فقَالَ تُومَا المُلَقَّبُ بِٱلتَّوْأَمِ لِلتَّلامِيذِ رِفَاقِهِ: «هَيَّا بِنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا لِنَمُوتَ مع لعازر
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا11/من01حتى16/:”كَانَ رَجُلٌ مَرِيضًا، وهُوَ لَعَازَر، مِنْ بَيْتَ عَنْيَا، مِنْ قَرْيَةِ مَرْيَمَ وأُخْتِهَا مَرْتَا. ومَرْيَمُ هذِه، الَّتِي كَانَ أَخُوهَا لَعَازَرُ مَرِيضًا، هِيَ الَّتِي دَهَنَتِ الرَّبَّ بِٱلطِّيب، ونَشَّفَتْ قَدَمَيْهِ بِشَعْرِهَا. فَأَرْسَلَتِ الأُخْتَانِ إِلى يَسُوعَ تَقُولان: «يَا رَبُّ، إِنَّ الَّذي تُحِبُّهُ مَريض!». فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَسُوعُ قَال: «هذَا المَرَضُ لَيْسَ لِلْمَوت، بَلْ لِمَجْدِ الله، لِيُمَجَّدَ بِهِ ٱبْنُ الله». وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يُحِبُّ مَرْتَا وأُخْتَهَا مَرْيَمَ ولَعَازَر. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَنَّهُ مَريض، بَقِيَ حَيْثُ كَانَ يَوْمَينِ آخَرَيْن. وبَعْدَ ذلِكَ قَالَ لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «هَيَّا نَرْجِعُ إِلى اليَهُودِيَّة». قَالَ لَهُ التَّلامِيذ: «رَابِّي، أَلآنَ كَانَ اليَهُودُ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَرْجُمُوك، وتَرْجِعُ إِلى هُنَاك؟!». أَجَابَ يَسُوع: «أَلَيْسَتْ سَاعَاتُ النَّهَارِ ٱثْنَتَي عَشْرَةَ سَاعَة؟ مَنْ يَمْشِي في النَّهَارِ فَلَنْ يَعْثُر، لأَنَّهُ يَرى نُورَ هذَا العَالَم. أَمَّا الَّذي يَمْشِي في اللَّيْل فَيَعْثُر، لأَنَّ النُّورَ لَيْسَ فِيه!». تَكَلَّمَ بِهذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُم: «لَعَازَرُ صَديقُنَا رَاقِد؛ لكِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ لأُوقِظَهُ». فَقَالَ لَهُ التَّلامِيذ: «يَا رَبّ، إِنْ كَانَ رَاقِدًا، فَسَوْفَ يَخْلُص». وكَانَ يَسُوعُ قَدْ تَحَدَّثَ عَنْ مَوْتِ لَعَازَر، أَمَّا هُمْ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ رُقَادِ النَّوم. حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ لَهُم يَسُوعُ صَرَاحَةً: «لَعَازَرُ مَات! وأَنَا أَفْرَحُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُم بِأَنِّي مَا كُنْتُ هُنَاك، لِكَي تُؤْمِنُوا. هَيَّا نَذْهَبُ إِلَيْه!». فَقَالَ تُومَا المُلَقَّبُ بِٱلتَّوْأَمِ لِلتَّلامِيذِ رِفَاقِهِ: «هَيَّا بِنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا لِنَمُوتَ مَعَهُ!».
إِحْذَرُوا الكِلاب. إِحْذَرُوا الفَعَلَةَ الأَشْرَار. إِحْذَرُوا قَطْعَ اللَّحْمِ بِالخِتَانَة. فإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الخِتَانَةُ الحَقِيقِيَّة
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل فيلبّي03/من01حتى12/:”يا إخوَتِي، إِفْرَحُوا في الرَّبّ. وأَنَا لا أَمَلُّ مِنَ الكِتَابَةِ إِلَيْكُم بالأُمُورِ نَفْسِهَا، لأَنَّهَا تَثْبِيتٌ لَكُم. إِحْذَرُوا الكِلاب. إِحْذَرُوا الفَعَلَةَ الأَشْرَار. إِحْذَرُوا قَطْعَ اللَّحْمِ بِالخِتَانَة. فإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الخِتَانَةُ الحَقِيقِيَّة، نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ نَعْبُدُ بِرُوحِ الله، ونَفْتَخِرُ بِالمَسِيحِ يَسُوع، ولا نَتَّكِلُ على أُمُورِ الجَسَد؛ معَ أَنَّ مِنْ حقِّي، أَنَا أَيْضًا، أَنْ أَتَّكِلَ عَلى أُمُورِ الجَسَد. فَإِنْ ظَنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ يَتَّكِلُ على أُمُورِ الجَسَد، فأَنَا أَحَقُّ مِنْهُ بِذلِكَ: فأَنَا مَخْتُونٌ في اليَومِ الثَّامِن؛ إِنِّي مِنْ ذُرِّيَةِ إِسْرائِيل، مِن سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِين، عِبْرانِيٌّ ٱبْنُ عِبْرَانِيّ، ومِنْ حَيْثُ الشَّرِيعَةُ فَرِّيسِيّ، ومِن حَيْثُ الغَيْرَةُ مُضْطَهِدُ الكَنِيسَة، ومِنْ حَيْثُ البِرُّ الَّذي مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ أَنَا بِغَيْرِ لَوم. لكِنَّ كُلَّ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ الَّتي كَانَتْ لِي رِبْحًا، حَسِبْتُهَا مِن أَجْلِ المَسيحِ خُسْرَانًا. بَلْ إِنِّي أَحْسَبُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ أَيْضًا خُسْرَانًا، إِزاءَ الرِّبْحِ الأَعْظَمِ وهو مَعْرِفَةُ المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّي، الَّذي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ خَسِرْتُ كُلَّ شَيء، وأَحْسَبُهُ نُفَايَةً لأَرْبَحَ المَسِيح، وأُوجَدَ فيهِ مُبَرَّرًا لا بالبِرِّ الَّذي مِنَ الشَّرِيعَة، بَلْ بالبِرِّ الَّذي منَ الإِيْمَانِ بالمَسِيح، والَّذي هُوَ مِنَ الله، والقَائِمِ عَلى الإِيْمَان.”
Thomas, who was called the Twin, said: Let us also go, that we may die with Lazarus
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 11/01-16.:”Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’But when Jesus heard it, he said, ‘This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.’Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer 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, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?’Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.’After saying this, he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.’The disciples said to him, ‘Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.’Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.’ Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, ‘Let us also go, that we may die with him.”’
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh
Letter to the Philippians 03/01-12:”Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard. Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.”