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常年期十七主日﹝丙年﹞彌撒講道辭 執著的偏見 伍棟樑神父 徐麗華譯 『耶穌厭惡虛假的宗教制度。它使祂的聖名與聖言蒙羞，更欺瞞了上億的人們。祂稱她為十惡不赦罪原之母……並誓言祂會摧毀她和所有追隨她的人。』 以上這段話是對天主教會的詆毀，是從一份在一九八五年出版的小冊子中摘錄出來的。現在這本冊子可以在網路上買到，一份只賣十五分錢，若訂購一萬份，則降價到七分錢。 在讀經一中，天主說祂不會將罪人和義人攏總一起並論，但是我們人類卻是一直在做這樣子的事。不去查清原委，誰是不是有罪，而將全部的人都指責進去，我們所談論的正是偏見。不幸的是偏見主導著現今的世界，社會，甚至我們的生命。人類在今天依然因著各種不同的原因要面對偏見：不只是宗教，更有是因為種族，國度，性別，性傾向，年齡，收入，教育，和長相而偏頗。想一想，我們不願意在同班飛機上見到某族裔的人，不願意某種人成為我們的街坊鄰居，不願意某種人來招待我們的顧客，更不願意某種人接近我們的孩子。 做為基督徒，我們不該將人歸類後品頭論足─除了是說我們都是因著天主肖像受造的一群。那麼，每一個人，不論是義人或是罪人，我們都要尊重他特有的尊嚴。至於那些真是犯下某些罪的人，我們也沒有資格去判斷他們。耶穌提醒我們：“應愛你們的仇人，善待惱恨你們的人，應祝福詛咒你們的人，為毀謗你們的人祈禱。”﹝路加福音六章：二十七─二十八節﹞ 今天的福音中耶穌教導門徒為天主國的來臨祈禱。只要肯用寬容和坦蕩開放的態度取代狹窄的偏見，你我都可以為準備迎接天主的國貢獻一份心力。讓我們不要再作襲捲勢的指責，而能以體諒和熱情代之。
常年期第十七主日﹝丙年﹞二千零七年七月二十八日 請參閱創世紀:十八，20-23；路加福音:十一，1-13 『Jesus hates this false religious system. It has blasphemed HisHoly Name, His Holy Word, and has deceived billions of people. He calls her The Mother of Abominations. . . and has promised to destroy her, and all those with her.』
These lines refer to the Catholic Church. They come from a little booklet published in 1985 and currently available for reading or for purchase on the internet. They're only 15 cents each. If you order 10,000, the price goes down to 7½ cents. In our first reading God says that he will not lump together the innocent with the guilty. But we human beings do it all the time, condemning whole groups of people without ever bothering to find out who is or isn't actually guilty of some offense. What we're talking about is really prejudice, which is unfortunately still very much a part of our world, our society, and even our own lives. People today continue to face prejudice for all kinds of reasons: not only religion but also race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, income, education, and physical appearance. Just consider for a moment the people we don't want to see on the same flight, the people we don't want living down the street from us, the people we don't want greeting our customers, the people we don't want around our kids. As Christians, we can't just lump people together--unless it is to say that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. Every human person, then, whether innocent or guilty, has a special dignity that we must respect. As for those individuals who are actually guilty of some offense, we have no permission to condemn them either. Jesus reminds us: "love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." (Luke 6:27-28) In today's gospel Jesus teaches the disciples to pray for the coming of God's kingdom. We all can help to prepare for that kingdom by replacing prejudice with an attitude of welcome and openness. Let us spread not a blanket condemnation but understanding and compassion.
17th Sun. O.T. (C) July 28, 2007 9:30 & 5 see Genesis 18:20-32; Luke 11:1-13
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