神父講道 (復活期第六週 – 聖若瑟勞工 – 星期四) 2008年5月1日
恭讀聖若望福音 16:16-20
那時候,耶穌對門徒說:「只有片時,你們就看不見我了;再過片時,你們又要看見我。」門徒中有幾個彼此說:「他對我們說的:『不久你們不再見到我;再不 久,你們又要見到我。』還有『我往父那裏去』,是什麼意思?」又說:「他說的這『只有片時』,究竟有什麼意思?我們不明白他講什麼?」耶穌看出他們願意問 他,就對他們說:「你們不是彼此詢問我所說的『只有片時,你們就看不見我了;再過片時,你們又要看見我』的話嗎?我實實在在告訴你們:你們要痛哭、哀號, 世界卻要歡樂;你們將要憂愁,但你們的憂愁卻要變為喜樂。」
—這是基督的福音。
(6th Week of Easter – St. Joseph the Worker – Thurs.)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 16:16-20
“A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, `A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, `because I go to the Father’?” They said, “What does he mean by `a little while’? We do not know what he means.” Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, `A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
—The Gospel of the Lord.


教宗在公開接見活動中,一如在美國訪問的時候一樣,多次提到他贊賞美國是個宗教、倫理道德和政治彼此美好結合的國家,這個國 家實在是一個健康的在俗性國度的良好典範,在這樣的國家裏面,宗教不但受到寬容,而且被當作國家的靈魂來重視。教宗說:“在這樣的環境下,教會得以自由 地、負責任地履行它傳播福音、提升人的地位、作爲批判性良知的使命工作,有助于建立一個相稱于人的社會,同時也能够激發一個國家如美國者,走向越來越必要 和迫切的全球性關懷,也走向國際關係中耐心的對話”。
耶穌對門徒說:「只有片時,你們就看不見我了;再過片時,你們又要看見我。」於是他門徒中有幾個




