恭讀聖瑪竇福音 13:44-52
那時候,耶穌對群眾說:「天國好像藏在地裡的寶貝;人找到了,就把它藏起來,高興地去賣掉他所有的一切,買了那塊地。
「天國好像一個尋找完美珍珠的商人;他一找到一顆寶貴的珍珠,就去賣掉他所有的一切,買了那顆珍珠。
「天國又好像撒在海裡的網,網羅各種的魚。網一滿了,人就拉上岸來,坐下,揀好的,放在器皿裡;壞的,扔在外面。在今世的終結時,也將如此:天使要出去,把惡人由義人中分開,把他們扔在火窯裡;在那裡要有哀號和切齒。
「這一切你們都明白了嗎?」
群眾說:「是的。」
耶穌就對他們說:「為此,凡成為天國門徒的經師,就好像一個家主,從他的寶庫裡,拿出新的和舊的寶貝。」
—基督的福音。
(17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 13:44-52
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. 47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48 when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. 49 So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, 50 and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 51 “Have you understood all this?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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「父啊!天地的主宰!我稱謝你,因為你將天國的奧秘啟示給與小孩子.」
五六月間一星期內先後添了兩名寶貝孫女兒, 感謝天主!因有更多參予照顧BB的機會,而每當看見囡囡在懷中熟睡的樣子時,她那祥和與平安簡直就活像小耶蘇正在眼前.神父曾說,嬰孩的生命就是默觀的生命,他們祇懂全心浸淫在天地大愛之中.故在面容上能反映的亦祇有「天主是愛」.
我樂意接受當兼職褓母的使命,深信上主必賦予恩寵讓我好去履行召叫,好使一切得着將可化為最佳獻祭的禮品.我亦慶幸透過這經驗再次被提醒,基督不單祇留在聖體龕內,或在醫院,監獄,貧民窟,或滿帶淚水的臉龎上,祂原已在此,等待着以上主氛芳的氣息,引領那些願意活在愛中的人,結合在天主愛內.
自我往往使人迷失,祇為自己帶來榮耀的工作應絕對不是天主的旨意,同樣,不能啟發愛情的使命怎會是值得拋下一切去追尋的財寶呢?成聖自己,聖化他人,不在乎轟天地泣鬼神,而是建基於日常生活之中.
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