恭讀聖瑪竇福音 17:22-27
當耶穌同門徒在加里肋亞周遊時,耶穌對他們說:「人子將被交於人們手中。他們要殺害他,第三天他必要復活。」門徒就非常憂鬱。
他們來到葛法翁時,收殿稅的人來對伯多祿跟前說:「你們的師傅不納殿稅嗎?」伯多祿說:「當然納稅。」他一進到屋裏,耶穌就先對他說:「西滿!你以為怎樣?地上的君王向誰徵收關稅或丁稅呢?向自己的兒子,或是向外人?」伯多祿說:「向外人。」耶穌對他說:「所以兒子是免稅的了。但是,為避免冒犯他們,你往海邊去垂釣,拿釣上來的第一條魚,開了它的口,就會找到一塊「斯塔特」。拿去交給他們,當作我和你的殿稅。」
—基督的福音。
(19th Week in Ordinary Time – Monday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 17:22-27
22 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed. 24 When they came to Caper’na-um, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, “Does not your teacher pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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「你們法利塞人洗淨杯盤的外面,你們心中却滿是劫奪與邪惡…」路11:39 在這裡,耶穌當面痛責法利塞人。
「耶穌進了殿院,開始把買賣的人趕出去。對他們說:『經上記載:我的殿宇應是祈禱之所,而你們竟把它做了賊窩。』」路19:45-46 耶穌對他們直斥其非。
但在今天的讀經,他的反應却不同。「耶穌對伯多祿說:所以兒子是免稅的了。但是,為避免冒犯他們,你往海邊去垂釣,拿釣上來的第一條魚,開了它的口,就會找到一塊『斯塔特』。拿去交給他們,當作我和你的殿稅。」瑪17:26-27 耶穌息事寧人,為免冒犯他們,於是顯了奇蹟亦交了殿稅。
在日常生活中,何時對不公平不公義的事,加以斥責且不妥協﹖何時對不知道自己在做什麼的人加以容忍且以和為貴﹖另一方面却要自己活得能自知也能自省,這些都不是一件簡單的功課。
主耶穌,假若祢不在我內,我不在祢內,我如何能處理世事合祢的心意﹖祈求祢派遣聖神降臨我內,給我有明辨和智慧的心。主耶穌,慈悲的君王,我信賴祢﹗