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恭讀默示錄　11:19; 12:1-6, 10

那時候，天主在天上的聖殿敞開了，天主的約櫃，也從天主的聖殿中，顯露出來了。天上出現了一個大異兆：有一個女人，身披太陽，腳踏月亮，頭戴十二顆星的榮冠；她腹中懷了孕，在產痛中呻吟。

跟著，天上又出現了另一個異兆：有一條火紅的大龍，有七個頭，十隻角，頭上戴著七個王冠。牠的尾巴，將天上的星辰，勾下了三分之一，投在地上。那條龍，站在那要生產的女人面前，待她生產後，要吞下她的孩子。

那女人生了一個男孩；他就是要以鐵杖牧放萬民的那位。那女人的孩子，被提到天主和他的寶座前。

女人就逃到曠野，在那裡，有天主給她準備好的地方，叫她在那裡，受供養一千二百六十天。

那時候，我聽見天上有大聲音說：「現在，我們的天主獲得了勝利、權能和國度，也顯示了他基督的權柄。」——上主的話。

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答唱詠　詠45:10, 11-12, 15-16

【答】：王后佩帶敖非爾金飾，侍立在你右邊。（詠45:10）

領：列王的公主，都成群結隊，前來歡迎你。王后佩帶敖非爾金飾，侍立在你右邊。【答】

領：女兒！請聽，請看，也請側耳細聽：忘卻你的民族、和你父的家庭！因為君王戀慕你的美艷雅麗。他是你的主；你應向他伏首至地。【答】

領：公主身穿錦衣華服，被引到君王面前；成群童女，陪伴著她，到你身邊；在歡樂歌舞聲中，一齊進入了王宮。【答】

讀經二（首先是作為初果的基督，然後是屬於基督的人。）

恭讀聖保祿宗徒致格林多人前書　15:20-27

弟兄姊妹們：

基督確實從死者中復活了，做了死者的初果。因為，死亡既因一人而來，死者的復活，也因一人而來；就如在亞當內，眾人都死了，照樣，在基督內，眾人都要復活；不過，各人要依照自己的次第：首先是作為初果的基督，然後，是在基督再來時，屬於基督的人，再後，才是結局；那時，基督將消滅一切率領者、一切掌權者和大能者，把自己的王權，交於天主父。

因為，基督必須為王，直到把一切仇敵，屈伏於他的腳下。最後被毀滅的仇敵，就是死亡，因為天主使萬物都屈伏在他的腳下。——上主的話。

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福音前歡呼

領：亞肋路亞。

眾：亞肋路亞。

領：瑪利亞蒙召升天，天上的天使都歡欣踴躍。

眾：亞肋路亞。

福音（全能者在我身上行了大事，舉揚了卑微貧困的人。）

恭讀聖路加福音　1:39-56

瑪利亞就在那幾日起身，急速往山區去，到了猶大的一座城。她進入匝加利亞的家，就向依撒伯爾請安。

依撒伯爾一聽到瑪利亞請安，胎兒就在她腹中歡躍。依撒伯爾於是充滿了聖神，高聲說：

「在女人中，你是蒙祝福的，你的胎兒，也是蒙祝福的。我主的母親，駕臨我這裡，這是我那裡得來的呢？看，你請安的聲音，一入我耳，胎兒就在我腹中，歡喜踴躍。那信了由上主傳於她的話必要完成的，是有福的。」

瑪利亞於是說：

「我的靈魂頌揚上主，我的心神歡躍於天主，我的救主，因為他垂顧了她婢女的卑微，今後萬世萬代都要稱我有福；因全能者在我身上，行了大事，他的名字是聖的，他的仁慈世世代代於無窮世，賜與敬畏他的人。

「他伸出了手臂，施展大能，驅散那些心高氣傲的人。他從高座上，推下權勢者，卻舉揚了卑微貧困的人。他曾使飢餓者，飽饗美物，反使那富有者，空手而去。

「他曾回憶起自己的仁慈，扶助了他的僕人以色列，正如他向我們祖先所說過的恩許，施恩於亞巴郎和他的子孫，直到永遠。」

瑪利亞同依撒伯爾，住了三個月左右，就回家去了。——上主的話。

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FIRST READING (A woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet.)

A reading from the Book of Revelation (11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab)

God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple.

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed One.”—The Word of the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (45:10, 11, 12, 16)

R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. (Ps 45:10bc)

Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house. (R)

So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord. (R)

They are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the king. (R)

SECOND READING (Christ, the firstfruits; then those who belong to him.)

A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (15:20-27)

Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for “he subjected everything under his feet.”—The Word of the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Mary is taken up to heaven; a chorus of angels exults. (R)

GOSPEL (The Almighty has done great things for me; he has raised up the lowly.)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (1:39-56)

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever.”

Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.—The Gospel of the Lord.

R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.