进堂咏
上主说:我是百姓的救援,他们在任何急难中呼求我,我定要垂听他们,永远做他们的上主。
集祷经
天主,你教导我们:一切诫命的总纲,就是爱你在万有之上,及爱人如己;求你帮助我们遵守你的诫命,以获享永生的幸福。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(犹太人完成了建殿的工程,并且举行了逾越节。)
恭读厄斯德拉卷上 6:7-8,12,14-20
达理阿王向河西州州长及他的同僚下召令书,说:“不可干涉天主殿宇的工程,任凭犹太人的总督和犹太人的长老,在原处重建天主的殿宇。此外,我且颁下此旨,命令你们为协助犹太人的长老,修建天主的殿宇应行的事:由河西王库的赋税中,给那些人拨出充分的经费,不得有误!我达理阿颁布此令,应依照遵行!”
犹太人的长老遂继续修建,因着先知哈盖,和依多的儿子匝加利亚的鼓励,进行得很顺利;如此他们遵照以色列天主的旨意,并按照波斯王居鲁士和达理阿的谕令,完成了建殿的工程。圣殿完工的日期,是在达理阿王在位第六年,“阿达尔”月初三日。
以色列子民、司祭、肋未人,和其余由充军归来的人,兴高采烈,为天主的圣殿举行了奉献礼。他们为天主圣殿的奉献礼,奉献了牛犊一百头,公绵羊二百只,羔羊四百只;又照以色列支派的数目,奉献了十二只公山羊,为赎全以色列的罪。他们又派定了司祭,按照他们的编制,肋未人按照他们的班次,在耶路撒冷值班事奉天主,全照梅瑟书上所记载的。
由充军归来的子民,于正月十四日,举行了逾越节。肋未人全都圣洁了自己;他们既已圣洁了,就为所有充军归来的人,并为他们的司祭兄弟和自己,宰杀了逾越节羔羊。--上主的话。
答唱咏 咏122:1-2,3-4,4-5
【答】:我欢喜,因为有人向我说:我们要进入上主的圣殿!
领:我欢喜,因为有人向我说:我们要进入上主的圣殿!耶路撒冷!我们的双足已经站立在你的门口。【答】
领:耶路撒冷建筑得好似京城,确是内部划一整齐的京城。各支派,上主的各支派都齐集在那里。【答】
领:他们按照以色列的法律称颂上主的名字。那里设立了执政的座席,那里有达味王室的宝座。【答】
福音前欢呼
领:亚肋路亚。
众:亚肋路亚。
领:那听天主的话而遵行的人,更是有福的!
众:亚肋路亚。
福音(听了天主的话而实行的,才是我的母亲和我的兄弟。)
恭读圣路加福音 8:19-21
耶稣的母亲和兄弟到他这里来了,因为人多,不能与他相会。有人告诉耶稣说:“你的母亲和你的兄弟站在外边,愿意见你。”他却回答他们说:“听了天主的话而实行的,才是我的母亲和我的兄弟。”--上主的话。
献礼经
仁慈的上主,求你悦纳你子民的献礼,使我们藉这圣事,得到我们在信德中虔诚期待的恩许。因主耶稣基督之名,求你俯听我们的祈祷。亚孟。
领主咏
主说:我是善牧,我认识我的羊,我的羊也认识我。(若10:14)
领圣体后经
仁慈的上主,你以圣事养育了我们,求你不断助佑和提携我们,使我们藉这圣事,在日常生活中,获得救恩的实效。因主耶稣基督之名,求你俯听我们的祈祷。亚孟。
读经一记述:公元前五三八年,波斯王居鲁士出了上谕,解放被流徙异邦多年的以民回国,并鼓励和支持他们重建圣殿,祭献天主。请你回顾:在生命中遇到坎坷和困难、挫折和失败时,你是如何面对的呢?那时耶稣在哪里?祂是如何陪伴你走过了那段旅程的呢?然后,怀着感恩的心,与耶稣心谈,倾吐你的心曲!
请想象你是耶稣的一位门徒或在群众中,正在津津有味的聆听祂宣讲天国的喜讯,忽然听到有人说,耶稣的母亲和兄弟来找祂。请用默观的心去感受耶稣当时的心情,并仔细品味和体会,耶稣所言“听了天主的话而实行的,才是我的母亲和我的兄弟”的其中含义!也请你留意圣母的心情和感受,并与圣母谈心!
不少基督徒只是理性的相信耶稣,而缺乏了实践仁爱,忽略了践行正义和关心社会的边缘人。聆听耶稣的训诲后,不妨自问:愿意以哪种具体的方式,在日常信仰生活中,实行耶稣所教导的,好成为耶稣的真亲属?
慈爱的耶稣圣心,请以祢温暖仁爱的心,溶化我冰冷铁石的心,使我相信并实践祢的教导,做祢的真亲属。
It was getting harder and harder for the Israelites to hate their captors. The new Persian regime had already let them return home. Now Darius, Cyrus' successor, was even using royal funds to rebuild the temple. Enemies can become friends if we allow it to happen. We need to see them in new ways and change the ways we think about them. Have you ever become friends with someone you regarded as an 'enemy'?
The words of Jesus sound a little harsh to our ears. He seems to dismiss them as he proclaims that those who do the will of God are his mother and brothers. The words must have been shocking to those living in a tradition that revered and honoured parents and family. But Jesus was not turning his back on his family - on the contrary, he was expanding it. He came to build all of humanity into one family. From now on, he insisted, don't confine your love just to your blood relatives. All who respond to God can be counted as our family. In a sense, our family has grown enormous. The words of Jesus are a challenge to broaden our hearts and minds and embrace more than just those who are near and dear to us. Let us look around - who can we count among our family? If we do so, will our behaviour towards them change? The world is our home and all humanity is our potential family.
Lord, may there be no barriers to my love for others.
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