184- The Night of Preparation

 

St-Takla.org Image: Some people (men and women) attending the Holy Liturgy (mass) at St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, at Saint Mina Monastery, Mariout, Alexandria, Egypt - Date of photo: October 2009 - Photograph by Michael Ghaly for St-Takla.org. صورة في موقع الأنبا تكلا: بعض الشعب (رجال ونساء) يحضرون صلاة القداس الإلهي (الإفخارستيا) في كنيسة السيدة العذراء مريم بدير الشهيد مارمينا بمريوط، الإسكندرية، مصر - تاريخ الصورة: أكتوبر 2009 - تصوير مايكل غالي لـ: موقع الأنبا تكلا.

A Minister was invited to a banquet on Saturday night but he said he would not be able to attend. When he was asked to give a reason for not going, he said, “When a surgeon is responsible for an operation he’s usually busy by sterilization; he doesn’t touch anything. I dedicate the Saturdays for sitting with my Master in order to be ready to serve His people on Sundays.”

→ English translation of the story here at St-Takla.org: ليلة الاستعداد.

Lord let me be the physician of souls.

You are the Great Physician.

I serve so that they would be holy in You.

I shall carry You to the souls of my injured friends

And not carry them the poison of my hidden sins.

Draw me away! We will run after You.

I’m Indebted to you Mom

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