常年期第二十一周星期四
Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
读经一
恭读圣保禄宗徒致格林多人前书 1:1-9
因天主的旨意，蒙召为耶稣基督宗徒的保禄和索斯特乃弟兄，致书给格林多的天主教会，就是给那些在基督耶稣内受祝圣，与一切在各地呼求我们的主，亦即他们和我们的主耶稣基督之名，一同蒙召为圣的人。愿恩宠与平安，由我们的父天主和主耶稣基督赐给你们。 我时时为你们，对天主在基督耶稣内所赐与你们的恩宠，而感谢我的天主，因为借着他，你们在一切事上，在一切言论和知识上，都成了富有的；并且我为基督所作的证言，在你们中是这样的坚定，以致你们已不缺少任何恩宠，只待我们的主耶稣基督的出现；天主必要坚固你们到底，使你们在我们的主耶稣基督再度来临的日子，无瑕可指。天主是忠信的，因为你们原是由他所召，为同他的圣子，我们的主耶稣基督，合而为一。
Reading 1
A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians 1:1-9
Paul, called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
to the Church of God that is in Corinth,
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to my God always on your account
for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
that in him you were enriched in every way,
with all discourse and all knowledge,
as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He will keep you firm to the end,
irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful,
and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
福音
恭读圣玛窦福音 24:42-51
那时候：耶稣对门徒说：“你们要醒寤，因为你们不知道：在那一天你们的主人要来。这一点你们要明白：如果家主知道盗贼几更天要来，他必要醒寤，不让自己的房屋被挖穿。为此：你们应该准备，因为在你们料想不到的时辰，人子就来了。 “究竟谁是那忠信聪明的仆人，主人派他管理自己的家仆，按时配给他们食粮呢？主人来时，看见他如此行事，那仆人才是有福的。我实在告诉你们：主人必要委派他管理自己的一切财产。如果那恶仆心里说：我主人必要迟延，于是开始拷打自己的同伴，甚或同醉汉一起吃喝。正在他不期待的日子，和想不到的时刻，那仆人的主人要来到：铲除他，使他与假善人遭受同样的命运；在那里要有哀号和切齿。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 24:42-51
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
Be sure of this:
if the master of the house
had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into.
So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household
to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’
and begins to beat his fellow servants,
and eat and drink with drunkards,
the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day
and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”