恭讀聖路加福音 14:25-33
那時候,有一大夥人與耶穌同行,耶穌轉身向他們說:「如果誰來跟隨我,而不惱恨自己的父親、母親、妻子、兒女、兄弟、姊妹,甚至自己的性命,不能做我的門徒。「不論誰,如果不背起自己的十字架,跟隨我,不能做我的門徒。「你們當中,誰願意建造一座塔,而不先坐下,籌算費用,看是否有力完成呢?免得他奠基以後,竟不能完工,所有看見的人,都要譏笑他,說:這個人開始建造,但不能完工。「或者一個國王,要去同別的國王交戰,那有不先坐下,運籌一下,看能否以一萬人,去抵抗對方的兩萬人呢?如果不能,就得趁那國王,離得尚遠的時候,派遣使節,去求和。「同樣,你們中不論是誰,如果不捨棄他的一切所有,不能做我的門徒。」
—基督的福音。
(23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 14:25-33
25 Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them, 26 “If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. 33 So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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擔任學校的訓導主任時,接到教育處的書函,要學校處理家長投訴學校有關教師用藤條懲罰學生的個案。對那位老師,初時我是採用婉轉及溫和的方法去勸諭,但她一口否應;於是翌日一大清早,走到她的課室,從書架上找到那條藤條,之後她回到學校,就請她到我的辦公室裡取回,我並請她以後不要再犯,否則教育處親自出馬,她就會被取消教席。幸好,她不再體罰學生了﹗不過,以後她在學校裡一踫見我,就以凌厲的眼神盯著我,使我渾身不舒服。我想,我已經做好我的份兒,她要恨我,我也沒法﹗最重要是我內心平安﹗
那次經驗,使我更加明白:為維護真理、伸張正義、主持公道,就要背負十字架,就有如耶穌一般,受憎恨,侮辱,誤解,惱怒、擯棄,甚至被釘在十字架上﹗不過,最重要的是願意跟隨祂的足跡,願意奉行祂的旨意,更願意祂的國臨現人間﹗
「同樣,你們中不論是誰,如果不捨棄他的一切所有,不能做我的門徒。」路14:33
是的,主﹗我們要放棄自己的驕傲和自以為是,連自己的尊嚴也放下,做一個完完全全謙卑的人,才算是祢的門徒。求祢派遣祢的聖神教導我,使我懂得放下一切,跟隨祢﹗