2008年07月22日
渴望:傳祢的使命
讀經:若望福音二十:1-2,11-18
1一週的第一天,清晨,天還黑的時候,瑪利亞瑪達肋納來到墳墓那裡,看見石頭已從墓門挪開了。 | 1And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. |
2於是她跑去見西滿伯多祿和耶穌所愛的那另一個門徒,對他們說:「有人從墳墓中把主搬走了,我們不知道他們把他放在那裡了。」 | 2She ran, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. |
11瑪利亞卻站在墳墓外邊痛哭;她痛哭的時候,就俯身向墳墓裡面窺看, | 11But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, |
12見有兩位穿白衣的天使,坐在安放過耶穌遺體的地方:一位在頭部,一位在腳部。 | 12And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. |
13那兩位天使對她說:「女人!你哭什麼?」她答說:「有人把我主搬走了,我不知道他們把他放在那裡了。」 | 13They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have taken away my Lord; and I know not where they have laid him. |
14說了這話,就向後轉身,見耶穌站在那裡,卻不知道他就是耶穌。 | 14When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing; and she knew not that it was Jesus. |
15耶穌向她說:「女人,你哭什麼?你找誰?」她以為是園丁,就說:「先生,若是你把他搬走了,請告訴我,你把他放在那裡,我去取回他來。」 | 15Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, thinking it was the gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. |
16耶穌給她說:「瑪利亞!」她便轉身用希伯來話對他說:「辣步尼!」就是說「師傅。」 | 16Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to him: Rabboni (which is to say, Master). |
17耶穌向她說:「你別拉住我不放,因為我還沒有升到父那裡;你到我的弟兄那裡去,告訴他們:我升到我的父和你們的父那裡去,升到我的天主和你們的天主那裡去。」 | 17Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and your God. |
18瑪利亞瑪達肋納就去告訴門徒說:「我見了主。」並報告了耶穌對她所說的那些話。 | 18Mary Magdalen cometh, and telleth the disciples: I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to me. |
與主對話
Ø 耶穌同我在海邊坐著,海水撥動著緩緩的向前行。
Ø 耶穌對我說:海水的漲潮、退潮,不是因為它自己的功能,是宇宙的定律,海就是海,但是透過它,它的身內蘊養萬物,活力、生命在其中生長著,且自然的發出它美麗的形象。
Ø 我對耶穌說:我明白,重要的是我是否認定自己就是自己,是否讓自己的生命連結在這宇宙的定律當中,甚至是讓自己的生命連結在創造我的神的手當中。
Ø 耶穌說:我來是遵照父的旨意,行使父給我的權柄,也完成了救贖的工作,我回去了,聖靈來了,聖靈工作在我的門徒當中,聖靈是我父差派來的。
Ø 耶穌說:我的門徒謹守聖靈的工作,也等候聖靈的工作。
Ø 我說:我明白祢對我的教導,我要如同海的順服,海就是海,好像我的神師也常對我這樣說。
Ø 我對耶穌說:我是祢的受造物,我當順服且沒有自己,就會如同海的浩瀚,因為祢的浩瀚在我的心中,可是我卻用『己』如同水閘阻礙祢的浩瀚。