恭讀聖路加福音 11:5-13

那時候,耶穌對門徒說:「你們中間誰有一個朋友,半夜去他那裏,向他說:朋友,借給我三個餅吧!因為我的朋友行路到了我這裏,我沒有什麼可以款待他。那人從裏面回答說:不要煩擾我了!門已經關上,我的孩子同我一起在床上,我不能起來給你。我告訴你們:他縱然不為了他是朋友的緣故,而起來給他,也要因他恬不知恥地切求而起來,給他所需要的一切。
「所以,我告訴你們:你們求,必要給你們;你們找,必要找著;你們敲,必要給你們開。因為凡求的,就必得到;找的,就必找到;敲的,就必給他開。你們中間那有為父親的,兒子向他求餅,反而給他石頭呢?或是求魚,反將蛇當魚給他呢?或者求雞蛋,反將蠍子給他呢?你們縱然不善,尚且知道把好東西給你們的兒女,何況在天之父,豈不更將聖神賜與求他的人嗎?」

—上主的話。

(27th Week in Ordinary Time – Thursday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 11:5-13

Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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