神父講道 – 常年期第十六週 (週三) (2010年7月21日)

聖郭西德司鐸殉道
恭讀聖瑪竇福音 13:1-9
在那一天,耶穌從家裏出來,坐在海邊上,有許多群眾集合到他跟前,他只得上船坐下,群眾都站在岸上。他就用比喻給他們講論了許多事,說:「看,有個撒種的出去撒種;他撒種的時候,有的落在路旁,飛鳥來把它們吃了。有的落在石頭地裏,那裏沒有多少土壤,因為所有的土壤不深,即刻發了芽,但太陽一出來,就被曬焦;又因為沒有根,就枯乾了。有的落在荊棘中,荊棘長起來,便把它們窒息了。有的落在好地裏,就結了果實:有一百倍的,有六十倍的,有三十倍的。有耳的,聽吧!」
—基督的福音。

(16th Week in Ordinary Time – Wednesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 13:1-9

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears, let him hear.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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一言為定(2010年7月21日)

「有的落在好地裏,就結了實。」(瑪13:8)
按猶太人農夫的習慣,是先撒種,後耕耘。因此許多表面是好地的,但到耕耘時,才發覺土壤不深,故種子長不起來。耶穌借用撒種的比喻,表達天主的聖言是向所有人類宣講的,沒有一人是例外。
事實上,不少聽眾覺得耶穌的道理生硬而離他而去。
伯多祿也曾謙卑的向耶穌說:「主,唯你有永生的話,離開了你,我們何去何從?」
比喻中的土地當然不能改變,但靈魂的心田卻可以化干戈為玉帛。瑪利亞瑪大肋納便是一個最好的例子。耶穌曾在她身上驅出七個魔鬼。結果,她變成一位謙卑自下的女子。她用淚水洗耶穌的腳,用頭髮擦乾,並用名貴的香液敷抹。
當有些門徒看不過眼時,耶穌說:「任由她罷!她愛德的行為將要永傳於世。」
可見,我們不應因為過去的不是而自我貶值,反而因主耶穌的寬恕而成為十字架恩寵的見證人。
我們原是罪人,但耶穌卻使我們成為他生命的一部份。耶穌願意我們不斷進取,結成三十倍、六十倍,甚至一百倍的果實。
主,唯你有永生之言,離開了你,我們何去何從?
梁達材神父