聖麗達(瑪加利大) – 聖潔如(日多達)貞女
恭讀聖路加福音 19:1-10
那時候,耶穌進了耶里哥,正經過的時候,有一個人,名叫匝凱,他原是稅吏長,是個富有的人。他想要看看耶穌是什麼人;但由於人多,不能看見,因為他身材短小,於是他往前奔跑,攀上了一棵野桑樹,要看看耶穌,因為耶穌就要從那裏經過。耶穌來到那地方,抬頭一看,對他說:「匝凱!你快下來!因為我今天必須住在你家中。」他便趕快下來,喜悅地款待耶穌。眾人見了,都竊竊私議說:「他竟到有罪的人那裏投宿。」匝凱站起來對主說:「主,你看,我把我財物的一半施捨給窮人;我如果欺騙過誰,我就以四倍賠償。」耶穌對他說:「今天救恩臨到了這一家,因為他也是亞巴郎之子。因為人子來,是為尋找及拯救迷失了的人。」
—基督的福音。
(33rd Week in Ordinary Time – Tuesday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 19:1-10
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And there was a man named Zacchae’us; he was a chief tax collector, and rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchae’us, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 And Zacchae’us stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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在聖地朝聖時,看過匝凱攀過的桑樹。本來是矮小的一棵樹,過了二千年,己經又高大又粗壯。站在樹前,想像匝凱竟不顧自己的身份,不理別人的白眼,為要目睹那聽聞已久的那位耶穌,為要知道他究竟是何等人物,就爬上桑樹越過人群而看得清清楚楚!結果他給耶穌看見了,並向他說;「匝凱!你快下來!因為我今天必須住在你家中。」路10:5
簡直是喜出望外!其他人都看不起自己,都視自己為罪人,現在竟然蒙受這位受人愛戴的人物到訪自己的家,是何來的福氣!耶穌對匝凱的完全接納,在人面前給予他的肯定,令他完全改變且對他說:「今天救恩臨到了這一家,因為他也是亞巴郎之子。因為人子來,是為尋找及拯救迷失了的人。」
不論對待任何人,了解、接納、肯定和鼓勵是愛的表達,亦是治癒創傷和自卑的良藥,也不得不自我改變!何況面對真理和真愛,那位主耶穌要臨到我們的內心,救恩就開始了!