神父講道 – 常年期第一週 (週六) (2013年1月19日)

恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 2:13-17

那時候,耶穌又出去,到了海邊。群眾都到他跟前,他便教訓他們。當他前行時,看見阿耳斐的兒子肋未坐在稅關上,便向他說:「你跟隨我吧!」肋未就起來跟隨了耶穌。當耶穌在肋未坐席的時候,有許多稅吏和罪人,也與耶穌和他的門徒一起坐席,因為已有許多人跟隨了他。法利塞黨的經師看見耶穌與罪人和稅吏一起吃飯,就對他的門徒說:「怎麼,他與罪人和稅吏一起吃喝?」耶穌聽了,就對他們說:「不是健康的人需要醫生,而是有病的人;我不是來召義人,而是召罪人。」

—上主的話。

(1st Week in Ordinary Time – Saturday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 2:13-17

13 He went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd gathered about him, and he taught them. 14 And as he passed on, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. 15 And as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

往神父講道目錄

一言為定

「主! 如果是你,就叫我在水面上步行到你那裏罷 !」(瑪14:28)
除路加福音外,另外三部福音都有記載耶穌步行水面的奇蹟。瑪竇的記載多了一個環節:伯多祿步行水面。
伯多祿本可安然無恙,但當他一見風勢強勁,便害怕起來。結果便開始下沉。
其實,這便是我們信仰生活上的寫照。我們不也曾由於人性的軟弱而跌倒過嗎?
伯多祿臨危關頭,便大叫說:「主,救我罷!」
耶穌便『立刻』伸手『拉住』伯多祿。一幕多麼美麗動人的鏡頭。
耶穌繼續說:「小信德的人哪!你為甚麼懷疑?」信德不是一時衝動的信念,而是恆常的修維。
伯多祿曾經在司祭庭園否認過自己是耶穌的門徒。耶穌復活後,沒有刻意指正伯多祿的不是,只是輕描淡寫的對他說:「伯多祿,你愛我嗎?」
可見,耶穌重視的,是我們懺悔的心靈。耶穌願意我們步行到他那裡。可能經歷驚濤駭浪,他會告訴我們:「不要害怕,我和你們天天在一起,直到世界的終結。
這是我們的信仰,我們的希望。
梁達材神父
(原文見2012年8月份上海光啟『日用神糧』)