And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
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هنالك فرق بين الصلاة التي تُرفَع إلى الله والطّلب الذي يُوجَّه إلى الإنسان. إنّ الطّلب المُوجَّه إلى الإنسان يفترضُ أوّلاً درجة معيّنة من الألفة التي يمكن من خلالها الوصول إلى الشخص الذي يُوجَّهُ الطّلب إليه. بينما الصلاة التي تُرفَعُ إلى الله تجعلُنا بحدّ ذاتها مُقرَّبين منه. فتَرتفعُ نفسُنا نحوَه، وتتحادثُ معه بحنان وتعبدُه بالرُّوح والحقّ. إنّ هذه الحميميّة التي تُكتَسبُ من خلال الصلاة هي التي تحثُّ الإنسان على العودة إلى الصلاة بثقة. لذا، قيلَ في المزمور: “اللّهُمَّ إنّي دَعَوتُكَ”، أي صلّيْتُ بثقة، “لأنّكَ تُجيبُني” (مز17[16]: 6). فبعد أن دخلَ في علاقة حميمة مع الله من خلال صلاة أولى، بدأ صاحب المزمور يصلّي بثقة متزايدة. في الصلاة المُوجَّهة إلى الله، لا تشكّلُ المواظبة أو الإلحاح في الطلب مصدر إزعاج، بل يُعتَبر ذلك مُرضيًا في نظر الله. فقد جاء في الإنجيل: “صلّوا ولا تملّوا”. وفي مكانٍ آخر، دعانا الربّ إلى الطلب: “إسألوا تُعطَوا، إقرَعوا يُفتَح لكم” (مت 7: 7).
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قََالَ الرَبُّ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيذِهِ مَثَلاً في أَنَّهُ يَنْبَغي أَنْ يُصَلُّوا كُلَّ حِينٍ وَلا يَمَلُّوا،
قَال: «كانَ في إِحْدَى المُدُنِ قَاضٍ لا يَخَافُ اللهَ وَلا يَهَابُ النَّاس.
وَكانَ في تِلْكَ المَدِينَةِ أَرْمَلَةٌ تَأْتِي إِلَيْهِ قَائِلَة: أَنْصِفْني مِنْ خَصْمي!
وظَلَّ يَرْفُضُ طَلَبَها مُدَّةً مِنَ الزَّمَن، ولكِنْ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ قَالَ في نَفْسِهِ: حَتَّى ولَوكُنْتُ لا أَخَافُ اللهَ وَلا أَهَابُ النَّاس،
فَلأَنَّ هذِهِ الأَرْمَلةَ تُزْعِجُني سَأُنْصِفُها، لِئَلاَّ تَظَلَّ تَأْتِي إِلى غَيْرِ نِهَايةٍ فَتُوجِعَ رَأْسِي!».
ثُمَّ قالَ الرَّبّ: «إِسْمَعُوا مَا يَقُولُ قَاضِي الظُّلْم.
أَلا يُنْصِفُ اللهُ مُخْتَارِيهِ الصَّارِخِينَ إِلَيْهِ لَيْلَ نَهَار، ولو تَمَهَّلَ في الٱسْتِجَابَةِ لَهُم؟
أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّهُ سَيُنْصِفُهُم سَرِيعًا. ولكِنْ مَتَى جَاءَ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَان، أَتُراهُ يَجِدُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِيْمَانًا؟».
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يا إِخوَتِي : لا يَكُنِ المُعلِّمُونَ بَينَكُم كَثِيرِين، فأَنتُم تَعرِفُونَ أَنَّنَا نَحْنُ المُعَلِّمِينَ سَنَلقَى دَينُونَةً أَعظَم.
ومَا أَكْثَرَ مَا نَزِلُّ جَمِيعُنَا. مَنْ لا يَزِلُّ في الكَلامِ فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ كامِل، قادِرٌ أَيْضًا أَنْ يَلْجُمَ الجَسَدَ كُلَّهُ.
إِذَا جَعَلْنَا اللُّجُمَ في أَفْواهِ الخَيْل، لِكَي تَنْقَادَ لنَا، فإِنَّنَا نَقُودُ أَيْضًا جَسَدَهَا كُلَّهُ.
وها إِنَّ السُّفُن، مَهْمَا كانَتْ ضَخْمَة، والرِّيَاحُ الشَّدِيدَةُ تَدْفَعُهَا، فإِنَّ دَفَّةً صَغِيرَةً جِدًّا تَقُودُهَا إِلى حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ الرَّبَّان.
وكذلِكَ اللِّسَان، معَ أَنَّهُ عُضْوٌ صَغِير، فَهُوَ يُفَاخِرُ بأُمُورٍ عَظِيمَة. وها إِنَّ شَرَارَةً صَغِيرَةً تُحْرِقُ غَابَةً كَبِيرَة!
واللِّسَانُ أَيْضًا نَار، إِنَّهُ عَالَمُ الإِثْم. أَللِّسَانُ جُعِلَ بَيْنَ أَعْضَائِنَا، وهُوَ الَّذي يُلَوِّثُ الجَسَدَ كُلَّهُ، ويُلْهِبُ عَجَلَةَ الحيَاة، وتُلْهِبُهُ جَهَنَّم.
فَكُلُّ جِنْسٍ مِنَ الوُحوش، والطُّيُور، والزَّحَافَات، والحَيَوانَاتِ البَحرِيَّة، يُمْكِنُ إِخْضَاعُهُ، ولقَدْ أَخْضَعَهُ الْجِنْسُ البَشَرِيّ.
أَمَّا اللِّسَان، فلا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ يُخْضِعَهُ. إِنَّهُ شَرٌّ لا يَنْضَبِطْ، مُمْتَلِئٌ سُمًّا مُمِيتًا.
بِهِ نُبَارِكُ الرَّبَّ الآب، وبِهِ نَلْعَنُ النَّاسَ الَّذِينَ صُنِعُوا على مِثَالِ الله.
منَ الفَمِ الوَاحِد تَخْرُجُ البرَكَةُ واللَّعْنَة. فلا يَنْبَغِي، يَا إِخْوَتي، أَنْ يَكُونَ الأَمْرُ هكذَا.
هَلْ يَفِيْضُ اليَنْبُوعُ بِالعَذْبِ والمُرِّ مِنْ مَجْرًى وَاحِد؟
وهَلْ يُمْكِن، يا إِخْوِتِي، أَنْ تُؤْتِيَ التِّينةُ زَيْتُونًا أَوِ الكَرمَةُ تِينًا؟ كذلِك اليَنْبُوعُ المَالِحُ لا يُمكِنُهُ أَنْ يُؤتِيَ ماءً عَذْبًا.
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Now we are in the time of grace revealed to us, the observance of the Sabbath, which was previously symbolized by resting on a single day, has been brought to an end where the faithful are concerned. For in this time of grace Christians observe an unending Sabbath, provided that all the good they do is done in hope of the rest to come and provided they don’t boast about the good they do as though it were a good belonging to them rather than having received it. So when they understand and receive the sacrament of baptism as a Sabbath, that is to say as the Lord’s resting in the tomb (Rm 6:4), Christians rest from their former works to walk from henceforward in a new life, recognizing that God acts within them. It is God who both works and rests together, on the one hand granting his creatures the guidance they need, and on the other rejoicing in himself in everlasting tranquillity. God was neither worn out by creating the world nor recovered his strength by ceasing to create, but he wished to invite us by these words of his Scripture – “God rested on the seventh day” (Gn 2:2) – to long for this rest by giving us the command to make this day holy.
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O God, by your name save me, And by your might defend my cause.
O God, hear my prayer; Hearken to the words of my mouth. Behold, God is my helper; The Lord sustains my life.
Freely will I offer you sacrifice; I will praise your name, O LORD, for its goodness.
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While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those (who were) with him were hungry?
(How) he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions.”
Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”
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Brothers and sisters: you once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds;
he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him,
provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister.
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Someone asked me the following: Many people would like to withdraw completely from the world and to live in solitude so as to find peace there, or to remain in church. Could it be that this is the best one can do? I say: No! And this is why. The person with an upright attitude is at ease everywhere and with everybody; but the person who is lacking in integrity is uncomfortable everywhere and with everybody. The person who possesses God alone has in mind only God, and all things become God alone for him. Such a person carries God in all he does and in every place, and that person’s every activity takes on a divine character… Certainly, for this, zeal and love are necessary as well as attentive watchfulness over one’s conscience, vigilant, true and effective intelligence, which directs our entire spiritual attitude where things and people are concerned. One cannot acquire that intelligence through an evasive attitude by fleeing from things in order to find refuge in solitude, far away from the external world. On the contrary, one has to learn an interior solitude wherever and with whomever one might be. One has to learn to penetrate to the bottom of things so as to take hold of God there… That is how we must be filled with the presence of God, remodeled after the form of the God of love, and we must be entirely one with him, so that God’s presence might illuminate us without our least effort.
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Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people.
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, “Grant me justice against my opponent.”
For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, “Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.” ’
And the Lord said, ‘Listen to what the unjust judge says.
And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?’
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