恭讀聖路加福音 18:1-8

那時候,耶穌給門徒設了一個比喻,論及人應當時常祈禱,不要灰心。耶穌說:
「某城中,曾有一個法官,不敬畏天主,也不敬重人。
「在那城中,另有一個寡婦,常去見那法官,說:請你制裁我的對頭,給我伸冤吧!那法官,多時不肯。
「以後,那法官心裡想:我雖然不敬畏天主,也不敬重人。但是,因為這個寡婦,時常來煩擾我,我還是為她伸冤,免得她不斷來糾纏我。
「於是,主說:你們聽聽這個不義的法官,說了什麼!天主所召選的人,日夜呼籲天主,天主豈能不為他們伸冤,而拖延俯聽他們嗎?
「我告訴你們:天主必要快快為他們伸冤。但是,人子來臨時,能在世上找到信德嗎?」

—上主的話。

(29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 18:1-8

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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