June 27, 2014

閱讀

使徒行傳 7: 6-11

7:6 Then God told him that his offspring would be a settler in a foreign land, and that they would subjugate them, and treat them badly, for four hundred years.

7:7 ‘And the nation whom they will serve, I will judge,’ said the Lord. ‘And after these things, they shall depart and shall serve me in this place.’

7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he conceived Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac conceived Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs.

7:9 And the Patriarchs, being jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him.

7:10 And he rescued him from all his tribulations. And he gave him grace and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him as governor over Egypt and over all his house.

7:11 Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.

二讀

Letter of John 4: 7-16

4:7 Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

4:8 Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.

4:9 The love of God was made apparent to us in this way: that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

4:10 In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.

4:11 Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

4:12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

4:13 In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit.

4:14 And we have seen, and we testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

4:15 Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

Gospel

馬修 11: 25-30

11:25 At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.

11:26 Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you.

11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

11:28 Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

11:30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light.”