سِرَاجُ الجَسَدِ هُوَ العَيْن. إِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ سَلِيمَة، فَجَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ يَكُونُ نَيِّرًا
إنجيل القدّيس متّى06/من22حتى24/: “قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ: «سِرَاجُ الجَسَدِ هُوَ العَيْن. إِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ سَلِيمَة، فَجَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ يَكُونُ نَيِّرًا. وإِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ سَقِيْمَة، فَجَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ يَكُونُ مُظلِمًا. وإِنْ كَانَ النُّورُ الَّذي فِيْكَ ظَلامًا، فَيَا لَهُ مِنْ ظَلام! لا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَعبُدَ رَبَّين. فَإِمَّا يُبْغِضُ الوَاحِدَ ويُحِبُّ الآخَر، أَو يُلازِمُ الوَاحِدَ ويَرْذُلُ الآخَر. لا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللهَ والمَال.”
لِذلِكَ تَعَزَّيْنَا بِكُم، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَة، في شِدَّتِنَا وضِيقِنَا، بِفَضْلِ إِيْمَانِكُم
“رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل تسالونيقي03/من06حتى13/: “يا إخوَتِي، لَقَدْ عَادَ طِيمُوتَاوُسُ مِنْ عِنْدِكُم إِلَيْنَا، وبَشَّرَنَا بإِيْمِانِكُم ومَحَبَّتِكُم، وبِأَنَّكُم تَذكُرُونَنَا عَلى الدَّوَامِ ذِكْرًا طيِّبًا، وَأَنَّكُم مُشْتَاقُونَ إِلى رُؤْيَتِنَا كَما أَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مُشْتَاقُونَ إِلى رُؤْيَتِكُم. لِذلِكَ تَعَزَّيْنَا بِكُم، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَة، في شِدَّتِنَا وضِيقِنَا، بِفَضْلِ إِيْمَانِكُم. وإِنَّنَا الآنَ نَحْيَا، بِمَا أَنَّكُم أَنْتُم ثَابِتُونَ في الرَّبّ. فَأَيَّ شُكْرٍ نَسْتَطيعُ أَنْ نُؤَدِّيَ إِلى اللهِ مِنْ أَجلِكُم، عَنْ كُلِّ الفَرَحِ الَّذي نَفْرَحُهُ بِكُم، في حَضْرَةِ إِلهِنَا؟ ونَحنُ نَطلُبُ إِلَيهِ بإِلْحَاحٍ لَيْلَ نَهَار، أَنْ نَرَى وَجْهَكُم، ونُكَمِّلَ مَا نَقَصَ مِنْ إِيْمَانِكُم. عَسَى أَنْ يُقَوِّمَ طَرِيقَنَا إِلَيكُمُ اللهُ أَبُونَا نَفْسُهُ، ورَبُّنَا يَسُوع! وَلْيَجْعَلْكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ تَزِيدُونَ وتَفِيْضُونَ مَحَبَّةً بَعضُكُم لِبَعْضٍ وَلِلجَمِيع، كَما نَحْنُ نُحِبُّكُم! وَلْيُثَبِّتْ قُلُوبَكُم في القَدَاسَةِ بِغَيرِ لَوْم، في حَضْرَةِ إِلهِنَا وأَبِينَا، عِندَ مَجِيءِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوع في صُحْبَةِ جَميعِ قِدِّيسِيه”.
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 06/22-24: “‘The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! ‘No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
During all our distress and persecution we have been encouraged about you through your faith
First Letter to the Thessalonians 03/06-13: “But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always remember us kindly and long to see us just as we long to see you. For this reason, brothers and sisters, during all our distress and persecution we have been encouraged about you through your faith. For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you? Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith. Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.”