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靈修片語 -- 聖道明的一生及其創會經過聖道明約於公元一一七Ｏ年生在西班牙中北部的一個小村莊卡拉羅加，父母皆為貴族後裔。他的家庭是一個模範的聖家，除道明被列聖外，其母及一位兄長（亦是道明會士）也被列為真福，此外，另一位兄長亦是神父。道明從小在熱心信仰的家庭氣氛中成長；七歲時，父母送他到舅父神父那兒接受教育，道明的聖召種子從此萌芽。十四歲前往巴蘭霞接受文學（哲學）及神學教育，成為司鐸的候選者。廿四歲加入奧斯瑪教區主教座堂詠經團，不久晉陞成為詠經團司鐸。直到一二Ｏ三年，道明陪同奧斯瑪主教前往丹麥，途中路經法國南部，遇見異端猖獗，夜宿旅館，與異端教徒館主徹夜辯論道理，終於將館主皈化。此事在道明心中撒下了創立修會的種子。 有一件事是道明一生一個重要的日子，也是他新事業的開端，即一二Ｏ六年七月廿二日（瑪利亞瑪大肋納的節日），道明坐在方就（法國南部）北門外閱讀默想這位罪婦如何變成「宗徒們的宗徒」，此時也正是道明感覺傳教工作成就微薄而心中茫然不知所從之際。他祈求上主指導，並求聖母指示他該做什麼？在哪裡選擇他宗徒事業的中心？凝神間...Posted: Oct-04-2024 -
Spiritual Corner -- St. Dominic: Biography and the Founding of the Dominican OrderSt. Dominic was born in Calaroga, a small village in mid-northern Spain at about 1170. His parents were descendants of noble families. His family was a model Catholic family. Other than Dominic was canonized, his mother and a brother...Posted: Oct-04-2024
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靈修片語 -- 默想死亡死亡的時刻來得很快，你該省察你的良心怎麽樣。今天你還是人，明天也許就不在人世上（加上： 2 · 63）。當你遠離了人的目光，人也就想不起你來了。哎！人心糊塗顽固，只顧眼前，不管將來。你該整肅你的思言行為，就如同今天要死一般。若你良心潔淨，你必定不怕死。躲避罪恶，比躲避死好多了。若你今天預備得不妥當，明天怎麽能預備得妥當呢？況且明天是個不可靠的日子，因為你有没有明天，怎麽能知道呢？ 我們不努力改過遷善，活大年紀有什麽益處呢？哎！活大年紀往往不但不能改毛病，反倒加增罪過。巴不得我們能在世上善活一天才好！有許多人回頭已經不省年數，但毛病卻改去不多。死固然可怕；但活大年紀也許更有危險。常想着死，天天預備善死的人，是有福的。若見别人死，就該想日後你也要走這條路...Posted: Sep-28-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- A Meditation on DeathVery soon the end of your life will be at hand: consider, therefore, the state of your soul. Today a man is here; tomorrow he is gone.(I Macc.2:63) And when he is out of sight, he is...Posted: Sep-28-2024
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Truth and Reconciliation 2024: After the Silence - A Reflection for CatholicsJulia and Adam Kozak, a married couple actively involved in bridge-building and peacemaking with Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, reflect on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Adam, a Lay Pastoral Associate and musician, was the National Project...Posted: Sep-25-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 向聖體龕中的耶穌祈禱隱藏囚居在聖體龕中的天主 ！我每晚欣然來到你跟前，感謝你所賜予的恩寵，求你寬恕我今天所犯的過錯,使之逝去如夢...... 耶穌啊 ！假如我今天是忠信的，我將多麼快樂，但是，唉 ！往往在晚上我會難過，因為我覺得我本可以更為善用你的恩寵......如果我和你結合得更密切，對我的姊妹們更友愛，更加謙遜及棄己，那麼在祈禱中和你談話時，我就不會覺得難過了。然而，我的天主，我看到我的可憐，但並不因此而沮喪，我懷著信賴來到你跟前，想著 : 「不是健康的人需要醫生，而是有病的人。」所以求你醫治我，寬恕我。主，我要牢記 :「那多得恩赦的，應比其他人更愛你 ！」 我把我每一次心跳奉獻給你，作為許多愛情的行為和補贖，我將它們結合於你無限的功德。我神聖的淨配啊，求你作我靈魂的良醫，不願我的抗拒，在我內行動 ; 到最後，除了你的旨意...Posted: Sep-20-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- Prayer to Jesus in the TabernacleGod hidden within the tabernacle, every night I come before you joyfully to thank you for your grace. I beg you to forgive all my trespasses of this day and let them be gone like dreams... Oh Jesus, I would...Posted: Sep-20-2024
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靈修片語 -- 你們說我是誰?在斐理伯的凱撒勒雅境內，耶穌問門徒:「你們說我是誰?」今天,耶穌問我們每一個人同樣的問題。伯多祿回答說:「祢是基督」，意思是說祂是默西亞,永生天主之子，祂到來改變世界。你的答案是否也如此? 耶穌便開始教訓他們:「人子必須受許多苦,被長老、司祭長和經師棄絕,且要被殺害; 但三天以後必要復活。」祂當着眾人說這些話(谷 8 : 31)。因此,伯多祿說:「主,千萬不可!這事絕不會臨到你身上!」耶穌立刻制止他,說:「撒殫,退到我後面去!」 默西亞教導的方法就是要學習如何去愛。不是按我們的方法去愛，而是按天主愛世界的方式去愛世界。天主是如何去愛世界的呢? 天主創造了一個奇妙而又可愛的世界以顯示祂的愛。天主與那些能對祂所做的一切感恩的人分享祂的創造物。當亞當和厄娃因自私地把所有東西歸於自己，所以便失敗了，他們便失去所有無條件給予他們的東西。 但天主的愛是很特別的...Posted: Sep-13-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- Who Do You Say That I Am?At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks the disciples, “But who do you say that I am?” Today, Jesus is also asking the same question to each one of us. And Peter replies,: “You are the Christ,” which...Posted: Sep-13-2024
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May the Lord Jesus grant that you may soon receive his word with your ears and profess the faith with your lips, to the glory and praise of God the FatherThis reflection based on the readings for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B: Isaiah 35: 4-7a, Psalm 146, James 2: 1-5, and Mark 7: 31-37. There is a man, by the name of...Posted: Sep-06-2024 -
Hear me all who understand. Nothing that enters one form outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from the heart are what defileThis reflection based on the readings for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B: Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8; Psalm 15; James 1: 17-18, 21b-22, 27; and Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21...Posted: Aug-30-2024 -
Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for He is our GodThis reflection based on the readings for this Sunday, the Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: Joshua 24, 1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:32-5:1-2, 21-32; and John 5:53, 60...Posted: Aug-23-2024 -
Come, Eat of my Food and Drink of the WineThis reflection based on the readings for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year B: Proverbs 9: 1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5:15-20; and John 6: 51-58. This Sunday’s first reading, from the Book...Posted: Aug-16-2024 -
Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for youThis reflection is based on the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; and John 6:41-51. I always like it when I can...Posted: Aug-10-2024 -
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not wantThis reflection based on the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time—Year B: Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2: 13-18 and Mark 6: 30-34. During these summer months, when many people take a...Posted: Jul-19-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 信仰生活隨筆有多少教友能真心體會領聖體的美妙？領了聖體之後，又有多少教友會安靜下來，與聖體合而為一？ 前一陣子，有好幾次發現「聖體」被遺棄在地上，又或夾在歌書中。有一天，當我走上聖堂台階時，真不敢相信我見到的。由於好奇、我彎腰再看清楚，一種感覺立即浮現：「祢，怎麼會在這裡？」原來我看見的真是聖體孤零零、靜靜地被遺棄在聖堂大門外一個污穢的角落。 另外，有些教友不知道領完聖體之後要立刻放入口中。有一次，在中午十二時彌撒中，領完聖體後，聽到一位服務姊妹在通道與一位領了聖體並帶回座位的教友交涉。最終，服務姊妹 從這位教友手中取回了聖體。我不禁向這位姊妹豎起了大拇指（讚賞）。她說：「這不是第一次，已經遇到好幾次，教友帶著聖體回到座位！每次我都一路跟著他們並勸說：『將聖體放入口中』。勸說無效，我只能取回聖體，交給神父。」曾經...Posted: Jun-28-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- A Few Observations in ChurchHow many faithful can really appreciate the beauty of receiving Holy Communion? How many faithful, after receiving Holy Communion, will quiet down to be united with the Eucharist? In the past few months, we had often found hosts abandoned and...Posted: Jun-28-2024
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Inside Myself, I Found the Heart of Someone ElseBefore my diaconate ordination, I had the opportunity to make a 30-day retreat called the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola with some of my classmates. Each day was comprised of many hours of meditation on the Scriptures...Posted: Jun-24-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 忍耐他人的缺點自己的短處，或他人的毛病，願意改而改不了，就該安心忍耐，等待天主別樣的措置。你該想：恐怕如此，更能考驗你的忍耐。沒有忍耐，我們的善功，不算甚麼大事。雖然如此，你該如此苦求天主幫助，賞你有忍耐力。 某人有毛病，你勸他一、兩次，他若不聽，不 要和他動氣，但把這事托於天主，一為承行他的聖旨，又為在他的僕役身上，光榮他，因為為他能將 惡事，變成好事。別人的缺點，你當安心忍耐：因 為你也有許多的過錯，叫別人忍耐。你治理你自己，尚不能得心應手，又怎能叫別人全合你的意思呢？我們常是期望別人修到成全的地步，而改自己的過失，反不專心。 我們願意他人受到苛刻的糾正，而我們自己卻不願意受他人的糾正...Posted: Jun-21-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- Bearing With the Faults of OthersThose things which a man cannot amend in himself or in others, he ought to bear patiently, until God shall otherwise ordain. You should consider that perhaps it is a better way to try out your patience, without which our...Posted: Jun-21-2024
