圣巴尔多禄茂宗徒庆日
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
读经一
恭读默示录 21:9-14
天使对我说：“你来！我要把羔羊的净配新娘指给你看。”天使就使我神魂超拔，把我带到一座又大又高的山上，将那从天上，由天主那里降下的圣城耶路撒冷，指给我看。这圣城具有天主的光荣；城的光辉，好似极贵重的宝石，像水晶那么明亮的苍玉；城墙高而且大，有十二座门，守门的有十二位天使，门上写着以色列子民十二支派的名字。东面三门，北面三门，南面三门，西面三门。城墙有十二座基石，上面刻着羔羊的十二位宗徒的名字。
Reading 1
A reading from the book of Revelation 21:9b-14
The angel spoke to me, saying,
“Come here.
I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain
and showed me the holy city Jerusalem
coming down out of heaven from God.
It gleamed with the splendor of God.
Its radiance was like that of a precious stone,
like jasper, clear as crystal.
It had a massive, high wall,
with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed
and on which names were inscribed,
the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
There were three gates facing east,
three north, three south, and three west.
The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation,
on which were inscribed the twelve names
of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
福音
恭读圣若望福音 1:45-51
那时候，斐理伯遇到纳塔乃耳，就向他说：“梅瑟在法律上所记载，和先知们所预报的，我们找着了，就是若瑟的儿子，出身于纳匝肋的耶稣。”纳塔乃耳便向他说：“从纳匝肋还能出什么好事吗？”斐理伯向他说：“你来看一看吧！”耶稣看见纳塔乃耳向自己走来，就指着他说：“看，这确是一个以色列人，在他内毫无诡诈。”纳塔乃耳向他说：“你从那里认识我呢？”耶稣回答说：“斐理伯叫你以前，当你还在无花果树下时，我就看见了你。”纳塔乃耳回答说：“辣彼！你是天主子，你是以色列的君王。”耶稣遂说道：“因为我向你说：我看见了你在无花果树下，你就信了吗？你要看见比这更大的事！”又向他说：“我实实在在告诉你们：你们要看见天开，天主的天使在人子身上，上去下来。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 1:45-51
Philip found Nathanael and told him,
“We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law,
and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
But Nathanael said to him,
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,
“Here is a true child of Israel.
There is no duplicity in him.”
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
“Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
Nathanael answered him,
“Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”
Jesus answered and said to him,
“Do you believe
because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?
You will see greater things than this.”
And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened and the angels of God
ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”