进堂咏
上主,愿我在你面前问心无愧;愿我目睹你的光荣,心满意足。(咏17:15)
集祷经
天主,你常以真理之光,照耀迷途的人,引领他们回归正道;求你使所有基督徒勇于追随基督,实践信仰,以免损害基督徒的名字。因你的圣子、我们的主耶稣基督,他和你及圣神,是唯一天主,永生永王。亚孟。
读经一(这是上主引领以色列子民离开埃及的那一夜。)
恭读出谷纪 12: 37-42
那时,以色列子民从辣默色斯起程向稣苛特进发。步行的男子约六十万,家属不算在内。同他们一起走的,还有很多外族人,也带着自己的羊群、牛群和大批的牲畜;他们把从埃及带出来的未发酵的面团烤成无酵饼,因为他们急迫离开埃及,不能耽搁,来不及准备行粮。以色列子民居留埃及共有四百三十年。四百三十年届满的那一天,上主的军旅离开了埃及。这一夜是上主领他们出离埃及所守的一夜,这一夜也是以色列子民世世代代向上主当守的一夜。--上主的话。
答唱咏 咏136:1,23-24,10-12,13-15
【答】:上主的仁慈永远常存。
领:请众感谢上主,因他宽仁,因为他的仁慈永远常存。他怀念了我们遭难的人,因为他的仁慈永远常存。他救拔我们脱离了仇人,因为他的仁慈永远常存。【答】
领:他击杀了埃及国的首生,因为他的仁慈永远常存。他领以色列走出埃及境,因为他的仁慈永远常存。他伸出手臂施展了大能,因为他的仁慈永远常存。【答】
领:他把红海的水从中分开,因为他的仁慈永远常存。他领以色列人海中步行,因为他的仁慈永远常存。他淹没法郎军于海中,因为他的仁慈永远常存。【答】
福音前欢呼
领:亚肋路亚。
众:亚肋路亚。
领:天主在基督内使世界与自己和好,且将和好的话放在我们的口中。
众:亚肋路亚。
福音(耶稣警告被治好的人不要将他传扬出去:这是为应验先知所说的话。)
恭读圣玛窦福音 12:14-21
那时候,法利塞人出去,商讨怎样陷害耶稣,怎样除灭他。耶稣知道了,就离开那里;有许多人跟随他,他都治好了他们;且警告他们不要将他传扬出去:这是为应验那藉依撒意亚先知所说的话:“看,我的仆人,他是我所拣选,我所钟爱的;他是我心灵所喜悦的;我要使我的神住在他身上,他必向外邦人传布真道。他不争辩,也不喧嚷,在街市上没有人听到他的声音:已压破的芦苇,他不折断;将熄灭的灯心,他不吹灭,直至他使真道胜利。外邦人将要期待他的名字。”--上主的话。
献礼经
上主,求你垂视教会在祈祷中呈献的礼品,使它成为我们的生命之粮,并帮助我们诚心领受,以获得圣化。因主耶稣基督之名,求你俯听我们的祈祷。亚孟。
领主咏
耶稣说:“谁吃我的肉,并喝我的血,便住在我内,我也住在他内。”(若6:56)
领圣体后经
上主,我们领受了基督的圣体圣血,愿我们每次参与这奥迹,都能更丰富地获得救赎的恩宠。因主耶稣基督之名,求你俯听我们的祈祷。亚孟。
今天福音开始说:“法利塞人出去,商讨怎样陷害耶稣,怎样除灭他”;但接下来却没有交代他们为何要陷害耶稣及商讨的地点。昨天所读的福音是1至8节:法利塞人指责耶稣的门徒在麦田中掐麦穗吃。到了第9节,我们才知道耶稣离开麦田,进入了会堂。9至13节是说耶稣在会堂中治病,而两件事都在安息日发生。可见,法利塞人是因为宗教理由而动了杀机。他们未能了解,耶稣所做的正是要把人从僵化的思维中释放出来。教会在今天纪念一九零零年义和团之乱时,在河北省献县教区殉道的四位耶稣会神父及五十二位男女教友,他们都是因为宗教理由,为主牺牲。从这些事迹可以见到,在人性深处除了对真理的渴求之外,似乎还隐藏着对福音正道的恐惧和抗拒。面对这样的矛盾,耶稣没有给门徒提示有力的对抗和申辩方法,却留下美丽的描述:“已压破的芦苇,他不折断;将熄灭的灯心,他不吹灭”。这才是人心所期待和渴求的,因为祂说:“外邦人将要期待他的名字”。
主基督,借着中华殉道诸圣的转祷,求祢继续广施恩佑,使祢的名字广传中华大地。
The passage taken from the Book of Exodus presents a scene where the people of Israel are preparing to depart from Egypt. After more than 430 years in Egypt, they were now on the verge of a momentous event in their lives. Freedom! They are free because God had heard their cry and had come to liberate them from their captivity. Even now, as they leave Egypt, God keeps watch over them. It was a liberation won not as a result of military might or by a violent uprising, but by the mercy and power of God.
In the Gospel passage, we learn how the Pharisees, through their over-zealousness, had kept the ordinary people in 'oppression' by burdening them with hundreds of commandments. Now they feel threatened by Jesus whom they feel is acting as a law unto himself. So, they decide to kill him.
In the face of the threat upon his life, Jesus quietly continues his work of healing people and avoids publicity. Instead of resorting to violence against the Pharisees or by "crying out" with vengeful wrath or harsh judgements, Jesus goes about doing his 'work'. Jesus shows us that his mission is not based on might or violence but on meekness and humility. HIs modesty and gentleness comes not from fear or weakness but from his divine mandate to fulfill the Scriptures.
Often, in our lives we too face situations where we feel threatened or oppressed by others. How do we respond to them?
Lord, help me to remain true to You in every situation.
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