恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 13:33-37

那時候,耶穌說:「你們要當心,要醒寤,因為你們不知道,那日期什麼時候來到。正如一個遠行的人,離開自己的家時,把權柄交給了自己的僕人,每人有每人的工作;又囑咐看門的,須要醒寤。
「所以,你們要醒寤,因為你們不知道,家主什麼時候回來:或許傍晚,或許夜半,或許雞叫,或許清晨;免得他忽然來到,遇見你們正在睡覺。
「我對你們說的,我也對眾人說:你們要醒寤!」

—上主的話。

(1st Sunday of Advent)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 13:33-37

Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!'”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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