聖若翰洗者誕辰 (節日)

恭讀聖路加福音 1:57-66,80

依撒伯爾滿了產期,就生了一個兒子。她的鄰居和親戚,聽說上主向她大施仁慈,都和她一同歡樂。到了第八天,人們來為這孩子行割損禮,並願意照他父親的名字,叫他匝加利亞。
他的母親說:「不,要叫他若翰。」
他們就向他母親說:「在你親族中,沒有人叫這名字的。」他們便給孩子的父親打手勢,看他父親願意叫他什麼名字。
他父親要了一塊小板,寫上:「若翰是他的名字。」眾人都驚訝起來。匝加利亞的口和舌頭,立刻開了,就開口讚美天主。
於是,所有鄰居,都滿懷害怕之情;這一切事,就傳遍了全猶大山區;凡聽見的人,都將這事存於心中,說:「這孩子將成為什麼人物啊?」因為上主的手與他同在。
這小孩漸漸長大,心神堅強。他住在荒野,直到他在以色列人前出現的日期。

—上主的話。

(12th Week in Ordinary Time – Wednesday – Medjugorje)

(Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 1:57-66,80

57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son. 58 And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father, 60 but his mother said, “Not so; he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her, “None of your kindred is called by this name.” 62 And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all marveled. 64 And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 65 And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea; 66 and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him. 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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