June 14, 2015

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΗ

Το βιβλίο του Προφήτη Ιεζεκιήλ 17: 22-24

17:22	Έτσι λέει ο Κύριος ο Θεός: «Εγώ ο ίδιος θα πάρω από τον πυρήνα του υψωμένου κέδρου, και θα το καθιερώσω. Θα σκίσω ένα τρυφερό κλαδί από την κορυφή των κλαδιών του, και θα το φυτέψω σε βουνό, υψηλές και υψηλές.
17:23	Στα υπέροχα βουνά του Ισραήλ, θα το φυτέψω. Και θα ξεφυτρώσει σε μπουμπούκια και θα καρποφορήσει, και θα είναι ένας μεγάλος κέδρος. Και όλα τα πουλιά θα ζουν κάτω από αυτό, και κάθε πουλί θα φτιάξει τη φωλιά του κάτω από τη σκιά των κλαδιών του.
17:24	Και όλα τα δέντρα των περιοχών θα ξέρουν ότι εγώ, ο Κύριος, έχουν φέρει χαμηλά το υπέροχο δέντρο, και έχουν εξυψώσει το ταπεινό δέντρο, και έχουν στεγνώσει το πράσινο δέντρο, και έχουν κάνει το ξερό δέντρο να ανθίσει. Εγώ, ο Κύριος, έχουν μιλήσει και ενεργήσει».

Δεύτερη Ανάγνωση

The Second Letter of of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 5: 6-10

5:6	Επομένως, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
5:7	For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
5:8	So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.
5:9	And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.
5:10	For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.

Ευαγγέλιο

The Holy Gospel According to Mark 4: 26-34

4:26	Και είπε: “The kingdom of God is like this: it is as if a man were to cast seed on the land.
4:27	And he sleeps and he arises, νύχτα και μέρα. And the seed germinates and grows, though he does not know it.
4:28	For the earth bears fruit readily: first the plant, then the ear, next the full grain in the ear.
4:29	And when the fruit has been produced, immediately he sends out the sickle, because the harvest has arrived.”
4:30	Και είπε: “To what should we compare the kingdom of God? Or to what parable should we compare it?
4:31	It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it has been sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds which are in the earth.
4:32	And when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it produces great branches, so much so that the birds of the air are able to live under its shadow.”
4:33	And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to hear.
4:34	But he did not speak to them without a parable. Yet separately, he explained all things to his disciples.