将临期第二周星期五
Friday of the Second Week of Advent
读经一
恭读依撒意亚先知书 48:17-19
你的救主上主，以色列的圣者这样说：“我是上主你的天主，教训你为你有益的事，引你走当走的道路。恨不得你一向听从我的命令！那么你的安乐将似江河，你的幸福将似海涛；你的子孙多如海沙，出于你身的苗裔多似沙粒；你的名字在我前决不会抹去，也决不会被删除。”
Reading 1
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 48:17-19
Thus says the LORD, your redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel:
I, the LORD, your God,
teach you what is for your good,
and lead you on the way you should go.
If you would hearken to my commandments,
your prosperity would be like a river,
and your vindication like the waves of the sea;
Your descendants would be like the sand,
and those born of your stock like its grains,
Their name never cut off
or blotted out from my presence.
福音
恭读圣玛窦福音 11:16-19
那时，耶稣向群众说：“我可把这一代比作什么呢？它像坐在大街上的儿童，向其他的孩子喊叫，说：我们给你们吹了笛，你们却不跳舞；我们唱了哀歌，你们却不捶胸。若翰来了，也不吃，也不喝。他们便说：他附了魔；人子来了，也吃也喝，他们却说：看啊！一个贪吃嗜酒的人，税吏和罪人的朋友！但智慧必借自己的工程彰显自己的正义。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 11:16-19
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare this generation?
It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance,
we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said,
‘He is possessed by a demon.’
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said,
‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
But wisdom is vindicated by her works.”