النبية الطاعنة بالسن حَنَّةُ بِنْتُ فَنُوئِيل تستقبل يسوع في الهيكل وتشكر على هذه النعمة
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا02/من36حتى41/:”كَانَتْ هُنَاكَ (في أُرشليم) نَبِيَّةٌ طَاعِنَةٌ جِدًّا في أَيَّامِهَا، هِيَ حَنَّةُ بِنْتُ فَنُوئِيل، مِنْ سِبْطِ أَشِير، عَاشَتْ مَعَ زَوْجِهَا سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ مُنْذُ بَكَارَتِهَا، ثُمَّ بَقِيَتْ أَرْمَلةً حتَّى الرَّابِعَةِ والثَّمَانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهَا، لا تُفَارِقُ الهَيْكَلَ مُتَعَبِّدَةً بِالصَّوْمِ والصَّلاةِ لَيْلَ نَهَار. فَحَضَرَتْ في تِلْكَ السَّاعَة، وأَخَذَتْ تُسَبِّحُ الرَّبّ، وتُحَدِّثُ عنِ الطِّفْلِ جَمِيعَ المُنْتَظِرينَ فِدَاءَ أُورَشَلِيم. ولَمَّا أَتَمَّ يُوسُفُ ومَريَمُ كُلَّ ما تَقتَضِيهِ شَرِيعَةُ الرَّبّ، عَادَا بِيَسُوعَ إِلى الجَلِيل، إِلى النَّاصِرَةِ مَدِينَتِهِم. وكانَ الطِّفْلُ يَكْبُرُ ويَتَقَوَّى ويَمْتَلِئُ حِكْمَة. وكَانَتْ نِعْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه. وكانَ أَبَوَا يَسُوعَ يَذْهَبَانِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ في عِيدِ الفِصْحِ إِلى أُورَشَليم.”
فَخْرَنَا هوَ شَهَادَةُ ضَمِيرِنَا بِأَنَّنَا تَصَرَّفْنَا في العَالَم، وخُصُوصًا عِنْدَكُم، بِبَسَاطَةِ ٱللهِ وَصِدْقِهِ، لا بِحِكْمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ ٱلله
رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس01/من08حتى14/:”يا إخوَتِي، لا نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا، أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَنَا مِنَ الضِّيقِ في آسِيَا، قَدْ أَرْهَقَنَا إِرْهَاقًا فَوقَ طَاقَتِنَا، إِلى أَنْ يَئِسْنَا حَتَّى مِنَ الحَيَاة؛ ولكِنَّنَا حَمَلْنَا في أَنْفُسِنَا قَضَاءَ المَوت، لِئَلاَّ نَتَّكِلَ عَلى أَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ عَلى ٱللهِ الَّذي يُقيمُ الأَمْوَات، وهُوَ الَّذي نَجَّانَا مِنْ مِثْلِ هذَا المَوتِ وَسَيُنَجِّينَا. نَعَم، إِنَّ مَنْ جَعَلْنَا فيهِ رَجَاءَنَا، سَيُنَجِّينَا أَيْضًا. وأَنْتُم أَيْضًا تُسَاعِدُونَنَا بِدُعَائِكُم لَنَا، حَتَّى إِنَّ مَا وُهِبَ لَنَا بِصَلَواتِ الكَثِيرِينَ يَجْعَلُ الكَثِيرِينَ يَشْكُرُونَ ٱللهَ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا. فَإِنَّ فَخْرَنَا هوَ شَهَادَةُ ضَمِيرِنَا بِأَنَّنَا تَصَرَّفْنَا في العَالَم، وخُصُوصًا عِنْدَكُم، بِبَسَاطَةِ ٱللهِ وَصِدْقِهِ، لا بِحِكْمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ ٱلله. فَنَحْنُ لا نَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكُم بِشَيءٍ آخَرَ سِوَى مَا تَقْرَأُونَ وتَفْهَمُون، وآمَلُ أَنْ تَفْهَمُوا فَهْمًا كَامِلاً مَا لَمْ تَفْهَمُوهُ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً، وهوَ أَنَّنَا فَخْرُكُم كَمَا أَنَّكُم فَخْرُنَا، في يَوْمِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوع.”
Prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, Spoke about the Child & Thanked God for this Holy Grace
Luke 02/36-41/:”There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer. And coming forward at that very time, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions of the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.12 Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,”
Our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, (and) not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.
Sain Paul’s letter (2 Corinthians) 01/08-14/:”We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction that came to us in the province of Asia; we were utterly weighed down beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we had accepted within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might trust not in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. He rescued us from such great danger of death, and he will continue to rescue us; in him we have put our hope (that) he will also rescue us again, as you help us with prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift granted us through the prayers of many. For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, (and) not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.
For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will understand completely,as you have come to understand us partially, that we are your boast as you also are ours, on the day of (our) Lord Jesus.