神父講道 – 常年期第二十二週 (星期三) (2021年9月1日)

恭讀聖路加福音 4:38-44

那時候,耶穌從會堂裏出來,進了西滿的家。西滿的岳母正發高熱,他們為他祈求耶穌。耶穌就走到他身邊,叱退熱症,熱症就離開了她;她立刻起來服侍他們。日落後,眾人把所有患各種病症的,都領到他跟前,他就把手覆在每一個人身上,治好了他們。又有些從許多人身上出來的魔鬼吶喊說:「你是天主子!」他便叱責他們,不許他們說話,因為他們知道他是默西亞。天一亮,耶穌就出去到了荒野地方;群眾就尋找他,一直來到他那裏,挽留他不要離開他們,他卻向他們說:「我也必須向別的城傳報天主國的喜訊,因為我被派遣,正是為了這事。」他就常在猶太的各會堂中宣講。

—上主的話。

(22nd Week in Ordinary Time – Wednesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 4:38-44

After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them.
At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. And demons also came out from many, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ.
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him from leaving them. But he said to them, “To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.” And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 常年期第二十二週 (星期二) (2021年8月31日)

恭讀聖路加福音 4:31-37

那時候,耶穌下到加里肋亞的葛法翁城,就在安息日教訓人。人都十分驚奇他的教訓,因為他的話具有一種權威。在會堂裏有一個附著邪魔惡鬼的人,他大聲喊叫說:「啊!納匝肋人耶穌,我們與你有什麼相干?你來毀滅我們嗎?我知道你是誰:你是天主的聖者。」耶穌叱責他說:「不要作聲!從這人身上出去!」魔鬼把那人摔倒在人中間,便從他身上出去了,絲毫沒有傷害他。遂有一種驚駭籠罩了眾人,他們彼此談論說:「這是什麼事,他用權柄和能力命令邪魔,而他們竟出去了?」他的名聲便傳遍了附近各地。

—上主的話。

(22nd Week in Ordinary Time – Tuesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 4:31-37

Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, “What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 常年期第二十二週 (星期一) (2021年8月30日)

恭讀聖路加福音 4:16-30

那時候,耶穌來到了納匝肋,自己曾受教養的地方;按他的習慣,就在安息日那天進了會堂,並站起來要誦讀。有人把依撒意亞先知書遞給他;他遂展開書卷,找到了一處,上邊寫說:「上主的神臨於我身上,因為他給我傅了油,派遣我向貧窮人傳報喜訊,向俘虜宣告釋放,向盲者宣告復明,使受壓迫者獲得自由,宣佈上主恩慈之年。」他把書卷捲起來,交給侍役,就坐下了。會堂內眾人的眼睛都注視著他。他便開始對他們說:「你們剛才聽過的這段聖經,今天應驗了。」眾人都稱讚他,驚奇他口中所說的動聽的話。並且說:「這不是若瑟的兒子嗎?」他回答他們說:「你們必定要對我說這句俗話:醫生,醫治你自己吧!我們聽說你在葛法翁所行的一切,也在你的家鄉這裏行吧!」他又說:「我實在告訴你們:沒有一個先知在本鄉受悅納的。我據實告訴你們:在厄里亞時代,天閉塞了三年零六個月,遍地起了大饑荒,在以色列原有許多寡婦,厄里亞並沒有被派到她們中一個那裏去,而只到了漆冬匝爾法特的一個寡婦那裏。在厄里叟先知時代,在以色列有許多癩病人。他們中沒有一個得潔淨的,只有敘利亞的納阿曼。」在會堂中聽見這話的人,都忿怒填胸,起來把他趕出城外,領他到了山崖上——他們的城是建在山上的——要把他推下去。他卻由他們中間過去走了。

—上主的話。

(22nd Week in Ordinary Time – Monday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 4:16-30

Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Is this not the son of Joseph?” He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 常年期第二十二主日 (2021年8月29日)

恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

那時候,法利塞人,及一些從耶路撒冷來的經師,聚集到耶穌面前。他們看見耶穌的幾個門徒,用不潔的手,就是用沒有洗過的手吃飯。
原來,法利塞人和所有猶太人,都拘守先人的傳統:若不仔細洗手,就不吃飯;從街市上回來,若不先沐浴,也不吃飯;還有其他許多按傳統,應拘守的事:如洗杯、洗壺、洗銅器等。
法利塞人和經師們就問耶穌說:「你的門徒,為什麼不遵守先人的傳統,竟然用不潔的手吃飯?」
耶穌對他們說:「依撒意亞論及你們這些假善人的預言真好,正如所記載的:『這民族用嘴唇尊敬我,他們的心,卻遠離我。他們恭敬我,也是虛假的,因為他們所講授的教義,是人的規律。』你們離棄天主的誡命,而只拘守人的傳統。」
耶穌又叫群眾來,對他們說:「你們都要聽我,且要明白!不是從人外面進入他裡面的,能使人污穢,而是從人裡面出來的,才使人污穢。因為從裡面,從人心裡出來的,是惡念、邪淫、盜竊、兇殺、姦淫、貪吝、毒辣、詭詐、放蕩、嫉妒、毀謗、驕傲、愚妄:這一切惡事,都是從裡面出來的,並且使人污穢。」

—上主的話。

(22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. —For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds. — So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, “Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?” He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts. You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.”
He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.
“From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 聖奧思定主教 (聖師) (紀念) (星期六) (2021年8月28日)

聖奧思定 (主教、師聖) (紀念)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 25:14-30

那時,耶穌對門徒講了這個比喻:「天國有如一個要遠行的人,將自己的僕人叫來,把財產託付給他們;按照他們的才能,一個給了五個『塔冷通』,一個給了兩個,一個給了一個;然後動身走了。那領了五個『塔冷通』的,立刻去用來營業,另外賺了五個。同樣,那領了兩個的,也賺了另外兩個。但是那領了一個的,卻去掘開地,把主人的銀子藏了。過了多時,僕人的主人回來了,便與他們算賬。那領了五個『塔冷通』的上前來,呈上另外五個『塔冷通』說:主啊!你曾交給我五個『塔冷通』,看,我賺了另外五個『塔冷通』。主人對他說:好!善良忠信的僕人,你既在少許事上忠信,我必委派你管理許多大事:進入你主人的福樂吧!那領了兩個『塔冷通』的也前來說:主啊!你曾交給我兩個『塔冷通』,看,我賺了另外兩個『塔冷通』。主人對他說:好!善良忠信的僕人!你既在小許事上忠信,我必委派你管理許多大事:進入你主人的福樂吧!隨後,那領了一個『塔冷通』的也前來說:主啊!我原知道你是個刻薄的人,在你沒有下種的地方收割,在你沒有散布的地方聚斂。因為我害怕,所以我去把你的『塔冷通』藏在地下;看,你的仍還給你。主人回答說:可惡懶惰的僕人!你既知道:我在沒有下種的地方收割,在沒有散布的地方聚斂;那麼你就該把我的銀子,交給錢莊裏的人,待我回來時,把我的連本帶利取回。所以,你們把這個『塔冷通』從他手中奪過來,給那有了十個『塔冷通』的,因為凡是有的,還要給他,叫他富裕;那沒有的,連他所有的,也要由他手中奪去。至於這無用的僕人,你們把他丟在外面黑暗中,在那裏必有哀號和切齒。」

—上主的話。

(21st Week in Ordinary Time – Saturday)

(Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 25:14-30

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one– to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two. But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master’s money. After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten. For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 聖莫尼加 (紀念) (星期五) (2021年8月27日)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 25:1-13

那時候,耶穌對他的門徒說:「天國好比十個童女,拿著自己的燈出去迎接新郎。他們中五個是糊塗的,五個是明智的。糊塗的拿了燈,卻沒有隨身帶油;而明智的拿了燈,並且在壺裏帶了油。因為新郎延遲,她們都打盹睡著了。半夜有人喊說:新郎來了,你們出來迎接吧!那些童女遂都起來,裝備她們的燈。糊塗的對明智的說:把你們的油分些給我們吧!因為我們的燈也要滅了!明智的答說:怕為我們和你們都不夠,你們更好到賣油的地方去,為自己買吧!她們去買的時候,新郎到了;那準備好了的,就同他進去,共赴婚宴;門遂關上了。末後,其餘的童女也來了,說:主啊!主啊!給我們開門吧!他卻答說:我實在告訴你們:我不認識你們。所以你們該醒寤,因為你們不知道那日子,也不知道那時辰。」

—上主的話。

(21st Week in Ordinary Time – Friday)

(Memorial of Saint Monica)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 25:1-13

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight, there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise ones replied, ‘No, for there may not be enough for us and you. Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’ While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Afterwards the other virgins came and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us!’ But he said in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 常年期第二十一週 (星期四) (2021年8月26日)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 24:42-51

那時候:耶穌對門徒說:「你們要醒寤,因為你們不知道:在那一天你們的主人要來。這一點你們要明白:如果家主知道盜賊幾更天要來,他必要醒寤,不讓自己的房屋被挖穿。為此:你們應該準備,因為在你們料想不到的時辰,人子就來了。
「究竟誰是那忠信聰明的僕人,主人派他管理自己的家僕,按時配給他們食糧呢?主人來時,看見他如此行事,那僕人才是有福的。我實在告訴你們:主人必要委派他管理自己的一切財產。如果那惡僕心裏說:我主人必要延遲,於是開始拷打自己的同伴,甚或同醉漢一起吃喝。正在他不期待的日子,和想不到的時刻,那僕人的主人要來到:剷除他,使他與假善人遭受同樣的命運;在那裏要有哀號和切齒。」

—上主的話。

(21st Week in Ordinary Time – Thursday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 24:42-51

Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 常年期第二十一週 (星期三) (2021年8月25日)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 23:27-32

那時候,耶穌對民眾和眾門徒講論說:「禍哉,你們經師和法利塞假善人!因為你們好像用石灰刷白的墳墓:外面看來華麗,裏面卻滿是死者的骨骸和各樣的污穢。同樣,你們外面叫人看來倒像義人,你們裏面卻滿是虛偽和不法。
「禍哉,你們經師和法利塞假善人!因為你們修建先知的墳,裝飾義人的墓,且說:假使我們生在我們祖先的時日,我們決不會與他們合謀殺害先知;這樣你們自己作證,你們是那些殘殺先知者的子孫了。那麼,你們就來完成你們祖先的勾當吧!」

—上主的話。

(21st Week in Ordinary Time – Wednesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 23:27-32

Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the memorials of the righteous, and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’ Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets; now fill up what your ancestors measured out!”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 聖巴爾多祿茂宗徒 (慶日) (星期二) (2021年8月24日)

聖巴爾多祿茂 (宗徒) (慶日)

恭讀聖若望福音 1:45-51

那時候,斐理伯遇到納塔乃耳,就向他說:「梅瑟在法律上所記載,和先知們所預報的,我們找著了,就是若瑟的兒子,出身於納匝肋的耶穌。」納塔乃耳便向他說:「從納匝肋還能出什麼好事嗎?」斐理伯向他說:「你來看一看吧!」耶穌看見納塔乃耳向自己走來,就指著他說:「看,這確是一個以色列人,在他內毫無詭詐。」納塔乃耳向他說:「你從那裏認識我呢?」耶穌回答說:「斐理伯叫你以前,當你還在無花果樹下時,我就看見了你。」納塔乃耳回答說:「辣彼!你是天主子,你是以色列的君王。」耶穌遂說道:「因為我向你說:我看見了你在無花果樹下,你就信了嗎?你要看見比這更大的事!」又向他說:「我實實在在告訴你們:你們要看見天開,天主的天使在人子身上,上去下來。」

—上主的話。

(21st Week in Ordinary Time -Tuesday)

(Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 1:45-51

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 常年期第二十一週 (星期一) (2021年8月23日)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 23:13-22

那時候,耶穌對民眾和他的門徒講論說:「禍哉,你們經師和法利塞假善人!因為你們給人封閉了天國!你們不進去,也不讓願意進去的人進去。【禍哉,你們經師和法利塞假善人!你們吞沒了寡婦的家產,而以長久的祈禱作掩飾,為此你們必受更重的處罰。】
「禍哉,你們經師和法利塞假善人!因為你們走遍了海洋和陸地,為使一個人成為皈依者;幾時他成了,你們反而使他成為一個比你們加倍壞的『地獄之子』。
「禍哉,你們瞎眼的嚮導!你們說:誰若指著聖所起誓,不算什麼;但是誰若指著聖所的金子起誓,就該還願。又昏又瞎的人啊!究竟什麼更貴重:是金子或是那使金子成聖的聖所?還有:誰若指著全燔祭壇起誓,不算什麼;但是誰若指著那上面的供物起誓,就該還願。瞎眼的人啊!究竟什麼更貴重:是供物或是那使供物成聖的全燔祭壇?所以,那指著全燔祭壇起誓的,是指著它和那上面的一切起誓;那指著聖所起誓的,是指著那住在它內的而起誓;那指著天起誓的,是指著天主的寶座和坐在上面的那位起誓。」

—上主的話。

(21st Week in Ordinary Time -Monday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 23:13-22

Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You traverse sea and land to make one convert, and when that happens you make him a child of Gehenna twice as much as yourselves.
“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If one swears by the temple, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gold of the temple, one is obligated.’ Blind fools, which is greater, the gold, or the temple that made the gold sacred? And you say, ‘If one swears by the altar, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gift on the altar, one is obligated.’ You blind ones, which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? One who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is upon it; one who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it; one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who is seated on it.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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