عجيبة الأَرْغِفَةَ السَّبْعَةَ والسَّمَكَات
“إنجيل القدّيس متّى15/من29حتى39/:”أَتَى يَسُوعُ إِلى نَاحِيَةِ بَحْرِ الجَليل، وصَعِدَ إِلى الجَبَلِ فَجَلَسَ هُنَاك. ودَنَا مِنْهُ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيْرَة، ومَعَهُم عُرْجٌ، وعُمْيَان، ومُقْعَدُون، وخُرْسٌ، ومَرْضَى كَثِيْرُون. وطَرَحُوهُم عِنْدَ قَدَمَي يَسُوعَ فَشَفَاهُم، حَتَّى تَعَجَّبَ الجَمْعُ لَمَّا رَأَوا الخُرْسَ يَتَكَلَّمُون، والمُقْعَدِ²يْنَ يُشْفَوْن، والعُرْجَ يَمْشُون، والعُمْيَانَ يُبْصِرُون. فَمَجَّدُوا إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيل. ودَعَا يَسُوعُ تَلامِيْذَهُ وقَال: «أَتَحَنَّنُ على هذَا الجَمْع، لأَنَّهُم يُلازِمُونَنِي مُنْذُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّام، ولَيْسَ لَهُم مَا يَأْكُلُون. ولا أُرِيْدُ أَنْ أَصْرِفَهُم صَائِمِينَ لِئَلاَّ تَخُورَ قُوَاهُم في الطَّريق». فقَالَ لَهُ التَّلامِيذ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا في البَرِّيَّةِ خُبْزٌ بِهذَا المِقْدَارِ حَتَّى يُشْبِعَ هذَا الجَمْعَ الغَفِيْر؟». فَقَالَ لَهُم يَسُوع: «كَمْ رَغِيْفًا لَدَيْكُم؟». فَقَالُوا: «سَبْعَةُ أَرْغِفَة، وبَعْضُ سَمَكَاتٍ صِغَار». وأَمَرَ يَسُوعُ الجَمْعَ أَنْ يَجْلِسُوا عَلى الأَرْض. وأَخَذَ الأَرْغِفَةَ السَّبْعَةَ والسَّمَكَات، وشَكرَ وكَسَرَ وبَدَأَ يُنَاوِلُ التَّلامِيْذ، والتَّلامِيْذُ يُنَاوِلُونَ الجُمُوع. فَأَكَلُوا جَمِيْعُهُم وشَبِعُوا، ورَفَعُوا مِنْ فَضَلاتِ الكِسَرِ سَبْعَةَ سِلالٍ مَمْلُوءَة. وكَانَ الآكِلُونَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلافِ رَجُل، ما عَدَا النِّسَاءَ والأَطْفَال. وبَعْدَ أَنْ صَرَفَ الجُمُوعَ ركِبَ السَّفِيْنَة، وجَاءَ إِلى نَوَاحِي مَجْدَلْ.”
فَنَحْنُ لا نُرِيدُ التَّسَلُّطَ عَلى إِيْمَانِكُم، بَلْ نَحْنُ نَعْمَلُ مَعَكُم مِنْ أَجْلِ فَرَحِكُم، لأَنَّكُم بِالإِيْمَانِ ثَابِتُون
“رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس01/من23حتى24//02/0902حتى05/:”يا إخوَتِي، أَنَا أُشْهِدُ ٱللهَ عَلى نَفْسِي أَنِّي، مُرَاعَاةً لِشُعُورِكُم، لَمْ آتِ إِلى قُورِنْتُس؛ فَنَحْنُ لا نُرِيدُ التَّسَلُّطَ عَلى إِيْمَانِكُم، بَلْ نَحْنُ نَعْمَلُ مَعَكُم مِنْ أَجْلِ فَرَحِكُم، لأَنَّكُم بِالإِيْمَانِ ثَابِتُون. فَإِنِّي جَزَمْتُ بِهذَا في نَفْسِي أَلاَّ أَعُودَ إِلَيْكُم عَلى حُزْنٍ: لأَنِّي إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أُحْزِنُكُم، فَمَنْ يُفَرِّحُنِي غَيْرُ الَّذي أُحْزِنُهُ؟ وقَدْ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِهذَا، لِئَلاَّ أَلْقَى عِنْدَ قُدُومِي حُزْنًا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أَفْرَحَ بِهِم. وأَنَا عَلى يَقِينٍ مِنْ جِهَتِكُم أَجْمَعِينَ أَنَّ فَرَحِي هُوَ فَرَحُكُم جَمِيعًا. فَمِنَ الضِّيقِ الشَّدِيد، وكآبَةِ القَلْب، كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِدُمُوعٍ غَزِيرَة، لا لِتَحْزَنُوا، بَلْ لِتَعْرِفُوا مِقْدَارَ حُبِّي العَظِيمِ لَكُم. وإِذَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ قَدْ أَحْزَنَنِي، فَما أَحْزَنَنِي أَنَا وَحْدِي، بَلْ أَحْزَنَكُم جَمِيعًا بَعْضَ الحُزْن، وأَقُولُ هذَا بِدُونِ مُبَالَغَة”
The Miracle Of the Seven Loaves and the small few fish
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 15/29-39:”After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he cured them, so that the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel. Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Where are we to get enough bread in the desert to feed so great a crowd?’ Jesus asked them, ‘How many loaves have you?’ They said, ‘Seven, and a few small fish.’Then ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground, he took the seven loaves and the fish; and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all of them ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. Those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children. After sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith.
Second Letter to the Corinthians 01/23-24/02,01-05/:”But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith. So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice; for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you. For I wrote to you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but to some extent not to exaggerate it to all of you.