恭讀聖路加福音 1:26-38
到了第六個月,天使加俾額爾奉天主差遣,往加里肋亞一座名叫納匝肋的城去,到一位童貞女那裏,她已與達味家族中的一個名叫若瑟的男子訂了婚,童貞女的名字叫瑪利亞。天使進去向她說:「萬福!充滿恩寵者,上主與你同在!」【在女人中你是蒙祝福的。】她卻因這話驚惶不安,便思慮這樣的請安有什麼意思。天使對她說:「瑪利亞,不要害怕;因為你在天主前獲得了寵幸。看,你將懷孕生子,並要給他起名叫耶穌,他將是偉大的,並被稱為至高者的兒子,上主天主要把他祖先達味的御座賜給他,他要為王統治雅各伯家,直到永遠;他的王權沒有終結。」瑪利亞便向天使說:「這事怎能成就?因為我不認識男人。」天使答覆她說:「聖神要臨於你,至高者的能力要庇廕你,因此,那要誕生的聖者,將稱為天主的兒子。且看,你的親戚依撒伯爾,她雖在老年,卻懷了男胎:本月已六個月了,她原是素稱不生育的,因為在天主前沒有不能的事。」瑪利亞說:「看!上主的婢女,願照你的話成就於我吧!」天使便離開她去了。
—基督的福音。
(Thursday of the Second Week of Advent)
(Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 1:26-38
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?” 35 And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36 And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
—The Gospel of the Lord.
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神父講道後提及堂區將在今天中午朝拜聖體一小時,向榮福天主之母敬禮.但補充請那些未能親到聖堂的,也在本身崗位同步齊心祈禱,光榮天主.神父經常鼓勵我們應懂得「活在當下」的道理在此貫徹.我於是乖乖的在辦公室,三鐘經後向慈愛的母皇爲堂區內她的子女們各項需要,奉獻了一串玫瑰經.
聖母媽媽是幫助我們歸向天主的不二人選,但永恆天主的存在沒有時空限制,祇要我們願意,祂就必然出現在我等身傍.試看整個救恩計劃都不在聖殿裏,而在聖母留待家中開始,可見在日常生活中的每一時刻,能醒覺與主相偕,同等重要.
我為此仍相信天主不用我們顛簸地爬上聖母山,以求吻聖像,甚至不應花耗九牛二虎之力,且還要踏着別人的不便,才可去表示向祂敬拜.正因祂原已在此.
共勉