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    Spiritual Corner - The Message of Lady Fatima in General (II)
    Posted: Jan-06-2023
    The Angel demonstrated to the children the fervent, attentive, and composed manner in which we should all pray, and the reverence we should show toward God in prayer. My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You...
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    Advent – A Time of Liturgical Renewal
    Posted: Dec-19-2022
    As we make our Christmas preparations, plan holiday activities and catch up with old friends, our hearts are filled with memories of the past and our minds draft fresh resolutions for the future. We anticipate. We are hopeful. We feel...
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    靈修片語 - 你們若不悔改而變成如同小孩一樣,你們決不能進入天國。
    Posted: Dec-16-2022
    記得有一次我去探訪一間幼稚園,一班小朋友跑過來同我打招呼,圍住我,抱住我的腿, 好開心地大聲笑 。小朋友最大的特點就是順從自己的內心, 他們不想這麼多,而成年人卻是思考很多, 順從自己的思想 。但天主偏偏住在我們的內心裡而不是我們的大腦裏。變成小朋友就是要我們順從自己的內心 , 順從內心深處天主的聲音。 在聆聽天主的聲音方面,我們有一位偉大的母親---聖母瑪利亞, 她也是我們聆聽的榜樣。 聖母媽媽說:「我的靈魂頌揚上主, 我的心靈歡躍於我的救主天主」。 聖母媽媽從來都是用內心去聆聽天主的。 聖母順從自己的內心,毫不猶豫的接受天主的使命, 答應成為耶穌的母親 。 當聖母聽到天使告知表姐依撒伯爾懷孕後, 根據聖經記載,「 聖母瑪利亞就在幾日內動身,急速往山區去。」我們看到聖母瑪利亞一旦聽到天主的聲音 , 就即刻動身行動,從來都不會遲延的。在迦納婚宴裏, 聖母對僕人們說:「他(耶穌)無論吩咐你們做什麼, 你們就照樣做。」可見聖母聽從天主的聲音,服從天主的旨意, 從來都不會瞻前顧後。 其實孔夫子也從來都不贊成三思而後行...
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    Spiritual Corner - Unless You Turn and Become Like Children, You Will Not Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
    Posted: Dec-16-2022
    I remember I once visited a kindergarten where a group of children came to me to say “hello”, gathered around me, held my legs, laughed loudly and happily. A characteristic of children is that they follow their own...
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    CNEWA Canada Welcomes New National Director
    Posted: Dec-13-2022
    Dr. Adriana Bara is the new national director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Canada (CNEWA). Until her appointment, Dr. Bara directed the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism in Montreal, a not-for-profit organization founded in...
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    靈修片語 - 基督肯服輸
    Posted: Dec-09-2022
    我們常常與別人互相較量 : 比較彼此的身材、髮型、智商、穿著、才華、成就等等。如此的較量比較高低,當別人比我們好時,就神經質地抑鬱寡歡,但若自己比別人優越,又會病態地沾沾自喜、得意洋洋。 而當我們整個精神都只專注於如何讓自己比別人更特殊、更卓越的時候,我們就很難移除那使我們與他人劃分的鴻溝。於是,就只好活在嫉妒、競爭與暴力之中,也永遠只能把他人的存在看成是對自己的威脅。 我們需要讓基督的心智來把這生命裡的「惡魔」祛除。 活在基督的心智裡,能找出那使自己與他人連結的方法,而無須活在嫉妒、競爭與暴力之中。若我們活在基督的心智裡,就無須汲汲營營地使自己比別人更特殊、優秀。在基督的心智裡,他人的才華非但不是威脅,而是益處,能增益所有的生命,包括我們自己。 基督的心智是什麼呢?基督的心智能看出所有的人都是特別的,因此每個人都是平等的。活在基督的心智裡,能看出沒有人是一枝獨秀的...
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    Spiritual Corner - Jesus Was a Good Loser
    Posted: Dec-09-2022
    We are constantly sizing up each other, rating bodies, hair, intelligence, clothing, talents and achievements. As we rate, we become unhealthily depressed when others outscore us and unhealthily inflated when we appear superior to them. The enigma separating us from...
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    Travelling Mary and St. Joseph: A Catholic Alternative to Elf on the Shelf
    Posted: Dec-07-2022
    Kasia Ryba is a Catholic wife and mother who belongs to her local Catholic Moms Group. She has been a speaker at ‘Calling All Girls: An Evening for Mothers and Daughters’ and has spoken on Midday Moms, a...
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    靈修片語 - 把生命回轉 – 從新歸依上主
    Posted: Dec-02-2022
    若翰洗者之訊息是「悔改」, 但不是以我們想像的方式悔改。我們認為懺悔就是要跪下低頭到地說你是如何悔恨你的罪過。他說的是另外一回事。他說的是悔改––意思就是「把生命回轉」,「回歸上主」。他正在呼號:默西亞已來臨了。 對若翰洗者而言,罪就是未能夠愛,至今仍是如此。它是愛的缺失,未能做你所應做的,未能成為你知道你應該成為的人,未能與耶穌同行與祂做同樣的事,因耶穌到來祇有一個目的,就是要教導我們如何愛人及被愛。耶穌來到這個世界, 說:「我要帶你們回歸喜樂與平安。」 請不要害怕承認你是罪人,承認自己令你自己、你的家人及你的天主失望。 「悔改」是將臨期最重要的辭語。懺悔:回頭,離棄生命中所有無意義、貧乏的東西,不是說物質的貧乏而是精神上的貧乏,而盡力再次一生與耶穌攜手同行。 祂會帶領你進入充滿更深層意義的生命,有時可能痛苦,但卻能令你深入了解你內心可能想擁有的東西及其意義,那就是天主的愛及人與人之間的愛...
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    Spiritual Corner - Turn Your Life Around, Come Back to The Lord
    Posted: Dec-02-2022
    John the Baptist’s message was “Repent,” but it wasn’t repent the way we think about it. The way we think about repentance is you come down on your knees and bang your head on...
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    Preparing our Hearts for Advent
    Posted: Nov-29-2022
    While Advent is the start of a new liturgical year, it has evolved to become many different things for different people. What is the real meaning of Advent? How can I allow this season to bring me closer to God...
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    The pandemic, mental health and Catholic priests
    Posted: Nov-28-2022
    How has the pandemic affected the well-being of priests? Three priest researchers from the Southdown Institute in partnership with an economics researcher from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt in Germany studied the implications of priests as frontline workers...
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    靈修片語 - 將臨期的第一天
    Posted: Nov-25-2022
    今天是將臨期的第一天,也是新的禮儀年開始。我們對於新的開始也必定有新的期許。將臨期有雙重幅度:一是準備聖誕節——紀念基督第一次降臨我們當中;二是藉此紀念,準備我們的心神,期待基督在末日第二次再來。因此,將臨期是虔誠喜樂的盼望時期。(禮儀年39) 今天的福音提到:「…那時,兩個人同在田間,一個被接去,一個卻被遺棄;兩個女人同在磨旁推磨,一個被接去,一個卻被遺棄。」警告為我們這一代人有用嗎? 香煙有警告、愛滋病有警告,但人總存僥倖心理,不會那麼巧是自己。今人似乎較易接受積極的鼓勵。救主來臨不論是指紀念基督過去的降臨、意識到基督現時的臨在,抑或期待基督將來的來臨,都能幫助我們善渡現世的生活。天主的救恩,天主的能力,誰不想要?將臨的準備,就是要我們切勿錯過天主的恩賜。 第二篇讀經曾引發一個美麗的故事。聖奧斯定在他的...
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    Spiritual Corner - The First Day of Advent
    Posted: Nov-25-2022
    Today is the first day of Advent, it is also the beginning of the liturgical year. We must have new expectations for the new beginning. There are double aspects of Advent: firstly, it is to prepare for Christmas - in memory...
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    Ministries of Care Offers Hope Amidst Loss
    Posted: Nov-23-2022
    During the month of November, we pray for all the souls of the faithful departed. The bereavement ministry is a ministry of care. Parish bereavement ministers reach out to parishioners who have had a loved one die in the past...
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    靈修片語 - 沉默的行動者
    Posted: Nov-16-2022
    教宗方濟各熱愛及敬仰聖若瑟。他的桌上放了一尊聖若瑟的睡夢像。他特別喜愛這尊聖像。聖經裏聖若瑟經常做夢,而且在夢中得到天主的指引,幫助他解決了生活上所面對的困難。教宗說當碰到難題時,他會寫張小紙條,放在聖若瑟像的下方,希望聖若瑟夢到他寫的内容,為他的難題祈禱,期望聖若瑟給他一些指引。 聖若瑟,一個既熟悉又陌生的名字。我們對他熟悉是因為很多人領洗時,以他為聖名,也有不少教堂奉聖若瑟為主保聖人;陌生則是因爲在聖經中對他的記載非常簡略,我們對他的認識不多。在聖經的記載裏聖母説話的次數不多,然而聖若瑟連一句話也沒說過。 聖若瑟是一位義人。他也是一位沉默的行動者。他默默地承行天主的旨意及為他人服務。他保護未婚懷孕的瑪利亞免受到被石頭砸死的處罰。他懂得聆聽天主,讓祂的旨意引領自己。他是聖母及耶穌的守護者。他默默地陪同聖母到白冷,在馬槽裏保護及照顧剛誕生的嬰孩耶穌及聖母瑪利亞。他很多時候也許不完全明白天主在他身上的計劃,但他謙卑地服從天主的旨意。例如他得到天使的指示後,星夜帶領聖母及小耶穌逃難到埃及,而免受到黑落德的毒害。他刻苦耐勞過著清貧的生活,一生默默地陪伴聖母及撫養耶穌。聖若瑟的偉大之處就是終生默默地、謙卑地、恆心地承行了天主的旨意...
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    Spiritual Corner - The Silent Doer
    Posted: Nov-16-2022
    Pope Francis loves and venerates Saint Joseph. On his desk is a statue of Saint Joseph in his dream. In the Bible, St. Joseph always dreams and receives guidance from God to solve his problems in life. The Pope says...
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    我的首篇靈修片語 - 多默修女
    Posted: Nov-11-2022
    時間過的真快,我到聖曹桂英堂已滿一年。記得去年十一月首次進入聖曹桂英堂時適逢週六下午四點半提前彌撒。彌撒後看到教友們恭敬的與神父、執事及修女們打招呼,以及教友們在疫情仍然嚴峻時,極有默契地寒喧問暖,帶給我很好的第一印象,我感受到有一股「人和」的氣息在聖曹桂英堂裡運轉,這是神父與教友們長期努力經營累積而成的。 接下來感動我的是見到好多夫妻相伴來參與平日彌撒,丈夫體貼的拿著手機與妻子分享彌撒經文,平安禮時夫妻相擁互祝平安。主日彌撒時看到很多家庭帶著孩子們來參與。凡是進堂參與彌撒或是來祈禱的教友,不論是大人或小孩,進入教堂或離開時會恭敬的向聖體龕行屈膝禮或叩拜禮。這些看來稀鬆平常的舉動,卻讓我感到無比的悸動與感動,這是歷代教友家庭對基督信仰的堅持,傳承給後代子孫所結出的美好果實。 更讓我佩服的是:聖曹桂英堂培育了幾位聖召,有神父也有修女。這是世界各國「修道聖召」嚴重缺乏的現代極為難得的成果與奉獻。這真是聖曹桂英堂的福氣啊!這幾個聖召家庭一如亞巴郎獻子,慷慨的向天主獻上他們的愛子愛女,而這幾位年青聖召更見證了主耶穌所說的:「手扶著犁而往後看的,不適於天主的國。」(路九 : 62)他(她)們捨棄了現世的一切...
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    My First Spiritual Corner - Sr Thomas Lo
    Posted: Nov-11-2022
    Time flies, I have been to St. Agnes K.Y. Tsao Parish for one full year. I remember when I first stepped into St. Agnes Church last November, it was time for the Saturday 4:30 p.m. vigil mass...
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    A Faithful Shepherd
    Posted: Nov-09-2022
    In light of the annual Shepherds' Trust collection for retired priests taking place this weekend (Nov. 12/13), here's a look at how Fr. Vitaliano Papais continues to serve the community as a faithful shepherd.  Retirement is typically...