18.  3月11日類比－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY.

- When GOD wanted to create fish, he spoke to the sea.

- When GOD wanted to create trees, he spoke to earth.

- But when GOD wanted to create man, he turned to HIMSELF.

- So, GOD said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."

我喜歡這個類比。

- 當天主想要創造魚時，祂對著大海說話。

- 當天主想要創造樹木時，祂對土地說話。

- 但是當天主想要創造人時，祂轉對自己說話。

- 所以，天主說：「讓我們照我們的肖像，按我們的模樣造人」（創1:26）

Note:

- If you take a fish out of the water, it will die; and when you remove a tree from the ground, it also dies.

- Likewise, when man disconnects himself from GOD, he dies.

- GOD* is our natural environment.  We were created to live in HIS presence.

- We must be connected to HIM because only with HIM does life exist.

- Let us remain connected with GOD.

- Let us remember that water without fish is still water, but fish without water is nothing.

- The soil without the tree is still soil, but the tree without the soil is nothing....

- God without man is still God, but man without GOD is nothing.

請注意：

- 如果你把一條魚從水裡拿出來，它會死去；當你從地上挖起一棵樹時，它也會死去。

- 同樣，當人離棄天主時，他就會死去。

- 天主*是我們的自然環境。我們被造是為了生活在祂內。

- 我們必須與祂互相聯結，因為只有與祂在一起，生命才會存在。

- 我們要與天主保持聯結。

- 我們要記住，沒有魚的水仍然是水，但沒有水的魚就是無。

- 沒有樹的土壤仍然是土壤，但沒有土壤的樹就是無。

- 沒有人的天主仍然是天主，但沒有天主的人就是無。

Every day, try to get closer to Him, through the word (read the Gospel) and through the bread (frequent the sacraments).

每天，試著藉由聖言（閱讀福音）和聖體聖事（經常領聖禮）更接近祂。

Pic: Our Lady between St John the Baptist and M. Magdalene, by Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 - c. 1517)

圖：聖母瑪利亞在施洗者聖若翰和聖女瑪利亞·瑪達肋納中間，Cima da Conegliano （c. 1459 - c. 1517）