常年期第二十六周星期二
Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
读经一
恭读恭读约伯传 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23
那时候，约伯开口诅咒自己的生日。约伯开始说：愿我诞生的那日消逝，愿报告“怀了男胎”的那夜灭亡。我为何一出母胎没有立即死去？为何我一离母腹没有断气？为何两膝接住我？为何两乳哺养我？不然，现今我早已卧下安睡了，早已永眠获得安息了，与那些为自己建陵墓的国王和百官，与那些金银满堂的王侯同眠；或者像隐没的流产儿，像未见光明的婴孩；在那里恶人停止作乱，在那里疲劳者得享安宁。
为何赐不幸者光明，赐心中忧苦者生命？这些人渴望死，而死不至；寻求死亡胜于宝藏，见到坟墓，感觉欢乐，且喜乐达于极点！人的道路，既如此渺茫，天主为何赐给他生命，又使他受到挫折？
Reading 1
A reading from the book of Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23
Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
Job spoke out and said:
Perish the day on which I was born,
the night when they said, “The child is a boy!”
Why did I not perish at birth,
come forth from the womb and expire?
Or why was I not buried away like an untimely birth,
like babes that have never seen the light?
Wherefore did the knees receive me?
or why did I suck at the breasts?
For then I should have lain down and been tranquil;
had I slept, I should then have been at rest
With kings and counselors of the earth
who built where now there are ruins
Or with princes who had gold
and filled their houses with silver.
There the wicked cease from troubling,
there the weary are at rest.
Why is light given to the toilers,
and life to the bitter in spirit?
They wait for death and it comes not;
they search for it rather than for hidden treasures,
Rejoice in it exultingly,
and are glad when they reach the grave:
Those whose path is hidden from them,
and whom God has hemmed in!
福音
恭读圣路加福音 9:51-56
耶稣被接升天的日期，就快要来到，他遂决意面朝耶路撒冷走去，便打发使者在他面前走；他们去了，进了撒玛黎雅人的一个村庄，好为他准备住宿。人们却不收留他，因为他是面朝耶路撒冷去的。雅各伯及若望两个门徒见了，便说：“主，你愿意我们叫火自天降下，焚毁他们吗？”耶稣转过身来斥责了他们。他们遂又到别的村庄去了。
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 9:51-56
When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled,
he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
and he sent messengers ahead of him.
On the way they entered a Samaritan village
to prepare for his reception there,
but they would not welcome him
because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
“Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume them?”
Jesus turned and rebuked them,
and they journeyed to another village.