没有了圣神，
天主在飘渺中，
基督处在过去，
福音是毫无灵性的文字，
教会被视为纯粹的组织，
权威等于统治，
传教则犹如吹号，
礼仪重蹈着对过去的记忆，
基督徒也不过像奴隶那样活着。
但在圣神内，
主与吾人偕焉，
基督活在现在，
福音成为生命之力量，
教会变为基督活的身体，
权威就是服务，
传教是圣神的来临，
礼仪纵亘了纪念与预尝，
人类行为竟是天主在此世之做工。
拉塔基亚（土耳其）的依纳爵，希腊正教会主教，（休·伊迪 编辑）
天主教在线 译
Without the Holy Spirit -
God is far away,
Christ stays in the past,
the Gospel is a dead letter,
the Church is simply an organization,
authority a matter of domination,
mission a matter of propaganda,
the liturgical services no more than a reminder of the past,
Christian living a slave morality.
But in the Holy Spirit-
God is with us,
the risen Christ is here,
the Gospel is the power of life,
the Church is the Body of the living Christ,
authority is service,
mission is Pentecost,
the liturgy is both memorial and anticipation,
human action is God at work in this world.
[Ignatius of Latakia -- a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church. (adapted by Hugh Eadie)] |
