恭讀聖瑪竇福音 8: 5-11
耶穌進入葛法翁,有一位百夫長前來求他說:「主,我的僕人癱瘓了,躺在家中,痛苦得很。」耶穌說:「我去治好他。」百夫長回答說:「主,你到我家去,實不堪當,你只要說一句話,我的僕人就會好的。因爲我是屬人權下的,但我手下也有士兵。我對這個說:去!他就去;對另一個說:來!他就來;我對僕人說:做這事,他就做。」耶穌聽了就驚奇,向跟隨他的人說:「我切實告訴你們,這樣大的信德我在以色列人中還未見到過。」「我告訴你們,將來有許多人從東方和西方來與亞巴郎、依撒格、雅各伯在天國一起坐席。」
—基督的福音。

(1st Week of Advent – Monday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 8:5-11

5 As he entered Caper’na-um, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him 6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” 7 And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 But the centurion answered him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, `Go,’ and he goes, and to another, `Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, `Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. 11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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