耶穌升天節
讀經一(耶穌就在門徒觀望中,被舉上升。)
恭讀宗徒大事錄 1:1-11
德敖斐羅,我在第一部書中,已論及耶穌所行所教的一切,直到祂藉聖神,囑咐了所選的宗徒之後,被接去的那一天為止。祂受難以後,用了許多憑據,向他們顯明自己還活著,四十天之久,顯現給他們,講論天主國的事。耶穌與他們一起進食時,吩咐他們不要離開耶路撒冷,但要等候父的恩許,說:「你們聽我所說過的,若翰固然以水施了洗,但不多幾天以後,你們要因聖神受洗。」他們聚集的時候,就問耶穌說:「主,現在就要給以色列復國嗎?」耶穌回答說:「父以自己的權柄,所定的時間和日期,不是你們應當知道的;但當聖神降臨於你們身上時,你們將充滿聖神的德能,要在耶路撒冷,及全猶太和撒瑪黎雅,並直到地極,為我作證人。」耶穌說完這些話,就在他們觀望中,被舉上升,有一朵雲彩接了他去,離開他們的眼界。他們向天注視著他上升的時候,忽然,有兩個穿白衣的人,站在他們面前,向他們說:「加里肋亞人!你們為什麼站著望天呢?這位離開你們,被接到天上去的耶穌,你們看見祂怎樣升了天,也要怎樣降來。」──上主的話。
答唱詠 詠 47:2-3,6-7,8-9
眾:天主上升,有歡呼之聲護送;上主騰空,有號角之聲相從。
領:萬民,你們要鼓掌歡騰,也要向天主歡呼慶祝。因上主至大至尊,可敬可畏;他是統治宇宙的偉大君王。
眾:天主上升,有歡呼之聲護送;上主騰空,有號角之聲相從。
領:天主上升,有歡呼之聲護送;上主騰空,有號角之聲相從。你們應歌頌,歌頌我們的天主;你們應歌頌,歌頌我們的君王。
眾:天主上升,有歡呼之聲護送;上主騰空,有號角之聲相從。
領:因為天主是普世的君王,你們都應該以詩歌讚揚。天主為王,統治萬國;天主登上神聖的寶座。
眾:天主上升,有歡呼之聲護送;上主騰空,有號角之聲相從。
讀經二(天主使基督在天上坐在自己的右邊。)
恭讀聖保祿宗徒致厄弗所人書 1:17-23
弟兄姊妹們:願我們的主耶穌基督的天主,即那光榮的父,把智慧和啟示的神恩,賜與你們,好使你們認識祂。並願祂光照你們心靈的眼目,為叫你們認清:祂的寵召,有什麼希望;在聖徒中,祂嗣業的光榮,是怎樣豐厚;祂對我們相信的人,所施展強而有效的德能,是怎樣偉大。正如祂已將這德能,施展在基督身上,使祂從死者中復活,叫祂在天上,坐在自己右邊,超乎一切率領者、掌權者、異能者、宰制者,以及一切現世及來世,可稱呼的名號以上。天主又將萬有置於祂腳下,使祂在教會內做至高的元首;這教會就是基督的身體,是基督在一切內,充滿一切的圓滿。──上主的話。
福音前歡呼
領:亞肋路亞。
眾:亞肋路亞。
領:主說:你們要去使萬民成為門徒;我同你們天天在一起,直到今世的終結。
眾:亞肋路亞。
福音(耶穌正降福他們的時候,被提升天去了。)
恭讀聖路加福音 24:46-53
那時候,耶穌對門徒說:「經上曾這樣記載:默西亞必須受苦,第三天要從死者中復活;並且必須從耶路撒冷開始,因祂的名,向萬邦宣講悔改,以得罪之赦。你們就是這些事的見證人。「看,我要把我父所恩許的,遣發到你們身上。至於你們,你們應當留在這城中,直到佩戴上自高天而來的能力。」耶穌領他們出去,直到伯達尼附近,就舉手降福了他們。正降福他們的時候,就離開他們,被提升天去了。他們叩拜了耶穌,皆大喜歡,返回耶路撒冷,常在聖殿裡稱謝天主。──上主的話。
反省
當耶穌被接升天時,「他們(門徒)叩拜了耶穌,皆大喜歡,返回耶路撒冷,常在聖殿裡稱謝天主。」跟昔日那種徬徨的心情相比,門徒已深明耶穌降生的真正目的,而且明確知道祂還會再回來。因此,復活的主雖然不再在他們身邊,他們仍然可以滿懷信心去走十字架的苦路,不再害怕孤單、恐嚇甚至死亡的威脅。此刻,門徒才真正的領受耶穌復活的喜樂。再沒有什麼可以使他們與天主隔絕,他們常在聖殿稱謝天主,等候聖神降臨。
耶穌升天不是結束,而是福傳使命的延續:「必須從耶路撒冷開始,因他的名,向萬邦宣講悔改,以得罪之赦。你們就是這些事的見證人。」傳揚福音要由自己的身邊開始,在各自的生活、工作中,活出耶穌基督的生命,讓所有跟我們接觸的人,可以在我們身上看到復活主的臨在。
耶穌要門徒留在耶路撒冷,「直到佩戴上自高天而來的能力」,這能力就是指聖神。萬事既已俱備,為什麼門徒不立即出發傳揚福音呢?他們還要等什麼呢?門徒雖然知道耶穌已經復活,但還沒有從膽怯畏懼中得到釋放,他們需要內在改變的能力,就是聖神的力量。耐心等候從天主而來的智慧與力量(聖神),這樣才會萬事俱備,並且充滿喜樂,甘心樂意,將害怕化為信心,將哀愁化為喜樂,忠心到底,為主作見證。只有當我們完全被聖神充滿,順從聖神,才能成為天主的工具。
實踐
耶穌讓門徒看祂手上和腳上的釘孔,這是祂愛的標記,也是祂經歷死亡和復活的憑據,但這不是結束。耶穌不要我們只停留享受祂復活的喜樂中,更要我們出去傳揚救恩的復活喜訊,作祂復活的見證人。今日,聖神已經降臨在我們身上,也透過我們行事,但我們仍需要學習安靜地等候天主,等候自己在天主計畫中的成長;當我們放下重擔等候時,便能重新得力,使我們更穩妥地與主耶穌同行。
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29 May 2022 Catholic Mass Bible Reading https://youtu.be/YVaohCCcF_Y
Sunday 29 May 2022 Seventh Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 61
First reading Acts 7:55-60
Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God’s right hand. ‘I can see heaven thrown open’ he said ‘and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’ At this all the members of the council shouted out and stopped their ears with their hands; then they all rushed at him, sent him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses put down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. As they were stoning him, Stephen said in invocation, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he knelt down and said aloud, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them’; and with these words he fell asleep.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 96(97):1-2b,6-7,9
The Lord is king, most high above all the earth.
The Lord is king, let earth rejoice, the many coastlands be glad. His throne is justice and right.
The Lord is king, most high above all the earth. The skies proclaim his justice; all peoples see his glory. All you spirits, worship him.
The Lord is king, most high above all the earth. For you indeed are the Lord most high above all the earth, exalted far above all spirits.
The Lord is king, most high above all the earth.
Second reading Apocalypse 22:12-14,16-17,20
I, John, heard a voice speaking to me: ‘Very soon now, I shall be with you again, bringing the reward to be given to every man according to what he deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Happy are those who will have washed their robes clean, so that they will have the right to feed on the tree of life and can come through the gates into the city.’ I, Jesus, have sent my angel to make these revelations to you for the sake of the churches. I am of David’s line, the root of David and the bright star of the morning. The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ Let everyone who listens answer, ‘Come.’ Then let all who are thirsty come: all who want it may have the water of life, and have it free. The one who guarantees these revelations repeats his promise: I shall indeed be with you soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus.
Gospel Acclamation cf.Jn14:18
Alleluia, alleluia! I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord; I will come back to you, and your hearts will be full of joy. Alleluia!
Gospel John 17:20-26
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: ‘Holy Father, I pray not only for these, but for those also who through their words will believe in me. May they all be one. Father, may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me. I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one. With me in them and you in me, may they be so completely one that the world will realise that it was you who sent me and that I have loved them as much as you loved me. Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see the glory you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Father, Righteous One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.’
Gospel of the Lord
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5月29日 心裡潔淨的耶穌
蒙福的聖子耶穌是心裡潔淨的。心裡潔淨意味只求天父的旨意成就。耶穌無論做什麼、說什麼,都表明祂是順服的聖子:“我所講論的,都是依照父所教訓我的。派遣我來者與我在一起,他沒有留下我獨自一個,因為我常作他所喜悅的事。”(若8:28-29)耶穌的心思沒有歧念或隱秘的企圖。耶穌具有完美的內心和諧,因為祂完全與天主聯合。
更像耶穌是要作心裡潔淨的人,心裡潔淨使耶穌也使我們有真正的屬靈視野。~盧雲神父
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