聖伯多祿及聖保祿宗徒
慶祝聖伯多祿及聖保祿兩位宗徒的節日。
伯多祿率先明認對基督的信仰，並藉以色列的遺民，建立了初期的教會；伯多祿向耶穌說：「你是默西亞，永生天主之子。」耶穌回答說：「你是伯多祿（磐石）；我要在這磐石上，建立我的教會。」
保祿則清晰地宣講信仰的真義，被召喚作萬民的導師。「主卻在我左右，堅固了我，使福音的宣講，藉著我而完成，使一切外邦人，都能聽見。」
在尼祿王統治期間，約於公元64年，伯多祿殉道於十字架上；保祿殉道於劍下。
集禱經
天主，你恩賜我們今天歡欣慶祝聖伯多祿和聖保祿宗徒的節日。你的教會首先由他們接受了信仰；求你恩賜我們在一切事上，都能遵從宗徒的教誨。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。
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Saints Peter and Paul are the principal Pillars of the Church founded by Christ.
St. Peter was chosen by Christ to be his first Vicar on earth; he was endowed with the power of the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven and given the role of Shepherd of Christ’s flock.
In St. Peter and his successors, the popes, there is a visible sign of unity and communion in faith and charity. Divine grace led St. Peter to profess Christ’s divinity. He suffered martyrdom under Nero about AD 64 and is buried at the hill of the Vatican.
St. Paul was chosen to form part of the College of Apostles by Christ himself after his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. Selected to bring Christ’s name to all peoples, he was a great missionary, advocate of pagans, and “Apostle of the Gentiles”.
He was beheaded in the Tre Fontane along the Via Ostiense and buried nearby.
Collect
Grant, we pray, O Lord our God,
that we may be sustained
by the intercession of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul,
that, as through them you gave your Church
the foundations of her heavenly office,
so through them you may help her to eternal salvation.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son,
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://nationaltoday.com/the-feast-of-saints-peter-and-paul/
中文內容：《平日彌撒經文》，香港教區禮儀委員會
English text: Daily Roman Missal, 2011