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Epistola

Tobit 12:7-15

În limba ta nu există nicio ediție în domeniul public a acestei cărți, așa că fragmentul este afișat în engleză.

It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. Do good, and evil won’t find you. Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold. Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life; but those who sin are enemies to their own life. Surely I will keep nothing closed from you. I have said, ‘It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God.’ And now, when you prayed, and Sarah your daughter-in-law, I brought the memorial of your prayer before the Holy One. When you buried the dead, I was with you likewise. And when you did not delay to rise up, and leave your dinner, that you might go and cover the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me. I was with you. And now God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law. I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and go in before the glory of the Holy One.”

Evanghelia

Ioan 5:1-4

După aceea era un praznic al Iudeilor; şi Isus S'a suit la Ierusalim. În Ierusalim, lîngă Poarta Oilor, este o scăldătoare, numită în evreieşte Betesda, care are cinci pridvoare. În pridvoarele acestea zăceau o mulţime de bolnavi, orbi, şchiopi, uscaţi, cari aşteptau mişcarea apei. Căci un înger al Domnului se pogora, din cînd în cînd, în scăldătoare, şi turbura apa. Şi cel dintîi, care se pogora în ea, după turburarea apei, se făcea sănătos, orice boală ar fi avut.