恭讀聖路加福音 17:20-25

那時候,法利塞人問耶穌天主的國何時要來;耶穌回答說:「天主國的來臨,並非是顯然可見的;人也不能說:看呀,在這裏;或:在那裏;因為天主的國就在你們中間。」
耶穌對門徒說:「日子將到,那時,你們切望看見人子的日子來臨,而不得見。人要向你們說:看呀,在那裏;看呀,在這裏。你們不要去,也不要追隨,因為猶如閃電由天這邊閃起,直照到天那邊:人子在他的日子裏,也要這樣。但他必須先受許多苦,且被這一代擯棄。」

—上主的話。

(32nd Week in Ordinary Time – Thursday)

(Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 17:20-25

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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