恭讀聖瑪竇福音 7:21-27
那時,耶穌對門徒說:不是凡向我說『主啊!主啊!』的人,就能進天國;而是那承行我在天之父旨意的人,纔能進天國。到那一天有許多人要向我說:主啊!主啊!我們不是因你的名字說過預言,因你的名字驅過魔鬼,因你的名字行過許多奇蹟嗎?那時,我必要向他們聲明說:我從來不認識你們,你們這些作惡的人,離開我罷!
「所以,凡聽了我這些話而實行的,就好像一個聰明人,把自己的房屋建在磐石上:雨淋,水沖,風吹,襲擊那座房屋,它並不坍塌,因為基礎是建在磐石上。凡聽了我這些話而不實行的,就好像一個愚昧人,把自己的房屋建在沙土上:雨淋,水沖,風吹,襲擊那座房屋,它就坍塌了,且坍塌的很慘。」
—基督的福音。

(9th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 7:21-27

21 “Not every one who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’ 24 “Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; 25 and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; 27 and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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