مُبارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ في النِّسَاء، وَمُبارَكَةٌ ثَمَرَةُ بَطْنِكِ
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا 01/من39حتى45/:”في تِلْكَ الأَيَّام (بعد البشارة بيسوع)، قَامَتْ مَرْيَمُ وَذَهَبَتْ مُسْرِعَةً إِلى الجَبَل، إِلى مَدِينَةٍ في يَهُوذَا. ودَخَلَتْ بَيْتَ زَكَرِيَّا، وسَلَّمَتْ عَلَى إِليصَابَات. ولَمَّا سَمِعَتْ إِلِيصَابَاتُ سَلامَ مَرْيَم، ٱرْتَكَضَ الجَنِينُ في بَطْنِها، وَٱمْتَلأَتْ مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُس. فَهَتَفَتْ بِأَعْلَى صَوتِها وقَالَتْ: «مُبارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ في النِّسَاء، وَمُبارَكَةٌ ثَمَرَةُ بَطْنِكِ! ومِنْ أَيْنَ لي هذَا، أَنْ تَأْتِيَ إِليَّ أُمُّ ربِّي؟ فَهَا مُنْذُ وَقَعَ صَوْتُ سَلامِكِ في أُذُنَيَّ، ٱرْتَكَضَ الجَنِينُ ٱبْتِهَاجًا في بَطْنِي!فَطُوبَى لِلَّتي آمَنَتْ أَنَّهُ سَيَتِمُّ ما قِيلَ لَهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبّ!».”
لا عَيْبَ فينَا؛ وقَدْ سَبَقَ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ فَحَدَّدَنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ لَهُ أَبْنَاءَ بِالتَّبَنِّي بِيَسُوعَ المَسِيح، بِحَسَبِ رِضَى مَشِيئَتِهِ
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل أفسس01/من01حتى14/:”يا إِخوَتِي، مِنْ بُولُس، رَسُولِ ٱلمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِمَشِيئَةِ الله، إِلى القِدِّيسِينَ الَّذِينَ هُم في أَفَسُسَ والأُمَنَاءِ في المَسِيح يَسُوع: أَلنِّعْمَةُ لَكُم والسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا والرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيح! تَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، الَّذي بَارَكَنَا بِكُلِّ بَرَكَةٍ رُوحِيَّةٍ في السَّمَاوَاتِ في المَسِيح؛ فإِنَّهُ ٱخْتَارَنَا فيهِ قَبْلَ إِنْشَاءِ العَالَم، لِنَكُونَ في حَضْرَتِهِ قِدِّيسِين، لا عَيْبَ فينَا؛ وقَدْ سَبَقَ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ فَحَدَّدَنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ لَهُ أَبْنَاءَ بِالتَّبَنِّي بِيَسُوعَ المَسِيح، بِحَسَبِ رِضَى مَشِيئَتِهِ، لِمَدْحِ مَجْدِ نِعْمَتِهِ الَّتي أَنْعَمَ بِهَا عَلَيْنَا في الحَبِيب؛ وفيهِ لَنَا الفِدَاءُ بِدَمِهِ، أَي مَغْفِرَةُ الزَّلاَّت، بِحَسَبِ غِنَى نِعْمَتِهِ، الَّتي أَفَاضَهَا عَلَيْنَا في كُلِّ حِكْمَةٍ وَفَهْم؛ وقَدْ عَرَّفَنَا سِرَّ مَشِيئَتِهِ، بِحَسَبِ رِضَاهُ الَّذي سَبَقَ فَجَعَلَهُ في المَسِيح، لِيُحَقِّقَ تَدْبِيرَ مِلْءِ الأَزْمِنَة، فَيَجْمَعَ في المَسِيحِ تَحْتَ رَأْسٍ وَاحِدٍ كُلَّ شَيء، مَا في السَّماوَاتِ ومَا عَلى الأَرْض؛ وفيهِ أَيْضًا ٱخْتَارَنَا مِيرَاثًا لَهُ، وقَدْ سَبَقَ فَحَدَّدَنَا بِحَسَبِ قَصْدِهِ، هُوَ الَّذي يَعْمَلُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ بِقَضَاءِ مَشِيئَتِهِ، لِنَكُونَ مَدْحًا لِمَجْدِهِ، نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ سَبَقْنَا فجَعَلْنَا في المَسِيحِ رجَاءَنَا؛ وفيهِ أَنْتُم أَيْضًا، بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعْتُم كَلِمَةَ الحَقِّ، أَي إِنْجِيلَ خَلاصِكُم، وآمَنْتُم، خُتِمْتُمْ بِالرُّوحِ القُدُسِ المَوعُودِ بِهِ، وهُوَ عُربُونُ مِيرَاثِنَا، لِفِدَاءِ شَعْبِهِ الَّذي ٱقْتَنَاه، ولِمَدْحِ مَجْدِهِ.”
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 01/39-45/:”In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leapt for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.’”
He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will
Letter to the Ephesians 01/01-14/:”Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance towards redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.”