مَا دَامَ النَّهَار، أَنْ نَعْمَلَ أَعْمَالَ مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي. فَحِينَ يَأْتِي اللَّيْل، لا أَحَدَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَعْمَل
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا09/من01حتى12/:”فيمَا كَانَ يَسُوعُ مَارًّا، رَأَى رَجُلاً أَعْمَى مُنْذُ وِلادَتِهِ. فَسَأَلَهُ تَلامِيذُهُ قَائِلين: «رَابِّي، مَنْ خَطِئَ، هذَا أَمْ وَالِدَاه، حَتَّى وُلِدَ أَعْمَى؟». أَجَابَ يَسُوع: «لا هذَا خَطِئَ، ولا وَالِدَاه، ولكِنْ لِتَظْهَرَ فِيهِ أَعْمَالُ الله. عَلَيْنا، مَا دَامَ النَّهَار، أَنْ نَعْمَلَ أَعْمَالَ مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي. فَحِينَ يَأْتِي اللَّيْل، لا أَحَدَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَعْمَل. مَا دُمْتُ في العَالَمِ فَأَنَا نُورُ العَالَم». ولَمَّا قَالَ هذَا، تَفَلَ في التُّرَاب، وصَنَعَ بِٱلتُّفْلِ طِينًا، وَمَسَحَ بِٱلطِّينِ عَيْنَي الأَعْمَى، وقَالَ لَهُ: «إِذْهَبْ وَٱغْتَسِلْ في بِرْكَةِ شِيلُوح، أَي ٱلمُرْسَل». فَمَضَى الأَعْمَى وٱغْتَسَلَ وعَادَ مُبْصِرًا. فَقَالَ الجِيرانُ والَّذينَ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَعْطِي: «أَلَيْسَ هذَا مَنْ كَانَ يَجْلِسُ ويَسْتَعْطِي؟». وكَانَ بَعْضُهُم يَقُول: «هذَا هُوَ». وآخَرُونَ يَقُولُون: «لا، بَلْ يُشْبِهُهُ». أَمَّا هُوَ فَكانَ يَقُول: «أَنَا هُوَ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «وكَيْفَ ٱنْفَتَحَتْ عَيْنَاك؟». أَجَاب: «أَلرَّجُلُ الَّذي يُدْعَى يَسُوعَ صَنَعَ طِينًا، ومَسَحَ بِهِ عَيْنَيَّ، وقَالَ لي: إِذْهَبْ إِلى شِيلُوحَ وَٱغْتَسِلْ. فَمَضَيْتُ وٱغْتَسَلْتُ فَأَبْصَرْتُ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ ذَاكَ الرَّجُل؟». قَال: «لا أَعْلَم».
فَنَسْأَلُكُم بِٱسْمِ المَسِيح: تَصَالَحُوا مَعَ ٱلله! إِنَّ الَّذي مَا عَرَفَ الخَطِيئَة، جَعَلَهُ ٱللهُ خَطِيئَةً مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ فِيهِ بِرَّ ٱلله
رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس05/من11حتى21/:”يا إخوَتِي، بِمَا أَنَّنَا نَعْرِفُ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبّ، نحُاوِلُ أَنْ نُقْنِعَ النَّاس. وَنَحْنُ مَعْرُوفُون لَدَى ٱلله، ولكِنِّي آمَلُ أَنْ نَكُونَ مَعْرُوفِينَ أَيْضًا في ضَمَائِرِكُم. ولَسْنَا نَعُودُ فَنُوَصِّيكُم بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ نُعْطِيكُم فُرْصَةً لِلٱفْتَخَارِ بِنَا تُجَاهَ الَّذينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِالمَظْهَرِ لا بِمَا في القَلْب. فإِنْ كُنَّا مَجَانِينَ فَلِله، وإِنْ كُنَّا عُقَلاءَ فَلأَجْلِكُم؛ إِنَّ مَحَبَّةَ المَسِيحِ تَأْسُرُنَا، لأَنَّنَا أَدْرَكْنَا هذَا، وهوَ أَنَّ وَاحِدًا مَاتَ عَنِ الجَمِيع، فَالجَمِيعُ إِذًا مَاتُوا. لَقَدْ مَاتَ عَنِ الجَمِيع، لِكَي لا يَحْيَا ٱلأَحْيَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ لأَنْفُسِهِم، بَلْ لِلَّذي مَاتَ عَنْهُم وقَامَ مِن أَجْلِهِم. إِذًا فَمُنْذُ الآنَ نَحْنُ لا نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا مَعْرِفَةً بَشَرِيَّة، وإِنْ كُنَّا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا المَسِيحَ مَعْرِفَةً بَشَرِيَّة، فَالآنَ مَا عُدْنَا نَعْرِفُهُ كَذَلِكَ. إِذًا، إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ في المَسِيحِ فَهُوَ خَلْقٌ جَدِيد: لَقَدْ زَالَ القَدِيم، وصَارَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ جَدِيدًا. وكُلُّ شَيءٍ هُوَ مِنَ ٱلله، الَّذي صَالَحَنَا مَعَ نَفْسِهِ بِالمَسِيح، وأَعْطَانَا خِدْمَةَ المُصَالَحَة؛ لأَنَّ ٱللهَ صَالَحَ العَالَمَ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ بِالمَسِيح، ولَمْ يُحَاسِبِ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلى زَلاَّتِهِم، وأَوْدَعَنَا كَلِمَةَ المُصَالَحَة. إِذًا فَنَحْنُ سُفَرَاءُ ٱلمَسِيح، وكَأَنَّ ٱللهَ نَفْسَهُ يَدْعُوكُم بِوَاسِطَتِنَا. فَنَسْأَلُكُم بِٱسْمِ المَسِيح: تَصَالَحُوا مَعَ ٱلله! إِنَّ الَّذي مَا عَرَفَ الخَطِيئَة، جَعَلَهُ ٱللهُ خَطِيئَةً مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ فِيهِ بِرَّ ٱلله.
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 09/01-12/:”As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’ But they kept asking him, ‘Then how were your eyes opened?’He answered, ‘The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, “Go to Siloam and wash.” Then I went and washed and received my sight.’They said to him, ‘Where is he? ’ He said, ‘I do not know.’”
We entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
Second Letter to the Corinthians 05/11-21/:”Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”