神父講道 – 四旬期第四週 (星期五) (2023年3月24日)

恭讀聖若望福音 7:1-2,10,25-30

那時候,耶穌周遊於加里肋亞,而不願周遊於猶太,因為猶太人要圖謀殺害他。那時,猶太人的慶節,帳棚節近了,耶穌的弟兄們上去過節以後,他也去了,但不是明顯的,而是暗中去的。
於是,有幾個耶路撒冷人說:「這不是人們所要圖謀殺害的人嗎?看,他放膽地講論,而沒有人對他說什麼,難道首長們也確認這人就是默西亞嗎?可是,我們知道這人是那裏的;然而,當默西亞來時,卻沒有人知道他是那裏的。」於是耶穌在聖殿施教時,大聲喊說:「你們認識我,也知道我是那裏的;但我不是由我自己而來,而是那真實者派遣我來的,你們卻不認識他;我認識他,因為我是出於他,是他派遣了我。」他們想捉住他,但沒有人向他下手,因為他的時辰還沒有到。

—上主的話。

(4th Week of Lent – Friday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 7:1-2,10,25-30

Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.
Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第四週 (星期四) (2023年3月23日)

恭讀聖若望福音 5:31-47

那時,耶穌對猶太人說:「如果我為我自己作證,我的證據不足憑信;但另有一位為我作證,我知道他為我作的證足以憑信。你們曾派人到若翰那裏去,他就為真理作過證。其實我並不需要人的證據,我提及這事,只是為叫你們得救。若翰好比是一盞點著而發亮的燈,你們只一時高興享受他的光明。但我有比若翰更大的證據,即父所托付我要我完成的工程,就是我所行的這些工程,為我作證;證明是父派遣了我。派遣我來的父,親自為我作證;你們從未聽見過他的聲音,也從未看見過他的儀容,並且你們也沒有把他的話存留在心中,因為你們不相信他所派遣的那位。你們查考經典,因你們認為其中有永生,正是這些經典為我作證;但你們不願意到我這裏來,為獲得生命。
「我不求人的光榮;而且我認得你們,知道在你們內沒有天主的愛情。我因我父的名而來,你們卻不接納我;如果有人因自己的名而來,你們反而接納他。你們既然彼此尋求光榮,而不尋求出於唯一天主的光榮,你們怎麼能相信我呢?不要想我要在父面前控告你們;有一位控告你們的,就是你們所寄望的梅瑟。若是你們相信梅瑟,必會相信我,因為他是指著我而寫的。如果你們不相信他所寫的,怎麼會相信我的話呢?」

—上主的話。

(4th Week of Lent – Thursday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 5:31-47

Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf. But you do not want to come to me to have life.
“I do not accept human praise; moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第四週 (星期三) (2023年3月22日)

恭讀聖若望福音 5:17-30

那時候,耶穌向猶太人說:「我父到現在一直工作,我也應該工作。」為此猶太人越發想要殺害他,因為他不但犯了安息日,而且又稱天主是自己的父,使自己與天主平等。
耶穌於是回答他們說:「我實實在在告訴你們:子不能由自己作什麼,他看見父作什麼,才能作什麼;凡父所作的,子也照樣作,因為父愛子,凡自己所作的都指示給他;並且還要把比這些更大的工程指示給他,為叫你們驚奇。就如父喚起死者,使他們復生,照樣子也使他所願意的人復生。父不審判任何人,但他把審判的全權交給了子,為叫眾人尊敬子如同尊敬父;不尊敬子的,就是不尊敬派遣他來的父。我實實在在告訴你們:聽我的話,相信派遣我來者的,便有永生,不受審判,而已出死入生。我實實在在告訴你們:時候要到,且現在就是,死者要聽見天主子的聲音,凡聽從的,就必生存。就如父是生命之源,照樣他也使子成為生命之源;並且賜給他行審判的權柄,因為他是人子。你們不要驚奇這事,因為時候要到,那時,凡在墳墓裏的,都要聽見他的聲音,而出來;行過善的,復活進入生命;作過惡的,復活而受審判。我由自己什麼也不能作;父怎樣告訴我,我就怎樣審判,所以我的審判是正義的,因為我不尋求我的旨意,而只尋求派遣我來者的旨意。」

—上主的話。

(4th Week of Lent – Wednesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 5:17-30

Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.
Jesus answered and said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes. Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life. Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.
“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第四週 (星期二) (2023年3月21日)

恭讀聖若望福音 5:1-16

那時,正是猶太人的慶節,耶穌便上了耶路撒冷。在耶路撒冷靠近羊門有一個水池,希伯來語叫作貝特匝達,周圍有五個走廊。在這些走廊內,躺著許多患病的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的、痲痺的,都在等候水動。因為有天使按時下到水池中,攪動池水;水動後,第一個下去的,無論他患什麼病,必會痊癒。在那裏有一個人,患病已三十八年。耶穌看見這人躺在那裏,知道他已病了多時,就向他說:「你願意痊愈嗎?」那病人回答說:「主,我沒有人在水動的時候,把我放到水池中;我正到的時候,別人在我以前已經下去了。」耶穌向他說:「起來,拿起你的床,行走吧!」那人便立刻痊愈了,拿起自己的床,行走起來;那一天正是安息日。於是猶太人對那痊愈的人說:「今天是安息日,不許你拿床。」他回答他們說:「叫我痊愈了的那一位給我說:拿起你的床,行走吧!」他們就問他:「給你說拿起床來,而行走的那人是誰?」那痊愈的人卻不知道他是誰,因為那地方人多,耶穌已躲開了。事後耶穌在聖殿裏遇見了,他便向他說:「看,你已痊愈了,不要再犯罪,免得你遭遇更不幸的事。」那人就去告訴猶太人:使他痊愈的就是耶穌。為此猶太人便開始迫害耶穌,因為他在安息日作這樣的事。

—上主的話。

(4th Week of Lent – Tuesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 5:1-16

There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” He answered them, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.'” They asked him, “Who is the man who told you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” The man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd there. After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him, “Look, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.” The man went and told the Jews that Jesus was the one who had made him well. Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a sabbath.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 聖若瑟 (聖母淨配) (節日) (星期一) (2023年3月20日)

聖若瑟 (聖母淨配) (節日)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 1:16,18-21,24

雅各伯生若瑟,瑪利亞的丈夫,瑪利亞生耶穌,他稱為基督。耶穌基督的誕生是這樣的:他的母親瑪利亞許配於若瑟後,在同居前,她因聖神有孕的事已顯示出來。她的丈夫若瑟,因是義人,不願公開羞辱她,有意暗暗地休退她。當他在思慮這事時,看,在夢中上主的天使顯現給他說:「達味之子若瑟,不要怕娶你的妻子瑪利亞,因為那在她內受生的,是出於聖神。她要生一個兒子,你要給他起名叫耶穌,因為他要把自己的民族,由他們的罪惡中拯救出來。」若瑟從睡夢中醒來,就照上主的天使所囑咐的辦了。

—上主的話。

(2nd Week of Lent – Saturday)

(Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 1:16,18-21,24

Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第四主日 (2023年3月19日)

恭讀聖若望福音 9:1-41

那時候,耶穌看見了一個生來瞎眼的人。耶穌的門徒就問耶穌說:「辣彼,誰犯了罪?是他,還是他的父母,竟使他生來瞎眼呢?」
耶穌答覆說:「也不是他犯了罪,也不是他的父母,而是為叫天主的工作,在他身上顯揚出來。趁著白天,我們應該做派遣我來者的工作;黑夜來到,就沒有人能工作了。當我在世界上的時候,我是世界的光。」
耶穌說了這番話以後,便吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和了些泥,把泥抹在瞎子的眼上,對他說:「去,到史羅亞水池裡洗洗吧!」──史羅亞解說「被派遣的」──瞎子去了,洗了,回來就看見了。
於是,鄰居和那些經常見他討飯的人,就說:「這不是那曾坐在這裡討飯的人麼?」有的說:「就是這人,」有的說:「不,是另一個很相似他的人。」那人卻說:「就是我。」
他們問他說:「你的眼睛究竟是怎樣開了的呢?」
他答覆說:「名叫耶穌的那個人,和了些泥,抹在我的眼上,給我說:你往史羅亞去洗洗吧;我去了,洗了,就看見了。」他們又問他說:「那個人在那裡?」他說:「我不知道。」
他們便將那先前瞎眼的人,帶到法利塞人那裡。耶穌和泥開了他眼睛的那天,正是安息日。於是,法利塞人又盤問他怎樣看見了。那人就向法利塞人說:「他把泥抹在我的眼上,我洗了,就看見了。」
法利塞人中有的說:「這人不是從天主來的,因為他不遵守安息日。」有的卻說:「一個罪人怎能行這樣的奇蹟?」他們中間便發生了紛爭。於是,他們又問瞎子說:「對於那開了你眼睛的人,你說什麼呢?」瞎子說:「他是一位先知。」
可是,猶太人不肯相信他原先是瞎子,而現在看見了,等到叫了他的父母來,問他們說:「這是你們的兒子麼?你們說他生來就瞎眼麼?怎麼他現在竟然看見了呢?」
他的父母答覆說:「我們知道這是我們的兒子;他生來就瞎眼。現在他究竟怎麼看見了,我們卻不知道;或者誰開了他的眼睛,我們也不知道。你們問他吧!他已經成年,會說自己的事了。」他的父母因為害怕猶太人,才這樣說,因為猶太人早已議決:誰若承認耶穌是默西亞,就必被逐出會堂。為此,他的父母說:他已經成年,你們問他吧!
於是,法利塞人再把那先前瞎眼的人叫過來,向他說:「歸光榮於天主吧!我們知道這人是個罪人。」那人回答說:「他是不是罪人,我不知道;有一件事我知道:我曾經是個瞎子,現在我卻看見了。」
法利塞人又問他說:「這人給你做了什麼?怎樣開了你的眼睛?」他回答說:「我已經告訴了你們,你們不聽;為什麼又願意聽呢?莫非你們也願意做他的門徒麼?」
法利塞人辱罵他說:「你去做他的門徒好了!我們是梅瑟的門徒。我們知道:天主曾給梅瑟說過話;至於這人,我們不知道他是從那裡來的。」
那人回答說:「這真奇怪!你們不知道他是從那裡來的,他卻開了我的眼睛。我們都曉得天主不俯聽罪人,只俯聽那恭敬天主,並承行他旨意的人。自古以來從未聽說:有人開了胎生瞎子的眼睛。這人若不是由天主來的,他什麼也不能作。」
法利塞人卻向他說:「你整個人都生於罪惡之中,竟來教訓我們?」便把他趕出去了。
耶穌聽說法利塞人把他趕了出去,後來遇見了他,就給他說:「你信人子麼?」那人便回答說:「主,是誰,好使我去信他呢?」耶穌對他說:「你已看見他了,和你講話的就是!」那人於是說:「主,我信。」就俯伏朝拜了耶穌。
於是,耶穌說:「我是為了判別,才來到這世界上,叫那些看不見的,看得見;叫那些看得見的,反而成為瞎子。」
有些和耶穌在一起的法利塞人,一聽了這話,就說:「難道我們也是瞎子麼?」耶穌回答說:「你們如果是瞎子,就沒有罪了;但你們說:我們看得見,這樣,你們就有罪了。」

—上主的話。

(4th Sunday of Lent)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 9:1-41

As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” —which means Sent—. So he went and washed, and came back able to see.
His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “It is, ” but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” He said, “I am.” So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” He replied, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went there and washed and was able to see.” And they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees. Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath. So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.” So some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them. So they said to the blind man again, “What do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
Now the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his sight. They asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How does he now see?” His parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue. For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; question him.”
So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner.” He replied, “If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.” So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?” They ridiculed him and said, “You are that man’s disciple; we are disciples of Moses! We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from.” The man answered and said to them, “This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him. It is unheard of that anyone ever opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything.” They answered and said to him, “You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered and said, “Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, the one speaking with you is he.” He said, “I do believe, Lord,” and he worshiped him. Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not also blind, are we?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第三週 (星期六) (2023年3月18日)

恭讀聖路加福音 18:9-14

那時,耶穌也向幾個自充為義人,而輕視他人的人,設了這個比喻:「有兩個人上聖殿去祈禱:一個是法利塞人,另一個是稅吏。那個法利塞人立著,心裏這樣祈禱:天主,我感謝你,因為我不像其他的人,勒索、不義、姦淫,也不像這個稅吏。我每周兩次禁食,凡我所得的,都捐獻十分之一。那個稅吏卻遠遠地站著,連舉目望天都不敢,只是捶著自己的胸膛說:天主,可憐我這個罪人吧!我告訴你們:這人下去,到他家裏,成了正義的,而那個人卻不然。因為凡高舉自己的,必被貶抑;凡貶抑自己的,必被高舉。」

—上主的話。

(3rd Week of Lent – Saturday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 18:9-14

Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第三週 (星期五) (2023年3月17日)

恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 12:28-34

那時候,有一個經師上前來,問耶穌說:「一切誡命中,那一條是第一條呢?」耶穌回答說:「第一條是:『以色列!你要聽!上主我們的天主是唯一的天主。你們當全心、全靈、全力愛上主,你的天主。』第二條是:『你應當愛近人如你自己。』再沒有別的誡命比這兩條更大的了。」那經師對耶穌說:「不錯,師傅說的實在對:他是唯一的,除他以外,再沒有別的:應以全心、全意、全力愛他,並愛近人如自己,遠超過一切全燔祭和犧牲。」耶穌見他回答的明智,便對他說:「你離天主的國不遠了。」從此,沒有人敢再問他。

—上主的話。

(3rd Week of Lent – Friday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 12:28-34

One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he. And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第三週 (星期四) (2023年3月16日)

恭讀聖路加福音 11:14-23

那時,耶穌驅逐一個魔鬼——他是使人瘖啞的魔鬼;他出去以後,啞巴便說出話來,群眾都驚訝不止。但是,其中有人說:「他是仗賴魔王貝耳則步驅魔。」另一些人試探耶穌,向他要求一個自天而來的徵兆。耶穌知道了他們的心意,便給他們說:「凡是一國自相紛爭,必成廢墟,一家一家的敗落。如果撒殫自相紛爭,他的國如何能存立呢?因為你們說我仗賴貝耳則步驅魔,如果我仗賴貝耳則步驅魔,你們的子弟們是仗賴誰驅魔呢?為此,他們將是你們的裁判者。如果我是仗賴天主的手指驅魔,那麼,天主的國已來到你們中間了。幾時壯士佩帶武器,看守自己的宅舍,他的財產,必能安全。但是,如果有個比他強壯的來戰勝他,必會把他所依仗的一切器械都奪去,再瓜分他的贓物。不隨同我的,就是反對我;不同我收集的,就是分散。」

—上主的話。

(3rd Week of Lent – Thursday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 11:14-23

Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed. Some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe. But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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神父講道 – 四旬期第三週 (星期三) (2023年3月15日)

恭讀聖瑪竇福音 5:17-19

那時候,耶穌對他的門徒說:「你們不要以為我來是廢除法律或先知;我來不是為廢除,而是為成全。我實在告訴你們:即使天地過去了,一撇或一畫也決不會從法律上過去,必待一切完成。所以,誰若廢除這些誡命中最小的一條,也這樣教訓人,在天國裏,他將稱為最小的;但誰若實行,也這樣教訓人,這人在天國裏將稱為大的。」

—上主的話。

(3rd Week of Lent – Wednesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 5:17-19

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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