St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Day

Thursday, July 03, 2025
4th Thursday after Pentecost
No Fast
Today we commemorate:
Daily Readings
Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:13-24

رسالة القديس بولس الرسول الى اهل رومية 11: 13-24

Brethren, I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree, do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off. And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.

يَُّا إِخْوَة، إِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الأُمَمُ: بِمَا أَنِّي أَنَا رَسُولٌ لِلأُمَمِ أُمَجِّدُ خِدْمَتِي لَعَلِّي أُغِيرُ أَنْسِبَائِي وَأُخَلِّصُ أُنَاساً مِنْهُمْ. لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ رَفْضُهُمْ هُوَ مُصَالَحَةَ الْعَالَمِ فَمَاذَا يَكُونُ اقْتِبَالُهُمْ إِلاَّ حَيَاةً مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ؟ وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْبَاكُورَةُ مُقَدَّسَةً فَكَذَلِكَ الْعَجِينُ! وَإِنْ كَانَ الأَصْلُ مُقَدَّساً فَكَذَلِكَ الأَغْصَانُ! فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قُطِعَ بَعْضُ الأَغْصَانِ وَأَنْتَ زَيْتُونَةٌ بَرِّيَّةٌ طُعِّمْتَ فِيهَا فَصِرْتَ شَرِيكاً فِي أَصْلِ الزَّيْتُونَةِ وَدَسَمِهَا فَلاَ تَفْتَخِرْ عَلَى الأَغْصَانِ. وَإِنِ افْتَخَرْتَ فَأَنْتَ لَسْتَ تَحْمِلُ الأَصْلَ بَلِ الأَصْلُ إِيَّاكَ يَحْمِلُ!فَسَتَقُولُ: ((قُطِعَتِ الأَغْصَانُ لِأُطَعَّمَ أَنَا)). حَسَناً! مِنْ أَجْلِ عَدَمِ الإِيمَانِ قُطِعَتْ وَأَنْتَ بِالإِيمَانِ ثَبَتَّ. لاَ تَسْتَكْبِرْ بَلْ خَفْ! لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى الأَغْصَانِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ فَلَعَلَّهُ لاَ يُشْفِقُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْضاً! فَهُوَذَا لُطْفُ اللهِ وَصَرَامَتُهُ: أَمَّا الصَّرَامَةُ فَعَلَى الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا وَأَمَّا اللُّطْفُ فَلَكَ إِنْ ثَبَتَّ فِي اللُّطْفِ وَإِلاَّ فَأَنْتَ أَيْضاً سَتُقْطَعُ. وَهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي عَدَمِ الإِيمَانِ سَيُطَعَّمُونَ. لأَنَّ اللهَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُطَعِّمَهُمْ أَيْضاً. لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ قَدْ قُطِعْتَ مِنَ الزَّيْتُونَةِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ حَسَبَ الطَّبِيعَةِ وَطُعِّمْتَ بِخِلاَفِ الطَّبِيعَةِ فِي زَيْتُونَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ يُطَعَّمُ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ حَسَبَ الطَّبِيعَةِ فِي زَيْتُونَتِهِمِ الْخَاصَّةِ؟

Gospel Reading
Matthew 11:27-30

متى 11:27-30

The Lord said to his disciples, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

 27 قال الرب لتلاميذه كُلُّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ دُفِعَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَبِي ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَعْرِفُ الاِبْنَ إِلاَّ الآبُ ، وَلاَ أَحَدٌ يَعْرِفُ الآبَ إِلاَّ الاِبْنُ وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الاِبْنُ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ لَهُ. 28تَعَالَوْا إِلَيَّ يَا جَمِيعَ الْمُتْعَبِينَ وَالثَّقِيلِي الأَحْمَالِ ، وَأَنَا أُرِيحُكُمْ. 29اِحْمِلُوا نِيرِي عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنِّي ، لأَنِّي وَدِيعٌ وَمُتَوَاضِعُ الْقَلْبِ فَتَجِدُوا رَاحَةً لِنُفُوسِكُمْ. 30لأَنَّ نِيرِي هَيِّنٌ وَحِمْلِي خَفِيفٌ. 

 

 

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