主日讀經反思　Sunday Scripture Meditation（11/7/2010）

本主日讀經︰
申命紀　30:10-14
聖詠　69[68]:14,17,30-31,33-34,36,37
哥羅森書　1:15-20
路加福音　10:25-37

默想︰

爲了保持和天主的密切關係，並使我的人生充滿意義，我就要全心、全靈、全力、全意愛上主；並愛近人如我自己。然而忙碌的生活讓我身心疲憊，私欲橫流的世界使我穩不住腳跟，多少次我忠實於基督的教導；可是又有多少次我被自己或別人的問題擊昏了頭腦，在狹小的空間裏不能喘息。這時我急需的就是在自己心中打開一扇窗，讓怒氣、怨恨、愁悶都飛出去，留下空曠的心讓耶穌居住。只有向耶穌開放，向祂傾訴、哭訴，我才能有機會體驗到祂對我的關愛和支持。喜樂，告訴祂；痛苦，告訴祂；希望，告訴祂；失望，告訴祂。總之，一切的一切都可以和祂訴説。雖然耶穌不一定為我解決所遇到的困難，但是耶穌願意做的就是使我和自己和好，與鄰人和好，與自然和好，與生命和好。如此我就從自己的束縛中得到解放，從無奈中看到希望。面對今天充滿挑戰的混亂世界，作爲一名基督徒，我最需要的就是聆聽耶穌的話、服從祂、愛慕祂。祂是一切的基礎，唯一的原則，和所有的希望。

主耶穌，請祢住在我的心中，永遠做我的平安和希望！

【摘自和平七月號】


Readings (Year C) page 100:
Deuteronomy 30: 10-14
Psalm 69: 14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
Colossians 1: 15-20
Luke 10: 25-37

Meditation

Moses reminds his people that obeying the commandments and laws are not impossible, for the simple reason that motivation of a deep interior kind which involves the mind and heart is essential: “The Word is very near to you, it is in your mouth and your heart, for your observance.” (v.14)

This is easily forgotten in today’s world where we are tempted to believe religiosity of a complicated kind is desirable. True it is that the Hymn in the Letter to the Colossians can seem mysterious – it is indeed the high point of Pauline Christology – but what it says is simply that in Jesus’ unity with His father, God is fully revealed to us, and that the divine omnipotence, which fills the whole world and makes it cohesive, moves to establish peaceful relations with sinful humanity. This reconciliation is exclusively through Christ and His death on the cross.

In the Gospel story of the lawyer coming to Jesus to look for the secret to eternal life, Jesus does not give a “clever, mysterious” answer full of technical jargon. Rather, the lawyer is given a story in which he is shown how to respond well from the heart. No expert interpretation is required to see where this story points – that the Word of God lies “very near to you, in your mouth and your heart.” The love of God lies in reaching out to the people who need it most. God is at the heart of our humanity, as the Letter to the Colossians points out.

Lord, help us to love and care for all humanity for You are at its heart. Amen.

Shalom – Thoughts for Prayer