69.5月1日祈禱－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

Prayer – St Joseph really knew how listen to God, and to talk to Him. He had Him, as a Man, right there, at home, in the workshop. This is prayer.

祈禱－聖若瑟真的瞭解如何聆聽天主，並與祂交談。他有主耶穌，成為一個人，就在那裡，在家裡，在工作坊，這就是祈禱。

Prayer is the lifting up of the heart and mind to God. In every moment of our day, we must follow the path of love, desiring the good of the other. God is love and that is all He is.

“Every day we should set aside time especially for speaking with God, but without forgetting that our prayer must be constant, like the beating of our heart: aspirations, acts of love, acts of thanksgiving, acts of reparation, spiritual communions. When we walk along the street, when we close or open a door, when we see a church bell-tower in the distance, when we begin and end our tasks and while we are carrying them out: we direct everything to God. We are obliged to make a continual prayer of our ordinary life, for we are contemplative souls along all the pathways of the world.” (St Josemaría)

祈禱是將心靈和思緒舉揚到天主面前。在我們一天中的每一刻，我們都必須遵循著愛的道路，渴望他人的好處。天主就是愛，這就是祂的全部。

3.交男朋友注意事項－豪爸的愛

親愛的女兒，現在妳已經是一位亭亭玉立的職業婦女了，相信依妳的條件，一定吸引了許多男士們的目光，但是要如何選擇一個適合交往的對象，能夠共度一生，白頭偕老，這是一個重要的課題。

特別是在面對目前女性主義抬頭、性解放、多元性生活、速食主義、高離婚率等問題的挑戰，傳統的婚姻價值概念真是岌岌可危，一起活到老似乎是一種神話，無論如何，作為愛妳的老爸，為了妳的幸福，必須要對妳提出一些過來人的經驗。

身體神學

如果妳有空的話，我建議看一本超讚的書，就是聖若望保祿二世所寫的「身體神學」，這本書很厚中、英文版我都有，他以教會的角度探討，天主創造人類，並賦予性的美好，而且探究我們現代人類所面臨的性危機等問題，非常深入。

另外有一本「身體神學入門」是精簡版，將內容概要地彙集一冊，也是相當好的選擇，就在我的書架上，妳隨時可以取用閱讀。

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154.與你何關？與我何關？-#多明我語錄

有一天我看到一句話，雖然有些俗氣，但是確實有其道理且附有哲理呢！

作者說道:「在我們的生活中只有兩件事，其一是『關你屁事!』，第二則是『關我屁事!』」如果在我們的生活裡，我們能將這兩件事處理好，自然就能輕鬆愉快地生活。

關你屁事？－即與你何關？

有許多時候，我們訂好了計畫，或是想要做一件事務，這件事情對我們很重要，當然我們會先調查事情的可行性、蒐集資料、預測可能遭遇到的困難、需要甚麼支援及協助，然後開始執行規劃、尋找適合的人員共同付諸執行。

但是，由於每個人的個性不同，事情是否能夠按部就班的執行，這就因人而異了。當然，先分析自己的優缺點、強項、弱項、能力、支援等，都是很重要而且很客觀的作為。

68.4月30日光榮歸於天主－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

Glory belongs to God alone because he is the Lord of all things.  And on being made man and coming to live among us, he has shown us that we are not on this earth to seek a passing, temporal happiness. We are here to reach eternal happiness, following in his footsteps. And we will only attain this by learning from him.

光榮只屬於天主，因為祂是萬物的主宰。在降生成人並來到我們中間一起生活時，祂向我們說明了，我們在這個世界上，不是為了尋求會消逝及短暫的幸福。我們在此世是為了追隨祂的腳步，獲得永恆的幸福。我們只有向祂學習才能實現此一目標。

The world was created for the glory of God. He is the highest good and supreme goodness, and He knows that we can only be happy if we live for him. And the only purpose of created beings, man included, is to give glory to God. We were born to give him glory. “If life did not have as its aim to give glory to God, it would be detestable - even more, loathsome.” St Josemaría.

世界是為光榮天主而創造的。祂是至高無上的善和極至的良善，祂知道我們只有為祂而活，才能獲得幸福。受造物，包括人，其唯一目的就是光榮天主。我們此生就是為了給祂光榮。「如果生命的目的不是光榮天主，那將是可憎的－更令人厭惡。」(聖施禮華)。

Thus, our life should be one of continuous praise to God. Because whatever is lovable in us belongs to God. Convinced of this reality, we must not work for our own glory, but to disappear from view; and with our sacrifice, we shall put Christ at the summit of all human activities.

153.反省-#多明我語錄(道明之友季刊)

狄剛總主教常感慨地說:「人好可憐，許多的問題都是出於『無知』!」

而且主教又時常說:「我認為自己不夠努力!我應該可以做得更好!」

主教的話時常在我的腦海中迴盪著，為什麼主教時常發出這樣的概嘆呢?

無知

藉由天主教道理(天主教道理，405)的教導，使我們瞭解到「無知」是來自於原罪的四個結果之一：「原罪在於缺乏原始的聖德和義德，然而人的本性並未完全敗壞：它只是在自己本性的力量上受到損害，要受無知、痛苦和死亡權力的困擾，而且傾向於罪惡(這種對邪惡的傾向稱為「私慾偏情」)。」

67.4月29日 三個隱修士與惡魔－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

The demon appeared to three monks, and he told them: “If I gave you power to change something from the past, what would you change?”

有一個惡魔出現在三個隱修士面前，惡魔告訴他們說：「如果我給你們改變過去事務的能力，你們會想改變什麼？」

The first of them, with great apostolic fervor, replied: "I would prevent you from making Adam and Eve fall into sin, so that humanity could not turn away from God."

他們中的第一個，帶著宗徒般的熱情，回答說：「我要阻止你讓亞當和厄娃墮落罪惡，這樣人類就不能背離天主。」

The second, a man full of mercy, said to him: "I would prevent you from tempting, and you will condemn yourself eternally".

66.4月28日良心省察－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

How to make the EXAMINATION  OF CONSCIENCE (every evening)

如何作每天晚上的「良心省察」

Make a brief examination of conscience before going to rest at night. Two or three minutes are enough.

晚上睡前對良心做一個簡短的省察，只要兩三分鐘就足夠了。

• Place yourself in the presence of God recognizing his strength and your weakness. Tell him: “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”
• 先將自己處於天主的臨在，認識到祂的力量和你的軟弱。告訴祂：「主啊，祢若願意，祢就能潔淨我。」
• Ask your guardian angel for light to acknowledge your defects and virtues: What have I done wrong? What have I done right? What could I have done better?
• 向你的護守天使祈求光照，瞭解你的缺點和美德：我做錯了什麼？我做對了什麼？甚麼事，我還能做得更好？
• Examine your conscience with sincerity:
• 真誠地省察自己的良心：

Did I often consider that God is my Father? Did I offer him my work? Did I make good use of my time? Did I pray slowly and with attention?

主愛的弟兄姊妹，

本週4／25／2023的查經分享仍是專注於提醒以自己的心神配合，追求【真理的共識】，領會基督的福音（若4：23－24；瑪13：23）。查經共融的目的是回應聖神和教會的邀約：「凡口渴的，請來罷！凡願意的，可白白領取生命的水（默22：17）」；「因為羔羊的婚期來近了，他的新娘也準備好了（默19：7）」。人無智慧不能獲得救恩（智9：12b；雅1：5）；為此，我們得尋求智慧，應犧牲一切去【爭取】明智（understanding）；因為，智識（understanding）是生命的泉源（箴4：7，20－23；16：22a；若6：24－33）。

讓我們也在家安排時間繼續默示錄中記載有關【羔羊的婚宴】的研習，確實領會主耶穌復活升天後與愛祂並跟隨祂的門徒天天在一起；如此，主在那裏，我們作僕人的也要跟隨祂在那裏，直到今世的終結（路14：27；瑪28：20；若12：26）。

願主耶穌基督的恩寵，和天主的愛情，以及聖神的相通，常與我們眾人相偕（格後13：13；若5：42）。求主不要使我等走錯誤的道路，恩賜我等【明晰】的遵守祢的法度；揀定【真理的途徑】，獲得祢賜予的平安（詠119：29－30；箴6：20－23；若6：38；14：31；8：28－29；格前14：33）。

建議在開始查經之前，請先唱一首敬拜讚美的歌曲：

65.4月26日基督徒的樂觀－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

St Josemaría was seriously ill. He, faithful to God's grace, rose to the occasion cultivating an abandonment into the hands of God. “Night would come, and I used to say: ‘Lord, I don't know whether I'll get up tomorrow. I thank you for whatever remaining span of life you may want to give me, and I am happy to die in your arms; I hope in your mercy.’ In the morning, upon awakening, the first thought would be the same.”

聖施禮華得了病重，他忠於天主的恩典，挺身而出，培養將自己託付於天主的手中。「每當夜幕低垂，我常說：『主啊，我不知道明天是否能起床。我感謝祢，無論祢願意給我多少剩餘的生命，我都會喜樂地死在祢的懷裡；我渴望祢的憐憫。早上醒來後，我的第一個想法也是一樣的。」

Then, on a feast of the Blessed Virgin of Montserrat, our Lord took away a large part of that cross from his shoulders, as if to make known that his most holy Mother had again been an efficacious intercessor.

然後，在蒙特塞拉特聖母的慶節時，我主從他肩上卸下了很大部分的十字架，彷彿再次說明了他最神聖的母親，是一位強有力的代禱者。

The teaching is clear. We should never lose our joy in the face of illness. Rather, these situations must lead us to increase our trust in our Father God, to abandon ourselves in his hands in the certainty that, come what may in our lives, our Lord wants, or permits, it for our spiritual and eternal good: Omnia in bonum! As St Josemaría wrote: “Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism; nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right.”

64.4月26日如何面對分裂－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

The holy evangelist St Mark renounced personal ideas to expound St Peter's teaching faithfully, being, as he was, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. From which it may be seen that he was perfectly united to the visible Head of the Church. He thereby composed one of the four Gospels, something for which he is perennially remembered in the Church.

聖史馬爾谷放棄個人想法，就像他一樣，在聖神的默感下，忠實地闡述聖伯鐸的教導。從中看得出來，他與教會可見的元首完美地合而為一。因此，他撰寫了四部福音其中之一，這是他在教會中長久被銘記的史事。

When we hear about pronouncements and initiatives that damage the unity of the Church, what means should we use to respond to these plans?

Four points to consider:

當我們聽到迫害教會合一的聲浪和行為時，我們應該用什麼方式，來回應這些計畫呢？