِبِينَ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً أَوْفَرَ طَلَبٍ أَنْ نَرَى وُجُوهَكُمْ، وَنُكَمِّلَ نَقَائِصَ إِيمَانِكُمْ. وَاللهُ نَفْسُهُ أَبُونَا وَرَبُّنَا يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ يَهْدِي طَرِيقَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ. وَالرَّبُّ يُنْمِيكُمْ وَيَزِيدُكُمْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ وَلِلْجَمِيعِ، كَمَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً لَكُمْ، لِكَيْ يُثَبِّتَ قُلُوبَكُمْ بِلاَ لَوْمٍ فِي الْقَدَاسَةِ، أَمَامَ اللهِ أَبِينَا فِي مَجِيءِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ قِدِّيسِيهِ.

Gospel Reading
Luke 14:25-35

لوقا 14: 25 -35

At that time, great multitudes accompanied Jesus; and he turned and said to them, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.' Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

25 في ذلك الزمان َكَانَ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ سَائِرِينَ مَعَهُ ، فَالْتَفَتَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: 26((إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَأْتِي إِلَيَّ وَلاَ يُبْغِضُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَامْرَأَتَهُ وَأَوْلاَدَهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَخَوَاتِهِ ، حَتَّى نَفْسَهُ أَيْضاً ، فَلاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذاً. 27وَمَنْ لاَ يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَأْتِي وَرَائِي فَلاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذاً. 28وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بُرْجاً لاَ يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَحْسِبُ النَّفَقَةَ ، هَلْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَلْزَمُ لِكَمَالِهِ؟ 29لِئَلاَّ يَضَعَ الأَسَاسَ وَلاَ يَقْدِرَ أَنْ يُكَمِّلَ ، فَيَبْتَدِئَ جَمِيعُ النَّاظِرِينَ يَهْزَأُونَ بِهِ،30قَائِلِينَ: هَذَا الإِنْسَانُ ابْتَدَأَ يَبْنِي وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يُكَمِّلَ. 31وَأَيُّ مَلِكٍ إِنْ ذَهَبَ لِمُقَاتَلَةِ مَلِكٍ آخَرَ فِي حَرْبٍ ، لاَ يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَتَشَاوَرُ: هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُلاَقِيَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلاَفٍ الَّذِي يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً؟ 32وَإِلاَّ فَمَا دَامَ ذَلِكَ بَعِيداً ، يُرْسِلُ سَفَارَةً وَيَسْأَلُ مَا هُوَ لِلصُّلْحِ. 33فَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ لاَ يَتْرُكُ جَمِيعَ أَمْوَالِهِ ، لاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذاً. 34اَلْمِلْحُ جَيِّدٌ. وَلَكِنْ إِذَا فَسَدَ الْمِلْحُ ، فَبِمَاذَا يُصْلَحُ؟ 35لاَ يَصْلُحُ لأَرْضٍ وَلاَ لِمَزْبَلَةٍ ، فَيَطْرَحُونَهُ خَارِجاً. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ لِلسَّمْعِ ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ )). 

 

 

 

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