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St. Basil the Great
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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Address : 15 Skyview Dr. Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865
Parish Website : www.stbasilthegreatchurch.com
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CatholicChurchRI/
YouTube :
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Email : [email protected]
Telephone : (401)722-1345
Office hours : Tue-Fri 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Divine Liturgies : Tuesday through Friday at 9: 00 A.M.
Saturday at 4:00 P.M.
Sunday at 11:00 A.M.
Pastoral Emergencies and anointing of the sick:
(401)722-1345
Holy Mysteries:
Reconciliation:
Saturday 2:30 –3:30 P.M.,
Sunday 9:30-10:30 A.M., or by appointment.
Baptisms: Please arrange with the pastor.
Marriages: a notice of at least 6 months should be given to the
pastor, before the proposed wedding date to arrange for the
required interview and instructions.
January 24th, 2021
Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican
أحد الفريسي والعشار
صالة األنديفونة
م هه م هه هه م م ه م ههل مسيههمههىله هه مقيههُاهيههل مسيهه
هلههنههُا ُيهاههل
َأ
م مسيه هيهمه هلش
َّمسيهاهم ش َ ه َّ م مسي فتخه مأهم ه هليهر ّ يس
سيفرَّ
م مُ ه هلهمهىلهة
ممهنهو هل هيهل مَهاهق و ة منلملم ه س ه هنمسه
َّأليت
م هه َّ ههىل َُن م ههلَههيههل م ههفهه َّ ميههيههاهه ملهه ههلفهه
نههل ههيههرن
ََُ م نههلة ههة
سش م مسيهر مقيهنهيهل مُ هاه هلس م مسيئلَهيهل َنصفا أم طلفيل
م
كمسإليا ة َس مفىللنلهلمأاص لنيلمأ سي
منهه فهه م َسيهه ههن م مَكههفههعش مش هه هه ا ك
مَ ههل
مأنههح ألنههن
مَشَ نمسيىللَس مسيصليهام َإىلمأب نمسألزىل سي جل م
.م َأىلمةه مسيلسهري .مآ ين َسهم َكلمأ َسي م ن مأآلهم
نشيد القيامة باللحن االول
م ه سهرم مسيهطهلهه مَدلهلك قهمسيمج م ت رمسينهاهعة
مأيههاههلم مسيهه ههليهه مسيههنههع م، ممهه ههح
ميههَههيههن سيههجههيههعة.
مُممههعس ميهه يههن مسيههمهه ههل . ميههنههاههليهه
َسههه ههل م سيهه ههخههنههً
مُمسيه هجهل مسيهمه هل مُ هاهل م هل
مهتفحمسيه هن َس سيل ل
مُمسيه هجههل م هن. ميه هنه
ُمسيه هجهل مسيه هلهنها. مأيهاهل
يهىله هل هتهن
مَ لك.م مسيبشر م لم مب ك يتلبرن
طروبارية القديس باسيليوس
مم هحَهن ه مم ممهل مفهلنهاهل مسألشه. مكهل
م، هنُم هيهطهىل
يىلهلماَس
م مقيههاههّ ههل
مبهه ههلنههل
مسيههاههىلههلفههل ههيههح مبههيَّ مأههر مسيهه ي كههك ههن
ه.م مسيبهشر مأ كق
ح
ََّنظ مسي لفيل م
مطق اة
َأَلمح
مقىلم مقبهتهاهل َمسيَايهع مسيه هنهعإ ماف لمأيالمسآلُبمسي
لشُّ
م كصمنفعسيل.م سي لنِامسإليرم،
Antiphon Prayer (PLC p.429)
O Christ our God, You condemned the Pharisee proud of his works
and justified the Publican bent by repentance. We implore You in
your mercies to give us repentant hearts and to enlighten our minds
so that we may recognize our sins and confess them. Forgive us our
trespasses and restore us to the initial justification which we
have lost by rebelling against your divine commandments. For You
alone are merciful and compassionate and to You we render glory and
to your Eternal Father and your All-holy, Good and Life-giving
Spirit, now and always and forever and ever.
Troparion of the resurrection (1st tone)
While the stone was sealed by the Jews and soldiers were
watching your sacred body, You rose, O Savior, on the third day,
giving life to the world. Wherefore, O Giver of life, the powers of
heaven cried out: Glory to your resurrection, O Christ. Glory to
your kingdom, glory to your Plan of redemption, O You who alone are
the Lover of mankind.
Troparion of St Basil
Your voice has sounded all over the earth, that accepted your
preaching. You gave a divine explanation of doctrine, and made
clear the nature of creatures, and set a rule of life for men. Holy
Father, and Kingly Priest, intercede with Christ God to grant us
great mercy.
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قنداق الفريسي والعشار –نشيد الختام
م مَهعسلهه َنهتهاههنه هه َّ م هه مسيههفهّريس مفهنهس م هه
يهيهاههر ه َّ
ميهيهل م ً مأكف ّمسي خن ىل مق
لِشم مزف سَر مهلَفين َّسيام
ك مَ ل مسيمن
نحَ أ
النشيد لوالدة اإلله
م مسإلير مسيهلسفه هة
َسيل طن م لم
ِّ غُلمأهمن
م ىل َسدبا قنرم
م ه م م هل مقيهاهيهل َّ ََّأ م م ه هب م مكلِّ
هة َسيُ ر َّ طة م
سيغ
م هه م ممهه ههلس مأههكُ هجههل
ََأ م َ هه هه ه مسيشر م ه مأكه ُ ه
م مبهتهع
هح ه هق َي َ م مسيه هنه هة َ م
هلََي سيشسف م لم م
.مِّظ ا ُمن ك َّمسإلير.مأ ل
َُسيل لم
م ىل قنن
مقدمة الرسالة
م َهعهَّم همُهرَم هعي مسيه يه مكهُل هاهيهل
َمقي مسيه بَّ َأَفعس َسم سن ش
بالس ل
مقرسسف ل م، َسس رم ظ ا مياعاسم
م، هلُلم ا َ اَ أ
)11-10: 3تيموثاوس 2الرسالة )
م مَسهرن مَهاهنه هت
هاهح َيليمَ عثلَس مقننمَته َّ لم
ي م مَفهر مَ همهقه
نهل َمأ مَطهعل
َإ ل َمصلي م
مسنهطهلكه هةم م، مأفلبت
َآالم مَننمسي م َسلطالةس
مَمهلم .ُمسلطالةسٍ مس ت هنهح يَّ
ََأ ر م ل َي َإ ىلعن ةم
مُيهريهلَهم مسيه يه مَده هنهُ ال. مسي ُبم مد ا أنىل
هلَه.م ها مُ ههط مولهَو مسي لهنهِا
عسمأليتىلعىم، ن م هم َأ
س م َّ مرسر ةسةَه مفهرن مسيههيهلِس م ه
َسيه ههغهُعَه م سُش رسر
مسأل هل َّ
َأ
هرم ه هتَّم م لمَاهن مفلست َّ
نحََأ .مم ين
ّن مَُ ه ين
ّلن َ ُ
مُم ههيهه
نههنََأ م .
هه ههح
َّمَههاههن هه هه َّ م
م ههلشفههل مأههر
َآ ههيههح
مأهم مسيههىلهلةش مسيه هىلههلسهة مسيههَهتهب مَههاه ُ سيهطهفهعيه
ههة
مأهليه هلهنهِام مينخكص مألأل لهمسي ي م ك ل
ك رن
ص َُ
.م ولَو
هننويلم
يل ص ِّلمهللم خن َنّان مألي ّب م
عسمنبتاج هن ُّ
لمير.مّن ا ُمن َ لي زس رن س م
مألال ر مقىلمَدار لةش ُ يي
)14-10: 11أنجيل الفريسي والعشار )لوقا
م مسيهاه ه هل مسىل مفهاهلس مشدهكه مسيه ه هل مهه سمللمسيه بُّ
هم ُ مفهليهفهّريس هلش.ََّسآل ُ م م م ا ه لمفّريس
ُ ل مأ ل
ّي صن
م مسَهكهُ ك
مأ مسيهنهاه َّ منفلرمههكه س. م، سنتصبم ص
م مسيههظههليهه ههين مسيههخههطههفههة مسيههيههلِس مالههلفهه
ُميلههح
أل
م م، فههعُ
َمأ مق هلش.
َّمسيهاههم مهه س مَالم هه هل . سيهفهلسهىلههين
هلُشمَّمسيهاهم هل َّ
ََأ م . م هلمههعمىل
مكلَّ ُ شرََّأ ين م م َ سالسقَو
مقىلم م هنه ه هر ميه فه ه
َمأ َّ م ه
َي مُي ة م مُأاٍلم فعمس
م مسكهفه مىل يهنهاه ََّمأ ُهمملفهً مفلش
ُسيل لء.مألمكلهم ىلَر
م شس َّ م هر هتهر مبهي مقىل همهه سمنهزل معُلمي ه مق
َ.مأ نلمسيخلطئ
َأ
مَ هه م له َُ م هر منهفهل مشفه م ه مكهلَّ ه مأل م ماسك.
ةَه
رمُشف .م منفل َل
Kondakion of the Pharisee and the Publican
Let us shun the proud attitude of the boastful Pharisee and
learn humility from the Publican’s sighs; let us cry out to our
Savior: “Have mercy on us, O You who alone are merciful!”
Hirmos
It is truly right to call you blessed, O Theotokos, You are
ever-blessed and all blameless, and the Mother of our God. Higher
in honor than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than
the Seraphim, You gave birth to God the Word in virginity, You are
truly Mother of God. You do we exalt.
Epistle of the Pharisee & the Publican
Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; let all round
about bring gifts to the awesome God.
Stichon: God is renowned in Judah; is Israel, great is his
name.
Reading from the 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy: 3:
10-11
My son Timothy, you have followed my teaching, my behavior, my
faith, my long-suffering, my love, my patience, my persecutions, my
afflictions such as befell me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, such
persecutions as I suffered: and out of them all, the Lord delivered
me. And all who want to live piously in Christ Jesus will suffer
persecution. But the wicked and impostors will go from bad to
worse, erring and leading into error. As for you, keep on with the
things you have learned and which have been entrusted to you, and
remember from whom you have learned them. For you have known from
infancy the Sacred Scriptures which are able to give you
instruction for your salvation by the faith which is in Christ
Jesus. Alleluia
Come, let us rejoice in the Lord!
Let us sing joyfully to God our Savior!
Stichon: Let us greet his presence with thanksgiving; let us
joyfully sing psalms to him.
The Holy Gospel - Luke 18:10-14
The Lord told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to
pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee
stood and began to pray thus within himself: ‘O God, I thank you
that I am not like the rest of men, robbers, dishonest, adulterers,
or even like this publican. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of
all I possess.’ But the publican, standing far off, would not so
much as lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast,
saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man
went back to his home justified rather than the other; for anyone
who exalts himself shall be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself
shall be exalted.
Our church organizations:
MAYA: organization of Melkite
Catholics ages 18 – 26 (and at
least 1 year out of high school)
under patronage of our bishop,
the Most Reverend Nicholas
Samra.
https://melkite.org/maya
MYO: Provides a common
forum for all the young people
of St. Basil's Church, and that
the Organization initiate,
coordinate, and direct
religious, social, educational,
and humanitarian programs
designed to promote the
involvement of its membership
in the Christian Faith and the
Melkite tradition.
www.stbasilthegreatchurch.co
m/myo.html
NAMW: Promotes and
supports vocations to the
priesthood and religious life in
the United States.
https://melkite.org/namw
https://melkite.org/mayahttp://www.stbasilthegreatchurch.com/myo.htmlhttp://www.stbasilthegreatchurch.com/myo.htmlhttps://melkite.org/namw
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St. Basil’s Announcements:
SACRIFICIAL GIVING: January 17, 2021: Budgets: $6,480.00;
Stipends: $460.00; Candles: $62.15; Addit’l Fuel: $10.00; Addit’l
Christmas Offerings: $5.00; Addit’l Initial Offerings: $5.00;
Poinsettias: $20.00; Building Fund: $25.00. Next weekend, Saturday
& Sunday, January 30 & 31, there will be a special
collection for MELKITE DIOCESAN SUPPORT. Please be generous in your
support. Please be advised that the weekly bulletin has not been
printed due to the COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions, but
presently, information is available online, church Facebook page
and on YouTube. IN PRAYERFUL REMEMBRANCE: Please continue to
remember in your prayers all the needs of the parish family, the
sick and the suffering, those who have asked for our prayers, the
priests and bishops of the Catholic Church, those people who have
been denied their basic human rights and dignity, the oppressed,
the lonely, the homeless and those who suffer, and those who have
no peace of mind or heart. PARISH REGISTRATION: Are you formally
registered with this Parish Church? How about your relatives and
friends? Although this may not be the custom in some of the
countries of our origin, it is the accepted procedure here. We
cannot be of service to you if we do not know you as a member of
our Parish Family. Some benefits that flow from this are receiving
the parish mailings highlighting the ongoing activities and life of
the church, having the Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage and also
Funerals celebrated for your family here in our church, receiving
Letters of Recommendation, Introduction, Freedom to Marry
Certificates, having the privilege and duty to support the church,
etc. Merely attending here on any level does not really constitute
being a member. Membership too has its ongoing responsibilities.
Please contact Father Ephrem or Father Joe or go on-line to
formally register. This Wednesday, January 27, 2021, the Divine
Liturgy will be offered for All the Deceased Members of your
family, relatives, and friends, at 6:30 p.m. in St. Elias Chapel
(Remember me, O Lord, in your Kingdom). Intentions may be emailed
to Abouna Ephrem at: [email protected]. and will be
remembered silently at the altar. May their memories be eternal.
REFLECTION: To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
(Henri Frederic Amiel) MYSTERIES OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION: The three
Mysteries of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Eucharist are always
celebrated together in one ceremony. One month notice is required
and one baptismal preparation meeting is required with the
pastor.
MYSTERY OF HOLY CONFESSIONS: In one way or another, we have
neglected God. None of us have lived a perfect life. No matter what
we have done, we can always return home. Available weekly one hour
before the Divine Liturgy or by appointment.
MYSTERY OF HOLY CROWNING: Six month notice, an initial meeting
with the priest, marriage preparation sessions are required. You
must be an active member of the parish.
MYSTERY OF HOLY ANOINTING: Available for anyone who is ill.
Please contact Fr. Ephrem.
IN GOOD STANDING: For your Pastor to sign letters of
recommendation, family and student school related papers, character
reference or any civil document for a registered parishioner, one
must be in good standing with the Church, spiritually and giving
noticeable TIME, TALENT, & TREASURE on a regular and continuing
basis to our parish.
PLEASE NOTE: There is no charge for the celebration of the Holy
Mysteries (Sacraments). However, it is appropriate to offer a gift
of thanksgiving. Following are the suggested offerings to the
Church for parishioners who request pastoral services. Liturgy
$10.00; 40-Day Memorial $35.00; Baptism $75.00; Wedding $300.00;
Funeral $300.00.
O Jesus, Who has said,
"Ask and you shall
receive, seek and you
shall find, knock and it
shall be opened," through
the intercession of the
Theotokos, Your Most
Holy Mother, I knock, I
seek, I ask that my prayer
be granted.
O Jesus, Who has said,
"All that you ask of the
Father in My Name, He
will grant you," through
the intercession of the
Theotokos Your Most
Holy Mother, I humbly
and urgently ask your
Father in your name that
my prayer will be granted.
O Jesus, Who has said,
"Heaven and earth shall
pass away but My word
shall not pass away,"
through the intercession
of the Theotokos Your
Most Holy Mother, I feel
confident that my prayer
will be granted.
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Prayer for the dead
O God of all spirits and of all flesh, who have destroyed death,
overcome the devil, and given life to the world: grant, O Lord to
the souls of your servants, who have departed from this life, that
they may rest in a place of light, in a place of happiness, in a
place of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, no sighing. And
since You are gracious God and Lover of mankind, forgive them every
sin they have committed by thought, or word, or deed, for there is
not a man who lives and does not sin: You alone are without sin,
your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. For You
are the Resurrection and the Life, and the Repose of your departed
servants, O Christ our God, and we render glory to You, together
with your Eternal Father and your All-holy, Good and Life-giving
Spirit, now and always and forever and ever. Amen.
TODAY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021: TENTH
SUNDAY BEFORE EASTER. SUNDAY OF THE PHARISEE & PUBLICAN. 4:00
p.m. DIVINE LITURGY: + CARL NICOTERO by Alice Azar & Family. +
MICHAEL MASSUD (Birthday Remem.) by his wife Elizabeth &
Family. + JAMES N. ALLAM by Anthony & Fadia Rowey. + BARBARA
CIMINI by Nora & Thomas Lee. + JOSEPH HARRAKA by M/M Joseph
Hooks. + MARY TAHAN by Alberta Mardo. + STEVEN KILSEY by his
brother Jeffrey Kilsey. + ANITA & JOSEPH BRULE by the Family. +
JAY PAUL by his parents, Dr. & Mrs. Biswa N. Paul. 11:00 a.m.
DIVINE LITURGY: + MICHAEL ALAM (40 Day) by his children. + MARIE
CLAIRE CHOUHA KILZI (40 Day) by Samir & Dolly Chouha. +
VICTORIA PROCHNIAK (1st Anniv.) by her children, grandchildren
& great-grandchildren. + GEORGE DECKEY (1st Anniv.) by his wife
Gloria & Family. + FAWZIEH ALAM by her children. + NAOUM &
NAZIHA CHOUHA by Samir & Dolly Chouha. + ALEXI CHOUHA by Samir
& Dolly Chouha. + JOSEPH & MARIE CLAIRE KILZI by Samir
& Dolly Chouha. + SOUBHI & ANTOINETTE ESPER by Samir &
Dolly Chouha. + ELAINE LAYTON by M/M Edward Fayan. + JOSEPH P.
AZAR, JR. by James & Marzena Salome. + DIAB & VICTOR YOUNES
by Bassil Youakim & Family. + GEORGE BOUDJOUK by Bishara Tahhan
& Family. + JULIA PUCCI by Ron & Mary DiGregorio. + GEORGE
FAYAN by his children & their Families. + LOUIS KISHFY &
ALBERT KISHFY by Cousin Shirley Villeneuve. + ALICE SARKAS NASSANEY
by Alice Azar & Family. + GEORGETTE A. SAGGAL by Joe &
Yolanda Saggal. + JOSEPH & HELEN ALTONGY by Deacon Gilbert
& Mimi Altongy. + SOUBHI & ANTOINETTE ESPER by Tony &
Myrna Brahimsha & Family. + ALBERT ALBA, SR. by Alberta Mardo.
+ ROBERT D. KING, SR. by Justin & Danielle Boudjouk &
Family. + ELIAS, RAYMOND, FRANCIS A. SAGGAL by Nabil & Gloria
Baalbaki. + YOUSEF AGHIA by Saideh Dagher. + JAY PAUL by his
parents, Dr. & Mrs. Biswa N. Paul. + LINDA ALKHOULY HADDAD by
Anthony & Fadia Rowey. + GEORGEANNA DECKEY by Christine
Gilmore. + YUSUF & BLANCHE MUSSALLI by Lauren & Tony
Barakat. + ROSE KHOURY by Dr. Roland & Micheline Ghanem. + RUTH
PERRY by Kenneth, Ann, Allyson & Kimberly Sabbagh. + JULIA
& FRED KISHFY by the Family. + ELIAS J. KISHFY by Alexandra
& Francine Haddad. + MANSOUR KARRAZ by Malakeh Karraz. +
RIHANNA ALSHEIKH CHAGHOURI by Malakeh Karraz. + YOUSSEF MADOUR by
Issa Helaleh & Family. + HOLY & FORGOTTEN SOULS IN
PURGATORY by M/M Joseph Saggal.
Divine L iturg y Intent ions
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This weekend our Church opens the pages of the Triodion, the
book containing the texts for all the services leading up to
Pascha. This Lenten journey may be viewed on two levels,
chronologically and spiritually. Both are important as we look
ahead to our celebration of Pascha.
Chronologically, the period of the Triodion consists in three
distinct sections: the pre-Lenten period, the Great Fast itself,
and the Great and Holy Week. The first, the pre-Lenten period,
progressively leads us to the coming Great Fast. It begins with two
Sundays which introduce us to thoughts of repentance. Next we have
a weekend of observances reminding us of our mortality: the
Saturday of the Dead and the Sunday of the final Judgment. Finally,
in Meat-fare Week, we are eased into the Fast by beginning to
abstain from meat. The last pre-Lenten observance takes place on
Cheese-Fare Sunday with the ceremony of forgiveness, in which we
ritually ask the entire community to forgive us our offences so
that we may begin the Great Fast with pure hearts.
The Publican and the Pharisee
On this first Sunday of the Triodion’s pre-Lenten period, we are
presented with the Lord’s parable of the Publican or tax collector
and the Pharisee in Lk 18:9-14. As we begin our Lenten journey, we
are reminded how the prayer of the Pharisee did not reach God while
the Publican’s prayer was heard. The Pharisee’s devotions were
“correct,” but, the Lord teaches, it is not enough to say the right
words when the heart is not correct as well.
The basic attitude of the heart for which the Pharisee is
faulted is pride: “I fast twice a week,” he boasts; “I give tithes
of all that I possess” (Lk 18:12)… and that makes me better than
that tax collector. The Pharisee is right in one sense: it is good
to fast and to give tithes, but his good deeds are made void
through his pride.
Reflecting on this parable in its hymnody, our Church describes
the Pharisee’s prayer as “ungrateful.” He says, “I thank you, God,”
but thankfulness to God is not revealed in his underlying attitude.
His inner spirit is not focused on God’s gifts, but on his own
perceived accomplishments. He does the right thing, but for the
wrong reason.
A consequence of the Pharisee’s self-centered parody of religion
is the judgmental way he regards his fellow man: “I am not like
other men” (v.11): my devotions make me superior, more worthy in
the sight of God. Christ takes the opposite view: “I tell you, this
man [the publican] went down to his house justified rather than the
other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted” (v.14)..
Keeping a Proper Perspective
The Scriptures often return to the place of formal religious
practices in our spiritual life. Some people – we might call them
iconoclasts – reject such practices outright as hypocrisy. The Lord
is not one of them. He affirms the value of devotional practices,
when kept in a suitable way. He condemns the Pharisees for their
attitudes, not their actions. He tells
His followers, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’
seat.
Therefore whatever they tell you to observe,
that observe and do, but do not do according to their works, …
all their
works they do to be seen by men” (Mt 23:2, 5).
Our fasting should not be a matter of public display. “Moreover,
when you fast,” the Lord says, “do not be like the hypocrites, with
a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may
appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have
their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash
your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to
your Father who is in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Mt 6:16,
17).
In Mt 23, Christ specifies the place of devotional practices in
a mature spiritual life. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have
neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and
faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others
undone” (Mt 23:23). Devotional practices are commendable, but not
as a replacement for mutual love.
During the coming Fast we may become so concerned with its
devotional aspects, such as attending special services or avoiding
meat and dairy products, that we become irritable with others and
make void our striving to keep the Fast. The mature approach is
that outlined by Christ in the verse above: observe the devotional
practices, but do not ignore or abuse others in the process. As the
Greek saying puts it, it is better to eat the fish than to eat the
fisherman!
Isn’t Fasting Obsolete?
In the first century ad, some Christians coming from a Jewish
background were concerned with keeping the ritual precepts of the
Old Testament in addition to accepting Jesus as the Messiah. In the
traditional Jewish view, it was keeping the precepts of the Law
which makes a person righteous before God. St Paul repeatedly
insisted that this was no longer the case. It is putting our faith
in Christ, not the devotions we observe, which justifies us. The
Law of Moses, the Apostle taught, was “a shadow of things to come,
but the substance is of Christ” (Col 2:17).
For us, observing the precepts of the Fast are meant to lead us
to Christ, not substitute for a relationship with Him. We cannot
earn ourselves a place in heaven by fasting, or by any other
practice we might undertake. We can fast and pray, however, to
express our gratitude for the gifts of God who has united us to
Himself in Christ. We fast, not to improve our standing with God,
but to respond with gratitude to what He has done for us.
When Good Actions Are Made Void
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كلمة تريودي: -
مثكثمأَة ل م مكن ةميعنلنّ ةمَا ه
ة ةم ََُّم ωδήأيممصلفل مف ن ةمأ تمرن
مأَمسيتلبنا م مسي لح قىلممصلفلم م مفالمم م » αείδώَه
.«أك ّ
م"َريعةي"م مسيفر حمه ه َملمُسّ م مسيىلعسنين م مفنال منلتا ض
يل
ّألن
م مفنال مسي أَة ل مم٩)سيتللبنا(
م ّ يعةيمسيطىلس مأكتلبمسير )مصلفل(حمسي ن ل ممعسنين مم٣سي يم
ىلترصم م مسألسفلمرسر
أَة ة(.مم-أَة ل .م)أنظ م،
.م ّ مه سمسيز مسيَ س يعةيمسس رم مسيَتلبمنلتا نرم، ك ظة م م
مسير
ألسيتر مم-
ميع مسيلبحمسياظ .م َيلتّ م ّ لشمَّسيام م يعةيم مأ لمسيفّريس
ي لأمسير
مقهم مدل ل
َإىلمَممي ىلع م مسي لنام ن ىلة مأل ت لزمي د مف
رمسإلنللهمقىلمنفلرم هعمز م معع
س مَرص ةمّمسي رمز مَّطارن
ّمأنلمسيخلطء»َلبمَو ةمفلةمة.مقن
م .« لمَمسش ه سم لمنىل أهم ىل ىلة
يعةي م مسيليكللشم م طن مسير ،
م يعة ل مفر َأّ لم مسيبشر م
مثليعث ل
لمسم لمأّ لم مسي كفكةمفتلب مل لمكلهمأ مأشل ًّ َيًّ ءمس ل
مكّلمشر " لم َل".م م مع ل
يفل رسر
ء" مسي كفكةم مكّلمشر متلبنام" َل
مَتآيفلهم، َسيبشر س مسي كفكةم َس ل لم
فلهمدعم
َّسألشهمَؤي سيل لءم
مَج بمأمَة ةمتلبنام َسيبشر َس...مَّسممل
َّسممل
ّ مسيتىللوسم)َريصلدنعه(ممل
ّلم ن َ ملمتلب م
يفةم مع ة.م ثليعث ةم)َريعةيعه(مرسر
مسألَة ل مسي كثم لمنلظت َّ مأّيعةيمن ك فعشَسمكليلتعسماللنتو
عيسمقه ىلعلمكلَبمسيكللشمسير
مَه هم مين ليعثمسألملسم يرصمسيم ل مَكعهمشس ل قالمإ مأسىلسم ليع
لمسي يمَش
ئ هعممز لمسي سرَيعس سم مةي م مث مَكهم ؤيفعهم ل لَهم يا
مثلَةَشَسم مسياظ . مسألسقَو
لم، َّسألَة ل مََ
.م مألسلبن مسسيصع مسألش ان مسيىللطيطن ة مَملمأيفلممعسنين
ستعةيعهم،
سي س لمسي كثمسآلسلسّ ة مم-
مثم-فر مسيتانئةمبم-أ مسياظ .مم-سيصع مسألش ان سألسقَو
س مأم مّمسياظ مسي ىلل مُ مل لهمفر مَانئةميل علمسألسقَو َأ
لمسيمالنين ك ظةمسبحميالزشم
سة.مّميىل ل ترمسي ىلل
ماملثمسست ل، م ىل ميالزشم مسيىلر نملهلمسي بمولَو
ة التهيئة: -أ المرحلة األوىل هي فتر
لشمَّسيام م ََتهّ مأش اةمآ لةمه مسيفّريس ََ تلميما م
مسيتانئةمينصع م
مفر –سي نةمسألَىلمه (.م –سيلييعنةم) ف مسينم (م –سالب مسيملط م
سيغف سهم) ف مسيجي
.مم مم لمأ لمسيلييعنةم لرسر
لمه همسي نةمسبحمسي سملي مسي يم م ّ يتخن
ار: )لوقا -1ّّ والعش )١:-٩::٨أحد الفّريسي
لمك مه لم مقو تلهم َسيتعسل م قّيي مسيتو ةم
يمسلمرمسي ّبم مفه ن ّلمسي ت مسي مه سمسأل لميا
،م مسآل ري .م َسيتالىل يلءم َحمسيَر َسيا لة مسيظلهرّيةمسي فىلةمب
م مسي ألفام
يلىمَ مأكرر
م ج مسألسلسميفر مسيصع مهعمسيتعسل مسي ىل َهمأليتو ة.مّل مَ
ّقايلمسيَييلةمأه َلي
َةيمهعمسيتعسل .م لمسي يم فتتامز مسير َّ مسأل لمسأل لشم، َّسيام م
سي غزىم ممَل مقنج لمسيفّريس
لم م نّعهم مأسىلطم كك ر
ّمأ ظ مسيفهلفلم؟"مأدلبم"ك لمأهمسيتك وسم ىللشيعسم" لمه
ّي لمُسئلمسيىلل
مي ف مفل رم مسأل لق".م هَلّل ما ينمسالَ َّ
َأسىلطمسإلنللهمسأل
م ا المكّلميع م منفلرمبلببم طل له م رنّم مسيتعسل مسي يميتي
وسمقسمقمسيشيل َّيىلعلمسيىلل
ميرم مأهمي رصم كفكة.م َسي يمسستمقمأهمي رصم طل له م رن .م مأهم ىل
مسي ع
سم)سيع يلم َيكعهم تكر رمأكم طنئةم هّلمّم لدةمةسف
ةمقىلمأهمنرصخم8:1 م خللمنفلرمأن
(.منم م، "م)يعملم مأنلمسيخلطئ
لمأنيلم13:18 مسياملشم"سينا مسش م مسيفهلفلمفني ا مةسف ِم ا لمنىلي
.)َسيغف سهم مَ.م َييطنبمسي ةم م لافلءم اّ لعهمألهمنخلئ
)32-11:11أحد االبن الشاطر: )لوقا -٢
يمسلمرمسي ّبمّمه سمسأل لمُيت مسي لمسي
،مثّ م مأب ر َ مث ة
ّمأل مسي ي مسيهلل مسالب
رمّمألن م"سيملط " مُ لع مقي ر. مَ لة َلبَأ ممل رم م ل م سثمأب رم
"َط "م رن
َسيله.م
مَم م مّ ة مسي ل مه س م سي غزىمقي ر.م سيك تيله ةمَهعمسي يمي تظ م
عةَيل
مَ ل .مامم ل ة مفليتو ةمسيصلةمةمسيمىل ىلّ ةمه
نم مد ايلمأبيلءمَمأليتق ّ
ََصويب.مفمني لم مهعمنىلطةمَمّعلم مه سمسي لم لش م"مف د
مقىلمنفلرم".مسي دَو َ مأد لم لم،
م م، َّيكتمسمأهمالمسك مَالم كصمَالمط منييةمقال م ليرم
م، ّيالأمسإلنللهم مسيلس لمي لأم فك
َ مسياعة مقي ر.م سياعة مقىلمسيق حمسألبّعيمسيملل مَ لفةمأالمأهم
لشكم سش مسيتغّ بم مَمَ ك
)44-31:21أحد الدينونة )مرفع اللحم(: )متر -٣
.م مقنج لم ّ م، مه سمسأل لمُيت مقنج لمسيلييعنة مك لم صسمسيلّ
لمسي لنامنفلرم جنئرمسي ل
،مسياالمسيىلل مك لم
مفعش مَلفاةمم مَم، مفعش مسي سع ّ ي م نىلا مألي لَ ة مأله
ّمسي ومّ رمسيبشر
َإش لمَ زم للم المفعش مَلفاةم مسيَايةم)أنظ منقعءس مقَا لمّ
).34:11أن
يمي ف م طنئةمسيالي .مّلمسيم لمسي
رمأ ه
ّلمأمن مسياالمسيجل لمومّ رمسي لنامنفلرمألي سع م ن
،َ م مأدنيلمَ لهلم مّقترمنلتطن مأهمَلي مدمعةمسيالي .م
ّرمَميّ َألن
مأ لم ف مسينم مأهم لشكمسي ءمأه ّ ةمسي مّ ةمسيصلةمةمَجلهمسآل ري م
سي غزىم مه سمسإلنج لم،
ممسي لنامنفلرمَهلمنم منىلسمأ ل ر.مسإلنللهم لي منفلرمبيفلر مف ّلم
مسآل مهعمسيّ ّبمولَوّأله
مأ ل م مَمسيالةل.م َمسمك لمه ُ أ ليرمَ
مسيا لمم مأاا مسي لنا... مَبلطم لكمألياطلء م ّ مكّل َن عسم)سيىل
همسي سب ( وسمقي ّ ىلعلمسيىلل
بمألي لنامسي يم َير ِّ ميرمه ل مِّل مييىلل ميرمث لأ
َّنىلل يرم يِّ مين لنامهعمنفسمسي ؤ مفنر
سيمىل .م م ط مسياككمبلببمسيجَو
م، مسيفىلرن اةمأليجعسه مقهمكلهمسي لنام، ف ر!م لمنف مسيمعسفطمسي
فَّ
م لرن م م)سيىل همسي لي (م مأه ّ ةمساليتصلقمألي لنام، يلنعسمسيىل
طلج وسمار
ّحمسيىلل ا ينموشر
م ال مسي لنامنفلرمأيالمسإل ع مسأل لءمهعم نَع مَمسي يمنمتلقمقي رم
ميع مقىلميع ميك ّ لَيلمكن
رمهعمَّإي رمنىلع مفنيفا مأن ل.م لمةس مهعمم ل تيلم مييلمرسيا
َمأهمُولتان
َّنعة مييلم
ا.م جنئرمهعمَاع
م نفلرم نَع مَمقامف رمن نن.م
م نَع مَم م لية م، س َيل مش س
َيل مش مييل ل مة ( مأك م)أكل مسينمع مأكل م مسأل ل مه س
سم، ّنتعم
سيلك ّ ةمكلإلنللهمسألَلمم لمسيلىلعط.م
حن األّولّحم بالل
ّ قنداق أحد مرفع الل
ير م مسي مأ ل م ج ي لِش
ّمسيي َناُ م مأمرسهل س ل مسير
ين م
َُال مفر مأ جٍل مسألشِه م َُ م م ل
مأَيح قاس
الم ن مأيُّ م م ني مينعمع ن َِّأه طفم م
ُمالمَ
لشمسي ّم مسيي
اَّ .مفيجِّ مَُسيخفل لمت ُام
فتَُسي صل ُسمَل.م مسيالة
ُّ لهَّ سيل
(: )متر -١ ن )21-14:4الغفران )مرفع الجب
مه سمسأل لمم لمألءمسيصع مسيَقرن مَتنعمسيَييلةمقنج لم لماا ىمط
ةمآة م مسيف ةَس.م،
هعمأ ه
َسي صليمةم مسييلسمم لمَىلريبماب مةمسيصع .م ةم مأهّ ّ ةمسي
ةمَّتمل مسياظةم مسيج ل م
مسأل لمم لمألءمسيصع مهعمقةشسكمأه ّ ةمسيغف سه.مفيم منطنبم مَم سي
غزىم مه سمسإلنج لم،
مالم كييلمأهمنصع م مالم فّ م ير. طمأسلش أهم غف مييلم طل
لنلمأالمأهمنلل امسآل ري مَه سمرسر
َنمىلل!مفلهللمالم ىل لمفك مسيمىلعة!م
َييلمبيفلر مالمألموللَيممريبيلمبيفلر م مسي ّبمولل َيَّ مسيصع
مهعمش نةمسي صليمةم مَ.مّقه
م م قمسيّ بمولَوَّسياكسمفمنا.مي م ان م
َيىلعل مقهمي مَصلياممري نمالمتلتطن مأهمَصليم لم مسيصك مسير لن
ةمسعىمطنبمسيغف سه م"مفإنرمقهمكفَ مينيلسمزالَا م غف مي مأ ه
أّيمطنبم، م َ م)
ّلمزال
َا مالم غف مي مأبعك مأ ه
َّسمينيلسمزال َإهمي مَغف ) .15-14:6أبعك مسيل لَي.م
م مسيزفري .م م مه سمسأل لمي لأمسيصع مسي ل لمألالنىلطَل
سبتلسء
: -ب ي المرحلة الثانية الصوم األربعيتن
وسمكريغعشيعسمألال لسمم-َتهّ مه همسي نةم سمآ لة مأ لمسألشثعاالّ
ةممّأ لمم-أ لمسيىلل
سمّمم-سيلجعةمينصن بمسي ىلل ت
ّلمسيلن
ّوسميع ي
ّولةم ري مسي رصية.مم-أ لمسيىلل
ّ أ لمسيىلل
زمن التيريودي.... زمن الرجوع إلى هللا
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even though they die, will live” John 11:25
Remember me in your Kingdom You are invited to the Divine
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