献主节庆日
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
读经一
恭读玛拉基亚先知书 3:1-4
上主天主说：“我要派遣我的使者，在我前面预备道路。你们所寻求的上主，必要忽然进入他的殿内。你们所期望的盟约使者！看！他来了——万军的上主说。”
“但是，他来临之日，有谁能支持得住？他显现时，有谁能站立得住？因为他像炼金者用的炉火，又像漂布者用的卤汁。他必要坐下，像个溶化和炼净白银的人，炼净肋未的子孙，精炼他们，像精炼金银一样，使他们能怀着虔诚，向上主奉献祭品。那时，犹大和耶路撒冷所献的祭品，必能悦乐上主，有如昔日和往年。”
Reading 1
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Malachi 3:1-4
Thus says the Lord GOD:
Lo, I am sending my messenger
to prepare the way before me;
And suddenly there will come to the temple
the LORD whom you seek,
And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.
Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
But who will endure the day of his coming?
And who can stand when he appears?
For he is like the refiner’s fire,
or like the fuller’s lye.
He will sit refining and purifying silver,
and he will purify the sons of Levi,
Refining them like gold or like silver
that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.
Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem
will please the LORD,
as in the days of old, as in years gone by.
福音
恭读圣路加福音 2:22-40
按梅瑟的法律，一满了他们取洁的日期，耶稣的父母——若瑟和玛利亚，便带着孩子上耶路撒冷，去献给上主，就如上主法律所吩咐的：“凡开胎首生的男性，应祝圣于上主。”并该照上主法律所吩咐的，献上祭品：一对斑鸠或两只雏鸽。
那时，在耶路撒冷有一个人，名叫西默盎。这人正义虔诚，期待着以色列的安慰，而且圣神也在他身上。他曾蒙圣神启示：自己在未看见上主的受傅者以前，决见不到死亡。
西默盎因圣神感动，进入圣殿；那时，抱着婴孩耶稣的父母正进来，要按照法律的惯例，为耶稣行礼。西默盎就双臂接过耶稣，赞美天主说：
“主啊！现在可照你的话，放你的仆人平安去吧！因为我亲眼看见了，你在万民前准备好的救援：为作启示异邦的光明，你百姓以色列的荣耀。”
婴孩耶稣的父亲和母亲，就惊异西默盎所说关于耶稣的这番话。
西默盎祝福了他们，又向耶稣的母亲玛利亚说：“看，这孩子已被立定，为使以色列中许多人跌倒和复兴，并成为反对的记号。至于你，要有一把利剑，刺透你的心灵，为叫许多人心中的思念，显露出来。”
又有一位女先知亚纳，是阿协尔支派法奴耳的女儿，已上了年纪。她出嫁后，同丈夫住了七年，以后就守寡，直到八十四岁。她斋戒祈祷，昼夜事奉天主，总不离开圣殿。正在那时候，她也前来称谢天主，并向所有希望耶路撒冷得到救赎的人，讲论这孩子。
耶稣的父母按照上主的法律，办完了一切，便返回加里肋亚，他们的本城纳匝肋。
孩子渐渐长大而强壮，充满智慧；天主的恩宠常在他身上。
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 2:22-40
When the days were completed for their purification
according to the law of Moses,
Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem
to present him to the Lord,
just as it is written in the law of the Lord,
Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,
and to offer the sacrifice of
a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,
in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.
This man was righteous and devout,
awaiting the consolation of Israel,
and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit
that he should not see death
before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
He came in the Spirit into the temple;
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus
to perform the custom of the law in regard to him,
he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
“Now, Master, you may let your servant go
in peace, according to your word,
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples:
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and glory for your people Israel.”
The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
“Behold, this child is destined
for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be contradicted
-and you yourself a sword will pierce-
so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
There was also a prophetess, Anna,
the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.
She was advanced in years,
having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage,
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.
She never left the temple,
but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
And coming forward at that very time,
she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child
to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.
When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions
of the law of the Lord,
they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom;
and the favor of God was upon him.