黃謙善神父 – 主日講道

你可能還記得一年半前關於寬恕的這兩個簡單的想法：一位神學院教授曾經告訴我們一個女人的丈夫犯下了通姦的罪行。她去尋求心理輔導，分享了她的故事和痛苦，但直到醫生親切地問她，「你要永遠保持憤怒嗎？」治療才開始。

The strictest order of monks in the Church is the Carthusians, semi-hermits who live in independent cells joined to a larger motherhouse. They pray together three times a day but only talk once a week. Each man cooks for himself, cuts wood for his furnace to keep warm, and has a perpetual, that is, lifelong abstinence from meat.

「撒羅滿在基貝紅時，夜間上主藉著夢顯現給他；天主對他說﹕「你不拘求什麼，我必給你。」(列上3：5) 這就是天主今天對我們說的話，祂想知道我們想要什麼。多麼漂亮的提議啊！

Why does it seem that Jesus blesses some people more than others? A similar question is asked in the Gospel by the disciples, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” Jesus speaks to the crowds using metaphors but only gives the explanation to the disciples—why?

今天來談談不接受自己的身體的挑戰話題。我們每個人都有過對自己的外表不滿意的經歷。我們會因為自己的身高、體型或外表感到不自在。也許人們曾經取笑我們的長相。有時候即使人們什麼也沒對我們說，我們也不想讓別人看到自己有不完美的地方。神父們也有這樣的煩惱，相信我，我只是不想說太多。

Let’s talk about the challenge of not accepting our bodies. All of us have experiences of not being satisfied with the way we look. We’re self-conscious about our size, shape, or appearance. Perhaps people have made fun of the way we look. Sometimes, even if people don’t say anything, we have imperfections that we don’t want others to see. Priests have this problem too, believe me! I just don’t talk about it.

Last week, we talked about overcoming the fear of speaking the truth. Today, the theme is seeking the truth. Many of you have asked me to address the topic of racism, so let’s seek the truth as best we can regarding racism. Let’s try to find out what’s morally true, what are the facts, and how we can contribute to its eradication.

讓我們談一談「說實話」 這個話題，最後結合談及教會的醜聞。在未來，我希望將這一點應用於種族主義和變性人，以及其他任何有爭議的領域。

There was once a Catholic CIA agent assigned as a courier of intelligence between Baghdad and Jordan. He would be driven at night in a truck, 145 kilometers per hour and without headlights, so as not to attract attention.

有一名天主教中央情報局特工CIA被派往巴格達和約旦之間擔任情報信使。他經常晚上乘坐時速145公里 的卡車，在黑暗中行駛，以免引起注意。他的司機常是穆斯林，

兩週前，有個想法引起了大家許多共鳴：我們把自己看得太重了。例如，當我們把失敗看得太重；犯了一個錯誤反复思考；不再為我們周圍的好事感到高興；儘管我們一直在進步，感覺我們家人的健康完全依賴於我們；為著我們年復一年犯同樣的錯誤而沮喪；過分地在意別人對我們外表的看法；期望每一次的講道都是完美的(這是對我自己說的)。

When was the last time you had a really good celebration, where you forgot about the difficulties of life and focused on the goodness God the Father gives? I myself can’t remember one recently.