Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

聖若翰洗者

節日 / Solemnity

六月廿四日

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June 24

Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

聖若翰洗者

紀念日:

六月廿四日

Memorial Date:

June 24

聖若翰洗者誕辰

聖若翰洗者是天主恩賜給匝加利亞和依撒伯爾之子; 依撒伯爾是聖母的表姊,故此聖約翰洗者是耶穌的表兄。聖約翰在母胎中時巳因瑪利亞胎中的基督巳歡躍。洗者在約旦河宣講悔改的洗禮,準備迎接基督的來臨,故被稱為「若翰洗者」、「主的前驅」。聖人向自己門徒指出耶穌是天主的羔羊、除免世罪者,並鼓勵他們跟隨基督。耶穌稱他比先知還大。

教會傳統慶死不慶生,因為死亡才是天上的誕生。不過,只有耶穌的聖誕、聖母聖誕及洗者若翰的誕辰,才會慶祝。救主耶穌聖誕固然要慶祝,因為救主已經來到。聖母聖誕要慶祝,因為天主為他聖子的誕生人間,準備了母親:救恩的曙光已現。慶祝洗者若翰的誕辰,因為若翰好比先知厄里亞已來到,準備救主的道路,也準備人去接受救主耶穌。

集禱經

天主,你提拔了聖若翰洗者,為主基督準備一個善良的百姓;求你賜給你子民心靈的喜樂,並引導所有信眾,走上救恩與和平的道路。因你的聖子、我們的主耶穌基督,他和你及聖神,是唯一天主,永生永王。亞孟。

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Born six months before Our Lord, St. John was the son of Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth, Our Lady’s cousin. He was the last and greatest of the prophets. As the Forerunner of the Savior, he prepared the Jews for the advent of Christ.

When Christ had come, St. John bore witness to him and encouraged his own followers to follow him. 

Collect

Grant, we pray, almighty God,

That your family may walk in the way of salvation

and, attentive to what saint John the Precursor urged,

our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, for ever and ever. Amen

資料來源 References

圖:https://www.stainedglassinc.com/window/4064-baptism-of-jesus/

中文內容: 《平日彌撒經文》,香港教區禮儀委員會

https://nanthony.catholic.org.tw/index.php/2023/06/21/st-john-the-baptist/ 

English Text: Daily Roman Missal, 2011