恭讀聖瑪竇福音 16:24-28

那時候,耶穌對門徒說:「誰若願意跟隨我,該棄絕自己,背著自己的十字架來跟隨我,因為誰若願意救自已的性命,必要喪失性命;但誰若為我的緣故,喪失自己的性命,必要獲得性命。人縱然賺得了全世界,卻賠上了自己的靈魂,為他有什麼益處?或者,人還能拿什麼作為自己靈魂的代價?因為將來人子要在他父的光榮中同他的天使降來,那時,他要按照每人的行為予以賞報。我實在告訴你們:站在這裏的人中,就有些人未嘗到死味以前,必要看見人子來到自己的國內。」

—上主的話。

(18th Week in Ordinary Time – Friday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 16:24-28

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? 27 For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. 28 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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