Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam (12,35-40)
In illo tempore: Dixit Iesus discipulis suis: Sint lumbi vestri præcíncti et lucérnæ ardéntes, et vos símiles homínibus exspectántibus dóminum suum, quando revertátur a núptiis, ut, cum vénerit et pulsáverit, conféstim apériant ei. Beáti, servi illi, quos, cum vénerit dóminus, invénerit vigilántes. Amen dico vobis, quod præcínget se et fáciet illos discúmbere et tránsiens ministrábit illis. Et si vénerit in secúnda vigília, et si in tértia vigília vénerit, et ita invénerit, beáti sunt illi. Hoc autem scitóte, quia, si sciret pater famílias, qua hora fur veníret, non síneret pérfodi domum suam. Et vos estóte paráti, quia, qua hora non putátis, Fílius hóminis venit.”
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: “Keep thy loins girded and thy lamps burning. Be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding, so that they may open the door for Him as soon as He arrives and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master, upon his arrival, will find keeping watch! Verily, I tell thou, he shall gird himself, have them sit down to eat, and go about serving them. Whether he comes in the second or third watch, if he finds them thus, blessed are they! Understand this well: if the master of the house knew at what hour the thief was coming, he would not let his house be broken into. Thou, too, must be ready, for the Son of Man will come at an hour when thou least expect it.”
Commentarium evangelii
Commentary on the Gospel
