Liturgy Psalm & Gospel ::

The Psalm:
(129:8, 2)
"The blessing of the LORD be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD!" "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth. Yet they have not prevailed against me"

The Gospel:
(John 11:1-45)
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him." Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Now Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there." Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!" And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?" Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go." Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.

المزمور
129 : 8
وَلاَ يَقُولُ الْعَابِرُونَ: [بَرَكَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ. بَارَكْنَاكُمْ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ]. [كَثِيراً مَا ضَايَقُونِي مُنْذُ شَبَابِي لَكِنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيَّ.

الانجيل
يوحنا 11 : 1-45
وَكَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مَرِيضاً وَهُوَ لِعَازَرُ مِنْ بَيْتِ عَنْيَا مِنْ قَرْيَةِ مَرْيَمَ وَمَرْثَا أُخْتِهَا. وَكَانَتْ مَرْيَمُ الَّتِي كَانَ لِعَازَرُ أَخُوهَا مَرِيضاً هِيَ الَّتِي دَهَنَتِ الرَّبَّ بِطِيبٍ وَمَسَحَتْ رِجْلَيْهِ بِشَعْرِهَا. فَأَرْسَلَتِ الأُخْتَانِ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلَتَيْنِ: «يَا سَيِّدُ هُوَذَا الَّذِي تُحِبُّهُ مَرِيضٌ». فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَسُوعُ قَالَ: «هَذَا الْمَرَضُ لَيْسَ لِلْمَوْتِ بَلْ لأَجْلِ مَجْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَتَمَجَّدَ ابْنُ اللَّهِ بِهِ». وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يُحِبُّ مَرْثَا وَأُخْتَهَا وَلِعَازَرَ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ مَكَثَ حِينَئِذٍ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ يَوْمَيْنِ. ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لِتلاَمِيذِهِ: «لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيَّةِ أَيْضاً». قَالَ لَهُ التّلاَمِيذُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ الآنَ كَانَ الْيَهُودُ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَرْجُمُوكَ وَتَذْهَبُ أَيْضاً إِلَى هُنَاكَ». أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «أَلَيْسَتْ سَاعَاتُ النَّهَارِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ؟ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَمْشِي فِي النَّهَارِ لاَ يَعْثُرُ لأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ نُورَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَمْشِي فِي اللَّيْلِ يَعْثُرُ لأَنَّ النُّورَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ». قَالَ هَذَا وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِعَازَرُ حَبِيبُنَا قَدْ نَامَ. لَكِنِّي أَذْهَبُ لِأُوقِظَهُ». فَقَالَ تلاَمِيذُهُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ نَامَ فَهُوَ يُشْفَى». وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يَقُولُ عَنْ مَوْتِهِ وَهُمْ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ عَنْ رُقَادِ النَّوْمِ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ حِينَئِذٍ علاَنِيَةً: «لِعَازَرُ مَاتَ. وَأَنَا أَفْرَحُ لأَجْلِكُمْ إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ هُنَاكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا. وَلَكِنْ لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ». فَقَالَ تُومَا الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ التَّوْأَمُ لِلتّلاَمِيذِ رُفَقَائِهِ: «لِنَذْهَبْ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً لِكَيْ نَمُوتَ مَعَهُ». فَلَمَّا أَتَى يَسُوعُ وَجَدَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَارَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ. وَكَانَتْ بَيْتُ عَنْيَا قَرِيبَةً مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ نَحْوَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ غَلْوَةً. وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ قَدْ جَاءُوا إِلَى مَرْثَا وَمَرْيَمَ لِيُعَزُّوهُمَا عَنْ أَخِيهِمَا. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ مَرْثَا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ آتٍ لاَقَتْهُ وَأَمَّا مَرْيَمُ فَاسْتَمَرَّتْ جَالِسَةً فِي الْبَيْتِ. فَقَالَتْ مَرْثَا لِيَسُوعَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ لَوْ كُنْتَ هَهُنَا لَمْ يَمُتْ أَخِي. لَكِنِّي الآنَ أَيْضاً أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبُ مِنَ اللَّهِ يُعْطِيكَ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُ». قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «سَيَقُومُ أَخُوكِ». قَالَتْ لَهُ مَرْثَا: «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَقُومُ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَخِيرِ». قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا هُوَ الْقِيَامَةُ وَالْحَيَاةُ. مَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَلَوْ مَاتَ فَسَيَحْيَا وَكُلُّ مَنْ كَانَ حَيّاً وَآمَنَ بِي فَلَنْ يَمُوتَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. أَتُؤْمِنِينَ بِهَذَا؟» قَالَتْ لَهُ: «نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدُ. أَنَا قَدْ آمَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللَّهِ الآتِي إِلَى الْعَالَمِ». وَلَمَّا قَالَتْ هَذَا مَضَتْ وَدَعَتْ مَرْيَمَ أُخْتَهَا سِرّاً قَائِلَةً: «الْمُعَلِّمُ قَدْ حَضَرَ وَهُوَ يَدْعُوكِ». أَمَّا تِلْكَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ قَامَتْ سَرِيعاً وَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَسُوعُ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى الْقَرْيَةِ بَلْ كَانَ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي لاَقَتْهُ فِيهِ مَرْثَا. ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهَا فِي الْبَيْتِ يُعَزُّونَهَا لَمَّا رَأَوْا مَرْيَمَ قَامَتْ عَاجِلاً وَخَرَجَتْ تَبِعُوهَا قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ لِتَبْكِيَ هُنَاكَ». فَمَرْيَمُ لَمَّا أَتَتْ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ يَسُوعُ وَرَأَتْهُ خَرَّتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً لَهُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ لَوْ كُنْتَ هَهُنَا لَمْ يَمُتْ أَخِي». فَلَمَّا رَآهَا يَسُوعُ تَبْكِي وَالْيَهُودُ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مَعَهَا يَبْكُونَ انْزَعَجَ بِالرُّوحِ وَاضْطَرَبَ وَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ وَضَعْتُمُوهُ؟» قَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ تَعَالَ وَانْظُرْ». بَكَى يَسُوعُ. فَقَالَ الْيَهُودُ: «انْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ يُحِبُّهُ». وَقَالَ بَعْضٌ مِنْهُمْ: «أَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ هَذَا الَّذِي فَتَحَ عَيْنَيِ الأَعْمَى أَنْ يَجْعَلَ هَذَا أَيْضاً لاَ يَمُوتُ؟». فَانْزَعَجَ يَسُوعُ أَيْضاً فِي نَفْسِهِ وَجَاءَ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ وَكَانَ مَغَارَةً وَقَدْ وُضِعَ عَلَيْهِ حَجَرٌ. قَالَ يَسُوعُ: «ارْفَعُوا الْحَجَرَ». قَالَتْ لَهُ مَرْثَا أُخْتُ الْمَيْتِ: «يَا سَيِّدُ قَدْ أَنْتَنَ لأَنَّ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ». قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكِ: إِنْ آمَنْتِ تَرَيْنَ مَجْدَ اللَّهِ؟». فَرَفَعُوا الْحَجَرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ الْمَيْتُ مَوْضُوعاً وَرَفَعَ يَسُوعُ عَيْنَيْهِ إِلَى فَوْقُ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الآبُ أَشْكُرُكَ لأَنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ لِي وَأَنَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ تَسْمَعُ لِي. وَلَكِنْ لأَجْلِ هَذَا الْجَمْعِ الْوَاقِفِ قُلْتُ لِيُؤْمِنُوا أَنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي». وَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا صَرَخَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «لِعَازَرُ هَلُمَّ خَارِجاً» فَخَرَجَ الْمَيْتُ وَيَدَاهُ وَرِجْلاَهُ مَرْبُوطَاتٌ بِأَقْمِطَةٍ وَوَجْهُهُ مَلْفُوفٌ بِمِنْدِيلٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «حُلُّوهُ وَدَعُوهُ يَذْهَبْ». فَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ وَنَظَرُوا مَا فَعَلَ يَسُوعُ آمَنُوا بِهِ.