四旬期第三周星期五
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
读经一
恭读欧瑟亚先知书 14:2-10
上主这样说：以色列！归向上主你的天主吧！因为你跌倒了，是因了你的罪孽。准备你们的话，好在回来归向上主时，对他说：“求你宽恕我们的一切罪过，使我们重获幸福，叫我们好给你献上我们嘴唇的佳果。亚述不能拯救我们，我们也不再骑坐埃及的马；我们也决不再对我们双手的作品说：‘你是我们的天主。’ 因为孤儿只有在你那里才得到怜恤。”
我要治疗他们的不忠，我要从心里疼爱他们，因为我的怒气已远离了他们。我对以色列将如甘露；她将开花如百合，扎根如白杨；她的枝条必要茂盛，她的秀丽就如橄榄树，她的芬芳就如黎巴嫩的馨香。他们必将归来，坐在我的庇荫下；他们必将繁殖有如五谷，滋生有如葡萄；她的声誉将如黎巴嫩的美酒。厄弗辣因与偶像还有什么关系？是我磨难了她，我也要福佑她；我如一棵翠绿的松树，由于我，她才结出了果实。
谁明智，就会明了；谁聪敏，就会领会，因为上主的道路是正直的；义人在上面畅行，恶人反在上面跌倒。
Reading 1
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Hosea 14:2-10
Thus says the LORD:
Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God;
you have collapsed through your guilt.
Take with you words,
and return to the LORD;
Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity,
and receive what is good, that we may render
as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.
Assyria will not save us,
nor shall we have horses to mount;
We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’
to the work of our hands;
for in you the orphan finds compassion.”
I will heal their defection, says the LORD,
I will love them freely;
for my wrath is turned away from them.
I will be like the dew for Israel:
he shall blossom like the lily;
He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,
and put forth his shoots.
His splendor shall be like the olive tree
and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.
Again they shall dwell in his shade
and raise grain;
They shall blossom like the vine,
and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols?
I have humbled him, but I will prosper him.
“I am like a verdant cypress tree”–
Because of me you bear fruit!
Let him who is wise understand these things;
let him who is prudent know them.
Straight are the paths of the LORD,
in them the just walk,
but sinners stumble in them.
福音
恭读圣马尔谷福音 12:28-34
那时候，有一个经师上前来，问耶稣说：“一切诫命中，那一条是第一条呢？” 耶稣回答说：“第一条是：‘以色列！你要听！上主我们的天主是唯一的天主。你们当全心、全灵、全力爱上主，你的天主。’ 第二条是：‘你应当爱近人如你自己。’ 再没有别的诫命比这两条更大的了。”那经师对耶稣说：“不错，师傅说的实在对：他是唯一的，除他以外，再没有别的：应以全心、全意、全力爱他，并爱近人如自己，远超过一切全燔祭和牺牲。” 耶稣见他回答的明智，便对他说：“你离天主的国不远了。” 从此，没有人敢再问他。
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
“Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher.
You are right in saying,
He is One and there is no other than he.
And to love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding,
with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
he said to him,
“You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.