聖諾博(諾伯多)主教
恭讀聖若望福音 16:29-33
那時候,眾門徒對耶穌說:「看,現在你明明地講論,不用什麼比喻了。現在,我們曉得你知道一切,不需要有人問你;因此,我們相信你是出於天主。」耶穌回答說:「現在你們相信嗎?看,時辰要來,且已來到,你們要被驅散,各人歸各人的地方去,留下我獨自一個,其實我並不是獨自一個,因為有父與我同在。我給你們講了這一切,好使你們在我內獲得平安。你們在世界上遭受窘迫,但放心吧!我已戰勝了世界。」
—基督的福音。
(Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 16:29-33
29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure! 30 Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.” 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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「你們在我內獲得平安..我已戰勝了世界.」
事實世界怎肯輕言放棄?祇因我們原本就屬於世界,世界也喜歡我們.
基督曾為要施行「任何人也從未做過的事業」而來到世上,但「他們無故地惱恨了我.」「恨我的,也恨我的父.」祇要我們一日還未懐有基督已得勝的絕對信心,我們仍將如同今天一般,處于美善與世俗爭持的縫隙之間.
共融在基督內而得享平安之寶貴,人皆盡知.可惜虛榮的歡呼聲,宣洩憤怒的快感,各式慾望被填充等等世界所答應的報酬,相比克己事奉對人性仍有着莫大的吸引力.
「你們不要哭我,但要哭你們自己及你們的子女.」瑪23:18
假若我們今天仍然未能感受到基督那份「願衆人在我內合而為一」的苦心,祂的血和汗還不是白流!
共勉