Readings for Sunday, March 8th
Sunday of the third week of Great Lent
Today's Readings
Psalm 79:8-9
Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us!Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
For Your name's sake!
Luke 15:11-32
Then He said: "A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent ...Synaxarium
- The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna.
القراءات اليومية
مزامير ٧٩ : ٨-٩
لاَ تَذْكُرْ عَلَيْنَا ذُنُوبَ الأَوَّلِينَ. لِتَتَقَدَّمْنَا مَرَاحِمُكَ سَرِيعاً لأَنَّنَا قَدْ تَذَلَّلْنَا جِدّاً. أَعِنَّا يَا إِلَهَ خَلاَصِنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ مَجْدِ اسْمِكَ وَنَجِّنَا وَاغْفِرْ خَطَايَانَا مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ.لوقا ١٥ : ١١-٣٢
وَقَالَ: «إِنْسَانٌ كَانَ لَهُ ابْنَانِ. فَقَالَ أَصْغَرُهُمَا لأَبِيهِ: يَا أَبِي أَعْطِنِي الْقِسْمَ الَّذِي يُصِيبُنِي مِنَ الْمَالِ. فَقَسَمَ لَهُمَا مَعِيشَتَهُ. وَبَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ لَيْسَتْ بِكَثِيرَةٍ جَمَعَ الاِبْنُ الأَصْغَرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَسَافَرَ إِلَى كُورَةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ وَهُنَاكَ بَذَّرَ مَالَهُ بِعَيْشٍ مُسْرِفٍ. فَلَمَّا أَنْفَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَدَثَ جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ فِي تِلْكَ الْكُورَةِ فَابْتَدَأَ يَحْتَاجُ. فَمَضَى وَالْتَصَقَ بِوَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ تِلْكَ الْكُورَةِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى حُقُولِهِ لِيَرْعَى خَنَازِيرَ. وَكَانَ يَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَمْلَأَ بَطْنَهُ مِنَ الْخُرْنُوبِ الَّذِي كَانَتِ الْخَنَازِيرُ تَأْكُلُهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ أَحَدٌ. فَرَجَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَقَالَ: كَمْ مِنْ أَجِيرٍ لأَبِي يَفْضُلُ عَنْهُ الْخُبْزُ وَأَنَا أَهْلِكُ جُوعاً! أَقُومُ وَأَذْهَبُ إِلَى أَبِي وَأَقُولُ لَهُ: يَا أَبِي أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَقُدَّامَكَ وَلَسْتُ مُسْتَحِقّاً بَعْدُ...السنكسار
- استشهاد القديس بوليكاربوس أسقف سميرنا وتلميذ يوحنا البشير
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