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恭讀聖路加福音 9:46-50

他們心中起了一個思想：誰是他們中最大的。 耶穌看透了他們的心思，就領來一個小孩子，叫他立在自己身邊， 對他們說：「誰若為了我的名字收留這個小孩子，就是收留我。誰若收留我，就是收留那派遣我來的；因為在你們眾人中最小的，這人才是最大的。」 若望說：「老師，我們曾看見一個人，因你的名字驅魔，就禁止了他，因為他不與我們同夥。」 耶穌卻向他說：「不要禁止! 因為誰不反對你們，就是傾向你們。」

- 上主的話。

A Reading from the Gospel of Luke 9:46-50

An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus realized the intention of their hearts and took a child and placed it by his side and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. For the one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest.”Then John said in reply, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow in our company.” Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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「如果他們不聽從梅瑟及先知，縱使有人從死者中復活，他們也不會信服。」 (路16﹕31)

耶穌以那富翁與亞巴郎的對話，指出人若不聽從聖神藉他的代言人所說的話，同樣也不會理會任何奇異事蹟帶來的啟示。

耶穌明確的向我們指出﹕人類是何等心硬。

舊約時代，天主藉先知向人類說話。新約時代，天主不但藉聖子向人類講話，也更藉他的教會向人類講話。耶穌對宗徒們說﹕「聽從你們的，便是聽從我﹗」故聽從教會的訓導同樣重要。

耶穌無非是希望我們虛心受教。「神貧的人是有福的﹗」

耶穌教導傅天娜修女的祈禱文﹕「主耶穌，我信賴你﹗」可以說是對症下藥。

聖蹟不是沒有可能，但這不是天主慣常用的方法。天主要求我們，特別在頑劣的環境中，仍能相信天主的慈愛。

梁達材神父

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最近，我探訪了兩間由安貧小姊妹(Little Sister of the Poor) 主辦的聖瑪利和聖若瑟安老院。位於上水的聖若瑟安老院，建築新穎，設備齊全。我曾對自己說過﹕能夠在安貧小姊妹所服務的會院過世，是一份福氣，因為她們對臨終的病人是廿四小時服侍在側。

現時共有十一位神父入住以上的兩間安老院。

其中一位修女說﹕「服侍一位神父比服侍十位其他老人家更困難﹗」她是認真說出心底的話。一方面是出於修女對神父的尊重，另方面是我們神父給寵壞了。

我們神父，其實無論是年青或年長，都是給教友寵壞了。

我們也發覺一個現象﹕那些在年青時有剛烈脾氣的神父，到年老後，並不改變了多少，甚至是變本加厲。這是出乎了我意料之外。

我不算是太老，但已有資格從社會福利處領取「半價證」。我希望將來的我，不至於成為別人的「絆腳石」﹗

梁達材神父

「務要宣講真道，不論環境順逆，總要堅持不變；以百般的忍耐和各樣的教訓去反駁，去斥責，去勸勉。」（弟後4：2）

對，我們必須要常常向所有人宣講真道！很多時，生活聖言邀請我們在生活上實踐，以行動來表達我們的愛。可是，我們也需要與別人分享聖言，宣講和傳揚福音，直到別人也前來參與我們的生活，與我們一起去生活給予的文化與手足之情。

耶穌給宗徒的遺訓是：「你們往普天下去，向一切受造物宣傳福音……」（參閱谷16：15；瑪28：19）

這也是驅使保祿宗徒往來穿梭各地，向擁有不同文化和信仰的民眾宣講真道的動力：「我若傳福音，原沒有什麽可誇耀的，因為這是我不得已的事；我若不傳福音，我就有禍了。」（格前9：16）

聖保祿基於耶穌的訓誨和他個人那份強烈的體驗，去敦促他忠信的門徒弟茂德，以及我們每一個人：

「務要宣講真道……」

為了使我們的宣講能產生效力，我們必須盡可能首先與我們的聽眾建立一份良好的關係。

當我們不能夠用言語去宣講時，我們卻隨時可以用心去宣講。有時，我們只能透過一份帶有尊重的緘默來表達，或透過一個微笑，或去關心別人的生活、他的憂慮與困難，又或者親切地呼喚他們的名字，務使每個人都感到他或她在我們的心目中是極其重要的。事實上，他們確實是十分重要的，我們絕不能對任何人漠不關心。

這些無聲的語言，如果運用得恰當，必能敞開一條通往別人心靈的道路。很多時，這些人會因此對我們感興趣，並前來向我們提問。這時正是宣講的時刻。那麼我們就不應遲疑，而要直接清晰地宣講，那怕只是幾句話，也要告訴他們為什麽我們要以基督徒的方式去生活。

「務要宣講真道……」

我們應如何實踐本月的生活聖言？如何利用短暫的相聚向他人傳揚福音？我們怎樣才能跟所有人分享聖言？

就是透過無分彼此地去愛每一個人。

假如我們是真正的基督徒，能夠活出福音的訓誨，那麼我們的說話將不會流於空洞與浮誇。

假如我們懂得為福音的核心，即我們之間的合一作見證，我們的宣講將會更加明顯和清晰，因為我們知道「如果你們之間彼此相親相愛，世人因此就可認出你們是我的門徒。」（若13：35）

這是一般的基督徒，不論是男或女、已婚或未婚、成年或小孩、患病或健康的，在任何地方都可以經常穿上的制服，藉此去見證他們所相信的和渴望去愛的「那一位」，即天主。

盧嘉勒

給可愛的女兒：

爸爸和妳玩了好多次躲迷藏，每次都一下子就被妳找出來。
不過這一次，爸爸決定躲好久好久。
妳先不要找，等妳十四歲（還要吃完十次蛋糕）的時候，再問媽咪，爸爸躲在哪裡，好不好？
爸爸要躲這麼久，妳一定會想念爸爸，對不對？

不過，爸爸不能隨便跑出來，不然就輸了。

如果還是很想爸爸，爸爸就變魔法出現。
因為是魔法，不是真的出現，所以不犯規，爸爸不算輸。
爸爸的魔法是：趁妳睡覺的時候，跑到妳夢裡大玩遊戲；在妳畫圖畫爸爸的時候，不管好不好看，妳覺得是爸爸，就是爸爸；當妳拿爸爸的照片看時，爸爸也在偷偷的看妳……。

要記得，爸爸一直都陪著妳！
妳已經是四歲的大姊姊了。

爸爸要拜託妳一件事，要妳照顧和孝順爺爺、奶奶和媽咪，看妳是不是比爸爸以前做得好？有多好，媽咪會告訴你的。

爸爸猜想，我們這一次玩躲迷藏要玩這麼久，爺爺、奶奶、媽咪有時候看不到爸爸，他們一定會偷哭。
偷哭就是犯規、就是失敗。
他們偷哭，妳就要逗他們笑，不然遊戲輸了以後，他們一定會哭得更厲害了。
好不好，寶貝？我們是同一國的，來比賽看妳厲害，還是爸爸？

準備好了嗎，比賽就要開始了！

“Dear children! Also today I call all of you for your hearts to blaze with more ardent love for the Crucified, and do not forget that, out of love for you, He gave His life so that you may be saved. Little children, meditate and pray that your heart may be open to God’s love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me”

“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.”

“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking.

Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way to live on his own.”

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police.

Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide.

The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable.

We would rather stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are.
Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us!!!

There’s a miracle called Friendship That dwells in the heart You don’t know how it happens Or when it gets started But you know the special lift It always brings And you realize that Friendship Is God’s most precious gift!

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us. You now have 2 choices.

Show your friends how much you care….

恭讀聖路加福音 16: 1-13

耶穌又對門徒們說：「曾有一個富翁，他有一個管家；有人在主人前告發這人揮霍了主人的財物。 主人便把他叫來，向他說：我怎麼聽說你有這樣的事﹖把你管理家務的賬目交出來，因為你不能再作管家了。 那管家自言自語道：主人要撒去我管家的職務，我可做什麼呢﹖掘地罷，我沒有氣力；討飯罷，我又害羞。 我知道我要做什麼，好叫人們，在我被撒去管家職務之後，收留我在他的家中。 於是，他把主人的債戶一一叫來，給第一個說：你欠我主人多少﹖ 那人說：一百桶油。管家向他說：拿你的賬單，坐下快寫作五十。 隨後，又給另一個說：你欠多少﹖那人說：一百石麥子。管家向他說：拿你的賬單寫作八十。 主人遂稱讚這個不義的管家，辦事精明；這些今世之子應付自己的世代，比光明之子更為精明。 我告訴你們：要用不義的錢財交結朋友，為在你們匱乏的時候，好叫他們收留你們到永遠的帳幕裏。 小事上忠信的，在大事上也忠信；在小事上不義的，在大事上也不義。 那麼，如果你們在不義的錢財上不忠信，誰還把真實的錢財委託給你們呢﹖ 如果你們在別人的財物上不忠信，誰還把屬於你們的交給你們呢﹖ 沒有一個家僕能事奉兩個主人的：他或是要恨這一個而愛那一個，或是要依附這一個而輕忽那一個：你們不能事奉天主而又事奉錢財。」

- 上主的話。

A Reading from the Gospel of Luke 16:1-13

Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ He called in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ Then to another the steward said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred kors of wheat.’ The steward said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.’ And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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在這堂區工作開始了剛好一個星期。我分別和教友一起探訪了兩間護老院和四個家庭。

這裡護老院的個人空間，沒有比多倫多的大，但彼此的接觸和互動則變相增強。

最近我也探訪了在澳門的梁惠珍女士。她是一位失明的寡婦。在過去我曾介紹過她的一點身世。我認識她已超過三十年，是當年黎鴻昇神父 ( 現為澳門主教 ) 的堂區教友。她當年雖然貧困，但仍能節衣縮食，買點生果給患病的老人家。她甚至拒絕入住老人宿舍，好能繼續在貧民窟作見證。十年前她才入住由修女主辦的老人院。

她對我說﹕「六年前，當你和我告別的時候，我真沒有把握能否再見到你，因為我當時已八十四歲，而且體弱多病。我在祈禱中也不敢奢望能再見到你﹗今天能再相見，我已心滿意足。」

照片: 中間是澳門黎鴻昇主教

我不知怎樣，認為這位老婦已不在人間。當我從黎主教口中得知她仍健在的消息，便第一時間去探訪這位值得大家效法的老人家。

不見不信，她雖年介九十，且體弱多病，但第一個再見的印象是容光煥發，精神奕奕。可見天主沒有待薄那些真誠愛主的人。

梁達材神父

「耶穌基督本是富有的，卻成了貧困的，好使你們因著他的貧困，而成富有的。」(格後8﹕9)

這句聖言取才自福音前歡呼答句。基督本是天主第二位的聖子，享有完滿的生命。取了肉身後，自然有了肉體上的限制，故聖保祿說祂「成了貧困的」。

基督是富有的，當然不是指物質世界，因為祂曾說過﹕「飛鳥有巢，狐狸有穴，人子卻無枕首之地。」他也要求門徒傳教的時候，「人們給你們吃甚麼，便吃什麼﹗」

聖母軍的傳教工作中，也禁止團員以物質作為媒介。當我作為聖母軍青年團員時，也遇上難度高的情況，例如不能用糖果去吸引其他小朋友，去參加我們舉辦的活動。唯一的辦法，便是以真愛相待。

一則寓言故事﹕一天，一位善心人，希望在籠子裡的白鴿能飛出生天，享受大自然，但那些白鴿卻鍾情籠裡的生活，他用甚麼方法也不能把它們趕出去。最後，他自己變身成為白鴿，第一個飛出那樊籠。

耶穌便是這樣做到了。

梁達材神父

This is what Scott Hahn (a converted Protestant - now a Doctor in Franciscan University of Steubenville) told us at a recent conference in Denver on Confession:            

A priest was in Rome and had a scheduled audience with Pope John Paul II.  The meeting was scheduled for late afternoon and having some time on his hands, he went to a nearby church to pray.  There were some steep steps leading up to the church and as he climbed the steps he noticed a number of beggars sitting on the steps.  This isn’t unusual because there are a lot of beggars in Rome .  As he passed, a man looked familiar, but he continued on into the church and prayed.  While praying it dawned on him who the beggar he saw was – it was a former classmate from the seminary who had been ordained a priest with him.  Shocked by this knowledge, he returned to the steps and found the fellow and said, “Are you Father Jim?”  

“Yes,” replied the beggar.  “What has happened that you are in this condition now?”  “None of your business – leave me alone.”  It was almost time, so he left and went to Vatican .            

As the audience progressed, the Pope’s secretary gave each participant a rosary and each person was allowed to approach the Holy Father for his blessing.  Most people were just blessed without speaking to the Holy Father. When it came his turn, he said to Pope John Paul, “Holy Father, I just had a shock.  I encountered a former classmate who was ordained with me, now sitting as a beggar on the steps of St. Mary’s here in Rome .  Will you please pray for him?”  The Holy Father nodded and the priest moved on.  Before he left the audience, he was approached by the Pope’s secretary who gave him two tickets to have dinner with the Holy Father that night at Vatican .  He told the priest to bring his friend with him.            

The priest hurried back to St. Mary’s and found his friend was still there.  He approached him and said, “Jim, we’ve been invited to dine with the Pope tonight.” Jim answered angrily, “Are you crazy?  I’m a beggar – look at me – I’m dirty and haven’t a decent garment to wear!”  “Listen,” said the priest.  “You’ve got to go with me.  You are my ticket to this dinner!  My hotel room is across the street.  I’ll take you there and you can shower and shave and some of my clothes will fit you – you’ll be fine.” He almost dragged the poor beggar to the hotel room.  He got him all cleaned up and they returned to Vatican for dinner.              

They were ushered into a room with a long table.  The Holy Father was at the head of the table.  After three courses of delicious food, the Pope’s secretary approached Father Jim and asked him to step into the hall.  He then left with the Secretary. Some time later, people asked, “When will they return for the dinner?” “This Pope, we never know him.” Replied Pope’s secretary.    

After dinner, the priest asked Father Jim, “What went on there and what happened?” 

With tears in his eyes, Father Jim said, “Well, the secretary took me into the hall with the Pope.   

Holy Father said to me, ‘Father Jim, will you hear my confession.’  I exclaimed, ‘Holy Father, I’m just a beggar!’  ‘So am I,’ replied the Holy Father.

‘But’, I replied, ‘I’m not a priest in good standing.’  The Holy Father answered, ‘Once a priest, always a priest.’  “Pope John Paul II knelt down and I heard his confession.  When he had received absolution, I knelt before him and asked him to hear my confession too, which he did.  Then the Pope had reinstated my priestly faculties and assigned me to St. Mary’s parish where my ministry would be to the beggars there.”   Father Jim said.

以下是一個真實的故事:

The most beautiful future will always depend on the need for forgetting the past. You will not be able to go from the past in life as long as you will not have overcome the errors of the past and all that hurt you.

Live the life in full, and always smile in spite of difficult times.

 請大家為徐志忠神父 (Fr. George Zee S. J.) 的健康代禱，他的情況不甚樂觀。

What small steps are taken to achieve freedom for us all. This scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg , South Africa & London.

A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.Very disturbed by this, she called the air hostess.

“You obviously do not see it then?” she asked. “You placed me next to a black man. I did not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat.”

“Be calm please,” the hostess replied. “Almost all the places on this flight are taken. I will go to see if another place is available.”

The hostess went away & then came back a few minutes later.

“Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in Economy Class. I spoke to the captain & he informed me that there is also no seat in Business Class. All the same, we still have one place in First Class.” Before the woman could say anything, the hostess continued. “It is not usual for our company to permit someone from Economy Class to sit in First Class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.”

She turned to the black guy & said, “Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First Class.”

At that moment, the other passengers, who’d been shocked by what they had just witnessed, stood up & applauded.

WELL DONE, British Airways

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies.. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO’s only two rules.

Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your share holder’s money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.

8. Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk. His advice to young people: ‘Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and


Remember:
A. Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you can .
C. Don’t do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel is good.
D. Don’t go by brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; rather spend them on who really is in need .
F. After all it’s