St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Day

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Wednesday of the 9th Week
Strict Fast
Today we commemorate:
Daily Readings
Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:1-12

رسالة بولس الاولى الى اهل تسالونيكي 4: 1-12

Brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity; that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not know God; that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we solemnly forewarned you. For God has not called us for uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no need to have any one write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to do so more and more, to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you; so that you may command the respect of outsiders, and be dependent on nobody.

يَُّا إِخْوَة، نَسْأَلُكُمْ وَنَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، أَنَّكُمْ كَمَا تَسَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَّا كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا وَتُرْضُوا اللهَ، تَزْدَادُونَ أَكْثَرَ. لأَنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَيَّةَ وَصَايَا أَعْطَيْنَاكُمْ بِالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. لأَنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ إِرَادَةُ اللهِ: قَدَاسَتُكُمْ. أَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ الزِّنَا، أَنْ يَعْرِفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَقْتَنِيَ إِنَاءَهُ بِقَدَاسَةٍ وَكَرَامَةٍ، لاَ فِي هَوَى شَهْوَةٍ كَالأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ. أَنْ لاَ يَتَطَاوَلَ أَحَدٌ وَيَطْمَعَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مُنْتَقِمٌ لِهَذِهِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا قُلْنَا لَكُمْ قَبْلاً وَشَهِدْنَا. لأَنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَدْعُنَا لِلنَّجَاسَةِ بَلْ فِي الْقَدَاسَةِ. إِذاً مَنْ يَرْذُلُ لاَ يَرْذُلُ إِنْسَاناً، بَلِ اللهَ الَّذِي أَعْطَانَا أَيْضاً رُوحَهُ الْقُدُّوسَ. وَأَمَّا الْمَحَبَّةُ الأَخَوِيَّةُ فَلاَ حَاجَةَ لَكُمْ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْهَا، لأَنَّكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ مُتَعَلِّمُونَ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً. فَإِنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضاً لِجَمِيعِ الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ كُلِّهَا. وَإِنَّمَا أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا أَكْثَرَ، وَأَنْ تَحْرِصُوا عَلَى أَنْ تَكُونُوا هَادِئِينَ، وَتُمَارِسُوا أُمُورَكُمُ الْخَاصَّةَ، وَتَشْتَغِلُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ كَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ، لِكَيْ تَسْلُكُوا بِلِيَاقَةٍ عِنْدَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، وَلاَ تَكُونَ لَكُمْ حَاجَةٌ إِلَى أَحَدٍ.

Gospel Reading
Luke 15:1-10

لوقا 15: 1-10

At that time, the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to Jesus to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." So he told them this parable: "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

1 في ذلك الزمان كَانَ جَمِيعُ الْعَشَّارِينَ وَالْخُطَاةِ يَدْنُونَ مِنْ يسوع لِيَسْمَعُوهُ. 2فَتَذَمَّرَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَالْكَتَبَةُ قَائِلِينَ: ((هَذَا يَقْبَلُ خُطَاةً وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَهُمْ ! )). 3فَكَلَّمَهُمْ بِهَذَا الْمَثَلِ قَائِلاً : 4((أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْكُمْ لَهُ مِئَةُ خَرُوفٍ ، وَأَضَاعَ وَاحِداً مِنْهَا ، أَلاَ يَتْرُكُ التِّسْعَةَ وَالتِّسْعِينَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ ، وَيَذْهَبَ لأَجْلِ الضَّالِّ حَتَّى يَجِدَهُ؟ 5وَإِذَا وَجَدَهُ يَضَعُهُ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَرِحاً، 6وَيَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَيَدْعُو الأَصْدِقَاءَ وَالْجِيرَانَ قَائِلاً لَهُمُ: افْرَحُوا مَعِي ، لأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ خَرُوفِي الضَّالَّ! .7أَقُولُ لَكُمْ : إِنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَكُونُ فَرَحٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ بِخَاطِئٍ وَاحِدٍ يَتُوبُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ بَارّاً لاَ يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى تَوْبَةٍ . 8((أَوْ أَيَّةُ امْرَأَةٍ لَهَا عَشْرَةُ دَرَاهِمَ ، إِنْ أَضَاعَتْ دِرْهَماً وَاحِداً أَلاَ تُوقِدُ سِرَاجاً وَتَكْنُسُ الْبَيْتَ وَتُفَتِّشُ بِاجْتِهَادٍ حَتَّى تَجِدَهُ؟ 9وَإِذَا وَجَدَتْهُ تَدْعُو الصَّدِيقَاتِ وَالْجَارَاتِ قَائِلَةً: افْرَحْنَ مَعِي لأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ الدِّرْهَمَ الَّذِي أَضَعْتُهُ. 10هَكَذَا ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ : يَكُونُ فَرَحٌ قُدَّامَ مَلاَئِكَةِ اللهِ بِخَاطِئٍ وَاحِدٍ يَتُوبُ)).

 

 

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