常年期第十八周星期三
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
读经一
恭读耶肋米亚先知书 31:1-7
主这样说：“在那时候，我将作以色列各宗族的天主，他们将作我的人民。上主这样说：逃脱了刀剑的人民，在旷野中找到了宠遇；以色列来到了自己安身的地方。上主自远处显现给她说：我爱你，我永远爱你，因此我给你保留了我的仁慈；我要再修建你，而你必再建立起来；你必再带上你的小鼓，出来欢乐歌舞；再在撒玛黎雅山上栽种葡萄，栽种培植，必有收获；因为终有一天，守望的人要在厄弗辣因山上喊说：起来，让我们上熙雍去，到上主我们的天主那里去！因为上主这样说：你们应为雅各布伯欢呼，向为首的民族喝采，传扬称赞说：上主救了自己的百姓，以色列的遗民。”
Reading 1
A reading from the book of the Prophet Jeremiah 31:1-7
At that time, says the LORD,
I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel,
and they shall be my people.
Thus says the LORD:
The people that escaped the sword
have found favor in the desert.
As Israel comes forward to be given his rest,
the LORD appears to him from afar:
With age-old love I have loved you;
so I have kept my mercy toward you.
Again I will restore you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin Israel;
Carrying your festive tambourines,
you shall go forth dancing with the merrymakers.
Again you shall plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
those who plant them shall enjoy the fruits.
Yes, a day will come when the watchmen
will call out on Mount Ephraim:
“Rise up, let us go to Zion,
to the LORD, our God.”
For thus says the LORD:
Shout with joy for Jacob,
exult at the head of the nations;
proclaim your praise and say:
The LORD has delivered his people,
the remnant of Israel.
福音
恭读圣玛窦福音 15:21-28
那时候，耶稣离开革乃撒勒，就退往提洛和漆冬一带去了。看，有一个客纳罕妇人，从那地方出来喊说：“主，达味之子，可怜我吧！我的女儿被魔鬼纠缠得好苦啊！”耶稣却一句话也不回答她。他的门徒就上前求他说：“打发她走吧！因为她在我们后面不停地喊叫。”耶稣回答说：“我被派遣，只是为了以色列家迷失的羊。”那妇人却前来叩拜他说：“主，援助我吧！”耶稣回答说：“拿儿女的饼扔给小狗，是不对的。”但她说：“是啊！主，可是小狗也吃主人桌子上掉下来的碎屑。”耶稣回答她说：“啊！妇人，你的信德真大，就如你所愿望的，给你成就吧！”从那时刻起，她的女儿就痊愈了。
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 15:21-28
At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,
“Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is tormented by a demon.”
But he did not say a word in answer to her.
His disciples came and asked him,
“Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”
He said in reply,
“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.”
He said in reply,
“It is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs.”
She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
that fall from the table of their masters.”
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.