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Sunday, February 12, 2012 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants. If the man is leprous and unclean, the priest shall declare him unclean by reason of the sore on his head. “The one who bears the sore of leprosy shall keep his garments rent and his head bare, and shall muffle his beard; he shall cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean, since he is in fact unclean. He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp.”
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ كُورِنْثُوسَ
الأصحَاحُ الْعَاشِرُ

بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

31فَإِذَا كُنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ أَوْ تَشْرَبُونَ أَوْ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا، فَافْعَلُوا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لِمَجْدِ اللهِ. 1كُونُوا مُتَمَثِّلِينَ بِي كَمَا أَنَا أَيْضًا بِالْمَسِيحِ. نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1
Brothers and sisters, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا

إِنْجِيلُ مَرْقُسَ
الأصحَاحُ الأَوَّلُ
40فَأَتَى إِلَيْهِ أَبْرَصُ يَطْلُبُ إِلَيْهِ جَاثِيًا وَقَائِلاً لَهُ: «إِنْ أَرَدْتَ تَقْدِرْ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَنِي» 41فَتَحَنَّنَ يَسُوعُ وَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَلَمَسَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ:«أُرِيدُ، فَاطْهُرْ!». 42فَلِلْوَقْتِ وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْبَرَصُ وَطَهَرَ. 43فَانْتَهَرَهُ وَأَرْسَلَهُ لِلْوَقْتِ، 44وَقَالَ لَهُ:«انْظُرْ، لاَ تَقُلْ لأَحَدٍ شَيْئًا، بَلِ اذْهَبْ أَرِ نَفْسَكَ لِلْكَاهِنِ وَقَدِّمْ عَنْ تَطْهِيرِكَ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى، شَهَادَةً لَهُمْ». 45وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَخَرَجَ وَابْتَدَأَ يُنَادِي كَثِيرًا وَيُذِيعُ الْخَبَرَ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَدِينَةً ظَاهِرًا، بَلْ كَانَ خَارِجًا فِي مَوَاضِعَ خَالِيَةٍ، وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

Mark 1:40-45 P. Glory to you Lord

A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning the him sternly, he dismissed him at once. He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

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

Sunday, February 05, 2012 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Job 7:1-4, 6-7
Job spoke, saying: Is not man’s life on earth drudgery? Are not his days those of hirelings? He is a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for his wages. So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been allotted to me. If in bed I say, “When shall I arise?” then the night drags on; I am filled with restlessness until the dawn. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. Remember that my life is like the wind; I shall not see happiness again.
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ كُورِنْثُوسَ
الأصحَاحُ التَّاسِعُ
بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

16لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُبَشِّرُ فَلَيْسَ لِي فَخْرٌ، إِذِ الضَّرُورَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلَيَّ، فَوَيْلٌ لِي إِنْ كُنْتُ لاَ أُبَشِّرُ. 17فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْعَلُ هذَا طَوْعًا فَلِي أَجْرٌ، وَلكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ كَرْهًا فَقَدِ اسْتُؤْمِنْتُ عَلَى وَكَالَةٍ. 18فَمَا هُوَ أَجْرِي؟ إِذْ وَأَنَا أُبَشِّرُ أَجْعَلُ إِنْجِيلَ الْمَسِيحِ بِلاَ نَفَقَةٍ، حَتَّى لَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْ سُلْطَانِي فِي الإِنْجِيلِ. 22صِرْتُ لِلضُّعَفَاءِ كَضَعِيفٍ لأَرْبَحَ الضُّعَفَاءَ. صِرْتُ لِلْكُلِّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، لأُخَلِّصَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَال قَوْمًا. 23وَهذَا أَنَا أَفْعَلُهُ لأَجْلِ الإِنْجِيلِ، لأَكُونَ شَرِيكًا فِيهِ. نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23
Brothers and sisters: If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me and woe to me if I do not preach it! If I do so willingly, I have recompense, but if unwillingly then I have been entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my recompense? That, when I preach I offer the gospel free of charge so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so as to win over as many as possible. To the weak I became weak, to win over the weak. I have become all things to all, to save at least some. All this I do for the sake of the gospel, so that I too may have a share in

اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.

إِنْجِيلُ مَرْقُسَ
الأصحَاحُ الأَوَّلُ
29وَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْمَجْمَعِ جَاءُوا لِلْوَقْتِ إِلَى بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ وَأَنْدَرَاوُسَ مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ وَيُوحَنَّا، 30وَكَانَتْ حَمَاةُ سِمْعَانَ مُضْطَجِعَةً مَحْمُومَةً، فَلِلْوَقْتِ أَخْبَرُوهُ عَنْهَا. 31فَتَقَدَّمَ وَأَقَامَهَا مَاسِكًا بِيَدِهَا، فَتَرَكَتْهَا الْحُمَّى حَالاً وَصَارَتْ تَخْدِمُهُمْ. 32وَلَمَّا صَارَ الْمَسَاءُ، إِذْ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، قَدَّمُوا إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ السُّقَمَاءِ وَالْمَجَانِينَ. 33وَكَانَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا مُجْتَمِعَةً عَلَى الْبَابِ. 34فَشَفَى كَثِيرِينَ كَانُوا مَرْضَى بِأَمْرَاضٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ، وَأَخْرَجَ شَيَاطِينَ كَثِيرَةً، وَلَمْ يَدَعِ الشَّيَاطِينَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ لأَنَّهُمْ عَرَفُوهُ.35وَفِي الصُّبْحِ بَاكِرًا جِدًّا قَامَ وَخَرَجَ وَمَضَى إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ خَلاَءٍ، وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي هُنَاكَ، 36فَتَبِعَهُ سِمْعَانُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ. 37وَلَمَّا وَجَدُوهُ قَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّ الْجَمِيعَ يَطْلُبُونَكَ». 38فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى الْقُرَى الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لأَكْرِزَ هُنَاكَ أَيْضًا، لأَنِّي لِهذَا خَرَجْتُ». 39فَكَانَ يَكْرِزُ فِي مَجَامِعِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ الْجَلِيلِ وَيُخْرِجُ الشَّيَاطِينَ.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

Mark 1:29-39 P. Glory to you Lord

On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them. When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him. Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.” He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come?” So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Sunday, January 29, 2012 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin; to him you shall listen. This is exactly what you requested of the LORD your God, at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let us not again hear the voice of the LORD, our God, nor see this great fire any more, lest we die.’ And the LORD said to me, ‘This was well said.
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kin, and will put my words into his mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him. Whoever will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it. But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die.’”
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى أَهْلِ كُورِنْثُوسَ
الأصحَاحُ السَّابعُ بركاته علي جميعنا آمين

32فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بِلاَ هَمٍّ. غَيْرُ الْمُتَزَوِّجِ يَهْتَمُّ فِي مَا لِلرَّبِّ كَيْفَ يُرْضِي الرَّبَّ، 33وَأَمَّا الْمُتَزَوِّجُ فَيَهْتَمُّ فِي مَا لِلْعَالَمِ كَيْفَ يُرْضِي امْرَأَتَهُ. 34إِنَّ بَيْنَ الزَّوْجَةِ وَالْعَذْرَاءِ فَرْقًا: غَيْرُ الْمُتَزَوِّجَةِ تَهْتَمُّ فِي مَا لِلرَّبِّ لِتَكُونَ مُقَدَّسَةً جَسَدًا وَرُوحًا. وَأَمَّا الْمُتَزَوِّجَةُ فَتَهْتَمُّ فِي مَا لِلْعَالَمِ كَيْفَ تُرْضِي رَجُلَهَا.35هذَا أَقُولُهُ لِخَيْرِكُمْ، لَيْسَ لِكَيْ أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَهَقًا، بَلْ لأَجْلِ اللِّيَاقَةِ وَالْمُثَابَرَةِ لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ دُونِ ارْتِبَاكٍ.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

1 Corinthians 7:32-35
Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit. A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I am telling you this for your own benefit, not to impose a restraint upon you, but for the sake of propriety and adherence to the Lord without distraction.

اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.

إِنْجِيلُ مَرْقُسَ
الأصحَاحُ الأَوَّلُ
21ثُمَّ دَخَلُوا كَفْرَنَاحُومَ، وَلِلْوَقْتِ دَخَلَ الْمَجْمَعَ فِي السَّبْتِ وَصَارَ يُعَلِّمُ. 22فَبُهِتُوا مِنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ كَمَنْ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ وَلَيْسَ كَالْكَتَبَةِ. 23وَكَانَ فِي مَجْمَعِهِمْ رَجُلٌ بِهِ رُوحٌ نَجِسٌ، فَصَرَخَ 24قَائِلاً: «آهِ! مَا لَنَا وَلَكَيَا يَسُوعُ النَّاصِرِيُّ؟ أَتَيْتَ لِتُهْلِكَنَا! أَنَا أَعْرِفُكَمَنْ أَنْتَ: قُدُّوسُ اللهِ!» 25فَانْتَهَرَهُ يَسُوعُ قَائِلاً: «اخْرَسْ! وَاخْرُجْ مِنْهُ!» 26فَصَرَعَهُ الرُّوحُ النَّجِسُ وَصَاحَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ وَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ. 27فَتَحَيَّرُوا كُلُّهُمْ، حَتَّى سَأَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا قَائِلِينَ:«مَا هذَا؟ مَا هُوَ هذَا التَّعْلِيمُ الْجَدِيدُ؟ لأَنَّهُ بِسُلْطَانٍ يَأْمُرُ حَتَّى الأَرْوَاحَ النَّجِسَةَ فَتُطِيعُهُ!» 28فَخَرَجَ خَبَرُهُ لِلْوَقْتِ فِي كُلِّ الْكُورَةِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِالْجَلِيلِ.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

Mark 1:21-28 P. Glory to you Lord

Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching,for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are?the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ