神父講道 – 聖常年期第二週 (週二) (2013年1月22日)

恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 2:23-28

有一次,正當安息日,耶穌從麥田裏路過,他的門徒在行路時掐食起麥穗來。法利塞人向耶穌說:「你看!他們為什麼做安息日不許做的事?」耶穌對法利塞人說:「你們從未讀過:達味在急迫中和同他一起的人,在饑餓時所作的事嗎?當厄貝雅塔爾作大司祭時,達味怎樣進了天主的殿,吃了除司祭外,誰也不許吃的供餅,並且還給了同他一起的人?」耶穌又對他們說:「安息日是為人立的,並不是人為了安息日;所以,人子也是安息日的主。」

—上主的話。

(2nd Week in Ordinary Time – Tuesday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 2:23-28

23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, when Abi’athar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath; 28 so the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

往神父講道目錄

一言為定

「照你們的信德,給你們成就吧!」 (瑪9:29)
「達味之子! 可憐我們吧!」
「你們信我能作這事嗎。 」
「是,主。」
「照你們的信德,給你們成就吧!」
以上是兩位失明人與耶穌的對話。
這兩位失明人,比起其他開眼的人,「看」得更透徹。他們稱耶穌為達味之子—默西亞,以色列期待已久的救世主。經師們卻瞎說耶穌是靠貝爾則貝—魔王驅魔。兩者分別是如此之大!無它,經師是因嫉妒而向真理閉上自己的眼睛而已!「你們信我能作這事嗎。 」這不是問句,而是耶穌希望這兩位失明人肯定自己的信念。他們的回答是肯定的,他們說:「是,主。」 信仰生活雖是多元化,但基本上,面對真理時,我們還需「是就說是,非就說非。」 (瑪5:37)最後,耶穌說:「照你們的信德,給你們成就吧!」
聖保祿以同樣肯定的言詞,安慰得撒洛尼的教友:「我們不斷地感謝天主,因為你們由我們接受了所聽的天主的言語,並沒有拿它當人的言語,而實在當天主的言語領受了,這言語在你們信者身上發生了效力。」(得前2:13)
(梁達材神父)
(原文見2012年12月份上海光啟每日神糧)