مَرْتا، مَرْتا، إِنَّكِ تَهْتَمِّينَ بِأُمُورٍ كَثِيرَة، وَتَضْطَرِبِين! إِنَّمَا ٱلمَطْلُوبُ وَاحِد
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا10/من38حتى42/”فيمَا (كَانَ يَسوعُ وتلاميذهُ) سَائِرين، دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ إِحْدَى ٱلقُرَى، فٱسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ في بَيتِهَا ٱمْرَأَةٌ ٱسْمُها مَرْتا. وَكانَ لِمَرْتَا أُخْتٌ تُدْعَى مَرْيَم. فَجَلَسَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَي ٱلرَّبِّ تَسْمَعُ كَلامَهُ. أَمَّا مَرْتَا فَكانَتْ مُنْهَمِكَةً بِكَثْرَةِ ٱلخِدْمَة، فَجَاءَتْ وَقَالَتْ: «يَا رَبّ، أَمَا تُبَالي بِأَنَّ أُخْتِي تَرَكَتْنِي أَخْدُمُ وَحْدِي؟ فَقُلْ لَهَا أَنْ تُسَاعِدَنِي!». فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «مَرْتا، مَرْتا، إِنَّكِ تَهْتَمِّينَ بِأُمُورٍ كَثِيرَة، وَتَضْطَرِبِين! إِنَّمَا ٱلمَطْلُوبُ وَاحِد! فَمَرْيَمُ ٱخْتَارَتِ ٱلنَّصِيبَ ٱلأَفْضَل، وَلَنْ يُنْزَعَ مِنْهَا».
رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس01/من01حتى07/إِنْ كُنَّا نَتَضَايَقُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَعْزِيَتِكُم وخَلاصِكُم؛ وإِنْ كُنَّا نَتَعَزَّى فَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَعْزِيَتِكُم
“يا إخوَتِي، مِنْ بُولُسَ رَسُولِ المَسيِحِ يَسُوعَ بِمَشِيئَةِ ٱلله، ومِنْ طِيمُوتَاوُسَ الأَخ، إِلى كَنِيسَةِ ٱللهِ الَّتي في قُورِنْتُس، وإِلى جَمِيعِ القِدِّيسِينَ الَّذِينَ في أَخَائِيَةَ كُلِّهَا: أَلنِّعْمَةُ لَكُم والسَّلامُ مِنَ ٱللهِ أَبِينَا والرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيح! تَبَارَكَ ٱللهُ أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، أَبُو المَرَاحِمِ وإِلهُ كُلِّ تَعْزِيَة! هُوَ الَّذي يُعَزِّينَا في كُلِّ ضِيقِنَا، لِنَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ نُعَزِّيَ الَّذِينَ هُم في كُلِّ ضِيق، بِالتَّعْزِيَةِ الَّتي يُعَزِّينَا ٱللهُ بِهَا. فَكَمَا تَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا آلامُ المَسِيح، كَذلِكَ تَفِيضُ أَيْضًا بِالمَسِيحِ تَعْزِيَتُنَا. إِنْ كُنَّا نَتَضَايَقُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَعْزِيَتِكُم وخَلاصِكُم؛ وإِنْ كُنَّا نَتَعَزَّى فَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَعْزِيَتِكُم، وهِيَ قَادِرَةٌ أَنْ تُعِينَكُم عَلى ٱحْتِمَالِ تِلْكَ الآلامِ عَيْنِهَا الَّتي نتَأَلَّمُهَا نَحْنُ. إِنَّ رَجَاءَنَا وَطِيدٌ مِنْ جِهَتِكُم، لِعِلْمِنَا أَنَّكُم كَمَا تُشَارِكُونَ في الآلام، كَذلِكَ تُشَارِكُونَ أَيْضًا في التَّعْزِيَة.”
Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing
Luke 10/38-42: “Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.’But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’”
If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation
Second Letter to the Corinthians 01/01-07: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is in Corinth, including all the saints throughout Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ. If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering. Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.”
