Sunday, November 06, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from

Wis 6:12-16

Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her.
She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire; Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed,
for he shall find her sitting by his gate. For taking thought of wisdom is the perfection of prudence, and whoever for her sake keeps vigil shall quickly be free from care; because she makes her own rounds, seeking those worthy of her, and graciously appears to them in the ways, and meets them with all solicitude.

The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ تَسَالُونِيكِي
الأصحَاحُ الرَّابعُ بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

13ثُمَّ لاَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ الرَّاقِدِينَ، لِكَيْ لاَ تَحْزَنُوا كَالْبَاقِينَ الَّذِينَ لاَ رَجَاءَ لَهُمْ. 14لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنَّا نُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مَاتَ وَقَامَ، فَكَذلِكَ الرَّاقِدُونَ بِيَسُوعَ، سَيُحْضِرُهُمُ اللهُ أَيْضًا مَعَهُ. 15فَإِنَّنَا نَقُولُ لَكُمْ هذَا بِكَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ: إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الأَحْيَاءَ الْبَاقِينَ إِلَى مَجِيءِ الرَّبِّ، لاَ نَسْبِقُ الرَّاقِدِينَ. 16لأَنَّ الرَّبّ نََفْسَهُ بِهُتَافٍ، بِصَوْتِ رَئِيسِ مَلاَئِكَةٍ وَبُوقِ اللهِ، سَوْفَ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَمْوَاتُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ سَيَقُومُونَ أَوَّلاً. 17ثُمَّ نَحْنُ الأَحْيَاءَ الْبَاقِينَ سَنُخْطَفُ جَمِيعًا مَعَهُمْ فِي السُّحُبِ لِمُلاَقَاةِ الرَّبِّ فِي الْهَوَاءِ، وَهكَذَا نَكُونُ كُلَّ حِينٍ مَعَ الرَّبِّ. 18لِذلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا بِهذَا الْكَلاَمِ.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين
Sunday, November 06, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

1-Thessalonians 4:13-18

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep. Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, console one another with these words.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

Matthew 25: 1-13 P. Glory to you Lord

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight, there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise ones replied, ‘No, for there may not be enough for us and you. Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves. While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Afterwards the other virgins came and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us!’ But he said in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you. Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Sunday, November 06, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.

إِنْجِيلُ مَتَّى
الأصحَاحُ الْخَامِسُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ

1«حِينَئِذٍ يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ عَشْرَ عَذَارَى، أَخَذْنَ مَصَابِيحَهُنَّ وَخَرَجْنَ لِلِقَاءِ الْعَرِيسِ. 2وَكَانَ خَمْسٌ مِنْهُنَّ حَكِيمَاتٍ، وَخَمْسٌ جَاهِلاَتٍ. 3أَمَّا الْجَاهِلاَتُ فَأَخَذْنَ مَصَابِيحَهُنَّ وَلَمْ يَأْخُذْنَ مَعَهُنَّ زَيْتًا، 4وَأَمَّا الْحَكِيمَاتُ فَأَخَذْنَ زَيْتًا فِي آنِيَتِهِنَّ مَعَ مَصَابِيحِهِنَّ. 5وَفِيمَا أَبْطَأَ الْعَرِيسُ نَعَسْنَ جَمِيعُهُنَّ وَنِمْنَ. 6فَفِي نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ صَارَ صُرَاخٌ: هُوَذَا الْعَرِيسُ مُقْبِلٌ، فَاخْرُجْنَ لِلِقَائِهِ! 7فَقَامَتْ جَمِيعُ أُولئِكَ الْعَذَارَى وَأَصْلَحْنَ مَصَابِيحَهُنَّ. 8فَقَالَتِ الْجَاهِلاَتُ لِلْحَكِيمَاتِ: أَعْطِينَنَا مِنْ زَيْتِكُنَّ فَإِنَّ مَصَابِيحَنَا تَنْطَفِئُ. 9فَأَجَابَتِ الْحَكِيمَاتُ قَائِلاتٍ: لَعَلَّهُ لاَ يَكْفِي لَنَا وَلَكُنَّ، بَلِ اذْهَبْنَ إِلَى الْبَاعَةِ وَابْتَعْنَ لَكُنَّ. 10وَفِيمَا هُنَّ ذَاهِبَاتٌ لِيَبْتَعْنَ جَاءَ الْعَرِيسُ، وَالْمُسْتَعِدَّاتُ دَخَلْنَ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْعُرْسِ، وَأُغْلِقَ الْبَابُ. 11أَخِيرًا جَاءَتْ بَقِيَّةُ الْعَذَارَى أَيْضًا قَائِلاَتٍ: يَا سَيِّدُ، يَا سَيِّدُ، افْتَحْ لَنَا! 12فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُنَّ: إِنِّي مَا أَعْرِفُكُنَّ. 13فَاسْهَرُوا إِذًا لأَنَّكُمْ لاَ تَعْرِفُونَ الْيَوْمَ وَلاَ السَّاعَةَ الَّتِي يَأْتِي فِيهَا ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ.

Sunday, October 30, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10

A great King is I, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations. And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen, if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
I will send a curse upon you and of your blessing I will make a curse. You have turned aside from the way, and have caused many to falter by your instruction; you have made void the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts. I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, since you do not keep my ways, but show partiality in your decisions. Have we not all the one father? Has not the one God created us? Why then do we break faith with one another, violating the covenant of our fathers?
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God
رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ تَسَالُونِيكِي
الأصحَاحُ الثَّانِي بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

7بَلْ كُنَّا مُتَرَفِّقِينَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ كَمَا تُرَبِّي الْمُرْضِعَةُ أَوْلاَدَهَا، 8هكَذَا إِذْ كُنَّا حَانِّينَ إِلَيْكُمْ، كُنَّا نَرْضَى أَنْ نُعْطِيَكُمْ، لاَ إِنْجِيلَ اللهِ فَقَطْ بَلْ أَنْفُسَنَا أَيْضًا، لأَنَّكُمْ صِرْتُمْ مَحْبُوبِينَ إِلَيْنَا. 9فَإِنَّكُمْ تَذْكُرُونَ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ تَعَبَنَا وَكَدَّنَا، إِذْ كُنَّا نَكْرِزُ لَكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ اللهِ، وَنَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ لَيْلاً وَنَهَارًا كَيْ لاَ نُثَقِّلَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ. 13مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا نَشْكُرُ اللهَ بِلاَ انْقِطَاعٍ، لأَنَّكُمْ إِذْ تَسَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَّا كَلِمَةَ خَبَرٍ مِنَ اللهِ، قَبِلْتُمُوهَا لاَ كَكَلِمَةِ أُنَاسٍ، بَلْ كَمَا هِيَ بِالْحَقِيقَةِ كَكَلِمَةِ اللهِ، الَّتِي تَعْمَلُ أَيْضًا فِيكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Matthew 23: 1-12 P. Glory to you Lord

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi. As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi. You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا
إِنْجِيلُ مَتَّى
الأصحَاحُ الثَّالِثُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ
1حِينَئِذٍ خَاطَبَ يَسُوعُ الْجُمُوعَ وَتَلاَمِيذَهُ 2قَائِلاً:«عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مُوسَى جَلَسَ الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ، 3فَكُلُّ مَا قَالُوا لَكُمْ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوهُ فَاحْفَظُوهُ وَافْعَلُوهُ، وَلكِنْ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ لاَ تَعْمَلُوا، لأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ وَلاَ يَفْعَلُونَ. 4فَإِنَّهُمْ يَحْزِمُونَ أَحْمَالاً ثَقِيلَةً عَسِرَةَ الْحَمْلِ وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى أَكْتَافِ النَّاسِ، وَهُمْ لاَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُحَرِّكُوهَا بِإِصْبِعِهِمْ، 5وَكُلَّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ يَعْمَلُونَهَا لِكَيْ تَنْظُرَهُمُ النَّاسُ: فَيُعَرِّضُونَ عَصَائِبَهُمْ وَيُعَظِّمُونَ أَهْدَابَ ثِيَابِهِمْ، 6وَيُحِبُّونَ الْمُتَّكَأَ الأَوَّلَ فِي الْوَلاَئِمِ، وَالْمَجَالِسَ الأُولَى فِي الْمَجَامِعِ، 7وَالتَّحِيَّاتِ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ، وَأَنْ يَدْعُوَهُمُ النَّاسُ: سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي! 8وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلاَ تُدْعَوْا سَيِّدِي، لأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ الْمَسِيحُ، وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا إِخْوَةٌ. 9وَلاَ تَدْعُوا لَكُمْ أَبًا عَلَى الأَرْضِ، لأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. 10وَلاَ تُدْعَوْا مُعَلِّمِينَ، لأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ الْمَسِيحُ. 11وَأَكْبَرُكُمْ يَكُونُ خَادِمًا لَكُمْ. 12فَمَنْ يَرْفَعْ نَفْسَهُ يَتَّضِعْ، وَمَنْ يَضَعْ نَفْسَهُ يَرْتَفِعْ.
1-Thessalonians 2:7- 9, 13

Brothers and sisters: We were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children. With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so dearly beloved had you become to us. You recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery. Working night and day in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. And for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly, that, in receiving the word of God from hearing us, you received not a human word but, as it truly is, the word of God, which is now at work in you who

Sunday, October 23, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Exodus 22: 20-26

Thus says the LORD: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans. “If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.”
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God
رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ تَسَالُونِيكِي
الأصحَاحُ الأَوَّل ُ بركاته علي جميعنا آمين
5أَنَّ إِنْجِيلَنَا لَمْ يَصِرْ لَكُمْ بِالْكَلاَمِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ بِالْقُوَّةِ أَيْضًا، وَبِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، وَبِيَقِينٍ شَدِيدٍ، كَمَا تَعْرِفُونَ أَيَّ رِجَال كُنَّا بَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ. 6وَأَنْتُمْ صِرْتُمْ مُتَمَثِّلِينَ بِنَا وَبِالرَّبِّ، إِذْ قَبِلْتُمُ الْكَلِمَةَ فِي ضِيق كَثِيرٍ، بِفَرَحِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، 7حَتَّى صِرْتُمْ قُدْوَةً لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ وَفِي أَخَائِيَةَ. 8لأَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِكُمْ قَدْ أُذِيعَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ، لَيْسَ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَةَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَيْضًا قَدْ ذَاعَ إِيمَانُكُمْ بِاللهِ، حَتَّى لَيْسَ لَنَا حَاجَةٌ أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ شَيْئًا. 9لأَنَّهُمْ هُمْ يُخْبِرُونَ عَنَّا، أَيُّ دُخُول كَانَ لَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ، وَكَيْفَ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى اللهِ مِنَ الأَوْثَانِ، لِتَعْبُدُوا اللهَ الْحَيَّ الْحَقِيقِيَّ، 10وَتَنْتَظِرُوا ابْنَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، يَسُوعَ، الَّذِي يُنْقِذُنَا مِنَ الْغَضَبِ الآتِي.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

1-Thessalonians1: 1-5

Brothers and sisters: You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers
in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord have sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Matthew 22:34-40 P. Glory to you Lord

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.

إِنْجِيلُ مَتَّى
الأصحَاحُ الثَّانِي وَالْعِشْرُونَ

34أَمَّا الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُ أَبْكَمَ الصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ اجْتَمَعُوا مَعًا، 35وَسَأَلَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ نَامُوسِيٌّ، لِيُجَرِّبَهُ قِائِلاً: 36«يَا مُعَلِّمُ، أَيَّةُ وَصِيَّةٍ هِيَ الْعُظْمَى فِي النَّامُوسِ؟» 37فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ:«تُحِبُّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ فِكْرِكَ. 38هذِهِ هِيَ الْوَصِيَّةُ الأُولَى وَالْعُظْمَى. 39وَالثَّانِيَةُ مِثْلُهَا: تُحِبُّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ. 40بِهَاتَيْنِ الْوَصِيَّتَيْنِ يَتَعَلَّقُ النَّامُوسُ كُلُّهُ وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ».

St. Mary Coptic Catholic Church
Invites you and our Youth to
Our Holy Ones Celebration

When?
Saturday, October 29, 2011 5- 9 PM

Where?
Church Hall

Featuring
Mr. Johnny Ice Palmer
World Champion Magician
Performing close up Magic Acts

See his act on You Tube - Search him by name

Children and youth are welcome to come dressed up in costumes,
Please, no scary or inappropriate dress. Let us keep the Christian Spirit!
The Celebration will include Arts & Crafts, Games, Music, Food .. And much more.

The fee is $10.00/ per child (4 years and up) - Sign up and pay with Nassef Girgis
Pease have your mom contact Mrs. Nevin Mahfouz @ 661-607-8078 to coordinate food menu.

Sunday, October 16, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I grasp, subduing nations before him, and making kings run in his service, opening doors before him and leaving the gates unbarred: For the sake of Jacob, my servant, of Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by your name, giving you a title, though you knew me not. I am the LORD and there is no other, there is no God besides me. It is I who arm you, though you know me not, so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun people may know that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, there is no other.
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God
رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ تَسَالُونِيكِي
الأصحَاحُ الأَوَّلُ بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

1بُولُسُ وَسِلْوَانُسُ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ، إِلَى كَنِيسَةِ التَّسَالُونِيكِيِّينَ، فِي اللهِ الآبِ وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ: نِعْمَةٌ لَكُمْ وَسَلاَمٌ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.2نَشْكُرُ اللهَ كُلَّ حِينٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ جَمِيعِكُمْ، ذَاكِرِينَ إِيَّاكُمْ فِي صَلَوَاتِنَا، 3مُتَذَكِّرِينَ بِلاَ انْقِطَاعٍ عَمَلَ إِيمَانِكُمْ، وَتَعَبَ مَحَبَّتِكُمْ، وَصَبْرَ رَجَائِكُمْ، رَبَّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ، أَمَامَ اللهِ وَأَبِينَا. 4عَالِمِينَ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ الْمَحْبُوبُونَ مِنَ اللهِ اخْتِيَارَكُمْ، 5أَنَّ إِنْجِيلَنَا لَمْ يَصِرْ لَكُمْ بِالْكَلاَمِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ بِالْقُوَّةِ أَيْضًا، وَبِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، وَبِيَقِينٍ شَدِيدٍ، كَمَا تَعْرِفُونَ أَيَّ رِجَال كُنَّا بَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

Let’s join together in love to honor Fr. Francis Mourad and express our appreciation and best wishes through a farewell party at the Church on
Sat. October 22 at 6:00 PM
Dinner will start @ 6:15 PM followed by the program

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Matthew 22:15-21 P. Glory to you Lord

The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion, for you do not regard a person’s status. Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?” Knowing their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin that pays the census tax.” Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, “Whose image is this and whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.” At that he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.
إِنْجِيلُ مَتَّى الأصحَاحُ الثَّانِي وَالْعِشْرُونَ

15حِينَئِذٍ ذَهَبَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَتَشَاوَرُوا لِكَيْ يَصْطَادُوهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ. 16فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ تَلاَمِيذَهُمْ مَعَ الْهِيرُودُسِيِّينَ قَائِلِينَ:«يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ وَتُعَلِّمُ طَرِيقَ اللهِ بِالْحَقِّ، وَلاَ تُبَالِي بِأَحَدٍ، لأَنَّكَ لاَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى وُجُوهِ النَّاسِ. 17فَقُلْ لَنَا: مَاذَا تَظُنُّ؟ أَيَجُوزُ أَنْ تُعْطَى جِزْيَةٌ لِقَيْصَرَ أَمْ لاَ؟» 18فَعَلِمَ يَسُوعُ خُبْثَهُمْ وَقَالَ:«لِمَاذَا تُجَرِّبُونَنِي يَا مُرَاؤُونَ؟ 19أَرُونِي مُعَامَلَةَ الْجِزْيَةِ». فَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ دِينَارًا. 20فَقَالَ لَهُمْ:«لِمَنْ هذِهِ الصُّورَةُ وَالْكِتَابَةُ؟» 21قَالُوا لَهُ:«لِقَيْصَرَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ:«أَعْطُوا إِذًا مَا لِقَيْصَرَ لِقَيْصَرَ وَمَا ِللهِ ِللهِ».

October 11th Mofeed & Yvone Hanna
October 15th George & Marceel Rizkalla
October 17th Wagdy & Suzy Tanios
October 19th Yasser & Hala Zaky
October 21st Osama & Sylvia Sidhom
October 22nd Magdy & Mervat Basha!

Sunday, October 09, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The first reading from

Isaiah 25:6-10

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face; the reproach of his people he will remove
from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken. On that day it will be said: “Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us!
This is the LORD for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!” For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain.
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ إِلَى أَهْلِ فِيلِبِّي
الأصحَاحُ الرَّابعُ بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

12أَعْرِفُ أَنْ أَتَّضِعَ وَأَعْرِفُ أَيْضًا أَنْ أَسْتَفْضِلَ. فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَفِي جَمِيعِ الأَشْيَاءِ قَدْ تَدَرَّبْتُ أَنْ أَشْبَعَ وَأَنْ أَجُوعَ، وَأَنْ أَسْتَفْضِلَ وَأَنْ أَنْقُصَ. 13أَسْتَطِيعُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فِي الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي يُقَوِّينِي. 14غَيْرَ أَنَّكُمْ فَعَلْتُمْ حَسَنًا إِذِ اشْتَرَكْتُمْ فِي ضِيقَتِي. 19فَيَمْلأُ إِلهِي كُلَّ احْتِيَاجِكُمْ بِحَسَبِ غِنَاهُ فِي الْمَجْدِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. 20وَِللهِ وَأَبِينَا الْمَجْدُ إِلَى دَهْرِ الدَّاهِرِينَ. آمِينَ.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

Sunday, October 09, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Philippians 4: 12-14, 19-20

Brothers and sisters: I know how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and of being in need. I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Still, it was kind of you to share in my distress. My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father, glory forever and ever. Amen.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

Matthew 22:1-14 P. Glory to you Lord

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast,
but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, “Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast. Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find. The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment.
The king said to him, ‘My friend how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence.
Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Sunday, October 09, 2011 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.
إِنْجِيلُ مَتَّى
الأصحَاحُ الثَّانِي وَالْعِشْرُونَ

1وَجَعَلَ يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَيْضًا بِأَمْثَال قَائِلاً: 2«يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ إِنْسَانًا مَلِكًا صَنَعَ عُرْسًا لابْنِهِ، 3وَأَرْسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ لِيَدْعُوا الْمَدْعُوِّينَ إِلَى الْعُرْسِ، فَلَمْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَأْتُوا. 4فَأَرْسَلَ أَيْضًا عَبِيدًا آخَرِينَ قَائِلاً: قُولُوا لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: هُوَذَا غَدَائِي أَعْدَدْتُهُ. ثِيرَانِي وَمُسَمَّنَاتِي قَدْ ذُبِحَتْ، وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ مُعَدٌّ. تَعَالَوْا إِلَى الْعُرْسِ! 5وَلكِنَّهُمْ تَهَاوَنُوا وَمَضَوْا، وَاحِدٌ إِلَى حَقْلِهِ، وَآخَرُ إِلَى تِجَارَتِهِ، 6وَالْبَاقُونَ أَمْسَكُوا عَبِيدَهُ وَشَتَمُوهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ. 7فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ غَضِبَ، وَأَرْسَلَ جُنُودَهُ وَأَهْلَكَ أُولئِكَ الْقَاتِلِينَ وَأَحْرَقَ مَدِينَتَهُمْ. 8ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: أَمَّا الْعُرْسُ فَمُسْتَعَدٌّ، وَأَمَّا الْمَدْعُوُّونَ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا مُسْتَحِقِّينَ. 9فَاذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَفَارِقِ الطُّرُقِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ فَادْعُوهُ إِلَى الْعُرْسِ. 10فَخَرَجَ أُولئِكَ الْعَبِيدُ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ، وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ الَّذِينَ وَجَدُوهُمْ أَشْرَارًا وَصَالِحِينَ. فَامْتَلأَ الْعُرْسُ مِنَ الْمُتَّكِئِينَ. 11فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ لِيَنْظُرَ الْمُتَّكِئِينَ، رَأَى هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانًا لَمْ يَكُنْ لاَبِسًا لِبَاسَ الْعُرْسِ. 12فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا صَاحِبُ، كَيْفَ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى هُنَا وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ لِبَاسُ الْعُرْسِ؟ فَسَكَتَ. 13حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِلْخُدَّامِ: ارْبُطُوا رِجْلَيْهِ وَيَدَيْهِ، وَخُذُوهُ وَاطْرَحُوهُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ. هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ الْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ الأَسْنَانِ. 14لأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ وَقَلِيلِينَ يُنْتَخَبُونَ».