恭讀聖若望福音 13:21-33,36-38

耶穌同門徒一起吃晚餐時,心神煩亂,就明明地說:「我實實在在告訴你們:你們中有一個要出賣我。」門徒便互相觀望,猜疑他說的是誰。門徒中有一個是耶穌所愛的,他那時斜依在耶穌的懷裏,西滿伯多祿就向他示意說:「你問他說的是誰?」那位就緊靠在耶穌的胸膛上,問他說:「主!是誰?」耶穌答覆說:「我蘸這片餅遞給誰,誰就是。」耶穌就蘸了一片餅,遞給依斯加略人西滿的兒子猶達斯。隨著那片餅,撒殫進入了他的心,於是耶穌對他說:「你所要做的,你快去做吧!」同席的人誰也沒有明白耶穌為什麼向他說了這話。不過,有人因為猶達斯掌管錢囊,以為耶穌是給他說:「你去買我們過節所需要的」,或者,要他給窮人施捨一些東西。猶達斯一吃了那一片餅,就立時出去了:那時,正是黑夜。
猶達斯出去以後,耶穌就說:「現在人子受到了光榮,天主也在人子身上受到了光榮。天主既然在人子身上得到了光榮,天主也要在自己內使人子得到光榮,並且立時就要光榮他。孩子們!我同你們在一起的時候不多了;以後你們要尋找我,就如我曾向猶太人說過:我所去的地方,你們不能去;現在我也給你們說。」
西滿伯多祿問耶穌說:「主!你往哪裏去?」耶穌回答說:「我所去的地方,你如今不能跟我去,但後來卻要跟我去。」伯多祿向他說:「主!為什麼現在我不能跟你去?我要為你捨掉我的性命!」耶穌答覆說:「你要為我捨掉你的生命嗎?我實實在在告訴你:雞未叫以前,你要三次不認我。」

—上主的話。

(Tuesday of Holy Week)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 13:21-33,36-38

Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side. So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it.” So he dipped the morsel and took it and handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. After Judas took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” Now none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him. Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or to give something to the poor. So Judas took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.
When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you.”
Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.” Peter said to him, “Master, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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