January 3, 2025 - Friday

Christmas Weekday

主显节前 星期五

 

 

First Reading:  1 Jn 2:29–3:6

读经一（凡生活在上主内的，就不犯罪。）

恭读圣若望一书 2:29-3:6

 

If you consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him.

弟兄们，你们既然知道天主是正义的，就该知道凡履行正义的，都是由他而生的。

 

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are.

请看父赐给我们何等的爱情，使我们得称为天主的子女，而且我们也真是如此。

 

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed.

世界所以不认识我们，是因为不认识父。可爱的诸位，现在我们是天主的子女，但我们将来如何，还没有显明；

 

We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

可是我们知道：一显明了，我们必要相似他，因为我们要看见他实在怎样。

 

Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.

所以，凡对他怀着这希望的，必圣洁自己，就如那一位是圣洁的一样。

 

Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.

凡是犯罪的，也就是作违法的事，因为罪过就是违法。

 

You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

你们也知道，那一位曾显示出来，是为除免罪过，在他身上并没有罪过。

 

No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him.

凡存在他内的，就不犯罪过；凡犯罪过的，是没有看见过他，也没有认识过他。

 

——the Word of the Lord

——上主的圣言  

 

Responsorial Psalm Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6

答唱咏 咏 98:1,3-4,5-6

 

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

【答】：全球看见了我们天主的救恩。

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; His right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm.

领：请众向上主歌唱新歌，因为他行了奇事。他的右手和他的圣臂，为他获得了胜利。

 

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

【答】：全球看见了我们天主的救恩。

 

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise.

领：全球看见了我们天主的救恩。因此，普世大地，请向上主歌舞，请踊跃，请欢乐，弹琴演奏。

 

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

【答】：全球看见了我们天主的救恩。

 

Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song. With trumpets and the sound of the horn sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.

领：弹著竖琴，向上主赞颂，弹著竖琴，伴和著弦韵，吹起喇叭，伴奏着号角，在上主君王前讴歌。

 

R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

【答】：全球看见了我们天主的救恩。

 

Gospel  Jn 1:29-34

福音（请看，消除世界罪恶的天主羔羊。）

恭读圣若望福音 1:29-34

 

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

第二天，若翰见耶稣向他走来，便说：“看，天主的羔羊，除免世罪者！

 

He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'

这位就是我论他曾说过：有一个人在我以后来，成了在我以前的，因他原先我而有。

 

I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel."

连我也不曾认识他，但为使他显示于以色列，为此，我来以水施洗。”

 

John testified further, saying, "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky and remain upon him.

若翰又作证说：“我看见圣神仿佛鸽子从天降下，停在他身上。

 

I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

我也不曾认识他。但那派遣我来以水施洗的，给我说：‘你看见圣神降下，停在谁身上，谁就是那要以圣神施洗的人。

 

Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God."

我看见了，我便作证：他就是天主子。’”

 

——The Gospel of the Lord

——基督的福音