Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum (17,14-20)
In illo tempore: Iesus dixit discipulis suis: « Si quis vult post me venire, abneget semetipsum et tollat crucem suam et sequatur me. Qui enim voluerit animam suam salvam facere, perdet eam; qui autem perdiderit animam suam propter me, inveniet eam. Quid enim prodest homini, si mundum universum lucretur, animæ vero suæ detrimentum patiatur? Aut quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua? Filius enim hominis venturus est in gloria Patris sui cum angelis suis, et tunc reddet unicuique secundum opus eius. Amen dico vobis: Sunt quidam de hic stantibus, qui non gustabunt mortem, donec videant Filium hominis venientem in regno suo ».
At that time: Jesus said to His disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For he that will save his life, shall lose it, and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it. For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and sustain the damage of his soul? Or what permutation shall a man give for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his Angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works. Amen I say to you, there be some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his Kingdom.
