真福和德理司鐸
恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 2:1-12
過了一些日子,耶穌又進了葛法翁。人聽說他在家裏,就聚來了許多人,以致連門前也不能再容納,他就對他們講道。那時,有人帶著一個癱子到他這裏來,由四個人抬著;但因為人眾多,不能送到他面前,就在耶穌所在之處,拆開了房頂;拆穿之後,把床縋下去,癱子在上面躺著。耶穌一見他們的信心,就對癱子說:「孩子!你的罪赦了。」那時,有幾個經師坐在那裏,心裏忖度說,「怎麼這人這樣說話呢?他說了褻瀆的話;除了天主一個外,誰能赦罪呢?」耶穌憑自己的神力,即刻認透了他們私自這樣忖度,遂向他們說:「你們心中為什麼這樣忖度呢?什麼比較容易呢?是對癱子說:你的罪赦了;還是說:起來,拿你的床走?但為叫你們知道:人子在地上有赦罪的權柄——遂對癱子說:我給你說:起來,拿你的床,回家去吧!」那人遂起來,立刻拿起床,當著眾人的面走出去了,以致眾人大為驚愕,遂光榮天主說:「我們從未見過這樣的事!」
—基督的福音。
(1st week in Ordinary Time – Friday)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 2:1-12
1 And when he returned to Caper’na-um after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question thus in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, `Rise, take up your pallet and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic — 11 “I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home.” 12 And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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「世上知己難求!」「人生得一知己,死而無堪﹗」道出人世間對真正友誼的渴望。
我替這篇讀經中的癱子高興,得到這幾位要好的朋友 !
朋友們不厭其煩的抬著他找耶穌,人多了,想到由屋頂入內,便拆開屋頂縋他下去,可以想像得到是件不容易的事,但朋友們只是一心要使受苦的他得見耶穌,也得到祂的醫治,使他不再受苦。相信那份無私的愛也感動了耶穌!
耶穌更欣賞他們的信心,祂不理會經師們如何忖度祂的能力,遂對癱子說:「我給你說: 起來,拿你的床,回家去吧!」谷2:11
正所謂「兩肋插刀」,「有福同享,有難同當」,這就是「死党」吧﹗我們要向癱子的朋友學習的不單是他們為朋友出力,不怕辛苦,而是懂得將身邊的人帶到耶穌跟前,由祂去安慰他,由祂去治癒他。我常提醒自己,對人對事盡了力之後,要懂得把一切向主交付,要深信惟有祂才能將人由痛苦中,由深淵中救拔出來;事情的發生更是為人類的益處。因為祂就是為此而來到人間﹗