聖伯鐸.尚耐司鐸殉道
恭讀聖若望福音 12:44-50
那時,耶穌呼喊說:「信我的,不是信我,而是信那派遣我來的;看見我的,也就是看見那派遣我來的。我身為光明,來到了世界上,使凡信我的,不留在黑暗中。無論誰若聽我的話而不遵行,我不審判他,因為我不是為審判世界而來,乃是為拯救世界。拒絕我,及不接受我話的,自有審判他的:就是我所說的話,要在末日審判他;因為我沒有憑我自己說話,而是派遣我來的父,他給我出了命,叫我該說什麼,該講什麼。我知道他的命令就是永生;所以,我所講論的,全是依照父對我所說的而講論的。」
—基督的福音。
(Wednesday of the 4th week of Easter)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 12:44-50
44 And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And he who sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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跟隨耶穌的人多幸福,在此慈悲的時刻中,感謝創造萬物的天父白白的、無條件的,給予我們子女的名份;祂更為了得回我們反叛的心,不惜將自己的獨子作為贖罪祭品,為我們罪人而捨生;死後更被高高舉起,使凡看見祂而實行天父旨意的人,得到豐富的生命﹗- 因為祂就是『愛』﹗
主,慈悲的君王,請教導我如何實行天主的旨意﹗