主，讓我看見
那時，耶穌向門徒講比喻說：「瞎子豈能給瞎子領路？不是兩人都要跌在坑裏嗎？沒有徒弟勝過師傅的：凡受過完備教育的，僅相似自己的師傅而已。怎麼，你看見你兄弟眼中的木屑，而你眼中的大樑，倒不理會呢？你怎能對你的兄弟說：兄弟，讓我取出你眼中的木屑吧！而你竟看不見自己眼中的大樑呢？假善人啊！先取出你眼中的大樑，然後才看得清楚，以便取出你兄弟眼中的木屑。」
路加福音 6:39-42
Photo courtesy by ensea
在今天的福音中，耶穌教導門徒：瞎子不能給瞎子領路。耶穌是所有基督徒的師傅。不好好跟師傅學習，我們什麼都做不了。身為徒弟，我們必須用心聆聽耶穌對我們的訓誨，並在生活中實踐出來。只有這樣，我們才能有效引領其他人往耶穌那裡去。
耶穌更一針見血地點出人的通病：「你看見你兄弟眼中的木屑，而你眼中的大樑，倒不理會呢？」祂之所以用瞎子來比喻人，是因為人時常用主觀的眼光去看其他人，卻沒有想到別人內心的想法和意圖。這樣會造成我們對他人的成見，變得自以為是。耶穌形容人為瞎子，再貼切不過。
讓我們祈求耶穌光照，幫助我們超越主觀的成見，能看見真正的事實。我們更需要謙卑自己，求耶穌幫助我們看見眼中的大樑，否則難以帶領別人走近耶穌，自己也離祂愈來愈遠。
Jesus told his disciples a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye.”
Luke 6:39-42
In today's Gospel, Jesus taught His disciples: the blind cannot lead the blind. Jesus is the teacher of all Christians. We cannot do anything unless we learn from the teacher. We must listen carefully to what Jesus tells us and make it part of our own lives. Only then can we effectively lead others to Him.
Jesus pinpointed a common flaw in humans: "Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?" He compared us to the blind, because we often look at others in a subjective way. And usually we have no idea of the inner motives or intentions of others. This results in biases against people. Jesus indeed picked an accurate analogy by comparing us to the blind.
Let us pray to Jesus so that we could overcome our biases and see the truth. We need to learn to humble ourselves, and ask for Jesus' help in seeing the wooden beam in our own eyes. Otherwise, not only would we fail to lead others to Him, we too would become distanced from Him.
非一般冒險家 Ep 5 程明聰神父 – 聚焦能會神
【醫生手記】Ep066 – 祈禱係咪唸哂篇經文就算完事呢？ | 短頌的好處