恭讀聖路加福音 12:22-32

那時候,耶穌對他的門徒說:「我告訴你們:不要為生命思慮吃什麼,也不要為身體思慮穿什麼,因為生命貴於食物,身體貴於衣服。
「你們看看烏鴉,牠們不播種,也不收割;牠們沒有庫房,也沒有倉廩,天主尚且養活牠們,你們比起飛鳥更要尊貴多少呢?你們中誰能運用思慮,使自己的壽數延長一刻呢?如果你們連極小的事,也做不來,為什麼要思慮別的事呢?
「你們看看百合花,是怎樣生長的:它們不勞作,也不紡織;可是,我告訴你們:連撒羅滿在他極榮華的時候,所披戴的,也不如這些花中的一朵。田野間的野草,今天還在,明天就投入爐中,天主尚且這樣裝飾,何況你們呢!
「小信德的人啊!你們不要謀求吃什麼,喝什麼,也不要憂愁掛心,因為,這一切都是世上外邦人所尋求的;至於你們,你們的父知道你們需要這些。你們只要尋求他的國,這些自會加給你們。
「你們小小的羊群,不要害怕!因為你們的父喜歡把天國賜給你們。」

—上主的話。。

(5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Lunar New Year Eve)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 12:22-32

22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life? 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind. 30 For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things shall be yours as well. 32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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