真福方濟葛思及五位殉道青年
恭讀聖若望福音 20:19-23
一周的第一天晚上,門徒所在的地方,因為怕猶太人,門戶都關著,耶穌來了,站在中間,對他們說:「願你們平安!」說了這話,便把手和肋膀指給他們看。門徒見了主,便喜歡起來。耶穌又對他們說:「願你們平安!就如父派遣了我,我也同樣派遣你們。」說了這話,就向他們噓了一口氣,說:「你們領受聖神罷!你們赦免誰的罪,誰的罪就得赦免;你們保留誰的罪,誰的罪就被保留。」
—基督的福音。
(Pentecost Sunday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 20:19-23
19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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藉聖神的德能,世人神恩有別。
有每天可騰空20小時祈禱的主婦;有需要辛勞整日養家活兒的父親;有精于宣道的牧者;也有善長牧民的神職人員。天主所造的一切都好!窮寡婦的兩文錢與匝凱的一半家財,在天主眼中都具有同等份量。故此相信,祇要世人都能忠於自己的崗位光榮天主,上主的旨意必已承行在人間。
相反,神職界與平信徒渴望互調身份,那好像祇是一個由來已久的笑話。以及好些熱心服務教會的人,亦往往被冷落了的家人質疑他們聲聲所愛的,真是那本就是「愛」的天主?反映着神恩有些時候也許被錯誤地解讀了.
「你們領受聖神吧!」願聖神開啟我們愚蒙之心,讓我們都清楚看見上主在我們身上的旨意。衪的旨意。
共勉