與主嘆啡:2026年10月9日

2026年10月9日
常年期第廿七周星期五
或 聖享利·紐曼(自由紀念)
或 聖狄奧尼削(自由紀念)
或 聖若望·良納第(自由紀念)
福音:路11:15-26

今天是常年期第廿七周星期五。教會在今天慶祝三位聖人的自由紀念敬禮日。最近出版的羅馬彌撒經書告訴我們:

聖若望·亨利·紐曼(1801‑1890) 生於倫敦,於1801年2月21日受洗,並就讀于牛津大學三一學院。身為奧里爾學院院士及大學教堂主任司鐸,紐曼成為英格蘭教會內“牛津運動”的領軍人物。他對真理的追尋,最終使他於1845年10月9日在利特爾莫爾由真福多明尼克·巴貝裡接納加入天主教會。此後,紐曼在英格蘭建立了聖斐理伯·內利祈禱會,其天主教生涯大部分時間駐於伯明罕。歷經諸多考驗與挫折後,良十三世教宗於1879年擢升他為樞機,以表彰其神學著作與個人見證。他於1890年8月11日逝世,並於2019年10月13日由教宗方濟各封聖。2025年11月9日,聖座禮儀及聖事部將他的紀念日列入羅馬禮儀日曆,以自由紀念敬禮等級慶祝。

聖狄奧尼削(+約258年)被尊為巴黎首任主教和法國主保聖人。據說他被教宗法比盎派往高盧,並在蒙馬特與一位司鐸路斯提古斯和一位執事埃琉特留斯一同被斬首。有些作者錯誤地將他與《宗徒大事錄》17:34中提到的亞略巴古的狄奧尼修斯視為同一人;該狄奧尼修斯被認作一系列神秘神學著作的作者,但這些著作實際上是5世紀寫成的。巴黎偉大的聖德尼修道院是許多法國國王和王后的安息之地。

聖若望·良納迪(約1542‑1609)生於義大利盧卡附近,曾受訓為藥劑師,後晉鐸。這使他能將天主的良藥——耶穌基督——帶給人們。他創立了聖母司鐸會,並協助在羅馬建立了傳信學院,該學院負責培訓傳教士。他在服務羅馬民眾時死於流感。他於2006年被選為藥劑師的主保聖人。

今天取自聖路加福音的經文給我們講述了耶穌驅魔以後,耶穌時代的猶太人對祂的評價,以及耶穌對此作出的回應。讓我們試著反思。

首先,路加告訴我們:耶穌驅魔的時候,人群中有些人說:“祂憑魔王貝爾則步的權柄驅魔。”另有人為了試探祂,向祂求一個從天上來的徵兆。(參看:路11:15-16)
今天,當我們來到聖堂參與彌撒的時候,我們也經常會聽到有些人說:我們之所以選擇相信天主,之所以選擇來到這裡參與彌撒,是因為我們喜歡看神父在祭臺上變戲法。有時候,我們也會覺得,神父好似工具人,他們不過是憑耶穌基督給予的權柄行事。甚至有時候,我們也會和上文提到的那些誣告耶穌的人一樣,要求神父所說的話,所宣講的天主聖言提供證據,證明天主是真實存在的。

路加所說的貝爾則步是誰呢?貝爾則步是在沙龍平原的培肋舍特人朝拜的偶像,在厄刻龍(Ekron)有它的神廟,它原是醫治災殃的神,有些猶太人,當他們沒有從他們的天主那裡領受恩典時,他們就在暗中去厄刻龍(Ekron)求貝爾則步醫治他們。因此,這顯然是一個異端邪神,凡遵循這個邪神思想的,就是那些拒絕接受耶穌所說的,天主的世界的法則的人。

在耶穌所說的比喻中,我們看到極其關鍵的詞:“國”、“天主的國”。我們知道:在耶穌時代,猶太人所渴望的是一個如同達味王一樣的強大的猶太王國,在那個國家,有天主,有司祭,有公議會,有法利賽人,有撒杜賽人,有各種形態的政黨,在這個國家,社會各階級矛盾突顯,人們為了自己的利益,為能在這個國家掌權,自相紛爭。他們甚至要把這樣的社會制度和國家體制複刻到他們所認為的天主的國。這就是猶太人所遵循的世俗的邏輯。耶穌所說的天主的國,也就是祂所說的天主的邏輯,是一個始終以天主為中心的世界,在祂所說的天主的國,不再有任何政黨,不再有任何階級,只有愛人的天主,和被天主所愛的人。我們不再為了自己的利益而發生任何的爭執,因為我們所有人都因著領受吾主耶穌基督的洗禮,與基督相結合,因著領受天主聖神賜下的喜樂之油,成了天主的兒女。他們不再追求自己在耶穌所說的天主的國內掌權,只想著在耶穌所說的天主的國內一起頌讚天主。

可是,想要進到耶穌所說的天國,並不容易,因為我們的三仇 —— 魔鬼,肉身,世俗,時常會使我們變得軟弱,縱使我們想要進入耶穌所說的天國,世俗的誘惑,肉體的軟弱會使我們變得虛弱不堪,使我們無法抵抗魔鬼的衝擊。因此,我們亟需天主聖言的助佑,因為我們知道:天主聖言和祂的福音所到之處,魔鬼和它的使者絕對站立不住,必然遠遁。

在此聖若望·亨利·紐曼司鐸、聖狄奧尼削主教、聖若望·良納迪司鐸的自由紀念敬禮日。讓我們同心合意,一起向天主獻上祈禱:

全能永生的天主,祢以豐盛的慈愛,超越了懇求者的功德與祈願。求祢向我們傾注祢的仁慈,寬恕那些令我們良心不安的罪過,賜予我們祈禱所不敢妄求的恩典。藉著祢的子,我們的主耶穌基督,祢和祂及聖神,是天主,永生永王。亞孟。

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与主叹啡:2026年10月9日

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2026年10月9日
常年期第廿七周星期五
或 圣享利·纽曼(自由纪念)
或 圣狄奥尼削(自由纪念)
或 圣若望·良纳第(自由纪念)
福音:路11:15-26

今天是常年期第廿七周星期五。教会在今天庆祝三位圣人的自由纪念敬礼日。最近出版的罗马弥撒经书告诉我们:

圣若望·亨利·纽曼(1801‑1890) 生于伦敦,于1801年2月21日受洗,并就读于牛津大学三一学院。身为奥里尔学院院士及大学教堂主任司铎,纽曼成为英格兰教会内“牛津运动”的领军人物。他对真理的追寻,最终使他于1845年10月9日在利特尔莫尔由真福多米尼克·巴贝里接纳加入天主教会。此后,纽曼在英格兰建立了圣斐理伯·内利祈祷会,其天主教生涯大部分时间驻于伯明翰。历经诸多考验与挫折后,良十三世教宗于1879年擢升他为枢机,以表彰其神学著作与个人见证。他于1890年8月11日逝世,并于2019年10月13日由教宗方济各封圣。2025年11月9日,圣座礼仪及圣事部将他的纪念日列入罗马礼仪日历,以自由纪念敬礼等级庆祝。

圣狄奥尼削(+约258年)被尊为巴黎首任主教和法国主保圣人。据说他被教宗法比盎派往高卢,并在蒙马特与一位司铎路斯提古斯和一位执事埃琉特留斯一同被斩首。有些作者错误地将他与《宗徒大事录》17:34中提到的亚略巴古的狄奥尼修斯视为同一人;该狄奥尼修斯被认作一系列神秘神学著作的作者,但这些著作实际上是5世纪写成的。巴黎伟大的圣德尼修道院是许多法国国王和王后的安息之地。

圣若望·良纳迪(约1542‑1609)生于意大利卢卡附近,曾受训为药剂师,后晋铎。这使他能将天主的良药——耶稣基督——带给人们。他创立了圣母司铎会,并协助在罗马建立了传信学院,该学院负责培训传教士。他在服务罗马民众时死于流感。他于2006年被选为药剂师的主保圣人。

今天取自圣路加福音的经文给我们讲述了耶稣驱魔以后,耶稣时代的犹太人对祂的评价,以及耶稣对此作出的回应。让我们试着反思。

首先,路加告诉我们:耶稣驱魔的时候,人群中有些人说:“祂凭魔王贝尔则步的权柄驱魔。”另有人为了试探祂,向祂求一个从天上来的征兆。(参看:路11:15-16)
今天,当我们来到圣堂参与弥撒的时候,我们也经常会听到有些人说:我们之所以选择相信天主,之所以选择来到这里参与弥撒,是因为我们喜欢看神父在祭台上变戏法。有时候,我们也会觉得,神父好似工具人,他们不过是凭耶稣基督给予的权柄行事。甚至有时候,我们也会和上文提到的那些诬告耶稣的人一样,要求神父所说的话,所宣讲的天主圣言提供证据,证明天主是真实存在的。

路加所说的贝尔则步是谁呢?贝尔则步是在沙龙平原的培肋舍特人朝拜的偶像,在厄刻龙(Ekron)有它的神庙,它原是医治灾殃的神,有些犹太人,当他们没有从他们的天主那里领受恩典时,他们就在暗中去厄刻龙(Ekron)求贝尔则步医治他们。因此,这显然是一个异端邪神,凡遵循这个邪神思想的,就是那些拒绝接受耶稣所说的,天主的世界的法则的人。

在耶稣所说的比喻中,我们看到极其关键的词:“国”、“天主的国”。我们知道:在耶稣时代,犹太人所渴望的是一个如同达味王一样的强大的犹太王国,在那个国家,有天主,有司祭,有公议会,有法利赛人,有撒杜赛人,有各种形态的政党,在这个国家,社会各阶级矛盾突显,人们为了自己的利益,为能在这个国家掌权,自相纷争。他们甚至要把这样的社会制度和国家体制复刻到他们所认为的天主的国。这就是犹太人所遵循的世俗的逻辑。耶稣所说的天主的国,也就是祂所说的天主的逻辑,是一个始终以天主为中心的世界,在祂所说的天主的国,不再有任何政党,不再有任何阶级,只有爱人的天主,和被天主所爱的人。我们不再为了自己的利益而发生任何的争执,因为我们所有人都因着领受吾主耶稣基督的洗礼,与基督相结合,因着领受天主圣神赐下的喜乐之油,成了天主的儿女。他们不再追求自己在耶稣所说的天主的国内掌权,只想着在耶稣所说的天主的国内一起颂讚天主。

可是,想要进到耶稣所说的天国,并不容易,因为我们的三仇 —— 魔鬼,肉身,世俗,时常会使我们变得软弱,纵使我们想要进入耶稣所说的天国,世俗的诱惑,肉体的软弱会使我们变得虚弱不堪,使我们无法抵抗魔鬼的冲击。因此,我们亟需天主圣言的助佑,因为我们知道:天主圣言和祂的福音所到之处,魔鬼和它的使者绝对站立不住,必然远遁。

在此圣若望·亨利·纽曼司铎、圣狄奥尼削主教、圣若望·良纳迪司铎的自由纪念敬礼日。让我们同心合意,一起向天主献上祈祷:

全能永生的天主,祢以丰盛的慈爱,超越了恳求者的功德与祈愿。求祢向我们倾注祢的仁慈,宽恕那些令我们良心不安的罪过,赐予我们祈祷所不敢妄求的恩典。藉着祢的子,我们的主耶稣基督,祢和祂及圣神,是天主,永生永王。亚孟。

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Coffee with God:October 9, 2026

9 October 2026
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
or Optional Memorial on Saint John Henry Newman, Priest and Doctor of the Church
or Optional Memorial of Saint Denis, Bishop and Martyr, and his Companions, Martyrs
or Optional Memorial of Saint John Leonardi, Priest
Gospel: Luke 11:15 26

Today is Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorials of three saints. The recently published Roman Missal tells us:

Saint John Henry Newman (1801 1890) was born in London, baptized on 21 February 1801, and studied at Trinity College, Oxford. As a Fellow of Oriel College and Vicar of the University Church, Newman became a leading figure in the Oxford Movement within the Church of England. His search for truth led to his reception into the Catholic Church by Blessed Dominic Barberi at Littlemore on 9 October 1845. Newman subsequently established the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in England and spent most of his Catholic life in Birmingham. After many trials and disappointments, Pope Leo XIII created him a Cardinal in 1879 in recognition of his theological work and personal witness. He died on 11 August 1890 and was canonized by Pope Francis on 13 October 2019. On 9 November 2025, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments added his memorial to the Roman Calendar, to be celebrated as an Optional Memorial.

Saint Dionysius (+ c.258) is venerated as the first Bishop of Paris and patron of France. He is said to have been sent to Gaul by Pope Fabian and to have been beheaded at Montmartre together with Rusticus, a priest, and Eleutherius, a deacon. Some writers wrongly identified him with Dionysius the Areopagite, mentioned in Acts 17:34, who was claimed as the author of a series of works of mystical theology actually written in the fifth century. The great Abbey of Saint Denis in Paris is the burial place of many Kings and Queens of France.

Saint John Leonardi (c. 1542 1609) was born near Lucca (Italy) and, after training as a pharmacist, was ordained a priest. This allowed him to bring to people the medicine of God, Jesus Christ. He founded the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God and also helped establish the College of Propaganda Fide in Rome, which trained missionaries. He died of influenza while ministering to the Roman populace. He was chosen as patron of pharmacists in 2006.

The Scripture passage taken from the Gospel of Saint Luke today tells us of the judgement of the Jews of Jesus’ time upon Him after He drove out a demon, and of Jesus’ response. Let us try to understand.

First, Luke tells us: When Jesus was driving out a demon, some of the crowd said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons.” Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven. (cf. Luke 11:15 16)

Today, when we come to church to attend Holy Mass, we often hear some people say: The reason we choose to believe in God and to come here to attend Mass is because we like to watch the priest perform tricks on the altar. Sometimes we also feel that priests are like tools, merely acting by the authority given them by Jesus Christ. At other times, like those who falsely accused Jesus, we demand that the words the priest speaks and the Sacred Word of God he proclaims provide evidence to prove that God truly exists.

Who is the Beelzebul mentioned by Luke? Beelzebul was an idol worshipped by the Philistines on the plain of Sharon; his temple was at Ekron. He was originally a god of healing and deliverance from plague. When some Jews did not receive graces from their God, they would secretly go to Ekron to ask Beelzebul for healing. Therefore, this is clearly a pagan deity; whoever follows the mindset of this false god is one who refuses to accept what Jesus teaches — the law of God’s world.

In the parable Jesus tells, we see the crucial words: “kingdom”, “kingdom of God”. We know that in Jesus’ time, the Jews longed for a powerful Jewish kingdom like that of King David. In that kingdom there would be God, priests, the Sanhedrin, Pharisees, Sadducees, and various political factions. In that nation, social conflicts between classes were acute; people struggled for their own interests and fought among themselves for power. They even wanted to replicate such social systems and state structures in what they thought was the kingdom of God. This is the secular logic followed by the Jews. The kingdom of God spoken of by Jesus — that is, the logic of God which He proclaims — is a world centered always on God. In the kingdom of God as He describes it, there are no longer any political parties or classes; there is only the God who loves mankind and those who are loved by God. We no longer quarrel for our own interests, because all of us, through the grace of Baptism in the Lord Jesus Christ and by the oil of joy given by the Holy Spirit, have been made children of God. They no longer seek to hold power in the kingdom of God as Jesus describes it, but only desire to praise God together in that kingdom.

However, entering the kingdom of heaven that Jesus speaks of is not easy, because our three enemies — the devil, the flesh, and the world — constantly make us weak. Even if we wish to enter the kingdom of heaven that Jesus speaks of, the temptations of the world and the weakness of the flesh render us utterly feeble, making us unable to resist the assaults of the devil. Therefore, we urgently need the help of the Word of God, because we know: wherever the Word of God and His Gospel reach, the devil and his agents can by no means stand firm but must inevitably flee.

On this Optional Memorial of Saint John Henry Newman, Priest, Saint Dionysius, Bishop, and Saint John Leonardi, Priest, let us with one accord offer our prayer to God:

Almighty ever-living God,
who in the abundance of your kindness
surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you,
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever

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