مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتْبَعْنِي، لأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُها، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي وَمِنْ أَجْلِ الإِنْجِيلِ يُخَلِّصُها
إنجيل القدّيس مرقس08/من34حتى38/01و09/:”دعَا يَسُوعُ الجَمْعَ وتَلامِيذَهُ، وقَالَ لَهُم: «مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتْبَعْنِي، لأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُها، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي وَمِنْ أَجْلِ الإِنْجِيلِ يُخَلِّصُها. فمَاذَا يَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانَ لَو رَبِحَ العَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟ ومَاذَا يُعْطِي الإِنْسَانُ بَدَلاً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟ مَنْ يَسْتَحِي بِي وَبِكلامِي، في هذَا الجِيلِ الزَّانِي الخَاطِئ، يَسْتَحِي بِهِ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَانِ عِنْدَمَا يَأْتِي في مَجْدِ أَبْيهِ مَعَ مَلائِكَتِهِ القِدِّيسِين». وقالَ لَهُم يَسُوع: «أَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ بَعْضًا مِنَ القَائِمِينَ هُنا لَنْ يَذُوقُوا المَوْت، حَتَّى يَرَوا مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ وقَدْ أَتَى بِقُوَّة».
أَنا هُوَ ٱلأَلِفُ وٱليَاء، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلإِله، ٱلكَائِن، وٱلَّذي كَان، وٱلآتي، ٱلضَّابِطُ ٱلكُلّ
رؤيا القدّيس يوحنّا01/من01حتى08/:”يا إِخوَتِي، وَحْيُ يَسُوعَ ٱلمَسِيح، ٱلَّذي آتَاهُ ٱللهُ إِيَّاه، لِيَكْشِفَ لِعِبَادِهِ ما لا بُدَّ مِن حُدُوثِهِ عاجِلاً، وقَد أَرْسَلَ فَبَيَّنَهُ عَلَى يَدِ مَلاكِهِ لِعَبْدِهِ يُوحَنَّا. ويُوحَنَّا شَهِدَ بِكُلِّ مَا رَآه، أَي بِكَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ وَبِشَهَادَةِ يَسُوعَ ٱلمَسِيح. طُوبَى لِلَّذِي يَقْرَأُ كَلِمَاتِ هذِهِ ٱلنُّبُوءَة، وَلِلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَها وَيَحْفَظُونَ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِيها، لأَنَّ ٱلوَقْتَ قَرِيب! مِنْ يُوحَنَّا إِلى ٱلكَنَائِسِ ٱلسَّبْعِ الَّتِي في آسِيَا: أَلنِّعْمَةُ لَكُم وٱلسَّلامُ مِنَ ٱلكَائِنِ، وٱلَّذِي كَان، وٱلآتِي، وَمِنَ ٱلأَرْوَاحِ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَامَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِنْ يَسُوعَ ٱلمَسِيح، ٱلشَّاهِدِ ٱلأَمِين، بِكْرِ ٱلأَمْوَات، وَرَئِيسِ مُلُوكِ ٱلأَرْض! فَلِلَّذِي يُحِبُّنَا، وَقَدْ أَعْتَقَنَا بِدَمِهِ مِنْ خَطايَانَا، وجَعَلَنَا مَمْلَكَةً، كَهَنَةً للهِ أَبِيه، لَهُ ٱلمَجْدُ وٱلقُدْرَةُ إِلى أَبَدِ ٱلآبِدِين. آمين. هَا هُوَ يَأْتِي عَلَى ٱلسُّحُب، وَسَتَرَاهُ كُلُّ عَين، وأَيْضًا ٱلَّذِينَ طَعَنُوه، فَتَنْتَحِبُ عَلَيهِ قَبَائِلُ الأَرْضِ كُلُّهَا. أَجَل! آمين. أَنا هُوَ ٱلأَلِفُ وٱليَاء، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلإِله، ٱلكَائِن، وٱلَّذي كَان، وٱلآتي، ٱلضَّابِطُ ٱلكُلّ.”
If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 08/34-38/09,01/:”Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.’ And he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.’
I am the Alpha and the Omega says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty
Book of Revelation 01/01-08/:”The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”