圣母诞辰庆日
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
读经一
恭读米该亚先知书 5:1-4
上主这样说：厄弗辣大的白冷！你在犹大郡邑中虽是最小的，但是，将由你为我生出一位统治以色列的人，他的来历源于亘古，远自永远的时代。因此上主必将遗弃他们，直到孕妇生产之时，那时他弟兄中的遗民必将归来，与以色列子民团聚。他必卓然屹立，以上主的能力及上主他的天主之名的威权，牧放自己的羊群。他们将获得安居，因为他必大有权势，直达地极。他本人将是和平！
Reading 1
A reading from the book of the prophet Micah 5:1-4a
The LORD says:
You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah,
too small to be among the clans of Judah,
From you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel;
Whose origin is from of old,
from ancient times.
(Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time
when she who is to give birth has borne,
And the rest of his brethren shall return
to the children of Israel.)
He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock
by the strength of the LORD,
in the majestic name of the LORD, his God;
And they shall remain, for now his greatness
shall reach to the ends of the earth;
he shall be peace.
福音
圣玛窦福音 1:1-16, 18-23
亚巴郎之子，达味之子耶稣基督的族谱：亚巴郎生依撒格，依撒格生雅各伯，雅各伯生犹大和他的兄弟们；犹大由塔玛尔生培勒兹和则辣黑，培勒兹生赫兹龙，赫兹龙生阿兰，阿兰生阿米纳达布，阿米纳达布生纳赫雄，纳赫雄生撒耳孟，撒耳孟由辣哈布生波阿次，波阿次由卢德生敖贝得，敖贝得生叶瑟，叶瑟生达味王。达味由乌黎雅的妻子生撒罗满，撒罗满生勒哈贝罕，勒哈贝罕生阿彼雅，阿彼雅生阿撒，阿撒生约沙法特，约沙法特生约兰，约兰生乌齐雅，乌齐雅生约堂，约堂生阿哈次，阿哈次生希则克雅，希则克雅生默纳舍，默纳舍生阿孟，阿孟生约史雅，约史雅在巴比伦流徙期间生耶苛尼雅和他的兄弟们。流徙巴比伦以后，耶苛尼雅生沙耳提耳，沙耳提耳生则鲁巴贝耳，则鲁巴贝耳生阿彼乌得，阿彼乌得生厄里雅金，厄里雅金生阿左尔。阿左尔生匝多克，匝多克生阿歆，阿歆生厄里乌得，厄里乌得生厄肋阿匝尔，厄肋阿匝尔生玛堂，玛堂生雅各伯，雅各伯生若瑟、玛利亚的丈夫，玛利亚生耶稣，他称为基督。
耶稣基督的诞生是这样的：他的母亲玛利亚许配给若瑟后，在同居前，她因圣神有孕的事已显示出来。她的丈夫若瑟因是义人，不愿公开羞辱她，有意暗暗地休退她。当他在思虑这事时，看，在梦中上主的天使显现给他说：“达味之子若瑟，不要怕娶你的妻子玛利亚，因为那在她内受生的，是出于圣神。她要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因为他要把自己的民族，由他们的罪恶中拯救出来。”这一切事的发生，是为应验上主借先知所说的话：“看，一位贞女将怀孕生子，人将称他的名字为厄玛奴耳，意思是：天主与我们同在。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23
The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,
the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham became the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah,
whose mother was Tamar.
Perez became the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab became the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Salmon the father of Boaz,
whose mother was Rahab.
Boaz became the father of Obed,
whose mother was Ruth.
Obed became the father of Jesse,
Jesse the father of David the king.
David became the father of Solomon,
whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asaph.
Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Joram,
Joram the father of Uzziah.
Uzziah became the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amos,
Amos the father of Josiah.
Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers
at the time of the Babylonian exile.
After the Babylonian exile,
Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel the father of Abiud.
Abiud became the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
Azor the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Achim,
Achim the father of Eliud,
Eliud the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”