聖伯鐸及聖保祿二聖殿奉獻日
恭讀聖路加福音 19:41-44
耶穌臨近耶路撒冷的時候,望見京城,便為她哀哭說:「恨不得在這一天,你也知道有關你平安的事;但這事如今在你眼前是隱藏的。的確,日子將臨於你。你的仇敵要在你四周築起壁壘,包圍你,四面圍困你;又要消滅你,及在你城牆內的子民;在你內決不留一塊石頭在另一塊石頭上,因為你沒有認出天主眷顧你的時機。」
—基督的福音。
(33rd Week in Ordinary Time – Thursday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 19:41-44
41 And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side, 44 and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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前幾年有幸到過聖地的橄欖山革責瑪尼莊園。 在那裡,回想二千多年前那一天的晚上,主耶穌痛苦地向自己的父禱告:「父啊﹗祢如果願意,請祢免去這杯吧﹗但不要隨我的意願,惟照祢的意願成就吧﹗」路22:42,耶穌山園祈禱的情景一幕一幕地在腦海中呈現﹐在那塊主耶穌曾停留過的石地前,默默地與主耶穌以心體心。當時其它的禱文已忘記,但其中一句答唱詠却銘刻於肺腑:我的人民啊﹗難道我虧負了祢?有什麼地方對不起祢?請你答覆我﹗
這句歌詞使我整個人都崩潰了﹗主耶穌就用了祂所受的苦難,就在祂痛苦得流出血汗的地方,對我說,我所受的一切痛苦,祂全知悉且全了解,因祂也曾這樣受了。那時我的眼淚連我的心靈也清洗了﹗於是,我更明白這次主耶穌召叫我跟隨祂足跡的原因 。
是的,主﹗請幫助我處理每事每物,不要照自己的意願,但照父的旨意而行。並且懂得將自己的不如意和痛苦,聯同主耶穌基督的苦難奉獻給在天大父﹗