恭讀聖路加福音 10:17-24

那七十二人歡喜地歸來,說:「主,因著你的名號,連惡魔都屈服於我們。」耶穌向他們說:「我看見撒殫如同閃電一般自天跌下。看我已經授於你們權柄,使你們踐踏在蛇蠍上,並能制伏仇敵的一切勢力,沒有什麼能傷害你們。但是,你們不要因為魔鬼屈服於你們的這件事而喜歡,你們應當喜歡的,乃是因為你們的名字,已經登記在天上了。」就在那時刻,耶穌因聖神而歡欣說:「父啊! 天地的主宰,我稱謝你,因為你將這些事瞞住了智慧和明達的人,而啟示了給小孩子。是的,父啊! 你原來喜歡這樣做。我父將一切都交給我,除了父,沒有一個認識子是誰,除了子及子所願啟示的人外,也沒有一個認識父是誰的。耶穌轉過身來私下對門徒說:「見你們所見之事的眼睛是有福的。我告訴你們:曾經有許多先知及君王希望看你們所見的,而沒有看見;聽你們所聽的,而沒有聽到。

—上主的話。

(26th Week in Ordinary Time – Saturday)

(Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 10:17-24

17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” 21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will. 22 All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” 23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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