四旬期第三周星期三
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
读经一
恭读申命纪 4:1, 5-9
梅瑟对百姓说：以色列！现在你要听我教训你们的法令和规律，尽力遵行：这样你们才能生活，才能进入占领，上主你们祖先的天主赐给你们的地方。看，我授与你们法令和规律都是上主我的天主吩咐与我的，好叫你们在你们要去占领的土地内，依照遵行。你们要谨守遵行，因为这样，在万民眼中，才能显出你们的智慧和见识；他们一听到这一切法令说：“这实在是一个有智慧，有见识的大民族！” 有那个大民族的神这样接近他们，如同上主我们的天主，在我们每次呼求他时，这样亲近我们呢？又有那个大民族，有这样公正的法令和规律，如同我今天在你们面前，所颁布的这一切法律呢？你应谨慎，加意留心，不要忘了你亲眼所见的奇事，终生日日不要让这些事远离你的心，并要将这一切传于你的子子孙孙。
Reading 1
A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
Moses spoke to the people and said:
“Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees
which I am teaching you to observe,
that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land
which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Therefore, I teach you the statutes and decrees
as the LORD, my God, has commanded me,
that you may observe them in the land you are entering to occupy.
Observe them carefully,
for thus will you give evidence
of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations,
who will hear of all these statutes and say,
‘This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.’
For what great nation is there
that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us
whenever we call upon him?
Or what great nation has statutes and decrees
that are as just as this whole law
which I am setting before you today?
“However, take care and be earnestly on your guard
not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen,
nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live,
but teach them to your children and to your children’s children.”
福音
恭读圣玛窦福音 5:17-19
那时候，耶稣对他的门徒说：“你们不要以为我来是废除法律或先知；我来不是为废除，而是为成全。我实在告诉你们：即使天地过去了，一撇或一画也决不会从法律上过去，必待一切完成。所以，谁若废除这些诫命中最小的一条，也这样教训人，在天国里，他将称为最小的；但谁若实行，也这样教训人，这人在天国里将称为大的。”
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”