常年期第二十二周星期一
圣若翰洗者（殉道）纪念
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
读经一
恭读耶肋米亚先知书 1:17-19
上主的话传给我说：“你要束上腰，起来向犹大各城的人民传述我命令你的一切。在他们面前，你不要畏惧，免得我在他们面前令你畏惧。看啊！我今天使你成为坚城、铜墙、铁壁，以对抗犹大君王和首领，司祭和当地的人民。他们要攻击你，却不能战胜你，因为有我与你同在，协助你。”
Reading 1
A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah 1:17-19
The word of the LORD came to me thus:
Gird your loins;
stand up and tell them
all that I command you.
Be not crushed on their account,
as though I would leave you crushed before them;
For it is I this day
who have made you a fortified city,
A pillar of iron, a wall of brass,
against the whole land:
Against Judah’s kings and princes,
against its priests and people.
They will fight against you, but not prevail over you,
for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
福音
恭读圣马尔谷福音 6:17-29
那时候，黑落德为了他兄弟斐理伯的妻子黑落狄雅的原故，因为他娶了她为妻，曾遣人逮捕了若翰，把他押在监里；因为若翰曾对黑落德说：“你不可占有你兄弟的妻子。”黑落狄雅便怀恨在心，希望杀害他，只是不能，因为黑落德敬畏若翰，知道他是一个正义圣洁的人，曾保全了他；几时听他讲道，就甚觉困惑，但仍乐意听他。
好机会的日子到了：当黑落德在自己的生日上，为自己的重要官员、军官和加里肋亚的显要，设了筵席的时候，那个黑落狄雅的女儿便进来跳舞，获得了黑落德和同席者的欢心。王便对女孩子说：“你要什么，向我求吧！我必赐给你！”又对她发誓说：“无论你求我什么，就是我王国的一半，我也必定给你！”她便出去问她的母亲说：“我该求什么？”她母亲答说：“洗者若翰的头。”她便立刻进去，到王面前要求说：“我要你立刻把洗者若翰的头，放在盘子里给我！”王遂十分忧郁；但为了誓言和同席的人，不愿对她食言，王遂即差遣卫兵，吩咐把若翰的头送来。卫兵便去，在监里斩了若翰的头，把他的头放在盘子里送来，交给了那女孩子，那女孩子便交给了自己的母亲。若翰的门徒听说了，就来领去了他的尸身，把他安葬在坟墓里。
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 6:17-29
Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison
on account of Herodias,
the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.
John had said to Herod,
“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Herodias harbored a grudge against him
and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so.
Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,
and kept him in custody.
When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed,
yet he liked to listen to him.
She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday,
gave a banquet for his courtiers,
his military officers, and the leading men of Galilee.
Herodias’ own daughter came in
and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests.
The king said to the girl,
“Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you.”
He even swore many things to her,
“I will grant you whatever you ask of me,
even to half of my kingdom.”
She went out and said to her mother,
“What shall I ask for?”
She replied, “The head of John the Baptist.”
The girl hurried back to the king’s presence and made her request,
“I want you to give me at once
on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
The king was deeply distressed,
but because of his oaths and the guests
he did not wish to break his word to her.
So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders
to bring back his head.
He went off and beheaded him in the prison.
He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl.
The girl in turn gave it to her mother.
When his disciples heard about it,
they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.