教宗方濟各: 聖神是耶穌賜予的活水

by FLL Editorial Team
2013-05-08

rome, vatican教宗方濟各在週三公開接見群眾時向他們談及聖神在教會和每位基督徒生命中的重要性。他指出渡完美的基督信仰生活,就要聆聽聖神的聲音,因為只有聖神告訴我們「天主愛我們,待我們如兒女一般;我們也能愛天主,做祂的兒女,並且藉著祂的恩寵能像耶穌一樣,以天主子女的身份生活。」

教宗談到《信經》中聖神「是主及賦予生命者」這一句,他指出每個時代和每個地方的人都渴望過公正、美好的生活,不受死亡威脅。「人就像在徒步穿越生命沙漠,他渴望喝到從甘泉湧出的清涼活水,這活水能使他對光明、愛、美好、和平的深切渴望得到滿足。其實,我們大家都有這一渴望!耶穌賜予我們這一活水:這一活水就是由聖父所發和耶穌傾注在我們心中的聖神。」聖神為基督信徒的信仰至關重要,不可或缺,有如人需要水一樣。

教宗指出聖神帶人獲得天主子女的生命,「這種生命使我們彼此有一種親密、自由及信賴的關係,讓我們以新的眼光看待人,視他們為在耶穌內的兄弟姐妹,需要得到尊重和愛。」

On Wednesday, Pope Francis talked about the importance of the Holy Spirit in the Church, and in the lives of Christians during general audience. He said that listening to the Holy Spirit is essential for living out the Christian faith. It is because only the Holy Spirit tells us "we are loved by God as His children, that we can love God as his children, and that by his grace we can live as children of God, as did Jesus."

The Pope talked about a line in the Creed:"The Holy Spirit: Lord and Giver of Life". He said that "in all times and in all places man has yearned for a full and beautiful life, a just and good one, a life that is not threatened by death. Man is like a traveler who, crossing the deserts of life, has a thirst for living water, gushing and fresh, capable of quenching his deep desire for light, love, beauty and peace. We all feel this desire! And Jesus gives us this living water: it is the Holy Spirit" The Holy Spirit is extremely important for the faith of Christians, just like humans need water.

The Pope points out that the Holy Spirit leads people to live lives as God's children, "the life of true children, a relationship of familiarity, freedom and trust in the love and mercy of God, which as an effect has also a new vision of others, near and far, seen always as brothers and sisters in Jesus to be respected and loved."

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Pope Francis: God loves us and always forgives us

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