إِمْتَلأَ زَكَرِيَّا مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُس، فَتَنبَّأَ قائِلاً: تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ، إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيل، لأَنَّهُ ٱفْتَقَدَ شَعْبَهُ وٱفْتَدَاه/Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them

إنجيل القدّيس لوقا01/من67حتى80/إِمْتَلأَ زَكَرِيَّا مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُس، فَتَنبَّأَ قائِلاً: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ، إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيل، لأَنَّهُ ٱفْتَقَدَ شَعْبَهُ وٱفْتَدَاه
“إِمْتَلأَ زَكَرِيَّا مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُس، فَتَنبَّأَ قائِلاً: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ، إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيل، لأَنَّهُ ٱفْتَقَدَ شَعْبَهُ وٱفْتَدَاه. وأَقَامَ لنَا قُوَّةَ خَلاصٍ في بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ فَتَاه، كمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِفَمِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ القِدِّيسِينَ مُنْذُ القَدِيم، لِيُخَلِّصَنَا مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا، ومِنْ أَيْدي جَمِيعِ مُبغِضِينَا، ويَصْنَعَ رَحْمَةً مَعَ آبَائِنَا، ويَذْكُرَ عَهْدَهُ المُقَدَّس، ذاكَ القَسَمَ الَّذي أَقسَمَهُ لإِبرَاهِيمَ أَبِينَا، بِأَنْ يُنْعِمَ عَلَينا، وقَدْ نَجَوْنَا مِنْ أَيْدِي أَعْدَائِنَا، أَنْ نَعبُدَهُ بِلا خَوْف، بِالقَدَاسَةِ والبِرِّ، في حَضْرَتِهِ، كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حيَاتِنَا. وأَنْتَ، أَيُّهَا الصَّبِيّ، نَبِيَّ العَلِيِّ تُدْعَى، لأَنَّكَ تَسِيرُ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ الرَّبِّ لِتُعِدَّ طُرُقَهُ، وتُعَلِّمَ شَعْبَهُ الخَلاصَ بِمَغْفِرَةِ خَطَايَاهُم، في أَحشَاءِ رَحْمَةِ إِلهِنَا، الَّتي بِهَا ٱفْتَقَدَنَا المُشْرِقُ مِنَ العَلاء، لِيُضِيءَ على الجَالِسِينَ في ظُلْمَةِ المَوْتِ وظِلالِهِ، ويَهْدِيَ خُطَانَا إِلى طَرِيقِ السَّلام.» وكَانَ الصَّبيُّ يَكْبُرُ ويَتَقَوَّى في الرُّوح. وكانَ في البَرارِي إِلى يَوْمِ ظُهُورِهِ لإِسْرَائِيل.”

رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل رومة09/من01حتى05/أَوَدُّ لَو أَكُونُ أَنَا نَفسي مَحْرُومًا، مَفْصُولاً عَنِ المَسِيح، في سَبيلِ إِخْوَتي، بَني قَومِي بِحَسَبِ الجَسَد
“يا إِخوَتِي، إِنِّي أَقُولُ الحقَّ في المَسِيح، لا أَكْذِب، وضَميري شَاهِدٌ لي في الرُّوحِ القُدُس: إِنَّ في قَلبي حُزْنًا شَديدًا، ووَجَعًا لا يَهْدَأ. أَوَدُّ لَو أَكُونُ أَنَا نَفسي مَحْرُومًا، مَفْصُولاً عَنِ المَسِيح، في سَبيلِ إِخْوَتي، بَني قَومِي بِحَسَبِ الجَسَد، وهُم بَنُو إِسْرائِيل، ولَهُمُ التَّبَنِّي والمَجْدُ والعُهُودُ والشَّرِيعَةُ والعِبَادَةُ والوُعُود، ولَهُمُ الآبَاء، وَمِنهُمُ المَسِيحُ بِحَسَبِ الجَسَد، وهوَ فَوقَ الجَميعِ إِلَهٌ مُبَارَكٌ إِلى الدُّهُور. آمين.”

John’s father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy: ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 01/67-80: “John’s father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy: ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty saviour for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us. Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and has remembered his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham, to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.’ The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.”

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people
Letter to the Romans 09/01-05: “I am speaking the truth in Christ I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit. I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.”