Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war. My mercy and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, my shield, in whom I trust, who subdues my people under me. O God, I will sing a new song to you; with a ten stringed lyre I will chant your praise,
You who give victory to kings, and deliver David, your servant from the evil sword.
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Brothers and sisters: Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power.
Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.
For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens.
Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground.
So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,
and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace.
In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all (the) flaming arrows of the evil one.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones
and also for me, that speech may be given me to open my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel
for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that I may have the courage to speak as I must.
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The Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.
So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality.
Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?’
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ‘Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites?
Show me the coin used for the tax.’ And they brought him a denarius.
Then he said to them, ‘Whose head is this, and whose title?’
They answered, ‘The emperor’s.’ Then he said to them, ‘Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’
When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
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This synagogue official can be understood as representing the Law of Moses who, when interceding on behalf of the crowd he had nurtured for Christ by preaching the expectation of his coming, asks the Lord to restore a dead woman to life… The Lord promised to help him and, to assure him of it, he followed him. First of all, however, the mass of pagan sinners was saved together with the apostles. The gift of life reverted in the first place to the elect predestined by the Law and yet, before that, salvation was bestowed on publicans and sinners in the image of the woman. That was why this woman was confident that, coming upon the Lord as he passed by, she would be healed of her haemorrhage at the touch of the Lord’s garment… In her faith she was in haste to touch the fringe of his garment, that is to say to attain, together with the apostles, the gift of the Holy Spirit emanating from Christ’s body after the manner of a fringe. She was swiftly healed. Thus the cure intended for the one was also granted to the other, whose faith and perseverance the Lord praised since what had been prepared for Israel had been received by the gentiles… The healing power of the Lord contained in his body spread even to the fringes of his garments. For indeed God is neither divisible nor graspable in such a way as to be enclosed within a body. He himself shares out his gifts in the Spirit but is not divided among his gifts. In every place his power is touched by faith because it exists everywhere and is never absent from anywhere. The body he took did not restrict his power but his power took on the weakness of a body to redeem it… Then the Lord entered the official’s house, otherwise called the synagogue…, and many people mocked him. Effectively, they didn’t believe in the God-man and laughed to hear him preach the resurrection from the dead. Taking the young girl’s hand the Lord restored her to life, whose death, where he was concerned, was nothing but a dream.
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As Jesus was speaking unto his disciples, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.
And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.
But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
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كلّ إنسان مدين لله وكلّ إنسان لديه إنسانٌ آخر مدينٌ له. في الواقع، مَن يمكن أن يكون غير مدين لله سوى مَن ليس فيه خطيئة؟ ومَن ليس لديه إنسان آخر مدين له سوى مَن لم يتعرّض يومًا للإهانة؟ إذًا، كلّ إنسان هو في آنٍ معًا دائن ومدين… يطلب منك المتسوّل الصدقة بينما أنت متوسّل أمام الله، لأنّنا نصبح جميعًا، عندما نصلّي، متسوّلين أمام الله. نحن نقف، بل ننحني أمام باب ربّ العائلة؛ نتوسّله باكين، راغبين في نيل نعمةٍ منه، وهذه النعمة هي الله بذاته. ماذا يطلب المتسوّل عادةً؟ الخبز. وأنت، ماذا تطلب من الله إن لم يكن المسيح؟ أليس هو القائل: “أنا الخبزُ الحَيُّ الَّذي نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّماء” (يو 6: 51). أتودّون نيل الغفران؟ إذًا سامحوا. “أعفوا، يُعفَ عنكم”. أتريدون نيل الخيرات؟ “أَعطوا، تُعطوا” (لو 6: 37). علينا إذاً أن نكون مستعدّين لمغفرة كلّ الزلات التي تُرتكب بحقّنا إن كنّا نريد أن يغفر الله لنا. بالفعل، إذا ما راجعنا خطايانا وأحصينا الزلاّت التي ارتكبناها، لا أعرف إن كنّا نستطيع النوم بدون الشعور بثقل ديننا. لهذا السبب، نقدّم يوميًّا إلى الله طلباتنا، وتصل صلواتنا يوميًّا إلى مسامعه، كما ننحني أمامه يوميًّا قائلين: “اعفِنا من ديوننا كما نحن أعفينا المدينين لنا”. ما هي الديون التي تريد أن يعفو الله عنها؟ كلّها أو جزء منها؟ ستُجيب طبعًا: كلّها. إذًا، عامل بالمثل مَن هو مدين لك.
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قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوع: «يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ مَلِكًا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُحَاسِبَ عَبِيدَهُ.
وبَدَأَ يُحَاسِبُهُم، فَأُحْضِرَ إِلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ مَدْيُونٌ لَهُ بِسِتِّينَ مَلْيُونَ دِيْنَار.
وإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُوفِي بِهِ دَيْنَهُ، أَمَرَ سَيِّدُهُ بِأَنْ يُبَاعَ هُوَ وزَوْجَتُهُ وأَوْلادُهُ وكُلُّ مَا يَمْلِكُ لِيُوفِيَ الدَّيْن.
فَوَقَعَ ذلِكَ العَبْدُ سَاجِدًا لَهُ وقَال: أَمْهِلْنِي، يَا سَيِّدِي، وأَنَا أُوفِيكَ الدَّيْنَ كُلَّهُ.
فَتَحَنَّنَ سَيِّدُ ذلِكَ العَبْدِ وأَطْلَقَهُ وأَعْفَاهُ مِنَ الدَّيْن.
وخَرَجَ ذلِكَ العَبْدُ فَوَجَدَ وَاحِدًا مِنْ رِفَاقِهِ مَدْيُونًا لَهُ بِمِئَةِ دِيْنَار، فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ وأَخَذَ يَخْنُقُهُ قَائِلاً: أَوْفِنِي كُلَّ مَا لِي عَلَيْك.
فَوَقَعَ رَفِيْقُهُ عَلى رِجْلَيْهِ يَتَوَسَّلُ إِليْهِ ويَقُول: أَمْهِلْنِي، وأَنَا أُوفِيْك.
فَأَبَى ومَضَى بِهِ وطَرَحَهُ في السِّجْن، حَتَّى يُوفِيَ دَيْنَهُ.
ورَأَى رِفَاقُهُ مَا جَرَى فَحَزِنُوا حُزْنًا شَدِيْدًا، وذَهَبُوا فَأَخْبَرُوا سَيِّدَهُم بِكُلِّ مَا جَرى.
حِينَئِذٍ دَعَاهُ سَيِّدُهُ وقَالَ لَهُ: أَيُّهَا العَبْدُ الشِّرِّير، لَقَدْ أَعْفَيْتُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذلِكَ الدَّيْن، لأَنَّكَ تَوَسَّلْتَ إِليَّ.
أَمَا كَانَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا أَنْ تَرْحَمَ رَفيقَكَ كَمَا رَحِمْتُكَ أَنا؟!
وغَضِبَ سَيِّدُهُ فَسَلَّمَهُ إِلى الجَلاَّدين، حَتَّى يُوفِيَ كُلَّ مَا عَلَيْه.
هكَذَا يَفْعَلُ بِكُم أَيْضًا أَبي السَّمَاوِيّ، إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرُوا، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُم لأَخِيْه، مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُم».
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‘For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.
When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him;
and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made.
So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.”
And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt.
But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow-slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, “Pay what you owe.”
Then his fellow-slave fell down and pleaded with him, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you.”
But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt.
When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.
Then his lord summoned him and said to him, “You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
Should you not have had mercy on your fellow-slave, as I had mercy on you?”
And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he should pay his entire debt.
So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.’
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By reviewing day after day the time of present life, save your lives (cf. LC 21,19) by the virtues, receive the inheritance on the kingdom of heaven and collect the inconceivable goods that God’s promises reserve for us. Narrow and circumscribed is the way of God (cf. Mt 7,14) but wide and spacious (cf. Mt 7,13) The place of rest which it offers you: the demon’s temptations follow one another and somehow invaded your spiritual home, but the dew of the Spirit turns off these fires and holds open for you the water welling up in eternal life (cf. Jn 4,14). (…) Come on, my children, now let us valiantly support this very small number of days, or, to better, these days which are given to us to fight, and hold on to the crown of justice (cf. 2 TM 4,8 ). (…) I conjure you, oppose your present afflictions with a light heart (cf. 2 CO 4.17): they are nothing, and like a dream or a shadow, they quickly pass! May nothing make you tremble or bend, but with renewed ardor, let us put into practice the commandments of the Lord. Do not be saddened by an insult, drawn away by an injury, mislead by a reproach, beat down by irritation, tortured by a disdainful attitude! Lower your eyes in humility and raise your soul, be good to each other, indulgent, persevering, patient. (…) However, you have learned all of this you who are taught by God. Do what he likes (cf. Jn 8,29); And finally bravely support the days present, my children!
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Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them,
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will say to you in reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
And you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’
Then he will say to you, ‘I do not know where (you) are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
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