神父講道 – 新年除夕 (週四) (2009年12月31日)
恭讀聖路加福音 2:16-21
那時候，牧羊人急忙去了，找到了瑪利亞和若瑟，及那躺在馬槽中的嬰兒。他們看見以後，就把天使對他們所說有關這小孩的事，傳揚開了；凡聽見的人，都驚訝牧羊人向他們所說的事。瑪利亞卻把這一切事，默存在自己心中，反覆思想。牧羊人為了他們所聽見和看見的一切，正如天使向他們所說的一樣，就光榮讚美天主，回去了。滿了八天，孩子應受割損，遂給祂起名叫耶穌；這是祂降孕母胎前，由天使所起的。
—基督的福音。
(The Octave Day of Christmas – Friday)
(Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 2:16-21
16 And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child; 18 and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
—The Gospel of the Lord.
Daily Thoughts for the Year for Priests (January 1)
1 January
For the life of the world
O Virgin full of courage,
may your spiritual strength
and trust in God inspire us,
so that we might know
how to overcome all the obstacles
that we encounter
in accomplishing our mission.
Teach us to treat the affairs
of the world
with a real sense of Christian responsibility
and a joyful hope
of the coming of God’s Kingdom, and
of a “new heaven and a new earth”.
You who were gathered in prayer
with the Apostles in the Cenacle,
awaiting the coming
of the Spirit at Pentecost,
implore his renewed outpouring
on all the faithful,…
so that they might more fully respond
to their vocation and mission,
as branches engrafted to the true vine,
called to bear much fruit
for the life of the world.
Pope John Paul II
Christifideles laici 64
(published by the Priestly Branch of the Focolare Movement)
1月1日
为世界的生命
勇毅的童贞，请启发我们精神的力量
以及对天主的信赖，
使我们能知道如何在完成我们的使命时，
克服所遭遇的一切阻碍。
教导我们以真正基督徒的责任感
和对天主国和新天新地来临的希望，
去处理今世的事务。
你曾与集合在晚餐厅的宗徒们一齐祈祷，
期待圣神于五旬节来临，
请你求圣神再次降临在全体信徒身上，
使他们能更圆满地度符合他们的圣召及使命的生活，
犹如与真正葡萄树连结的枝条，
为世界的生命结丰盛的果实。
教宗若望保禄二世
《基督信友平信徒》劝谕 64
Cardinal Schönborn speaks in Medjugorje
(Source: medjugorje-online.com)
On December 30, 2009, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and a member of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave a powerful, lengthy talk at St James Church in Medjugorje.
The cardinal’s talk revolved around the theme of God’s mercy, and he did not hesitate to praise Medjugorje.
His first words as he stepped to the podium were “Hvaljen Isus i Marija,” a Croatian phrase that means “Praised be Jesus and Mary.” This is a common greeting among the visionaries and Medjugorje villagers. The cardinal repeated it several times and urged the crowd to repeat it with him.
He went on to say, “When you look at a place like Medjugorje, you can see a superpower of mercy. Many merciful deeds were born here or they were supported here.”
Click HERE to listen to audio and view video.
神父講道 – 聖誕八日慶期第七日 (週四) (2009年12月31日)
恭讀聖若望福音 1:1-18
在起初已有聖言：聖言與天主同在，聖言就是天主。聖言在起初就與天主同在。萬物是藉著他而造成的。凡受造的，沒有一樣不是由他而造成的。在他內有生命，這生命是人的光。光在黑暗中照耀，黑暗決不能勝過它。
曾有一人，是由天主派遣來的，名叫若翰。這人來，是為作證，為給光作證，為使眾人藉他而信。他不是那光，而是為給那光作證。
那普照每人的真光，正在進入世界；他已在世界上，世界原是藉他造成的；但世界卻不認識他。他來到了自己的領域，自己的人卻沒有接受他。但是，凡接受他的，他給他們，即給那些信他名字的人權能，好成為天主的子女。他們不是由血氣，也不是由肉慾，也不是由男慾，而是由天主生的。於是，聖這成了血肉，寄居在我們中間；我們見了他的光榮，正如父獨生者的光榮，滿溢恩寵和真理。若翰為他作證呼喊說：「這就是我所說的，那在我以後來的，成了在我以前的，因他原先我而有。」從他的滿盈中，我們都領受了恩寵，而且恩寵上加恩寵。因為法律是藉梅瑟傳授的，恩寵和真理卻是由耶穌基督而來的。從來沒有人見過天主，只有那在父懷裡的獨生子，身為天主的，他給我們詳述了。
—基督的福音。
(The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas – Thursday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 1:1-18
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God; 3 all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. 9 The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. 11 He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. 15 (John bore witness to him, and cried, “This was he of whom I said, `He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.’”) 16 And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
—The Gospel of the Lord.
Daily Thoughts for the Year for Priests (December 31)
31 December
When Jesus is not with us
You ask me, “Are there people who are so miserable that they do not desire Christ to be among them?” Yes, we ourselves are, fighting among ourselves.
Someone will respond in an ironic way, “What are you saying? Can’t you see that we are all under the same roof, in the same church… and praying together…! What division do you see among us?”
Here we see none, but when our assembly is over, we criticise one another… We are diffident to one another, we fear one another, we whisper in the ear of a neighbour and when another person approaches we fall silent and change the subject…
“We do not do this to offend the others, we say, we do it for protection.” That is exactly what makes me suffer. While living among brothers, we feel the need to be on our guard against wrongdoing, and we feel it necessary to take all kinds of precautions…
“However”, you will say, “I have been offended.” If your neighbour has hurt you, pray God to be merciful to him. He is your brother, a member of your body. He is invited to the same table as you.
Saint John Chrysostom
Homily 8 on the Letter to the Romans 8
(published by the Priestly Branch of the Focolare Movement)
12月31日
当耶稣不在我们中间时
你们问我：“是不是有些可怜的人，甚至不渴望基督临在他们中间呢？”。是的，那就是我们自己，彼此勾心斗角的我们。
也许会有人反驳说：“你说什么？你没看到我们在同一屋檐下，在同一个教堂内共同祈祷！你看！在我们中间哪里有分裂？”
这里或许没有，但是，一旦我们的聚会结束，即刻有人相互指责、彼此猜疑、彼此怀有戒心，当我们在与人交头接耳时，看到第三者过来，就立刻保持缄默或者转变话题。
“你们会说：我们这样做并非伤害别人，而是在保护自己”。使我伤心的正是这些：生活在兄弟们中间，却觉得有必要防备受到损害，我们竟认为有必要采取各种防备措施。 “然而，你或许会说，我被侮辱了”。如果你的弟兄辱骂你，请祈求天主怜悯他。因为他是你的兄弟，与你是同一奥体的肢体；他也是被邀在同一圣宴中坐席，正如你被邀一样。
金口圣若望(San Giovanni Crisostomo)
讲道集 8
论罗马书信 8
一言為定 (2009年12月31日)
「從來沒有人見過天主，只有那在父懷裏的獨生者，身為天主的，衪給我們詳述了。」 (若1:18)
『愛』是天主的本性。聖子降生，便是把這『愛』的訊息傳遞開去。
「你們若只愛那愛你們的人，你們還有什麼賞報呢?
稅吏不是也這樣做嗎﹖
你們若只問候你們的弟兄，你們做了什麼特別的呢？
外邦人不是也這樣做嗎？
所以你們應當是成全的，如同你們的天父是成全的一樣。」(瑪5:46-48)
「如同你們的天父是成全的一樣」是可能的嗎？
既然耶穌說了，當然是可能的及可行的。
我們也不必擔憂如何去實行這完滿的愛德。
只要我們願意，同時讓聖神在我們心裡工作便是了。
耶穌不是說過：
「當人把你們交出時，你們不要思慮：怎麼說，或說什麼，因為在那時刻，自會賜給你們應說什麼。
因為說話的不是你們，而是你們父的聖神在你們內說話。」( 瑪10:19-20)
梁達材神父
「祥」話短說 (2009年12月31日)
耶穌解釋道：「天主的國正屬於這樣的人。 我實在告訴你們：誰若不像小孩子一樣接受天主的國，決不能進去。」(谷10:14-15)
小孩子的純樸、謙卑中悅了耶穌的心。
尚且，只有這樣純樸、謙卑的靈魂，才能領悟天主的真理。
「父啊! 天地的主宰! 我稱謝你，因為你將這些事瞞住了智慧和明達的人，而啟示給小孩子。(瑪11:25)
尼苛德摩的故事，便是一個很好的例子：
「有一個法利塞人，名叫尼苛德摩，是個猶太人的首領。
有一夜，他來到耶穌前，向衪說：『辣彼，我們知道你是由天主而來的師傅，因為天主若不同他在一起，誰也不能行你所行的這些神跡。』
耶穌回答說：『我實實在在告訴你：人除非由上而生，不能見到天主的國。』
尼苛德摩說：『人已年老，怎樣能重生呢？難道他還能再入母腹而重生嗎？』
耶穌回答說：『我實實在在告訴你：人除非由水和聖神而生，不能進天主的國。』」 (若3:1-5)
簡言之，「聖洗聖事」及「堅振聖事」便是進入天國的門檻。
今天是二零零九年的最後一天，我們有否在過去的一年，努力讓天主在我們身上工作。
光陰過後，便永不回頭。
當我們活在世上的時候，還是恩寵時刻。但當我們離開這世界的時候，便是天主公義的時刻。若要痛悔定改的話，可能來得太遲了。
主，求你增強我們不足的信心！
梁達材神父
晚餐廳祈禱：聖母訊息分享 (2009年12月30日)
Dec 30, 2009 – Cenacle Prayer & Sharing Our Lady’s Message
神父講道 – 聖誕八日慶期第六日 (週三) (2009年12月30日)
恭讀聖路加福音 2:36-40
又有一位女先知亞納，是阿協爾支派法奴耳的女兒，已上了年紀。她出閣後，與丈夫同居了七年，以後就守寡，直到八十四歲。她齋戒祈禱，晝夜事奉天主，總不離開聖殿。正在那時刻，她也前來稱讚天主，並向一切希望耶路撒冷得救贖的人，講論嬰孩耶穌。
耶穌的父母他們按著上主的法律，行完了一切，便返回了加里肋亞，他們的本城納匝肋。孩子漸漸長大而強壯，充滿智慧，天主的恩寵常在他身上。
—基督的福音。
(The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas – Wednesday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 2:36-40
36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan’u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, 37 and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39 And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
—The Gospel of the Lord.
Daily Thoughts for the Year for Priests (December 30)
30 December
A Community of brothers
Are the faithful united in love, in the charity of Christ? Then this is certainly a living parish. Here is the true Church, for here the divine and human phenomenon that prolongs the presence of Christ among us is thriving …
How wonderful it would be if our parishes could show in a convincing way what Christian society should be like! What I mean is that people who at first do not know one another, being different in customs, in upbringing, origin, age and so on, meet in church and turn out to be and feel themselves to be, nuclei of brothers and sisters.
They become friends, they help one another, they never speak badly of others. On the contrary, they seek out the sick in order to care for them, they seek out the unemployed to help them. In a word, wherever there is some good to be done for the benefit of a neighbour, they have a ready heart and a commitment to say: this is Christ calling me.
Remember the solemn words of Christ. They will know that you are my disciples…if you love one another; if there is warmth of affection and feelings; if there is sympathy, created by us, that drives us to do more than we can, with total spontaneity and hearts wide open, and the ability to generate Christ in our midst, which is a result of feeling united in Him and for Him
Pope Paul VI
To the Parish of S. Maria Consolatrice
Insegnamenti/2, Città del Vaticano 1964, pp. 1072-1073
(published by the Priestly Branch of the Focolare Movement)
12月30日
兄弟团体
信友在基督的爱内合一吗？只有这样，才是充满生命活力的堂区，真正的教会便在于此。由于活力充沛，那么，神性和人性现象便使基督在我们中的临在持于永恒。
啊！如果我们的堂区能够表现出基督徒团体应有的本质，那将是多么美妙的事情啊！也就是说，先前陌生的人，以及因风俗习惯、教育、背景、年龄等不同因素而组成的团体，齐聚到教堂来，表现和体验出一个充满兄弟情谊的团体。然后相互成为朋友，彼此扶持，不再相互诋毁。相反，哪里有人生病便去照顾他，有谁失业便去救济他，总而言之，无论在哪里，只要有近人需要我们的善行，便立刻以全副心志说：这是基督在召唤我们。
不要忘记基督庄严的训示：“如果你们彼此相爱，世人就会认出你们是我的门徒”；如果借着那由于基督、且在他内结合而来的宽宏的心和孕育基督临在我们中间的能力，就能够实现来自内心渴求的、经过努力营造的、而非随意的友好关系。
教宗保禄六世
致玛利亚-忧苦之慰堂区
训导 II，梵蒂冈 1964，1072-1073页
一言為定 (2009年12月30日)
「孩子漸漸長大而強壯，充滿智慧，天主的恩寵常在衪身上。」 (路2:40)
聖言成了血肉，自然也按著人性的進度而成長。
聖母瑪利亞小時候便在聖殿受教養，故她精通舊約聖經及聖樂。這也可以解釋耶穌十二歲那年，逗留在聖殿整整三天，與當時的學者對答如流。無它，耶穌的啟蒙老師便是聖母自己。
耶穌雖然是天主子，但他從來沒有顯示自己的光輝。他的說話雖然動聽，所得來的，並非讚譽，而是貶語：「這不是若瑟的兒子嗎？」 (路4:22) 他行了神蹟，法利塞人卻說：「衪是仗賴魔王驅魔。」(瑪9:34)當他步行水面時，他的門徒竟說：「是個妖怪！」(瑪14:26)
耶穌唯一一次顯露出自己光輝的聖容時，便是在山上、在伯多祿、雅各伯和若望面前。當時，雲中有聲音說：「這是我的兒子，我所揀選的，你們要聽從衪!」(路9:35)
溫馨提示：凡事按步就班，以成就天主聖意為己任。
梁達材神父
晚餐廳祈禱：聖母訊息分享 (2009年12月29日)
Dec 29, 2009 – Cenacle Prayer & Sharing Our Lady’s Message
「祥」話短說 (2009年12月29日)
「堂區是我家」看似是一口號，但為不少堂區的教友，是他們心底的真實感覺。
要求全體教友有同一樣的感覺，當然是不可能的事。畢竟，「堂區是我家」是要大家一起建立起來的。
家主當然是耶穌自己。耶穌藉主教及他的助理，即司鐸們，去幫助他的子民走向天國的道路。
現今的堂區生活，便是將來天國生活的縮影。『何處有仁，何處有愛，天主必常在！』
『仁愛』便是天國子民的外在記號。
教會雖然是一屬靈團體，但也有外在的架構。堂區牧民議會便是教友代表的最高架構，協助神職人員侍奉會眾。
大家或有興趣知道堂區這兩年的近況。
教友人數：3586(2007) 3611(2008) 3579(2009)
慕道者： 95 (2008) 112 (2009)
新領洗教友: 101 (2008) 81 (2009)
領堅振: 51 (2008) 52 (2009)
初領聖體: 34 (2008) 31 (2009)
婚配(補婚): 18 (21) [2008] 16 (22) [2009]
每主日參與彌撒(包括提前彌撒)的平均人數為 2500。不過，菲藉教友參與彌撒的人數可能佔了百份之五十強。
另外，補婚的人數不在少數 (比例上)。我所理解的理由，是因為大部份教友誤以為雙方教友，才必須到教堂舉行婚禮。其實，單方面為教友的新人，也必須到教堂舉行婚禮。
話歸回來，無論是『堂區是我家』或『堂區一家親』都應是我們生活在堂區的態度。這不是『愛』的回響嗎？
梁達材神父
(原文見聖母領報堂網頁)
Sharing of Fr. Francis Ching in Christmas Gathering (Dec 20, 2009)
Sharing of Medjugorje in Christmas Gathering
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Homily of Fr. Francis Ching in Thanksgiving Mass (Dec 20, 2009)
Medjugorje Centre of Canada – Christmas Thanksgiving Mass
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