EASTER SUNDAY – A: 24th April, 2011
Acts 10:34. 37-43; Ps. 117; Col. 3:1-4; John 20:1-9
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
Why is dawn so beautiful? Because it comes after a dark night. Why is reunion so joyful? Because it comes after a painful separation. Why is Easter so glorious? Because it comes after a dreadful death. Today, we celebrate the greatest feast in the Church’s calendar: the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, the very foundation of our Christian faith, for if Christ had not risen, we would be back in our sins, unredeemed and still shackled by the slavery of sin. Mother Church cannot contain her joy. She needs a whole octave “to recover” from the glorious resurrection of Jesus Her Lord as She heaps Alleluia upon Alleluia to express her jubilation!
Easter is both a holiday and a holy day. We need a holiday when we break away from normal routine to rest, relax and recuperate. It is wonderful to see so many cars and cyclists on the road. Our caravan sites are full and our beautiful countryside, which is a bit of paradise on this side of eternity, is busy. A healthy mind in a healthy body. But Easter is also a holy day for we are not only mind and body but also soul. We are to use a rather sophisticated term “a pneumatopsychosomatic composite.” Some five hundred persons are spending the Easter holiday and holy day this year as guests at the Benedictine monastery at Ampleforth. They want a break from normal routine, from the hustle and bustle of that terrible tsunami that daily inundates their lives and sweeps everything in its wake away. They want time to be silent and still, to quieten themselves not only from the external noise that deafens them but also the internal turmoil that disturbs and destroys them. They feel the need to ponder and pray and to join the monastic community in the slow and solemn celebration of the liturgy. In doing so they are giving a holy day to their soul for a mind and a body without a soul is a dead corpse. Is it not?
You and I, my dear Brothers and Sisters, are at the fulcrum of a real tug of war, at the meeting point of two opposing gravitational pulls: On the one hand, there is the gravitational pull of the flesh and all that is sinful and evil. On the other hand, there is the gravitational pull of grace and all that is good and godly. Is not this what St. Paul adverts to when he admonishes us in today’s second reading: “Since you have been brought back true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is… Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth…”(Col.3:1). The tragedy of our time is that we try to be our own saviours. We think mistakenly, of course, that we have reached such a degree of self-sufficiency and autonomy, that we can resist the gravitational pull of evil with our own resources and reserves. The more we strive to do this, the more we struggle and the more we struggle on our own, the more we sink! It is like falling into quick sands: the more you struggle on your own, your very struggle and the gravity of your body and flesh make you sink further. You need an external gravitational force to pull you out and be saved. That external gravitational force is God’s grace. That is the Easter grace of the Resurrection that Jesus offers us, the gravitational grace that will lift us up from the quick sands of the body and flesh. Easter raises us for it reminds us that we need to rise and that we can do so only with God’s grace. Easter must be a holiday for sure; but even more surely, we must make it a holy day!
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (650 Words)]
2011年4月24日星期日
EASTER VIGIL 2011: 23rd April, 2011
EASTER VIGIL 2011: 23rd April, 2011
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
There are quite a few Vigils in the Church’s Calendar: the Vigil of Christmas and of Pentecost, the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul and the Vigil of St. John the Baptist. But the most important Vigil is the Easter Vigil. It is rightly called the Mother of all Vigils because it celebrates the very foundation of our Christian faith, the Resurrection of Jesus. If Christ had not risen, we would be believing in a dead God. Worse still, we would be back in our sins. But Christ has risen and by rising has destroyed sin and death. Dying He has destroyed our death and rising He has restored our life! We have reason to rejoice! Mother Church cannot contain her joy as She heaps Alleluia upon Alleluia; the Gloria which was omitted throughout the forty days of Lent is resumed; the clapper of Good Friday is set aside and the bells are rung. Indeed, we are an Easter People and the Alleluia is our song!
The Easter Vigil is celebrated at night. The night is a time of silence and stillness; it gives us the time we need to ponder and pray. God seems to have a distinct preference for the night. There are three important nights in the history of salvation. The first night is that of the Passover when God struck the first born in Egypt, led his people out of bondage to Pharaoh, decimated Pharaoh’s armies and made the people of Israel pass over the waters of the Red Sea into freedom. This is what God has done to each of us. Through the waters of baptism, we were freed from slavery to sin and ushered into the freedom of grace. We celebrate tonight our own freedom for there is no greater slavery than the slavery to sin just as there is no greater freedom than the freedom that comes from God’s amazing grace.
The second night is the night of Christmas which commemorates the birth of Jesus. He was born not in the splendour of the day but in the silence of the night; not in the pomp of a palace but in the poverty of a stable. At Christmas we celebrate not only the birth of Jesus but our own birth too for in the wonder of the Word made flesh “God has become one with man and man has become one again with God”. The mystery we celebrate tonight recalls the fact that we have been born again. If Christmas marks the beginning of our salvation, Easter is its climax. At Christmas God became human; at Easter we have been “divinised” This is as the Exsultet chants the “night truly blessed when heaven is wedded to earth and man is reconciled with God!”
The third night is that of the Resurrection when Christ rose triumphantly from the dead. He will never die again. Death has no power over him anymore. As Christians, we too have died to sin. We went into the tomb with him; we joined him in death so that just as Jesus was raised from the dead we too might live a new life. At Easter, therefore, we celebrate our own resurrection as we share His glorious victory. We are summoned to strive and lead this new life, to overcome sin, to put to death all that is evil in us and be overpowered instead with God’s grace.
Easter is both a holiday and a holy day: a holiday when we take a break from our normal routine and a holy day when we take time off to ponder and pray over the mysteries of our Christian faith remembering always that we are an Easter People and the Alleluia is our song! Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (641 Words)]
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
There are quite a few Vigils in the Church’s Calendar: the Vigil of Christmas and of Pentecost, the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul and the Vigil of St. John the Baptist. But the most important Vigil is the Easter Vigil. It is rightly called the Mother of all Vigils because it celebrates the very foundation of our Christian faith, the Resurrection of Jesus. If Christ had not risen, we would be believing in a dead God. Worse still, we would be back in our sins. But Christ has risen and by rising has destroyed sin and death. Dying He has destroyed our death and rising He has restored our life! We have reason to rejoice! Mother Church cannot contain her joy as She heaps Alleluia upon Alleluia; the Gloria which was omitted throughout the forty days of Lent is resumed; the clapper of Good Friday is set aside and the bells are rung. Indeed, we are an Easter People and the Alleluia is our song!
The Easter Vigil is celebrated at night. The night is a time of silence and stillness; it gives us the time we need to ponder and pray. God seems to have a distinct preference for the night. There are three important nights in the history of salvation. The first night is that of the Passover when God struck the first born in Egypt, led his people out of bondage to Pharaoh, decimated Pharaoh’s armies and made the people of Israel pass over the waters of the Red Sea into freedom. This is what God has done to each of us. Through the waters of baptism, we were freed from slavery to sin and ushered into the freedom of grace. We celebrate tonight our own freedom for there is no greater slavery than the slavery to sin just as there is no greater freedom than the freedom that comes from God’s amazing grace.
The second night is the night of Christmas which commemorates the birth of Jesus. He was born not in the splendour of the day but in the silence of the night; not in the pomp of a palace but in the poverty of a stable. At Christmas we celebrate not only the birth of Jesus but our own birth too for in the wonder of the Word made flesh “God has become one with man and man has become one again with God”. The mystery we celebrate tonight recalls the fact that we have been born again. If Christmas marks the beginning of our salvation, Easter is its climax. At Christmas God became human; at Easter we have been “divinised” This is as the Exsultet chants the “night truly blessed when heaven is wedded to earth and man is reconciled with God!”
The third night is that of the Resurrection when Christ rose triumphantly from the dead. He will never die again. Death has no power over him anymore. As Christians, we too have died to sin. We went into the tomb with him; we joined him in death so that just as Jesus was raised from the dead we too might live a new life. At Easter, therefore, we celebrate our own resurrection as we share His glorious victory. We are summoned to strive and lead this new life, to overcome sin, to put to death all that is evil in us and be overpowered instead with God’s grace.
Easter is both a holiday and a holy day: a holiday when we take a break from our normal routine and a holy day when we take time off to ponder and pray over the mysteries of our Christian faith remembering always that we are an Easter People and the Alleluia is our song! Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (641 Words)]
2011年4月22日星期五
《复活节：黑夜后的黎明》
《复活节：黑夜后的黎明》
四旬期是教会礼仪生活的高峰，过去称为“封斋期”，顾名思义就是40天守斋的季节，这包括：祈祷，守斋与救济。
关于守斋，常会遇到教友问起：我星期五吃肉有罪吗？需要去办告解吗？
我通常会问：那假如星期五你不吃肉，因为你较喜欢吃大鱼大虾，为你那一个才是克己的行动？或许更好的守斋是睡觉，开车别开冷气；别说人家坏话；别埋怨食物不好吃；别抱怨；别破坏……提升，跨越满足自己肉体的欲望到属灵的层次……
小时候阿嫲常提醒我们别“侨做折恶，侨念经。”（意即一面做恶事，一面在祈祷）更重要的是为什么而守斋，不仅仅是守斋而已。我们努力想做个如何祈祷就这样生活的人。
傍晚参加了受难礼仪，却无法继续完成亲吻十字圣架的礼仪，原因很简单，我没有准备好这样生活，我无法这样祈祷与行动：
1 因为我享受着舒服的冷气在观赏耶稣的苦难。
2 因为来途与回途中我看到在组屋那群还未知明日会是何天的穷人。
3 因为我还无法为在首都某个角落，正在担心，哭泣的难民做点什么。
4 因为我还分辨不了黑暗与黎明。
5 因为我还无法爱人如己。
6 因为我身边还有许多边缘人，而我无能为力。
7 因为我还没有胆量亲吻身边人的伤口。
8 因为我爱的不够彻底……
9 因为我还不敢用主爱去爱……害怕受伤。
10因为……
曾经听过这么一个故事：
一名年长博学的拉比曾询问他的弟子，他们怎么分辨得出当黑夜过去的时候，就是黎明到来的时候呢？
“也许是，当你在远处看见一只动物，然后能分辨得出它是一只绵羊还是一只猎狗。”一个弟子自告奋勇的说。
“不是这样的。”拉比回复到。
“是不是当你在远处看着一棵树，然后能分辨得出那是一棵无花果树还是一棵桃树？另一名弟子说道。
“也不对。”拉比再次否认。
“那么，是什么时候呢？”弟子们迫不及待地追问。
“当你看着任何一个人的脸，然后把这个人看作是你的兄弟姐妹。如果你不能看到这一点，那么你的心灵就仍然是黑夜。”
这个复活节期待看到每个人都是每个人的姐妹弟兄！这才是黎明，就是复活！
我在乎的不是你为我做了什么，而是你我的关系与尊重。
四旬期是教会礼仪生活的高峰，过去称为“封斋期”，顾名思义就是40天守斋的季节，这包括：祈祷，守斋与救济。
关于守斋，常会遇到教友问起：我星期五吃肉有罪吗？需要去办告解吗？
我通常会问：那假如星期五你不吃肉，因为你较喜欢吃大鱼大虾，为你那一个才是克己的行动？或许更好的守斋是睡觉，开车别开冷气；别说人家坏话；别埋怨食物不好吃；别抱怨；别破坏……提升，跨越满足自己肉体的欲望到属灵的层次……
小时候阿嫲常提醒我们别“侨做折恶，侨念经。”（意即一面做恶事，一面在祈祷）更重要的是为什么而守斋，不仅仅是守斋而已。我们努力想做个如何祈祷就这样生活的人。
傍晚参加了受难礼仪，却无法继续完成亲吻十字圣架的礼仪，原因很简单，我没有准备好这样生活，我无法这样祈祷与行动：
1 因为我享受着舒服的冷气在观赏耶稣的苦难。
2 因为来途与回途中我看到在组屋那群还未知明日会是何天的穷人。
3 因为我还无法为在首都某个角落，正在担心，哭泣的难民做点什么。
4 因为我还分辨不了黑暗与黎明。
5 因为我还无法爱人如己。
6 因为我身边还有许多边缘人，而我无能为力。
7 因为我还没有胆量亲吻身边人的伤口。
8 因为我爱的不够彻底……
9 因为我还不敢用主爱去爱……害怕受伤。
10因为……
曾经听过这么一个故事：
一名年长博学的拉比曾询问他的弟子，他们怎么分辨得出当黑夜过去的时候，就是黎明到来的时候呢？
“也许是，当你在远处看见一只动物，然后能分辨得出它是一只绵羊还是一只猎狗。”一个弟子自告奋勇的说。
“不是这样的。”拉比回复到。
“是不是当你在远处看着一棵树，然后能分辨得出那是一棵无花果树还是一棵桃树？另一名弟子说道。
“也不对。”拉比再次否认。
“那么，是什么时候呢？”弟子们迫不及待地追问。
“当你看着任何一个人的脸，然后把这个人看作是你的兄弟姐妹。如果你不能看到这一点，那么你的心灵就仍然是黑夜。”
这个复活节期待看到每个人都是每个人的姐妹弟兄！这才是黎明，就是复活！
我在乎的不是你为我做了什么，而是你我的关系与尊重。
《主下降阴府》
发生了什幺事？今日大地一片寂静，万籁无声，一片荒凉。万籁无声，因为君王睡着了；大地寂静颤栗，因为天主在肉躯内安眠，而喊醒了从古以来的长眠者。是的，天主在肉躯内死了，而使“阴府”震惊。
的确，主基督去找寻元祖父，好象找寻亡羊一般。他愿意去访问那处于黑暗之中，坐于死影中的人们。是的，天主及他的子，去把被俘的亚当，和同时被俘的厄娃，从痛苦中解救出来。
主带着十字架的胜利武器，到他们那里去。原祖亚当一见了他，立即惊恐捶胸，向众人高呼说：“愿我主与我们众人同在”。就握住他的手催醒他说：你这长眠者，醒来吧！从死者中复活起来吧！基督将光照你。
我是你的天主；我为了你做了你的子孙；我也为了你、为了你的一切子孙，如今同你说话，并用我的权能、吩咐所有被拘留的人们说：出去吧！你们在黑暗中的人，享受光明吧；你们在睡眠中的人，复活起来吧！
我要命令你：你这睡眠者，醒来吧！因为我之所以造生你，不是要你久居阴府。从死者中复活起不定期吧！我是死者的生命。我亲手所创造的，起来吧！按照我的肖像所创造的，起来吧！快醒来，从这里出去吧！因为你在我内，我也在你内，我们是不可分的一位。
我是你的天主，我为了你，做了你的子孙。我是你的主子，我为了你，取了奴仆的形像。我高于诸天，我为了你，来到了地上和地下。我为了你，变成了被遗弃的人，与死人作伴。我为了你被逐出乐园，在山园中被出卖于犹太人，也是在一个山园中，被钉死在十字架上。
请看我面上的唾污，我也是为了你而忍受，好能恢复你第一次领受的生命的嘘气。请看我面颊所受的掌击，我为了改造你所毁坏的面容而忍受，使你照我的肖像恢复原貌。
请看我背上所受的鞭痕，我忍受鞭笞，是要你摆脱肩上所负的罪恶的重担。请看我的手被牢牢地钉在木架上，是因为你曾向树上伸手犯罪。
我睡在十字架上，肋旁被长矛刺透，也是为了你：你在乐园中熟睡时，从肋旁生出了厄娃。我的肋旁治愈了你肋旁的疼痛；我的睡眠将你从阴府的睡眠中领出。我的长矛阻止了刺向你的长矛。
起来吧！我们从这里出去！仇魔曾把你引出地堂；而我如今要安置你的地方、不再是地上乐园，而是天上的宝座。我曾禁止你吃那个象征生命的果子；看，我是生命，我来和你结合在一起。我曾派了智品天使们敬礼你，好似敬礼天主一般。
由智品天使所簇拥的宝座业已备妥；抬轿的人都准备好了，洞房也安排好了；筵席备好了；永远的帐幕，永远的住所，装饰好了；万善的宝库也都开启了；天上的王国、在万世以前、就已准备好了。
对答咏：
领：我们的牧者、活水之泉，已经离去；太阳为了他的逝世而暗然失光。俘掳第一个人的那位也已经被俘。
答：今天我们的救主摧毁了死亡的大门和锁链。
领：他拆毁了阴府的围墙，推翻了魔鬼的统治。
答：今天我们的救主摧毁了死亡的大门和锁链。
结束祷词：
全能永生的天主，你的唯一圣子先下降阴府，从而荣升天国；求你恩赐我们：既因圣洗与他同被埋葬，也由于他的复活，将来获得永生。他是天主，和你及圣神，永生永王。阿们。
恭读论圣周六的一篇讲道词
http://www.chinacath.org/liyi/oficio/4/2011-04-13/11450.html
的确，主基督去找寻元祖父，好象找寻亡羊一般。他愿意去访问那处于黑暗之中，坐于死影中的人们。是的，天主及他的子，去把被俘的亚当，和同时被俘的厄娃，从痛苦中解救出来。
主带着十字架的胜利武器，到他们那里去。原祖亚当一见了他，立即惊恐捶胸，向众人高呼说：“愿我主与我们众人同在”。就握住他的手催醒他说：你这长眠者，醒来吧！从死者中复活起来吧！基督将光照你。
我是你的天主；我为了你做了你的子孙；我也为了你、为了你的一切子孙，如今同你说话，并用我的权能、吩咐所有被拘留的人们说：出去吧！你们在黑暗中的人，享受光明吧；你们在睡眠中的人，复活起来吧！
我要命令你：你这睡眠者，醒来吧！因为我之所以造生你，不是要你久居阴府。从死者中复活起不定期吧！我是死者的生命。我亲手所创造的，起来吧！按照我的肖像所创造的，起来吧！快醒来，从这里出去吧！因为你在我内，我也在你内，我们是不可分的一位。
我是你的天主，我为了你，做了你的子孙。我是你的主子，我为了你，取了奴仆的形像。我高于诸天，我为了你，来到了地上和地下。我为了你，变成了被遗弃的人，与死人作伴。我为了你被逐出乐园，在山园中被出卖于犹太人，也是在一个山园中，被钉死在十字架上。
请看我面上的唾污，我也是为了你而忍受，好能恢复你第一次领受的生命的嘘气。请看我面颊所受的掌击，我为了改造你所毁坏的面容而忍受，使你照我的肖像恢复原貌。
请看我背上所受的鞭痕，我忍受鞭笞，是要你摆脱肩上所负的罪恶的重担。请看我的手被牢牢地钉在木架上，是因为你曾向树上伸手犯罪。
我睡在十字架上，肋旁被长矛刺透，也是为了你：你在乐园中熟睡时，从肋旁生出了厄娃。我的肋旁治愈了你肋旁的疼痛；我的睡眠将你从阴府的睡眠中领出。我的长矛阻止了刺向你的长矛。
起来吧！我们从这里出去！仇魔曾把你引出地堂；而我如今要安置你的地方、不再是地上乐园，而是天上的宝座。我曾禁止你吃那个象征生命的果子；看，我是生命，我来和你结合在一起。我曾派了智品天使们敬礼你，好似敬礼天主一般。
由智品天使所簇拥的宝座业已备妥；抬轿的人都准备好了，洞房也安排好了；筵席备好了；永远的帐幕，永远的住所，装饰好了；万善的宝库也都开启了；天上的王国、在万世以前、就已准备好了。
对答咏：
领：我们的牧者、活水之泉，已经离去；太阳为了他的逝世而暗然失光。俘掳第一个人的那位也已经被俘。
答：今天我们的救主摧毁了死亡的大门和锁链。
领：他拆毁了阴府的围墙，推翻了魔鬼的统治。
答：今天我们的救主摧毁了死亡的大门和锁链。
结束祷词：
全能永生的天主，你的唯一圣子先下降阴府，从而荣升天国；求你恩赐我们：既因圣洗与他同被埋葬，也由于他的复活，将来获得永生。他是天主，和你及圣神，永生永王。阿们。
恭读论圣周六的一篇讲道词
http://www.chinacath.org/liyi/oficio/4/2011-04-13/11450.html
GOOD FRIDAY 2011
GOOD FRIDAY 2011
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
What is so good about Good Friday? Is it called good because a good man was killed? It would better be called then bad Friday! Is it called good because the Son of God was put to death? It would better be called then the worst Friday! We call it good Friday because when man is bad, God is good; when man is at his worst, God is at his best. Juliana of Norwich, the fourteenth century English mystic, was once kneeling in prayer before a large crucifix. She beheld Jesus hanging in pain and asked: “My Lord, does it please you to hang on the Cross for me?” Jesus looked at Juliana with tenderness and with a faint smile on his lips, he replied: “My dear Juliana, it pleases me very much. It is not the nails in my hands and feet that support the weight of my body but the love in my heart for you!” If ever we doubt God’s love for us, all we need remember is Good Friday where goodness died to save you and me. What Jesus once said to Juliana of Norwich he says to you and me today.
“If anyone wishes to be my disciple, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.” The difficult texts of the gospel are not necessarily the ones we do not understand. They are rather the ones we understand only too well but find hard to practise. There is really only one way to follow Jesus. There is really only one way to be his disciple – that is the way of the Cross. All other so called short-cuts lead us nowhere! We want a plastic Jesus, a Jesus with flowing golden hair; a Jesus with rouge daubed cheeks and painted lips; a Jesus with flashing blue eyes and a silken gown; a Jesus with well manicured soft hands. The real Jesus, the Jesus of the gospel is always a Jesus with the Cross. We want the crown but not the cross; we want to share in his glory but not a sip of his bitter cup of suffering; we want an Easter Sunday without a Good Friday. That is why Jesus has so few real followers; so few faithful friends. We want a comfortable Christ. We want a Christianity made easy. We want a gospel without sweat, blood and tears. That is why we are so miserable because if we look for Jesus without the Cross we are sure to find the Cross without Jesus!
All of us have a cross to carry, a burden to bear, a weakness that weighs us down. It may be a physical ailment that has turned chronic; it could be a psychological anxiety that is eating into us; it could be a spiritual malaise with which we have been struggling. Jesus is not asking us to lead the way. He goes ahead. We need to follow Him and draw inspiration from his example. We need to carry our cross. We need to bear it with love because its burden becomes lighter only when we carry it with love in our hearts. Even more, we need to unite our cross with the Cross of Jesus for our own sanctification and for the salvation of the whole world. A woman, very young in spirit, was celebrating her 100th birthday. “What is the secret of your long life?” she was asked. With a mischievous twinkle in her eye, she held out the glass with the sparkle and bubble of champagne in one hand and in the other she held the Cross on which were inscribed the words attributed to Thomas A Kempis, the author of The Imitation of Christ. They read “Carry your cross and the cross will carry you!” Real wisdom indeed that comes not only with advancing years but also with the experience of deep suffering. The more you love, the more you suffer!
We take a moment of quiet prayer as we contemplate the Cross. “Its love is unquestionable; its power unconquerable; its impact unmistakable, its meaning undeniable; its sacrifice incomparable, its price unimaginable; its depth immeasurable, its absence unthinkable” (Roy Lessin) - that old rugged Cross, the emblem of suffering and shame. We must love that old cross, where the dearest and best, for a world of lost sinners, like you and me, was slain. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (736 Words)]
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
What is so good about Good Friday? Is it called good because a good man was killed? It would better be called then bad Friday! Is it called good because the Son of God was put to death? It would better be called then the worst Friday! We call it good Friday because when man is bad, God is good; when man is at his worst, God is at his best. Juliana of Norwich, the fourteenth century English mystic, was once kneeling in prayer before a large crucifix. She beheld Jesus hanging in pain and asked: “My Lord, does it please you to hang on the Cross for me?” Jesus looked at Juliana with tenderness and with a faint smile on his lips, he replied: “My dear Juliana, it pleases me very much. It is not the nails in my hands and feet that support the weight of my body but the love in my heart for you!” If ever we doubt God’s love for us, all we need remember is Good Friday where goodness died to save you and me. What Jesus once said to Juliana of Norwich he says to you and me today.
“If anyone wishes to be my disciple, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.” The difficult texts of the gospel are not necessarily the ones we do not understand. They are rather the ones we understand only too well but find hard to practise. There is really only one way to follow Jesus. There is really only one way to be his disciple – that is the way of the Cross. All other so called short-cuts lead us nowhere! We want a plastic Jesus, a Jesus with flowing golden hair; a Jesus with rouge daubed cheeks and painted lips; a Jesus with flashing blue eyes and a silken gown; a Jesus with well manicured soft hands. The real Jesus, the Jesus of the gospel is always a Jesus with the Cross. We want the crown but not the cross; we want to share in his glory but not a sip of his bitter cup of suffering; we want an Easter Sunday without a Good Friday. That is why Jesus has so few real followers; so few faithful friends. We want a comfortable Christ. We want a Christianity made easy. We want a gospel without sweat, blood and tears. That is why we are so miserable because if we look for Jesus without the Cross we are sure to find the Cross without Jesus!
All of us have a cross to carry, a burden to bear, a weakness that weighs us down. It may be a physical ailment that has turned chronic; it could be a psychological anxiety that is eating into us; it could be a spiritual malaise with which we have been struggling. Jesus is not asking us to lead the way. He goes ahead. We need to follow Him and draw inspiration from his example. We need to carry our cross. We need to bear it with love because its burden becomes lighter only when we carry it with love in our hearts. Even more, we need to unite our cross with the Cross of Jesus for our own sanctification and for the salvation of the whole world. A woman, very young in spirit, was celebrating her 100th birthday. “What is the secret of your long life?” she was asked. With a mischievous twinkle in her eye, she held out the glass with the sparkle and bubble of champagne in one hand and in the other she held the Cross on which were inscribed the words attributed to Thomas A Kempis, the author of The Imitation of Christ. They read “Carry your cross and the cross will carry you!” Real wisdom indeed that comes not only with advancing years but also with the experience of deep suffering. The more you love, the more you suffer!
We take a moment of quiet prayer as we contemplate the Cross. “Its love is unquestionable; its power unconquerable; its impact unmistakable, its meaning undeniable; its sacrifice incomparable, its price unimaginable; its depth immeasurable, its absence unthinkable” (Roy Lessin) - that old rugged Cross, the emblem of suffering and shame. We must love that old cross, where the dearest and best, for a world of lost sinners, like you and me, was slain. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (736 Words)]
《暴风雨后，灿烂阳光，靡丽长虹》
《暴风雨后，灿烂阳光，靡丽长虹》
那天的车祸过后，接二连三的乌云密布，雷电交加，风暴连连……情绪，感情，肢体，环境……
仿佛最近的变化不定天气与阴霾乌黑的天空，人也变得难于理解。
那场暴风雨，引发了内心的揣测不安，信心动摇，事后，看到亮丽的虹桥，难怪一直以来总是相信只有阳光，没有水份，彩虹不会出现，加上，角度要精准，时候要正确，就在一刹那间，错过了，是永远！
另一场暴风雨，屋瓦飞了。屋顶不见了，而破碎瓦片就在我房间窗口飞过，我与另一个意外擦身而过。
昨夜的最后晚餐，神父说：要爱到底，爱彻底，爱到遍体鳞伤……相似耶稣那样的爱……半个小时的车程，我却在6点半到8点半在车龙里慢驶，闲驾，那场大雨，又出现炎阳；天主要肯定我他说默许的逾越奥迹有霓虹为证，而且是双虹！
难道这就是今年最好的复活体验与觉悟？
那天的车祸过后，接二连三的乌云密布，雷电交加，风暴连连……情绪，感情，肢体，环境……
仿佛最近的变化不定天气与阴霾乌黑的天空，人也变得难于理解。
那场暴风雨，引发了内心的揣测不安，信心动摇，事后，看到亮丽的虹桥，难怪一直以来总是相信只有阳光，没有水份，彩虹不会出现，加上，角度要精准，时候要正确，就在一刹那间，错过了，是永远！
另一场暴风雨，屋瓦飞了。屋顶不见了，而破碎瓦片就在我房间窗口飞过，我与另一个意外擦身而过。
昨夜的最后晚餐，神父说：要爱到底，爱彻底，爱到遍体鳞伤……相似耶稣那样的爱……半个小时的车程，我却在6点半到8点半在车龙里慢驶，闲驾，那场大雨，又出现炎阳；天主要肯定我他说默许的逾越奥迹有霓虹为证，而且是双虹！
难道这就是今年最好的复活体验与觉悟？
《耶稣受难日》Good Friday
What is so good about Good Friday?
Why it is called GOOD FRIDAY when they killed a good man on this day?
Precisely it is called Good Friday because ａ ＧＯＯＤ MAN died for all ｏｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｄａｙ！
A God who cannot die chose to die as a man!
A powerful God who chose to die as a powerless man!
Ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａ ｐｏｌｉｔｉｃａｌ ｔｒａｐ！！
只要我们活着，我们脱离不了政治！
(As long as we are living, we are in the politics!)
耶稣就是死于政治阴谋！两个仇人（比拉多和司祭长）甚至在遇到同一的敌人（耶稣）时，马上成了好朋友！
历史中，我们看到害怕自己的地位受影响，权势被削弱而嫉妒主耶稣的讲道与善行，并煽动群众处心积虑陷害的司祭长、经师等当时的犹太人上层领导，他们以保护民族利益为借口，以爱天主为幌子……
我们看到深得主耶稣厚爱的门徒之一的犹达斯，他为了自己的一点小利益而暗中算计，出卖朋友。
将爱自己的人交给不法者之手；我们看到为了保官求荣，明知主耶 稣无罪而违背良心判他死刑。草菅人命的执政官比拉多；我们看到侮辱、并将主耶稣钉死在十字架上的士兵。
他们是执行任务的，他们好象是无奈的。但你不能为了 自己活命而致死他人于死地啊！
还有无知的群众，他们高喊着要钉死主耶稣……不也是几天前欢呼耶稣荣进耶路撒冷的同一批群众吗？
这种种罪恶以不同的方式，不同的面孔出现在不同的人身上。因着罪恶，死亡来到了人间。
而耶稣３天后的复活却让死亡死了！
我国人民，本土政治情况，不也是耶稣当年黑暗政治阴谋的重演吗？君不见好人都被送入牢房，而伪善恶势却当权啊！
马来西亚的受难日何时了？妳的复活是３天后吗？
Why it is called GOOD FRIDAY when they killed a good man on this day?
Precisely it is called Good Friday because ａ ＧＯＯＤ MAN died for all ｏｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｄａｙ！
A God who cannot die chose to die as a man!
A powerful God who chose to die as a powerless man!
Ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａ ｐｏｌｉｔｉｃａｌ ｔｒａｐ！！
只要我们活着，我们脱离不了政治！
(As long as we are living, we are in the politics!)
耶稣就是死于政治阴谋！两个仇人（比拉多和司祭长）甚至在遇到同一的敌人（耶稣）时，马上成了好朋友！
历史中，我们看到害怕自己的地位受影响，权势被削弱而嫉妒主耶稣的讲道与善行，并煽动群众处心积虑陷害的司祭长、经师等当时的犹太人上层领导，他们以保护民族利益为借口，以爱天主为幌子……
我们看到深得主耶稣厚爱的门徒之一的犹达斯，他为了自己的一点小利益而暗中算计，出卖朋友。
将爱自己的人交给不法者之手；我们看到为了保官求荣，明知主耶 稣无罪而违背良心判他死刑。草菅人命的执政官比拉多；我们看到侮辱、并将主耶稣钉死在十字架上的士兵。
他们是执行任务的，他们好象是无奈的。但你不能为了 自己活命而致死他人于死地啊！
还有无知的群众，他们高喊着要钉死主耶稣……不也是几天前欢呼耶稣荣进耶路撒冷的同一批群众吗？
这种种罪恶以不同的方式，不同的面孔出现在不同的人身上。因着罪恶，死亡来到了人间。
而耶稣３天后的复活却让死亡死了！
我国人民，本土政治情况，不也是耶稣当年黑暗政治阴谋的重演吗？君不见好人都被送入牢房，而伪善恶势却当权啊！
马来西亚的受难日何时了？妳的复活是３天后吗？
MAUNDY THURSDAY
MAUNDY THURSDAY: 21st April, 2011
Ex. 12:1-8.11-14; Ps. 115: 12-13.15-18;1 Cor. 11:23-26; Jn. 13:1-15
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today is Maundy Thursday. “Maundy” is an old English word which means “commandment”. Today then is the Thursday of the Commandment. It is the only commandment that Jesus gave us: Love one another as I have loved you. Jesus commands us not merely to love but to love one another as He loves us. How does Jesus love us?
Jesus loves us with a personal love. He loves us by name. We are not just a cipher in the social scale; an anonymous face in a motley crowd. He loves us just as we are – yes, with our dimples as well as our pimples, with our strengths and weaknesses, with the beautiful and the ugly, the saint and the sinner that is in each of us. That is how Jesus wants us to love one another. We need to love others as they are and not as we would like them to be. We need to love them even when they do not meet with our expectations. Our love like the love of Jesus must be a gift that is freely given and not a merit that deserves a reward. Love is the only gift that can never be given away because it always comes back to you.
Jesus loves us with a pursuing love. He never gives up on us. He is in the words of the poet Francis Thompson that Hound of Heaven that pursues us even when we try to put him off the scent. He catches up with us even when we try to run away from Him. He is a Tremendous Lover who never forgets or forsakes us. That is how Jesus wants us to love one another. Others may spurn our love and reject it. We must continue to love because love never ends.
Jesus loves us with a pardoning love. How often have we not offended Him? How often have we not hurt His goodness? Yet, He continues to love us. That is how we must love one another. There are persons in our life who may have hurt or harmed us; persons who may have maligned and messed up our good name; persons who may have betrayed or beguiled us: it could be a spouse, a sibling or a superior. We need to continue to love them because love is never overcome by evil but overcomes evil with good.
Today we celebrate the Thursday of the Commandment of Love. And love means giving. To perpetuate that giving, Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist, in which He gives us Himself. “Take and eat: this is my body…Take and drink: this is my blood.” There is nothing more precious and profound that we can give another than the gift of ourselves. What a sublime sacrament the Holy Eucharist is! The Holy Eucharist is not a thing; it is a Person. We believe that Jesus is truly present in the Holy Eucharist: body, soul and divinity. The same Jesus who fed the hungry multitudes, the same Jesus who healed the sick and forgave sinners, the same Jesus who calmed the stormy the sea, , the same Jesus who raised the dead back to life – the same Jesus is present every time we celebrate Holy Mass, the same Jesus is present in our tabernacles. The whole country is revving up its enthusiasm for the royal wedding that will take place next week at Westminster. How fortunate would we not count ourselves to be among the invitees to the nuptials? Could there be a greater privilege than that of being present at and participating in the nuptials of the Lamb at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist? To these nuptials all are invited prince or pauper. It is such a privilege to be in the presence of Jesus. Nowhere in the world are we more warmly welcomed, nowhere in the world are we better understood, nowhere in the world are we more forgiven, nowhere in the world are we more loved than in the presence of Jesus!
Love never says enough. To ensure that the Holy Eucharist would always be celebrated until Jesus returns at the end of time, He ordained on that first Maundy Thursday, the first priests. My dear Brothers and Sisters, please pray for us priests. Despite our unworthiness Jesus calls, consecrates and commissions us to be His ministers. We carry such a precious treasure in vessels of clay; vessels that are beautiful but ever so brittle because we can so easily get chipped and broken. It is not easy to be a priest; it is even more difficult to remain a priest. To be everybody’s and yet belong to nobody; to see other people’s children who will never be your own; to shake a hand and not want to retain it; to be haunted and hounded by many hours of silence and solitude; to be a pillar of strength for those who are falling and have no one humanly speaking to lean on when one is collapsing oneself; to have a heart of bronze for chastity and heart of flesh for charity; to be told such sacred secrets and be unable to share them with others; to be a spotless lotus surrounded by the muck and mire of a secular world; to give without counting the cost; to labour and seek no reward; to fight without heeding the wounds. Oh what a life is yours, Oh priest of Jesus Christ!
To conclude, let us live the commandment of love by which the world will know that we are disciples of Jesus; let us make every mass as if it was our first mass, our last mass and our only mass; let us pray for our priests that they may grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus in whose priesthood they share. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (975 Words)]
Ex. 12:1-8.11-14; Ps. 115: 12-13.15-18;1 Cor. 11:23-26; Jn. 13:1-15
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today is Maundy Thursday. “Maundy” is an old English word which means “commandment”. Today then is the Thursday of the Commandment. It is the only commandment that Jesus gave us: Love one another as I have loved you. Jesus commands us not merely to love but to love one another as He loves us. How does Jesus love us?
Jesus loves us with a personal love. He loves us by name. We are not just a cipher in the social scale; an anonymous face in a motley crowd. He loves us just as we are – yes, with our dimples as well as our pimples, with our strengths and weaknesses, with the beautiful and the ugly, the saint and the sinner that is in each of us. That is how Jesus wants us to love one another. We need to love others as they are and not as we would like them to be. We need to love them even when they do not meet with our expectations. Our love like the love of Jesus must be a gift that is freely given and not a merit that deserves a reward. Love is the only gift that can never be given away because it always comes back to you.
Jesus loves us with a pursuing love. He never gives up on us. He is in the words of the poet Francis Thompson that Hound of Heaven that pursues us even when we try to put him off the scent. He catches up with us even when we try to run away from Him. He is a Tremendous Lover who never forgets or forsakes us. That is how Jesus wants us to love one another. Others may spurn our love and reject it. We must continue to love because love never ends.
Jesus loves us with a pardoning love. How often have we not offended Him? How often have we not hurt His goodness? Yet, He continues to love us. That is how we must love one another. There are persons in our life who may have hurt or harmed us; persons who may have maligned and messed up our good name; persons who may have betrayed or beguiled us: it could be a spouse, a sibling or a superior. We need to continue to love them because love is never overcome by evil but overcomes evil with good.
Today we celebrate the Thursday of the Commandment of Love. And love means giving. To perpetuate that giving, Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist, in which He gives us Himself. “Take and eat: this is my body…Take and drink: this is my blood.” There is nothing more precious and profound that we can give another than the gift of ourselves. What a sublime sacrament the Holy Eucharist is! The Holy Eucharist is not a thing; it is a Person. We believe that Jesus is truly present in the Holy Eucharist: body, soul and divinity. The same Jesus who fed the hungry multitudes, the same Jesus who healed the sick and forgave sinners, the same Jesus who calmed the stormy the sea, , the same Jesus who raised the dead back to life – the same Jesus is present every time we celebrate Holy Mass, the same Jesus is present in our tabernacles. The whole country is revving up its enthusiasm for the royal wedding that will take place next week at Westminster. How fortunate would we not count ourselves to be among the invitees to the nuptials? Could there be a greater privilege than that of being present at and participating in the nuptials of the Lamb at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist? To these nuptials all are invited prince or pauper. It is such a privilege to be in the presence of Jesus. Nowhere in the world are we more warmly welcomed, nowhere in the world are we better understood, nowhere in the world are we more forgiven, nowhere in the world are we more loved than in the presence of Jesus!
Love never says enough. To ensure that the Holy Eucharist would always be celebrated until Jesus returns at the end of time, He ordained on that first Maundy Thursday, the first priests. My dear Brothers and Sisters, please pray for us priests. Despite our unworthiness Jesus calls, consecrates and commissions us to be His ministers. We carry such a precious treasure in vessels of clay; vessels that are beautiful but ever so brittle because we can so easily get chipped and broken. It is not easy to be a priest; it is even more difficult to remain a priest. To be everybody’s and yet belong to nobody; to see other people’s children who will never be your own; to shake a hand and not want to retain it; to be haunted and hounded by many hours of silence and solitude; to be a pillar of strength for those who are falling and have no one humanly speaking to lean on when one is collapsing oneself; to have a heart of bronze for chastity and heart of flesh for charity; to be told such sacred secrets and be unable to share them with others; to be a spotless lotus surrounded by the muck and mire of a secular world; to give without counting the cost; to labour and seek no reward; to fight without heeding the wounds. Oh what a life is yours, Oh priest of Jesus Christ!
To conclude, let us live the commandment of love by which the world will know that we are disciples of Jesus; let us make every mass as if it was our first mass, our last mass and our only mass; let us pray for our priests that they may grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus in whose priesthood they share. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (975 Words)]
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday – A: 17th April, 2011
Is. 50:4-7; Ps. 21; Phil. 2:6-11; Mt. 26:14-27.66
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
With the celebration of Palm Sunday we enter into Holy Week. This week is holy because we celebrate the holy mysteries of our Christian faith. These must not be viewed as events that occurred more than two thousand years back, but events that take place today. We need therefore to get beyond the rites and touch the reality which they represent. This we will be able to do if we make this week an experience wherein we accompany Jesus on his journey from Jerusalem to Calvary with deep devotion and fervent fidelity. This is the week when we ponder the intense suffering that Jesus undergoes in the face of which he makes no resistance nor does he turn away; as he offers his back to those who strike him and does not cover his face against insult and spittle.
Palm Sunday recounts the triumphant entry of Jesus into his own city, Jerusalem. Seated on the foal of a donkey, the crowds hail him as their King as they sing “Hosannas” in his honour and acclaim him as the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. But where were these crowds on Good Friday? Were they among those who screamed: “Crucify Him. Crucify Him. His blood be on us and on our children!” Public popularity is so precarious – as precarious as a bubble. One slight puff and it is all over! We promise this Palm Sunday to remain faithful to Jesus and to follow Him not only when it is convenient but especially when following Him means walking with Him to Calvary to be condemned and crucified. Today, given the decline if not the collapse of moral values, to live for Jesus is more demanding and difficult than to die for Him.
On that first Palm Sunday, great crowds spread their cloaks in the path on which Jesus was to ride. That was a great gesture not only of a warm welcome but even more of sublime surrender and submission. That is a gesture worth imitating and emulating. We need to welcome Jesus into our hearts and homes. We need to surrender and submit ourselves completely to Him. Jesus is the only one to whom we can surrender without losing ourselves. When we surrender ourselves to Jesus we find ourselves because what is lost for Jesus is never really lost but found at a deeper level.
This is what St. Paul teaches us in his letter to the Philippians. Jesus, though divine becomes human, though Lord becomes a slave, though all powerful becomes powerless on the Cross. He thus empties himself and in this self-emptying is filled and raised by God so that all beings in heaven, on earth and in the underworld acclaim and acknowledge Him as Lord.
Let us make this week holy by entering into the holy mysteries that we celebrate this week with faith and fervour. May we continue to follow Jesus more closely so that by following his example of suffering, we may be worthy to share in his resurrection. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (508 Words)]
Is. 50:4-7; Ps. 21; Phil. 2:6-11; Mt. 26:14-27.66
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
With the celebration of Palm Sunday we enter into Holy Week. This week is holy because we celebrate the holy mysteries of our Christian faith. These must not be viewed as events that occurred more than two thousand years back, but events that take place today. We need therefore to get beyond the rites and touch the reality which they represent. This we will be able to do if we make this week an experience wherein we accompany Jesus on his journey from Jerusalem to Calvary with deep devotion and fervent fidelity. This is the week when we ponder the intense suffering that Jesus undergoes in the face of which he makes no resistance nor does he turn away; as he offers his back to those who strike him and does not cover his face against insult and spittle.
Palm Sunday recounts the triumphant entry of Jesus into his own city, Jerusalem. Seated on the foal of a donkey, the crowds hail him as their King as they sing “Hosannas” in his honour and acclaim him as the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. But where were these crowds on Good Friday? Were they among those who screamed: “Crucify Him. Crucify Him. His blood be on us and on our children!” Public popularity is so precarious – as precarious as a bubble. One slight puff and it is all over! We promise this Palm Sunday to remain faithful to Jesus and to follow Him not only when it is convenient but especially when following Him means walking with Him to Calvary to be condemned and crucified. Today, given the decline if not the collapse of moral values, to live for Jesus is more demanding and difficult than to die for Him.
On that first Palm Sunday, great crowds spread their cloaks in the path on which Jesus was to ride. That was a great gesture not only of a warm welcome but even more of sublime surrender and submission. That is a gesture worth imitating and emulating. We need to welcome Jesus into our hearts and homes. We need to surrender and submit ourselves completely to Him. Jesus is the only one to whom we can surrender without losing ourselves. When we surrender ourselves to Jesus we find ourselves because what is lost for Jesus is never really lost but found at a deeper level.
This is what St. Paul teaches us in his letter to the Philippians. Jesus, though divine becomes human, though Lord becomes a slave, though all powerful becomes powerless on the Cross. He thus empties himself and in this self-emptying is filled and raised by God so that all beings in heaven, on earth and in the underworld acclaim and acknowledge Him as Lord.
Let us make this week holy by entering into the holy mysteries that we celebrate this week with faith and fervour. May we continue to follow Jesus more closely so that by following his example of suffering, we may be worthy to share in his resurrection. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (508 Words)]
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT homily
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – A: 10th April, 2011
Ez. 37:12-14; Ps. 129; Rom. 8:8-11; Jn. 11:3-7.17.33-45
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
The gospels recount three instances when Jesus raises the dead to life: Luke reports the raising of the young son of the widow of Nain (Lk. 7:11); both Mark (5:22) and Luke (8:41) also narrate the raising of the dead daughter of the synagogue official, Jairus; John alone records the raising of Lazarus. Of these three stupendous miracles, the raising of Lazarus is doctrinally most dense for it describes the very mission of Jesus, who is the resurrection and the life, and who came that we may have life and have it more abundantly.
John observes that Jesus loved Martha, her sister May and Lazarus. We note in this statement the humanity of Jesus. He had friends. He loved and that is why he could also weep. He felt the sorrow of Martha and Mary at the loss of their brother, Lazarus. Jesus is not insensitive to our grief, not indifferent to our struggle and not immune to our pain. He suffers with us. What strikes us is that when Jesus learns that Lazarus is ill, he does not rush to his aid but stays on where he is for two more days before visiting him. We at times like to programme Jesus and want him to act instantly to help us. He will come to us – and his coming is as certain as the dawn – but in His time.
The miracle of raising Lazarus provides the context for a very dense and deep teaching. Jesus says: “I am the resurrection and the life. If anyone believes in me, even though he dies he will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? Jesus asks Martha and us too. He came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. He came to offer us eternal life, life that does not know death, life that never ends. At times, mistakenly, we think that eternal life is a kind of bonus which will be ours when we have died. Eternal life is a gift that Jesus offers us here and now, at the present moment, if we live and believe in Him. Even if we die, we will live because the eternal life that Jesus offers us goes on for ever. That is the guarantee that Jesus offers us for in Him as St. Paul reminds us in his letter to the Christians at Rome, we have been justified. This is the hope that we cherish and cling to for the Spirit who raised Jesus, whom we have received at baptism and who dwells in us, will give life to our mortal bodies.
How are we raised to eternal life? The Preface of today gives us the answer. “Christ gives us the sacraments to lift us up to everlasting life.” We were born dead with original life. In baptism we were born again and raised to new life. As we grew in age, we faltered, failed and fell. Wounded spiritually by sin, we are healed through the sacrament of penance when we make our confession. There is an interesting detail worth noting in the resurrection of Lazarus. He emerges from the tomb live but with his feet and hands bound with bands of stuff and a cloth round his face. St. Augustine has an illuminating comment on this when speaking of sacramental confession. It is God who by forgiving us restores us to life but it is the Church to whom Jesus has entrusted the sacraments that unbinds us and sets us free. We are a fortnight away from Easter when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. By a humble and honest sacramental confession may we be lifted up to everlasting life and be set free from the bonds of sin. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (635 Words)]
Ez. 37:12-14; Ps. 129; Rom. 8:8-11; Jn. 11:3-7.17.33-45
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
The gospels recount three instances when Jesus raises the dead to life: Luke reports the raising of the young son of the widow of Nain (Lk. 7:11); both Mark (5:22) and Luke (8:41) also narrate the raising of the dead daughter of the synagogue official, Jairus; John alone records the raising of Lazarus. Of these three stupendous miracles, the raising of Lazarus is doctrinally most dense for it describes the very mission of Jesus, who is the resurrection and the life, and who came that we may have life and have it more abundantly.
John observes that Jesus loved Martha, her sister May and Lazarus. We note in this statement the humanity of Jesus. He had friends. He loved and that is why he could also weep. He felt the sorrow of Martha and Mary at the loss of their brother, Lazarus. Jesus is not insensitive to our grief, not indifferent to our struggle and not immune to our pain. He suffers with us. What strikes us is that when Jesus learns that Lazarus is ill, he does not rush to his aid but stays on where he is for two more days before visiting him. We at times like to programme Jesus and want him to act instantly to help us. He will come to us – and his coming is as certain as the dawn – but in His time.
The miracle of raising Lazarus provides the context for a very dense and deep teaching. Jesus says: “I am the resurrection and the life. If anyone believes in me, even though he dies he will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? Jesus asks Martha and us too. He came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. He came to offer us eternal life, life that does not know death, life that never ends. At times, mistakenly, we think that eternal life is a kind of bonus which will be ours when we have died. Eternal life is a gift that Jesus offers us here and now, at the present moment, if we live and believe in Him. Even if we die, we will live because the eternal life that Jesus offers us goes on for ever. That is the guarantee that Jesus offers us for in Him as St. Paul reminds us in his letter to the Christians at Rome, we have been justified. This is the hope that we cherish and cling to for the Spirit who raised Jesus, whom we have received at baptism and who dwells in us, will give life to our mortal bodies.
How are we raised to eternal life? The Preface of today gives us the answer. “Christ gives us the sacraments to lift us up to everlasting life.” We were born dead with original life. In baptism we were born again and raised to new life. As we grew in age, we faltered, failed and fell. Wounded spiritually by sin, we are healed through the sacrament of penance when we make our confession. There is an interesting detail worth noting in the resurrection of Lazarus. He emerges from the tomb live but with his feet and hands bound with bands of stuff and a cloth round his face. St. Augustine has an illuminating comment on this when speaking of sacramental confession. It is God who by forgiving us restores us to life but it is the Church to whom Jesus has entrusted the sacraments that unbinds us and sets us free. We are a fortnight away from Easter when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. By a humble and honest sacramental confession may we be lifted up to everlasting life and be set free from the bonds of sin. Amen.
[St. Tudwal Church, Barmouth – Msgr. Alex Rebello (635 Words)]
2011年4月18日星期一
《那一场车祸，我被欠了原则》
《那一场车祸，我被欠了原则》
忘不了那天早晨。
4月6日，早上9点开车前往圣依纳爵堂出席10点钟的丧礼弥撒。
天气晴朗，阳光闷热，特别耀眼。在想着走LDP或猫路之间，车子已往市区方向开驶，进入车龙里，才后悔9点过后，大型货车开始上路的。车子只能慢行，时速约40公里。
当时我在第三条快速巷，前面车辆约有5辆车的距离。当我看到前车的煞车灯亮起时，马上就踩煞车器，但是车子还是一直向前走，我迅速看了望后镜，有辆小型罗里在后，我想向左边闪避，却又决定向前走，因为后面的罗里在向左拐出！只听到一声巨响，我知道出事了。
前面司机下车，先看他车“受伤”程度，我也下车，他轻声以粤语说：你点样开车喔？吾的车咳新车，5天则。我无言以对，总之，从后面撞车都是自己错。我们把车子开到路边。
马上有3个人过来：2个可以修车，一个要帮忙拖车。我一一回绝，我的修车人员就过来了。猛热的太阳下，我们没有争吵相骂，可是都面红耳赤。与他同车的是另一位年轻朋友，大约都是19，20岁年轻人。我提议不要向保险索保，因为需要报警，各付300令吉，几个星期没车用，他同意修车，我们负责费用。
后来他联络上了他姐姐，要我等她过来。半个小时后她来了。一下车，就大声对着弟弟怒轰：报警！抄她的身份证！又马上拿出纸和笔，我伸手要给她写下，她怒瞪着我说：我要你的身份证！过后还是要报警，因为是新车……她的理由我闷热得无法再听下去。后来大家同意先前的决定。
而这时我的院长说她要过来看看情形。我们又等着她过来。等着的当儿，警察开车经过，停下来。司机警察看看我们的车，笑问：你们解决了吗？我们说是的。他也说很好不要报警，很麻烦的……
另一位警察很机警地问对方有没有驾照，他把驾照给警察，警察马上告他没有在车镜前后贴上P贴纸。他们姐弟都拒绝与警察理论，她更是嚣张的怪我说是我害他们的，因为他们原本就要离开，是我要他们等的，才会被警察抓!
刚好修车员已到，他很熟练，静静的走向警察，我也跟着并向警察求情，警察笑对我说：Cik jangan khuatir, cik tak salah, saya hanya nak samankan budak ni, dia tu pemandu P, tapi tak pakai sticker……我当时只是苦笑不得，天呀！我撞别人的车，他还说不是我的错，而且关心抓人多于解决车祸！修车员作势要我离开，他跟警察“解决”，我当时还不明白他们的“解决方法”就是tahu sama tahu!
警察很快离开了，修车员过来说：他要50令吉，我说我只有20，他拿了！
啊！原来如此！！！而车主拒绝付费，要我还！
炎阳下暴晒约1小时了，我累得不想再有任何争论……车子坏了，人没事就好。
3天后，车子都修好了，钱付了。我还在想事情如何发生的？
开车25年，第一次闯祸！而且是撞车后。
第一：煞车器有问题（后来修车员查了，没问题。）
第二：轮胎有问题（确实是轮胎无花，很滑了。）
第三：我当时很分心（肯定的：想着……想着……想着……）
第四：反应迟钝了（后来听朋友说的，想是煞车了，但是没有煞车的动作！才发现也许是……如果是，那么这个事实蛮令人恐慌的！）
也许真正原因是以上都是！
虽然三番四次联络对方，只想慰问他还好吗？车子修好了吗？但是他都不接电话。
只想告诉你，我欠你的，我还清了！
你欠了我，而还未还的是做人的原则！
我要的不是钱，而是原则！
做错事情，可以得到原谅，但是需要承担后果。
这位如此教导弟弟的姐姐，今天你侥幸遇到我，明天我不想再遇上你！
又或许我们遇上了，我要讨的是那天你的嚣张，失态与没付费的原则！
忘不了那天早晨。
4月6日，早上9点开车前往圣依纳爵堂出席10点钟的丧礼弥撒。
天气晴朗，阳光闷热，特别耀眼。在想着走LDP或猫路之间，车子已往市区方向开驶，进入车龙里，才后悔9点过后，大型货车开始上路的。车子只能慢行，时速约40公里。
当时我在第三条快速巷，前面车辆约有5辆车的距离。当我看到前车的煞车灯亮起时，马上就踩煞车器，但是车子还是一直向前走，我迅速看了望后镜，有辆小型罗里在后，我想向左边闪避，却又决定向前走，因为后面的罗里在向左拐出！只听到一声巨响，我知道出事了。
前面司机下车，先看他车“受伤”程度，我也下车，他轻声以粤语说：你点样开车喔？吾的车咳新车，5天则。我无言以对，总之，从后面撞车都是自己错。我们把车子开到路边。
马上有3个人过来：2个可以修车，一个要帮忙拖车。我一一回绝，我的修车人员就过来了。猛热的太阳下，我们没有争吵相骂，可是都面红耳赤。与他同车的是另一位年轻朋友，大约都是19，20岁年轻人。我提议不要向保险索保，因为需要报警，各付300令吉，几个星期没车用，他同意修车，我们负责费用。
后来他联络上了他姐姐，要我等她过来。半个小时后她来了。一下车，就大声对着弟弟怒轰：报警！抄她的身份证！又马上拿出纸和笔，我伸手要给她写下，她怒瞪着我说：我要你的身份证！过后还是要报警，因为是新车……她的理由我闷热得无法再听下去。后来大家同意先前的决定。
而这时我的院长说她要过来看看情形。我们又等着她过来。等着的当儿，警察开车经过，停下来。司机警察看看我们的车，笑问：你们解决了吗？我们说是的。他也说很好不要报警，很麻烦的……
另一位警察很机警地问对方有没有驾照，他把驾照给警察，警察马上告他没有在车镜前后贴上P贴纸。他们姐弟都拒绝与警察理论，她更是嚣张的怪我说是我害他们的，因为他们原本就要离开，是我要他们等的，才会被警察抓!
刚好修车员已到，他很熟练，静静的走向警察，我也跟着并向警察求情，警察笑对我说：Cik jangan khuatir, cik tak salah, saya hanya nak samankan budak ni, dia tu pemandu P, tapi tak pakai sticker……我当时只是苦笑不得，天呀！我撞别人的车，他还说不是我的错，而且关心抓人多于解决车祸！修车员作势要我离开，他跟警察“解决”，我当时还不明白他们的“解决方法”就是tahu sama tahu!
警察很快离开了，修车员过来说：他要50令吉，我说我只有20，他拿了！
啊！原来如此！！！而车主拒绝付费，要我还！
炎阳下暴晒约1小时了，我累得不想再有任何争论……车子坏了，人没事就好。
3天后，车子都修好了，钱付了。我还在想事情如何发生的？
开车25年，第一次闯祸！而且是撞车后。
第一：煞车器有问题（后来修车员查了，没问题。）
第二：轮胎有问题（确实是轮胎无花，很滑了。）
第三：我当时很分心（肯定的：想着……想着……想着……）
第四：反应迟钝了（后来听朋友说的，想是煞车了，但是没有煞车的动作！才发现也许是……如果是，那么这个事实蛮令人恐慌的！）
也许真正原因是以上都是！
虽然三番四次联络对方，只想慰问他还好吗？车子修好了吗？但是他都不接电话。
只想告诉你，我欠你的，我还清了！
你欠了我，而还未还的是做人的原则！
我要的不是钱，而是原则！
做错事情，可以得到原谅，但是需要承担后果。
这位如此教导弟弟的姐姐，今天你侥幸遇到我，明天我不想再遇上你！
又或许我们遇上了，我要讨的是那天你的嚣张，失态与没付费的原则！
《谁才是你的朋友》
《谁才是你的朋友》
最近，发现另一个现象……
是由朋友的观察，然后告诉我的。
你是否发现：来找你的人，都是有需要，有问题才来的？
哦！是吗？
如果这是真的，也许是件好事，因为最近很少人找上我，而是我去找人：病人，很多人病了；各个方面：肢体，情绪，灵修，感情……
最近，也有很多人走了，上个星期就在3天内出席4个丧礼：基信团的一位热心老婆婆年老病逝；隔天，另一位癌症教友也走了；同一天，一位教育家修士也走了；后来，又有一位神父的父亲回归天乡。
我却发现，当你身边有不同的朋友时，你另一些朋友会远离你，这是自然现象，而且，我从中学习，认识身边的人。
有些人，有难才找你。
某些人，有事才求你。
一些人，需要才寻你。
这些都不可悲。
最受不了的是那些：
说而不做者。
言出不行者。
口是心非者。
还有，还有假善人……
为此，没有人找我，可喜可贺，因为，大家都过得很好！
我难得可以静静生活，慢慢品尝日子。
那天以后，心里多一点亮光；体内有了些许的决定。
虽然疼痛，但是，还是要解决的！
最近，发现另一个现象……
是由朋友的观察，然后告诉我的。
你是否发现：来找你的人，都是有需要，有问题才来的？
哦！是吗？
如果这是真的，也许是件好事，因为最近很少人找上我，而是我去找人：病人，很多人病了；各个方面：肢体，情绪，灵修，感情……
最近，也有很多人走了，上个星期就在3天内出席4个丧礼：基信团的一位热心老婆婆年老病逝；隔天，另一位癌症教友也走了；同一天，一位教育家修士也走了；后来，又有一位神父的父亲回归天乡。
我却发现，当你身边有不同的朋友时，你另一些朋友会远离你，这是自然现象，而且，我从中学习，认识身边的人。
有些人，有难才找你。
某些人，有事才求你。
一些人，需要才寻你。
这些都不可悲。
最受不了的是那些：
说而不做者。
言出不行者。
口是心非者。
还有，还有假善人……
为此，没有人找我，可喜可贺，因为，大家都过得很好！
我难得可以静静生活，慢慢品尝日子。
那天以后，心里多一点亮光；体内有了些许的决定。
虽然疼痛，但是，还是要解决的！
《只有语言，没有文字的日子》
《只有语言，没有文字的日子》
最近，发现自己只有语言，没有文字；生活似乎很吵，却是空洞的！
他说：你一定要写。
他说：把故事记录下来。
他说：让文字说话。
他又说：写下你自己。
后来，最了解我的他说：这么多年了，我认识的你，一定要写，文字是你的力量，你的出口，你发挥的管道，你发泄的平台，别忘了，你一定要写……直到那日，我看到文字的力量。
有个视障者在路边乞讨，身边有个小罐子装钱，另一边是一卡片写着：我是瞎的，请帮助我。坐了很久，罐子里有几个怜悯钱币。
随后，有个人经过，看了看卡片，取走了，重写了卡片上的字；不久，罐子装满了钱币。视障者很惊讶。原来文字修改了：今天天气很美，我却看不到！
文字会说话，它更会呐喊。也许，当我们说得太多时，没有人在听，方而，文字的力量让人无法抗拒。虽然文字无声无息，它却相似水流，那股力量，来时，排山倒海，喊时，怒涛汹涌；它也可以风平浪静，但是，沉底的是那股能量与激流，就是等待时间。
最近，发现自己只有语言，没有文字；生活似乎很吵，却是空洞的！
他说：你一定要写。
他说：把故事记录下来。
他说：让文字说话。
他又说：写下你自己。
后来，最了解我的他说：这么多年了，我认识的你，一定要写，文字是你的力量，你的出口，你发挥的管道，你发泄的平台，别忘了，你一定要写……直到那日，我看到文字的力量。
有个视障者在路边乞讨，身边有个小罐子装钱，另一边是一卡片写着：我是瞎的，请帮助我。坐了很久，罐子里有几个怜悯钱币。
随后，有个人经过，看了看卡片，取走了，重写了卡片上的字；不久，罐子装满了钱币。视障者很惊讶。原来文字修改了：今天天气很美，我却看不到！
文字会说话，它更会呐喊。也许，当我们说得太多时，没有人在听，方而，文字的力量让人无法抗拒。虽然文字无声无息，它却相似水流，那股力量，来时，排山倒海，喊时，怒涛汹涌；它也可以风平浪静，但是，沉底的是那股能量与激流，就是等待时间。
2011年1月11日星期二
《主，愿你是我脚前的明灯，路上的光……》
清晨起来，圣咏１０９篇不断在心中颂唱。
想起文字福传之事。
２００６年被调来吉隆坡总教区。那时，每隔不久会在礼拜天的《星洲日报。副刊》看到天主教版的信仰分享。有过了不久，这版位销声匿迹，我试探到底发生什么事；有人说，又断稿了，而且很多时候是转载一些书本文字。就这样，珍贵的文字福传版位消失了。
２００９年开始参与《星洲日报》活动与座谈会。也认识了有关的主编，他再次邀请天主教以文分享信仰；我心里虽然雀跃，但是了解之前的情况，也不敢随心所欲就答应。
很多个月过去了， ２０１０年底，我想是时候行动了。祈祷中得到一些亮光，联络了《桥梁》主编，黄文才兄弟，和他讨论这事，我们觉得以《天主教写作人协会》的单位供稿该是很不错的概念，那么，每个月一个版位，每期１篇主稿，２篇副稿，加上一些图片，如果有１２个写作人， 那么，每个人一年只需写一篇而已吗。事就这样定下了。
文才兄开始以电邮发信邀稿，发给了大约３０个人，唯有２人答应，２人拒绝，另外２人回应了但没有表明立场，是答应或拒绝。等了约１个星期，没有其他的回应；文才兄弟感慨万端觉得因为是平信徒邀稿而没有得到热烈回应，如果是神父或者是修女就有不同的回应。我们决定放弃这个难得的文字福传版。我联络了有关的主编先生，他还很热情，乐意协助向受邀者解释……
但是，我心里还舍不得放下，就要求文才兄给我有关的受邀者，我逐一的向他们邀稿；在还未行动前，传来好消息，在《星洲日报》全职的立德兄弟已与主编讨论这事，他愿意全力以赴策划这个版位，专栏名字也定下了：《划向深处》。我开心雀跃，都说了是教友时代嘛！就让教友发光发热。
就这样，我做了很真诚的祈祷：主，如果是你的意愿，就让这事成了吧！
２０１１年第一天上班，把文才兄弟之前的邀稿信，做了调整，发给同样的写作人，隔天，得到６人答应，再一天，另一个人加入，今天又有另一人回复了，共计８人，加上立德，文才和我，共有１１人……
除了感激大家勇敢做出承诺，我心里仍然颂唱：
主，愿你是我脚前的明灯，路上的光……
愿大家为写作人祈祷，在文字福传事工上把主圣言作为脚前的明灯，建立天国路上的光。
《划向深处》写作人
2011年1月4日
1. 王安当神父 (主徒会会士)
2. 黄大华神父 (主徒会会士)
3. 萧永伦神父 (新加坡教区神父)
4. 吴荣良医生
5. 赵清福兄弟 (吉隆坡总教区教友)
6. 黄丽彬 (古晋教友)
7. 谢宝仪修女 (新山圣母圣心会修女)
8. 蔡荣禧 (马六甲教友)
想起文字福传之事。
２００６年被调来吉隆坡总教区。那时，每隔不久会在礼拜天的《星洲日报。副刊》看到天主教版的信仰分享。有过了不久，这版位销声匿迹，我试探到底发生什么事；有人说，又断稿了，而且很多时候是转载一些书本文字。就这样，珍贵的文字福传版位消失了。
２００９年开始参与《星洲日报》活动与座谈会。也认识了有关的主编，他再次邀请天主教以文分享信仰；我心里虽然雀跃，但是了解之前的情况，也不敢随心所欲就答应。
很多个月过去了， ２０１０年底，我想是时候行动了。祈祷中得到一些亮光，联络了《桥梁》主编，黄文才兄弟，和他讨论这事，我们觉得以《天主教写作人协会》的单位供稿该是很不错的概念，那么，每个月一个版位，每期１篇主稿，２篇副稿，加上一些图片，如果有１２个写作人， 那么，每个人一年只需写一篇而已吗。事就这样定下了。
文才兄开始以电邮发信邀稿，发给了大约３０个人，唯有２人答应，２人拒绝，另外２人回应了但没有表明立场，是答应或拒绝。等了约１个星期，没有其他的回应；文才兄弟感慨万端觉得因为是平信徒邀稿而没有得到热烈回应，如果是神父或者是修女就有不同的回应。我们决定放弃这个难得的文字福传版。我联络了有关的主编先生，他还很热情，乐意协助向受邀者解释……
但是，我心里还舍不得放下，就要求文才兄给我有关的受邀者，我逐一的向他们邀稿；在还未行动前，传来好消息，在《星洲日报》全职的立德兄弟已与主编讨论这事，他愿意全力以赴策划这个版位，专栏名字也定下了：《划向深处》。我开心雀跃，都说了是教友时代嘛！就让教友发光发热。
就这样，我做了很真诚的祈祷：主，如果是你的意愿，就让这事成了吧！
２０１１年第一天上班，把文才兄弟之前的邀稿信，做了调整，发给同样的写作人，隔天，得到６人答应，再一天，另一个人加入，今天又有另一人回复了，共计８人，加上立德，文才和我，共有１１人……
除了感激大家勇敢做出承诺，我心里仍然颂唱：
主，愿你是我脚前的明灯，路上的光……
愿大家为写作人祈祷，在文字福传事工上把主圣言作为脚前的明灯，建立天国路上的光。
《划向深处》写作人
2011年1月4日
1. 王安当神父 (主徒会会士)
2. 黄大华神父 (主徒会会士)
3. 萧永伦神父 (新加坡教区神父)
4. 吴荣良医生
5. 赵清福兄弟 (吉隆坡总教区教友)
6. 黄丽彬 (古晋教友)
7. 谢宝仪修女 (新山圣母圣心会修女)
8. 蔡荣禧 (马六甲教友)
2011年1月10日星期一
《10年前……10年后……重逢》
10年前……10年后……重逢
我家爸爸（左）好心uncle（右）
我家妈妈（左）
大约10年前。
爸爸身体不适，发高烧，头晕，肠胃不舒服。看了专科医生，他给了些药，过几天如果没有好转，再来找他。同一天，转看另一个专科医生，同样的情形，结果找到第5个专科医生时，才验出原来爸爸胆生石，胆满满的被9粒金黑色的小石子包围，那时全身都已经发黄。
后来进入医院动手术，妈妈就在医院照顾爸爸。隔壁床位已住着另一位先生。病情很复杂；糖尿病，心脏病，高血压……而他太太每天中午，傍晚都来看他。
爸爸入院隔天，每当她来看她先生时，就给我妈妈带来饭盒，每天两餐，完全免费，而且是斋菜；爸妈要付钱，他们都拒绝。后来爸爸康复出院，那位先生还住在那里。唯一的联系除了人情，只有一张他太太留下的名片。
就这样，他们也没有联络。直到前年我回家过年。爸爸才告诉我有关这段情。我依照名片上的地址，打了电话，就独自去槟城日落洞找他们。后来找到了，只有他们的女儿在。后来想带爸妈去见他们，爸爸身体不舒服，也就没有成行。
2010年刚好回家过圣诞节，也顺道出席毕业25周年回校晚宴。隔天，爸爸又提起这事，我和妹妹，载着爸爸，妈妈就浩浩荡荡出发到槟岛找恩友去了。途中，我们还谈着，不知道那位uncle 怎样了？还有在吗？
一切好奇都一一揭开了！原来他们是开斋菜馆的。
欢迎我们的就是这位 uncle。后来他滔滔不绝地和爸爸，妈妈谈天说地……谈了很久，讲了很多……原来他在医院住了58天，而且住得很舒服，不想回家，被太太骂了才甘愿回来，太太还取笑他是否是因为喜欢医院的护士侍候呀！
他原本被医生劝说把左脚剧掉，幸好有朋友到访，劝他别这么做，10年后，他还是健康的保留双脚活着。
忘了问他们的名字……
好心太太（左）
越来越相信：
善心最难送出去，它常归还你。(Kindness is the hardest gift to give away because it is always returned to you.)
当我在世界的一角善待某人时，某某人会同时善待我所挚爱的人！
这是他给我们的劝语，要我们拍下细读。
我家爸爸（左）好心uncle（右）
我家妈妈（左）
大约10年前。
爸爸身体不适，发高烧，头晕，肠胃不舒服。看了专科医生，他给了些药，过几天如果没有好转，再来找他。同一天，转看另一个专科医生，同样的情形，结果找到第5个专科医生时，才验出原来爸爸胆生石，胆满满的被9粒金黑色的小石子包围，那时全身都已经发黄。
后来进入医院动手术，妈妈就在医院照顾爸爸。隔壁床位已住着另一位先生。病情很复杂；糖尿病，心脏病，高血压……而他太太每天中午，傍晚都来看他。
爸爸入院隔天，每当她来看她先生时，就给我妈妈带来饭盒，每天两餐，完全免费，而且是斋菜；爸妈要付钱，他们都拒绝。后来爸爸康复出院，那位先生还住在那里。唯一的联系除了人情，只有一张他太太留下的名片。
就这样，他们也没有联络。直到前年我回家过年。爸爸才告诉我有关这段情。我依照名片上的地址，打了电话，就独自去槟城日落洞找他们。后来找到了，只有他们的女儿在。后来想带爸妈去见他们，爸爸身体不舒服，也就没有成行。
2010年刚好回家过圣诞节，也顺道出席毕业25周年回校晚宴。隔天，爸爸又提起这事，我和妹妹，载着爸爸，妈妈就浩浩荡荡出发到槟岛找恩友去了。途中，我们还谈着，不知道那位uncle 怎样了？还有在吗？
一切好奇都一一揭开了！原来他们是开斋菜馆的。
欢迎我们的就是这位 uncle。后来他滔滔不绝地和爸爸，妈妈谈天说地……谈了很久，讲了很多……原来他在医院住了58天，而且住得很舒服，不想回家，被太太骂了才甘愿回来，太太还取笑他是否是因为喜欢医院的护士侍候呀！
他原本被医生劝说把左脚剧掉，幸好有朋友到访，劝他别这么做，10年后，他还是健康的保留双脚活着。
忘了问他们的名字……
好心太太（左）
越来越相信：
善心最难送出去，它常归还你。(Kindness is the hardest gift to give away because it is always returned to you.)
当我在世界的一角善待某人时，某某人会同时善待我所挚爱的人！
这是他给我们的劝语，要我们拍下细读。
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