常年期第二十二周星期日
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
读经一
恭读德训篇 3:19-21, 30-31
我儿，执行你的工作时，应当谦和；这样，你会比施惠的人，更受人爱戴。你越伟大，在一切事上，越当谦下；这样，你才能在上主面前，获得恩宠；因为，只有上主的权能，是伟大的，被谦逊的人所尊崇。骄傲人的创伤，无法医治，因为罪恶在他们身上，已根深蒂固，而他们却不自觉。明智者的心，领会寓言；智慧者的心愿，是希求热心的听众。
Reading 1
A reading from the book of Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
My child, conduct your affairs with humility,
and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.
Humble yourself the more, the greater you are,
and you will find favor with God.
What is too sublime for you, seek not,
into things beyond your strength search not.
The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs,
and an attentive ear is the joy of the wise.
Water quenches a flaming fire,
and alms atone for sins.
读经二
恭读致希伯来人书 12:18-19, 22-24
弟兄姐妹们：
你们竟然忘记了天主劝你们，好像劝子女所说的话：“我儿，不要轻视上主的惩戒，也不要厌恶他的谴责，因为上主惩戒他所爱的，鞭策他所接纳的每个儿子。”
为接受惩戒，你们应该坚忍，因为天主对待你们，有如对待子女。那有儿子，做父亲的，不惩戒他呢？
固然各种惩戒，在当时，似乎不是乐事，而是苦事；可是，以后，为那些这样受过训练的人，就会结出正义与和平的果实。
为此，你们应该伸直痿弱的手，及麻木的膝；你们的脚，应履行正直的路，叫瘸子不要偏离正道，反叫他获得痊瘉。
Reading 2
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a
Brothers and sisters:
You have not approached that which could be touched
and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness
and storm and a trumpet blast
and a voice speaking words such that those who heard
begged that no message be further addressed to them.
No, you have approached Mount Zion
and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and countless angels in festal gathering,
and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven,
and God the judge of all,
and the spirits of the just made perfect,
and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,
and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.
福音
恭读圣路加福音 14:1, 7-14
在安息日，耶稣进入一个法利塞人首领的家吃饭；他们就留心观察他。
耶稣注意到被邀请的人，如何争坐首席，便对他们讲了一个比喻，说：“几时你被请去赴婚宴，不要坐在首席，怕有比你更尊贵的客人，也被请来，那请你而又请他的主人，要来向你说：请让座给这位客人！那时，你就要羞愧地退到末座。
“你几时被请，应去坐末座，等那请你的主人，走来给你说：朋友，请上坐吧！那时，你在同席的众人面前，才有光彩。因为，凡高举自己的，必被贬抑；凡贬抑自己的，必被高举。”
耶稣也向请他的人说：“几时你设午宴或晚宴，不要请你的朋友、兄弟、亲戚，及富有的邻人，怕他们也要回请你，报答你。你几时设宴，要请贫穷的、残废的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的人。
“这样，你就有福了，因为他们没有什么可报答你；但在义人复活的时候，你必能得到赏报。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 14:1, 7-14
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine
at the home of one of the leading Pharisees,
and the people there were observing him carefully.
He told a parable to those who had been invited,
noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table.
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet,
do not recline at table in the place of honor.
A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him,
and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say,
‘Give your place to this man,’
and then you would proceed with embarrassment
to take the lowest place.
Rather, when you are invited,
go and take the lowest place
so that when the host comes to you he may say,
‘My friend, move up to a higher position.’
Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table.
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled,
but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Then he said to the host who invited him,
“When you hold a lunch or a dinner,
do not invite your friends or your brothers
or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors,
in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.
Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”