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(甲) 我的講道
(乙) 網上資料
天國的藍圖 薛恩博樞機 著
我們在諸聖節聽到成聖的藍圖。凡遵照耶穌所敘述的真福八端而生活的人，將是「有福的」。耶穌保證那些在生活中實踐真福八端的人，將永遠幸福美滿。
「聖人」的頭銜不僅僅侷限於那些名字出現在教會禮儀年日曆上的人；任何真正、完好達成生活目標的人都是聖人，他們因此「永遠有福」，換句話說，他們「置身天國」。我們當然希望，這些人要比名字出現在聖人名冊上的人多無數倍。
那個數目必定十分龐大。它會不會包括所有的人呢？我們是不是都能進天國呢？我們當然被允許這樣去想。耶穌說：凡是最終想要進入天國福樂的人，都必須穿過 一扇窄門。在今天的福音裡，耶穌向我們展示了抵達天國大門的八種態度、生活情景、生命展望；透過這些方法，耶穌確保我們一定會成功。
耶穌這樣說，並不是要將一切都推向我們無從把握的、死後的未知世界，因為我們中還沒有人完全跨入「另一邊」。耶穌已經把所有遵循那八條路的人稱為「有福的」，祂之所以敢下如此定論，是因為祂切願祂的藍圖經得起任何考驗。
那正是關鍵點。這八個「幸福法則」中，至少有一半聽起來不會是大家想爭先恐後投身於其中的項目；遭遇窮困、哀傷、迫害、嘲弄、蔑視，還有甚麼福樂可言 呢？那些絕不會是有人自願、喜歡承受的事情。耶穌並沒有否認這些悲慘和莫大的痛苦，祂更沒有對痛苦視若無睹。窮人的數目在世界上遠比富人多得多，他們的痛 苦、眼淚、哀傷是無法估量的，許多人還得忍氣吞聲地被蔑視、被嘲弄，忍受各式各樣的苦痛！耶穌從來不會對這些人說：「你自認倒楣吧！因為生不逢時，所以你 只配得上強顏歡笑、逆來順受的命運！」
恰恰相反，耶穌鄭重保證：所有的眼淚都會被擦乾，所有的悲慘境遇都會終結。為此，祂以猶太母語特有的語法，教導我們這「幸福法則」。猶太人出於敬意，盡 可能不直呼天主之名，而採用婉轉的遁辭：「他們要受安慰」意思是「天主要親自安慰他們」；「天國是他們的」意思是「天主要親自授與他們天國，並領他們進入 祂有福的共融之中」。
耶穌向世界上的窮人、受苦的人保證：天主與他們同在，祂從未遺忘他們、摒棄他們。耶穌因此稱他們是「有福的」。
儘管如此，這一切聽起來難免像推託之辭。其實不是！因為耶穌同樣說過，任何把自己歸屬在受苦者這一邊，並與天主同在的人，是有福的。耶穌指出：溫良的 人、不使用武力的人、關懷憐憫人的人、締造和平的人、饑渴慕義的人，全是有福的。祂又指出：心地純潔、正直的人是有福的，因為他們最接近天主。
這些人能使別人快樂；他們安慰別人，減輕他人的憂慮。藉著這些人、從他們的身上，我們能直接體驗到，天主不會忽視任何痛苦。在這塵世的「涕泣之谷」裡，天國因而在我們的眼前展開。還有甚麼比這更好的幸福藍圖呢？
(丙) 王保誠神父
【我就是復活，就是生命】
耶穌一到了伯達尼，得知拉匝祿在墳墓裡，已經四天了。伯
若望福音11:17-27
耶穌一到了伯達尼，得知拉匝祿在墳墓裡，已經四天了。伯
若望福音11:17-27
【Reflection on Jn 11:17-27】
Family values rooted in faith and truth; values that give vitality in our time of suffering. God’s love for humanity is everlasting. He wants us to be saved. To be happy! He knows our human weaknesses and places us into his Father’s care. Jesus begs the Father to consecrate his true believers. To consecrate is to make holy, to make whole. Truth is real. Truth sets us free. To be made holy in the truth is to be made one with God!
Family values rooted in faith and truth; values that give vitality in our time of suffering. God’s love for humanity is everlasting. He wants us to be saved. To be happy! He knows our human weaknesses and places us into his Father’s care. Jesus begs the Father to consecrate his true believers. To consecrate is to make holy, to make whole. Truth is real. Truth sets us free. To be made holy in the truth is to be made one with God!
【瑪竇福音5:1-12分享】
教會在11月1日慶祝諸聖節，坊間的萬聖節是經商品化包裝，我們需要用天主教義了解節日的由來。聖人是被基督所救贖，與天主計劃合作的人，是我們的榜樣。 我們效法他們跟隨基督，接受基督的救恩，與天主的計劃合作，邁向成聖的人生目標。教友藉聖人的代禱轉求，能表達諸聖共融相通的精神，加強信望愛三德。真福 八端這天國大憲章指出我們怎樣做才算「有福」，並讓我們知道怎樣愛主愛人，成聖自己，造福人群。
教會在11月1日慶祝諸聖節，坊間的萬聖節是經商品化包裝，我們需要用天主教義了解節日的由來。聖人是被基督所救贖，與天主計劃合作的人，是我們的榜樣。 我們效法他們跟隨基督，接受基督的救恩，與天主的計劃合作，邁向成聖的人生目標。教友藉聖人的代禱轉求，能表達諸聖共融相通的精神，加強信望愛三德。真福 八端這天國大憲章指出我們怎樣做才算「有福」，並讓我們知道怎樣愛主愛人，成聖自己，造福人群。
【I Am The Resurrection And The Life】
Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."
Jn 11:17-27
Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."
Jn 11:17-27
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