神父講道 – 常年期第十六主日 (2020年7月19日)

by pleung | Jul 18, 2020 | Gospel Reflection, Homily, Prayers, Reflection, Sharing

恭讀聖瑪竇福音　13:24-43

那時候，耶穌給群眾講了另一個比喻說：
「天國好像一個人，在自己田裡，撒了好種子；但在人睡覺的時候，他的仇人來了，在麥子中間，撒上莠子，就走了。
「苗長起來，抽出穗的時候，莠子也顯出來了。家主的僕人，就來對家主說：主人！你不是在你田地裡，撒了好種子嗎？那麼，從那裡來了莠子？家主對僕人說：這是仇人做的。僕人對家主說：那麼，你願意我們去把莠子收集起來嗎？家主卻說：不，免得你們收集莠子時，連麥子也拔了出來。讓兩樣一起長到收割的時候吧！在收割時，我要對收割的人說：你們先收集莠子，把莠子捆起來，燒掉；再把麥子收入我的倉裡。」
耶穌給群眾另設一個比喻說：「天國好像一粒芥子，人把它撒在自己的田裡。它固然是各樣種子中最小的，但當它生長起來，卻比各種蔬菜都大，竟成了樹，甚至天上的飛鳥飛來，在它的枝上棲息。」
耶穌又給群眾講了一個比喻：「天國好像酵母，女人取來，藏在三斗麵裡，直到全部發了酵。」
耶穌用比喻，給群眾講解了這一切；不用比喻，就不給他們講什麼；這樣應驗了先知所說的話：「我要開口說比喻，要說出創世以來隱密的事。」
那時，耶穌離開了群眾，來到家裡；他的門徒就前來，對他說：「請把田間莠子的比喻，給我們講解一下！」
耶穌就回答說：「那撒好種子的，就是人子；田就是世界；好種子，即是天國的子民；莠子即是邪惡的子民；那撒莠子的仇人，即是魔鬼；收穫時期，即是今世的終結；收割者即是天使。
「就如將莠子收集起來，用火焚燒，在今世終結時，也將是如此：人子要差遣他的天使，由他的國內，將一切使人跌倒的事，及作惡的人，收集起來，扔到火窯裡；在那裡要有哀號和切齒。那時，義人要在他們父的國裡，發光如同太陽。
「有耳的，聽吧！」

—上主的話。

(16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 13:24-43

Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”
He spoke to them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.”
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world.
Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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