主日講道 – 四旬期第一主日 (2010年2月21日)

聖劉翰佐司鐸殉道
恭讀聖路加福音 4:1-13
那時候,耶穌充滿聖神,離開約但河,就被聖神引入荒野,四十天之久,受魔鬼試探。耶穌在那段日子,什麼也沒有吃,過了那段日子,就餓了。魔鬼對耶穌說:「祢如果是天主子,就命令這塊石頭變成餅吧!」耶穌回答說:「經上記載:『人生活不只靠餅。』」魔鬼引耶穌到高處,頃刻間把普世萬國指給耶穌看,並對耶穌說:「這一切權勢及其榮華,我都要給祢,因為這一切都已全交給了我;我願意把它給誰,就給誰。所以,祢如果朝拜我,這一切都是祢的。」耶穌回答說:「經上記載:『你要朝拜上主,你的天主;惟獨奉侍祂。』」魔鬼又引耶穌到耶路撒冷,把祂放在聖殿頂上,向祂說:「祢如果是天主子,從這裡跳下去吧!因為經上記載:『祂為祢吩咐了自己的天使保護你;他們要用手托著祢,免得祢的腳踫在石頭上。』」耶穌回答說:「經上說:『不可試探上主,你的天主。』」魔鬼用盡了各種試探後,就離開了耶穌,再等時機。
—基督的福音。

(1st Sunday of Lent)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 4:1-13

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit 2 for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone.'” 5 And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, `You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'” 9 And he took him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here; 10 for it is written, `He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you,’ 11 and `On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'” 12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, `You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 聖灰禮儀後 (週六) (2010年2月20日)

聖路加福音 5:27-32
那時候,耶穌出去,看見一個稅吏,名叫肋未,在稅關那裡坐著,便對他說:「跟隨我吧!」他便捨棄一切,起來跟隨了他。肋未在自己家中為他擺設了盛筵,有許多稅吏和其他的人,與他們一同坐席。法利塞人和他們的經師就憤憤不平,對他的門徒說:「你們為什麼同稅吏和罪人一起吃喝?」耶穌回答他們說:「不是健康的人需要醫生,而是有病的人。我不是來召叫義人,而是召叫罪人悔改。」
—基督的福音。

(Saturday after Ash Wednesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 5:27-32

7 After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And he left everything, and rose and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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一言為定(2010年2月20日)

「跟隨我吧! 」(路5:27)
這是耶穌對稅吏肋未(瑪竇)的召喚。結果,「他便捨棄一切,起來跟隨了衪。 」(路5:28)
這當然不是他們第一次見面;不過,可以肯定,耶穌的言行舉止已深深地吸引了他。
讓我們看看另一個例子:
若翰的兩個門徒,即安德肋和若望,當他們聽見若翰說:「看,天主的羔羊!」他們便跟在耶穌的後面。
「耶穌便問他們說:『你們找什麼?』他們回答說:『辣彼! ──意即師傅──你住在那裏?』 衪向他們說:『你們來看看吧!』他們於是去了,看了衪住的地方;並且那一天就在衪那裡住下了。」(若1:38-39)
『住下了』,表示願意成為耶穌的門徒。
諸多顧慮,是不適合作耶穌的門徒。
請看下面不一樣的例子:
「他們正走的時侯,在路上有一個人對耶穌說:『你不論往那裏去,我要跟隨你。』
耶穌給他說:『狐狸有穴,天上的飛鳥有巢;但是人子卻沒有枕頭的地方。』
又對另一人說:『你跟隨我吧!』那人卻說:『主,請許我先去埋葬我的父親。』
耶穌給他說:『任憑死人去埋葬自己的死人吧! 至於你,你要去宣揚天主的國。』
又有一個人說:『主,我要跟隨你,但是請許我先告別我的家人。』
耶穌對他說:『手扶著犁而往後看的,不適於天主的國。』 (路9:57-62)
瑪竇給我們立了一個好榜樣。假若他猶豫不決的話,今天我們可能沒有了瑪竇福音。
跟隨主,或承行主旨,是要當機立斷的。
梁達材神父