默主哥耶聖母訊息(2012年1月2日)

by | Jan 4, 2012 | Medjugorje

Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s January 2, 2012 Message
Given to Mirjana on the Day for Non-Believers

“Dear children; As with motherly concern I look in your hearts, in them I see pain and suffering; I see a wounded past and an incessant search; I see my children who desire to be happy but do not know how. Open yourselves to the Father. That is the way to happiness, the way by which I desire to lead you. God the Father never leaves His children alone, especially not in pain and despair. When you comprehend and accept this, you will be happy. Your search will end. You will love and you will not be afraid. Your life will be hope and truth which is my Son. Thank you. I implore you, pray for those whom my Son has chosen. Do not judge because you will all be judged.”
親愛的孩子們：
我以母親的眼光關注著你們。我看見你們內心充滿憂愁與痛苦；看見你們過去的傷痛與無助及不停地尋覓。我知道我的孩子們渴望得到快樂，但不知如何才可找到。
只有向天父打開你們的心靈，才可得到這份喜樂。我願意帶領你們走這道路。
天主絕不會離開祂的子女，特別那些生活在痛苦及絕望中的子女。
當你們明白這道理、並接受這痛苦時，你們的快樂便指日可待。你們便會快樂及不用再去尋尋覓覓了。你們不會再害怕。你們的生命便成為我愛子的希望和真理。多謝你們。
我懇求你們特別為我聖子所揀選的人祈禱。
不要判斷別人，因為你們將來要接受同樣的判斷。
(2012年1月2日聖母給Mirjana的訊息)
梁達材神父躬譯

生活聖言 (2012年1月)

by | Jan 4, 2012 | Focolare, Word of Life
「你們既然與基督一同復活了，就該追求天上的事，在那裡有基督坐在天主的右邊。」（哥3：1）

每年一月十八日至廿五日，世界多處地方都會慶祝『基督徒合一祈禱週』，而有些地區則在聖神降臨節才舉行。
二零一二年『基督徒合一祈禱週』的主題取自聖保祿致格林多人前書：「基督的得勝，叫我們改變轉化。」（參閱格前15：51-58）
我們建議大家一起默想盧嘉勒按照《哥羅森書》第三章第一節而寫的生活聖言，它跟祈禱周的主題很有關連。

「你們既然與基督一同復活了，就該追求天上的事，在那裡有基督坐在天主的右邊。」（哥3：1）

聖保祿向哥羅森信友團體說的這番話告訴我們有一個充滿著真愛、圓滿的共融、正義、和平、聖德和喜樂的國度；罪惡與敗壞均不能進入這個地方，在這個國度裡，天主的聖意完全地得到實現。耶穌就是屬於這個國度的，祂透過重大的苦難、考驗和藉著祂的復活，給我們開啟了這個國度。

「你們既然與基督一同復活了，就該追求天上的事，在那裡有基督坐在天主的右邊。」

聖保祿指出我們不但被召叫進入耶穌的這個國度，而且我們已經屬於這個國度。信德告訴我們，藉着聖洗，我們與耶穌已結合為一，並因此分享著祂的生命、祂的恩典、祂的產業、祂戰勝了罪惡和黑暗勢力的成果；事實上我們已與祂一同復活了。
可是我們與那些已成功達到聖德的人不同，我們還未圓滿、明顯、穩定和絕對地屬於基督這個國度。我們一天還生存在這個世上，就仍需面對著無數的危機、困難和誘惑，它們會使我們猶豫不決，甚至能使我們半途而廢或誤入歧途。

「你們既然與基督一同復活了，就該追求天上的事，在那裡有基督坐在天主的右邊。」

因此我們可以明白保祿宗徒的這份勸諭：「你們該追求天上的事。」你們該脫離這個世界，不在於形體上，而是在於精神上。我們要擯棄這個世俗的情慾和行 徑，好叫自己在任何境況中都跟隨耶穌的思想和情感的引導。事實上，『天上的事』就是指耶穌帶到世上來的天上的法律，天國的法律，並且祂願意我們現在便開始 實踐。

「你們既然與基督一同復活了，就該追求天上的事，在那裡有基督坐在天主的右邊。」

那麽我們該怎樣實踐這句生活聖言呢？它激勵我不要滿足於一份平庸的、只是馬馬虎虎和苟且妥協的生活，而是應該藉著天主的聖寵，按照基督的法律去生活。
這句聖言推動我們在自己的環境中努力生活出耶穌帶到世上來的人生價值及作出見證，例如：和諧共處的精神、和平、服務弟兄、諒解和寛恕、忠誠、正義，在我們的工作中盡忠職守、信實、純潔、尊重生命等。
你們會發現這份善志的範圍一如生命般廣泛，但是為著避免流於空想，讓我們在這個月內實踐耶穌的誡命，它可以說是所有其他誡命的總綱：在每個弟兄身上認出耶穌，為弟兄服務。難道這不正是我們生命終結時要向祂交代的事嗎？

盧嘉勒

*本月的聖言已於1988年4月發表

Word of Life – Jan 2012

by | Jan 4, 2012 | Focolare, Word of Life

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.”

These words of St. Paul to the community at Colossae speak of the existence of a world in which true love reigns, together with full communion, justice, peace, holiness and joy. There, sin and corruption can no longer enter. It is a world where the will of the Father is perfectly fulfilled. It is to this world that Jesus belongs. He opened it up to us by means of his resurrection, by having passed through the arduous trial of his passion.

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.”

St. Paul says we are not only called to Christ’s world but that we already belong to it. Faith tells us that through baptism we are engrafted onto him, and as a re­sult we participate in his life, his gifts, his inheritance and his victory over sin and the forces of evil. We have, in fact, risen with him.

As long as we are on earth, however, our membership in this world of Christ is not full and totally unveiled. It is not yet stable and definite. As long as we live, we will be exposed to a thousand dangers, difficulties and temptations that can cause us to hesitate, slow down on our journey or even detour toward false destinations.

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.”

We can understand, then, the exhortation of the Apostle: “Seek what is above.” Materi­ally you walk this earth, but spiritually you can leave it; give up the rules and passions of the world in order to let the thoughts and sentiments of Jesus guide you in every situation.

“What is above,” in fact, points to the laws of a higher realm, the laws of the kingdom of heaven that Jesus brought on earth and wants us to fulfill here and now.

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.”

How then can we live this Word of Life? It encourages us to not be satisfied with a mediocre life made of half-measures and compromise. It encourages us to conform our lives — with the grace of God — to the laws of Christ.

This Word of Life urges us to live and give witness in society to the values that Jesus brought on earth. It could be a spirit of concord and peace, service to our neighbor, un­derstanding and forgiveness, honesty, justice, integrity in our work, faithfulness, puri­ty, respect for life, and so on.

The possibilities are as vast as life itself, but so as not to re­main in the realm of the ab­stract, let us this month put into practice the law of Jesus that is a kind of synthesis of all the others: to recognize Christ in every neighbor and place ourselves at their service. We will thus prepare ourselves for the final exam of our life.

Chiara Lubich