常年期第十八周星期五
Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
读经一
恭读纳鸿先知书 2:1-2; 3:1-3, 6-7
看，那传报福音、宣布和平者的脚已站在山上！犹大，举行你的庆节，偿还你的誓愿吧！因为那恶者不会再由你中间经过，他已全然消灭。因为上主要恢复雅各布伯的葡萄园，也要恢复以色列的葡萄园，因为劫掠者抢掠了他们，且破坏了他们的葡萄园。
祸哉！血债的城，满城欺诈，处处劫掠，抢夺不息。听啊！皮鞭飕飕，车轮隆隆，战马奔驰，战车疾驶，骑士跃马，刀剑晃亮，枪矛闪耀，被杀者众，死者成堆，尸体无边，人人被尸体绊倒。我要将粪溺抛在你身上侮辱你，使你成为鉴戒。凡看见你的，必逃避你说：“尼尼微终于毁灭了！”谁会向她表同情？我从那里能找到安慰她的人呢？
Reading 1
A reading from the book of the Prophet Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7
See, upon the mountains there advances
the bearer of good news,
announcing peace!
Celebrate your feasts, O Judah,
fulfill your vows!
For nevermore shall you be invaded
by the scoundrel; he is completely destroyed.
The LORD will restore the vine of Jacob,
the pride of Israel,
Though ravagers have ravaged them
and ruined the tendrils.
Woe to the bloody city, all lies,
full of plunder, whose looting never stops!
The crack of the whip, the rumbling sounds of wheels;
horses a-gallop, chariots bounding,
Cavalry charging, the flame of the sword, the flash of the spear,
the many slain, the heaping corpses,
the endless bodies to stumble upon!
I will cast filth upon you,
disgrace you and put you to shame;
Till everyone who sees you runs from you, saying,
“Nineveh is destroyed; who can pity her?
Where can one find any to console her?”
福音
恭读圣玛窦福音 16:24-28
那时候，耶稣对门徒说：“谁若愿意跟随我，该弃绝自己，背着自己的十字架来跟随我，因为谁若愿意救自已的性命，必要丧失性命；但谁若为我的原故，丧失自己的性命，必要获得性命。人纵然赚得了全世界，却赔上了自己的灵魂，为他有什么益处？或者，人还能拿什么作为自己灵魂的代价？因为将来人子要在他父的光荣中同他的天使降来，那时，他要按照每人的行为予以赏报。我实在告诉你们：站在这里的人中，就有些人未尝到死味以前，必要看见人子来到自己的国内。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 16:24-28
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory,
and then he will repay each according to his conduct.
Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here
who will not taste death
until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”