将临期第四周星期三
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
读经一
恭读雅歌 2:8-14
听，这是我爱人的声音；看，他来了：他跳过山岗，跃过丘陵。我的爱人仿佛羚羊，宛如幼鹿；你看，他已站在我们的墙后，由窗外向里凝视，由窗棂往内窥望。我的爱人招呼我说：“起来，我的爱卿！快来，我的佳丽！看，严冬已过，时雨止息，且已过去；田间的花卉已露，歌唱的时期已近。在我们的地方已听到斑鸠声；无花果树已发出初果，葡萄树已开花放香；起来，我的爱卿！快来，我的佳丽！我那在岩石缝中，在悬崖隐处的鸽子！请让我看到你的面貌，听见你的声音，因为你的声音柔和可爱，你的面貌美丽动人。”
Reading 1
A reading from the Song of Songs 2:8-14
Hark! my lover–here he comes
springing across the mountains,
leaping across the hills.
My lover is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Here he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattices.
My lover speaks; he says to me,
“Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one,
and come!
“For see, the winter is past,
the rains are over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of pruning the vines has come,
and the song of the dove is heard in our land.
The fig tree puts forth its figs,
and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance.
Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one,
and come!
“O my dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the secret recesses of the cliff,
Let me see you,
let me hear your voice,
For your voice is sweet,
and you are lovely.”
福音
恭读圣路加福音 1:39-45
玛利亚就在那几日起身，急速往山区去，到了犹大的一座城。她进了匝加利亚的家，就给依撒伯尔请安。依撒伯尔一听到玛利亚请安，胎儿就在她的腹中欢跃。依撒伯尔遂充满了圣神，大声呼喊说：“在女人中你是蒙祝福的，你的胎儿也是蒙祝福的。我主的母亲驾临我这里，这是我那里得来的呢？看，你请安的声音一入我耳，胎儿就在我腹中欢喜踊跃。那信了由上传于她的话必要完成的，是有福的。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 1:39-45
Mary set out in those days
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Most blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”