圣弥额尔、圣加俾额尔及圣辣法耳总领天使庆日
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels
读经一
恭读达尼尔先知书 7:9-10, 13-14
我观望,直到安置了宝座,上面坐着一位万古常存者,他的衣服洁白如雪,他的头发洁白如羊毛,他的宝座好似火焰,宝座的轮子如同烈火。一道火河涌出,从他面前流下,有千万服侍他的,有亿兆侍立在他面前的,审判者已坐堂,案卷已展开。我仍在夜间的神视中观望:看见一位相似人子者,乘着天上的云彩而来,走向万古常存者,遂即被引到他面前。他便赐给似人子者统治权、尊荣和国度,各民族、各邦国,及说各种语言的人民,都要事奉他;他的王权是永远的王权,永存不替;他的国度永不灭亡。
Reading 1
A reading from the book of the Prophet Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
As I watched:
Thrones were set up
and the Ancient One took his throne.
His clothing was bright as snow,
and the hair on his head as white as wool;
His throne was flames of fire,
with wheels of burning fire.
A surging stream of fire
flowed out from where he sat;
Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,
and myriads upon myriads attended him.
The court was convened, and the books were opened.
As the visions during the night continued, I saw
One like a son of man coming,
on the clouds of heaven;
When he reached the Ancient One
and was presented before him,
He received dominion, glory, and kingship;
nations and peoples of every language serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away,
his kingship shall not be destroyed.
福音
恭读圣路加福音 1:47-51
那时候,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。”纳塔乃耳对他说:“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。”纳塔乃耳再回答说:“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:你们要看见天开了,天主的天使在人子身上,上去下来。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 1:47-51
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.”