Readings in Chaldean
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Readings in English
And when he entered the temple, the chief
priests and the elders of the people came up
to him as he was teaching, and said, "By
what authority are you doing these things,
and who gave you this authority?" Jesus
answered them, "I also will ask you a
question; and if you tell me the answer,
then I also will tell you by what authority
I do these things. The baptism of John,
whence was it? From heaven or from men?"... |
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Basilica Hymn
This world, in its construction,
prepares and awakens rational creatures daily to
the wonder and glory of that wise Creator. The
wondrous variations, which oppose one another,
fire, water, earth and vaporous air, are
harmonized within it. And so that we may not be
led astray to think that, because of their
diversity, they have many makers, he took and
made, of creation, one body in the forming of
man, and in him made known to us that he is the
Lord of all.
Translations and
commentaries by Fr. Andrew Younan.
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Madrasha
Response:
Thanksgiving to him who gave us his holy fasting
as a mighty armor against the enemy.
Verses:
O God, open my mouth, that with it I may sing
the story of holy fasting, whose labors are
filled with blessings.
It refines thoughts; it scours the body; it
expels sin from our race.
It is the adversary of death and the schemes of
the evil one.
It overthrows the enemy with its mighty power.
My brethren, put on the armor and the shield of
salvation,
and let us all labor valiantly as long as
possible:
let us adorn our bodies and our souls as well,
let us appease God through fasting, tears of
repentance, and pure customs,
and let us visit the sick and give to the poor.
Let us fast in body and soul mutually.
Let us not fast from bread and loathe the poor,
nor show in ourselves the [mere] likeness of the
just,
lest we hear the voice which proclaims:
“begone from me, you accursed, to the eternal
fire,
which is promised to all sinners!”
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