主徒會 Congregtio Discipulorum Domini 2010年主徒會聖召營

耶穌與一位年青人相遇

聖史馬爾谷這樣記載：正在耶穌出來行路時，跑來了一個人，跪在他面前，問祂說：「善師，為承受永生，我該做什麼﹖」 

耶穌對他說：「你為什麼稱我善﹖除了天主一個外，沒有誰是善的。 誡命你都知道：不可殺人，不可奸淫，不可偷盜，不可做假見證，不可欺詐，應孝敬你的父母。」 

他回答耶穌說：「師傅！這一切我從小就都遵守了。」 

耶穌定睛看他，就喜愛他，對他說：「你還缺少一樣：你去，變賣你所有的一切，施捨給窮人，你必有寶藏在天上；然後來，背著十字架，跟隨我!」 因了這話，那人就面帶愁容，憂鬱地走了，因為他有許多產業。(谷十17-22)

這 段福音表達出耶穌對年青人、對你們每一位、所期待的、所盼望的有著的極大關注，也顯示出祂是多麼渴望與你們每一位相遇，與你們個別開啟對話。事實上，基督 停下他的腳步是為了回答這位年青人的提問。祂定睛注視這年青人，這年青人多麼熱切渴望與這位「善師」談話，為了向祂學習生命之道。

以永生為目標

「為承受永生，我該做什麼？」

當生命在一些痛苦時刻，面臨失去親人或經歷失敗時，「永生」這問題就重現了。

但這富貴少年所指的「永生」是什麼？耶穌是這樣描述的，他對門徒說：「但我們要再見到你們，那時，你們心裏要喜樂，並且你們的喜樂誰也不能從你們奪去。」(若 十二22)這句話指出那份無止的幸福、那份被天主的愛所包圍的永久喜樂。

我們思考那等待著我們每一個人的最終將來，我們便會找到人生的整個意義，因為這會使我們的生命計畫往不再受限制或並非轉瞬即逝的，而是往寬廣且深入的方向發展，使我們愛這世界 － 這天主深愛的世界，使我們以自由及出於信德與望德的喜樂自我獻身去發展世界。這方向幫助我們不再視世俗的現實為絕對，同時清楚天主為我們準備了更大的未來。

因此，我們能與聖奧斯定一起說「讓我們渴望天上的家園，讓我們思慕天鄉，讓我們覺得在此是個異鄉人。」（《對若望福音35:9的解釋》）

真福傅喬治(義籍Pier Giorgio Frassati)，1925年去世得年24歲，他的目光一向都專注在永生上，他說：「我要生活，而不要偷生！」在一張爬山時拍攝的相片上他留言給朋友說：「往高處看」，說明不只追求基督徒的成全，還要追求永生。

親愛的年輕朋友們，我切望你們在你們的計畫人生裡不會忘記這角度：我們被召叫去進入永生，天主創造我們是為了與祂永遠在一起。這會幫助你們做出有意義的決定，也活出美滿的人生。

Story 1

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat. 

 A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?' 

The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective? 

Moral of the Story:  
Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.


Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness.... In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling...
And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!