主日講道 – 四旬期第三主日 (2012年3月11日)

恭讀聖若望福音 2:13-25

猶太人的逾越節近了,耶穌便上耶路撒冷。在殿院裡,耶穌看見賣牛、羊、鴿子的,及坐在錢莊上,兌換銀錢的人,就用繩索做了一條鞭子,把眾人連羊帶牛,都從殿院趕出去,傾倒了換錢者的銀錢,推翻了他們的桌子;對賣鴿子的人說:「把這些東西從這裡拿出去,不要使我父的殿宇成為商場。」耶穌的門徒就想起了經上記載的話:「我對你殿宇所懷的熱忱,把我耗盡。」猶太人便問耶穌說:「祢顯什麼神蹟給我們看,證明祢有權做這些事?」耶穌回答他們說:「你們拆毀這座聖殿,三天之內,我要把它重建起來。」猶太人就說:「這座聖殿建築了四十六年,祢在三天之內,就能把它重建起來嗎?」但耶穌所說的聖所,是指祂自己的身體。所以,當祂從死者中復活以後,祂的門徒就想起了他曾說過這話,便相信了聖經,及耶穌說過的話。當耶穌在耶路撒冷過逾越節時,有許多人看見祂所行的神蹟,便信從了祂;耶穌卻不信任他們,因為祂認識所有的人;祂並不需要誰告訴祂,人是怎樣的,因為祂洞悉人的內心。

—基督的福音。

(3rd Sunday of Lent)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 2:13-25

13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did; 24 but Jesus did not trust himself to them, 25 because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

往神父講道目錄

一言為定(2012年3月12日)

「我的爵你們固然要飲,但坐在右邊或左邊,不是我可以給的,而是我父給誰預備了,就給誰。」(瑪20:23)
『杯爵』一詞,是古東方民族在日常生活及祭禮上所常用的器皿。富貴的人有自己專用的貴重杯爵。窮苦人家則共用一杯。最後晚餐時,耶穌與門徒便是共用一杯。聖保祿稱之為『祝福之杯』(格前10:16)
耶穌向雅各伯和若望兩兄弟指出,他們將要喝的杯爵便是聖保祿所稱的『祝福之杯』。這『祝福之杯』將代表耶穌所流出的寶血。他們兩兄弟都願意喝耶穌的苦杯。事實上,雅各伯在公元43年便為主殉難。若望是唯一一位沒有受到殉道之苦的宗徒,因為他要照顧聖母瑪利亞。
在那時,這兩兄弟還是以俗世的眼光去看待耶穌將要建立的王國。左丞右相便是他們的理想。耶穌也沒有強烈的指正他們,只是輕描淡寫的說:「我父給誰預備了,就給誰。」說到底,這兩位門徒是深愛著耶穌的。
故此,在最後晚餐的時候,耶穌沒有讓若望失望,且邀請他坐在自己的右邊。耶穌對人的憐愛是那樣偉大!
若我們願意坐在耶穌的右邊或左邊,最好的方法便是善待身邊的近人,如同接待基督那般,因為耶穌曾保證:幾時我們對這些最小兄弟中的一個所做,便是對耶穌而做。(參閱瑪25:31-46)
梁達材神父
(原文見一二年三月份上海光啟『日用神糧』)
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