圣诞节八日庆祝期第八日
天主之母圣玛利亚节日
The Eighth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
读经一
恭读户籍纪 6:22-27
上主训示梅瑟说：“你告诉亚郎和他的儿子说：你们应这样祝福以色列子民说：‘愿上主祝福你，保护你；愿上主的慈颜光照你，仁慈待你。愿上主转面垂顾你，赐你平安’。“
“这样，他们将以色列子民归我名下；我必祝福他们。”
Reading 1
A reading from the Book of Numbers 6:22-27
The LORD said to Moses:
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them:
This is how you shall bless the Israelites.
Say to them:
The LORD bless you and keep you!
The LORD let his face shine upon
you, and be gracious to you!
The LORD look upon you kindly and
give you peace!
So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites,
and I will bless them.”
读经二
恭读圣保禄宗徒致迦拉达人书 4:4-7
弟兄姐妹们：
时期一满，天主就派遣了自己的儿子来，生于女人，生于法律之下，为把在法律之下的人救赎出来，使我们获得义子的地位。为证实你们确实是天主的子女，天主派遣了自己儿子的圣神，到我们心里，喊说：“阿爸，父啊！”所以，你已不再是奴隶，而是儿子了；如果是儿子，赖天主的恩宠，也成了承继人。
Reading 2
A reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians 4:4-7
Brothers and sisters:
When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son,
born of a woman, born under the law,
to ransom those under the law,
so that we might receive adoption as sons.
As proof that you are sons,
God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
crying out, “Abba, Father!”
So you are no longer a slave but a son,
and if a son then also an heir, through God.
福音
恭读圣路加福音 2:16-21
那时候，牧羊人急忙去了，找到了玛利亚和若瑟，及那躺在马槽中的婴儿。他们看见以后，就把天使对他们所说有关这小孩的事，传扬开了；凡听见的人，都惊讶牧羊人向他们所说的事。
玛利亚却把这一切事，默存在自己心中，反覆思想。
牧羊人回去；为了他们所听见和看见的一切，正如天使向他们所说的一样，就光荣赞美天主。
满了八天，孩子应受割损，于是给他起名叫耶稣；这是他降孕母胎前，由天使所起的。
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 2:16-21
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph,
and the infant lying in the manger.
When they saw this,
they made known the message
that had been told them about this child.
All who heard it were amazed
by what had been told them by the shepherds.
And Mary kept all these things,
reflecting on them in her heart.
Then the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God
for all they had heard and seen,
just as it had been told to them.
When eight days were completed for his circumcision,
he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel
before he was conceived in the womb.