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保祿為了愛基督而忍受一切)
(保祿為了愛基督而忍受一切)
關於人是什麼,我們的本性如何高貴,有靈之物能修什麼德行,保祿所指示給我們的,比任何人都好。他每一天都有進步,每天都重新振作,勇敢地面對威脅他的種種危險。他曾這樣說過:「我忘記背後的,只向擺在前面的奔馳。」他看見自己的死期將至,還呼籲他人分享他的喜樂說:「你們該喜歡,並且要和我一同喜歡。」當他面對危險、侮辱和欺凌時,仍然歡躍,他又致書格林多教友說: 「我以軟弱、凌辱、艱難、迫害、困苦為喜樂;因為我軟弱時,正是我剛強的時候。」這就是他所說的正義的武器,他也指明自己由此獲致了極大的效果。
保祿處於仇人們的陰謀詭計之中,却能從他們的攻擊中獲得勝利;他處處受人鞭打、凌辱、詛咒,可是他却像舉行勝利遊行,高舉戰利品,而且引以為榮並感謝天主說:「感謝天主,祂時常使我們在基督內獲得勝利。」所以,保祿渴望忍受那些由於自己的宣講所獲得的羞辱,勝於我們尋求尊敬;他求死甚於我們求生;他希望貧窮,甚於我們希望富有;他寧願辛勞,而不願像他人一樣追求工作之後的休息。他所畏懼並惱恨的只有一件事,便是得罪天主。除此以外,一無所懼。所以,他唯一的願望就是時常中悅天主。
享有基督的愛,是他最高的企望;他認為有了這個愛,他便是最幸福的人。如果沒有基督的愛,他也寧願不與帝王卿相為伍;然而,如果他有基督的愛,他寧願屈居末位,甚至被列於受永罰者之中,而不願被列於位高望重的人中,而沒有基督的愛。
對他而言,最大而唯一的刑罰便是喪失基督的愛。這對於他就是地獄的苦刑,是唯一的刑罰,這是無限的、無法忍受的刑罰。
享有基督的愛,對他而言,便是擁有生命、世界、天使、現在、將來、王國、恩許和無盡的財富。除此以外,再沒有任何使他煩惱,或使他中意的事。因為他認為現世所有的一切,無所謂辛苦,也無所謂甘飴。
他輕視我們所見到的一切,視之如腐草。暴君本身和殘暴的人民,他則視之如蚊蠅。死亡、酷刑和千萬刑罰,只要為了基督而忍受,他都視之如兒戲。
瑞麟兄接力祈禱
主內兄弟姊妹,
再一次,需要大家一起為瑞麟兄接力祈禱。
他星期一動手術。
祈禱時間1/31 00:00 到 2/1 24:00 ( Mon- Tue)
一小時一個單位。
天主保佑
St. Joseph News Letter 01/30/2022
Dear Saint Joseph Family in Christ,
Welcome to Saint Joseph/Old Mission San Jose and our weekly communication newsletter. I invite you to embrace and share these messages with your family and friends.
I will sing of your salvation. Psalm 71
This weekend we celebrate the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We reflect on St. Paul's powerful letter to the Corinthians.
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, and it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Please join us Wednesday, February 2, for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Candles are traditionally blessed on this day. "Candlemas" marks the entry of Jesus, the Light of the World, into the temple of Jerusalem. You may bring your own candle to be blessed or you may receive a candle we provide. The blessing will take place at both the 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM First Wednesday Masses and will include a procession of lit candles from the parish church to the Mission at the 7:00 PM Mass.
On Thursday, February 3, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Blaise and Blessing of the Throats. Please join us for 8:00 AM morning Mass in the Mission and/or Evening Prayer at 6:00 PM in the Main Church. We will have a special blessing of the throats at the end of Adoration/Benedition during Evening Prayer.
We also celebrate our First Friday and First Saturday of the Month Masses at 8:00 AM in the Mission on February 4 and 5, respectively. Friday marks our monthly Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saturday is our Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Please join us for these special monthly Masses. Hospitality immediately following our Saturday devotion in the Mission Garden. We look forward to seeing you.
Join us Saturday, February 12 at 9:30 AM in the Mission for, Then and Now, the second in our 225th Mission Anniversary Speaker Series. This talk will focus on 1850 to present day. Please click here for more details.
Saint Joseph School is enrolling for the 2022-2023 school year. We invite you to join us in person for a private, socially distanced campus tour OR on ZOOM for a Virtual Meet and Greet. Please consider our award-winning school for the full academic and faith formation of your children. How we prepare our children today will impact them the rest of their lives. Please click here for specific details and contact information. Catholic Schools Week and Mass have been changed to February 27, 2022. Please visit our website and the school's website for more details.
The Women of St Joseph in partnership with St Joseph School is sponsoring our “Heart to Heart” Food Drive which offers individuals and parish families an opportunity to help feed the families, singles and homeless of our community through the St. Vincent de Paul Ministry. This parish ministry provided 600 bags In December 2021! Please click here for more details.
Parish Office Hours:
- Monday through Thursday - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Friday - 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
- Saturday - 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
- CLOSED - 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
- Office Phone - (510) 656-2364
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - January 29 and 30, 2022 – Please click here for the online bulletin which contains the worship aid.
Please click here for THIS weekend's Mass schedule, January 29 and 30, 2022.
- Saturday:
- 5:30 PM – Vigil Mass in the Mission
- Sunday
- 8:00 AM – Mission
- 10:00 AM – Main Church, livestream
- 12:00 PM – Main Church – Mass with Family of Faith
- 3:00 PM – Mass in Vietnamese, Main Church, livestream
- 5:00 PM – Mass in Chinese, Main Church, livestream. Please visit our website.
- 7:00 PM – Mission – Mass with Youth, Confirmation, and Young Adults
Please visit our ONLINE GIVING link. We have streamlined the process to provide maximum security, convenience and efficiency. We are grateful for your faithful support of our parish and facilities. Thank you for your generosity.
New job opportunities are available at Saint Joseph Parish, Mission and School. Please click here for our list of openings.
Getting married? Please click here for detailed information and to reserve your date in the Old Mission or the main Church. Baptism? Please click here for registration and detailed information.
Please click here for our entire Mass schedule.
As a reminder, if you cannot attend Mass in-person, livestream continues at 10:00 AM Sunday in English, 3:00 PM Sunday in Vietnamese and 5:00 PM Sunday in Chinese. Please join us online on our Livestream YouTube Channel.
Monday-Saturday:
INDOORS, in the Mission (all days)
- 7:30 AM – Holy Rosary / Confession
- 8:00 AM – Holy Mass
- First Friday of each month Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- First Saturday of each month Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (hospitality following)
- 8:30 AM – Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Thursday - Adoration and Benediction (IN THE MAIN CHURCH, morning Mass will remain in the MISSION)
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM – Exposition and Adoration (directly following the 8:00 AM Mass)
- 6:00 - 6:30 PM – Evening Prayer and Benediction
- 7:00 PM – Mass in Vietnamese
- 7:30 - 9:00 PM - Adoration and Benediction
Daily Adoration in the Eucharistic Chapel (Main Church)
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
- Thursday - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Saturday - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Closed during recording sessions
- Closed during livestream sessions not offering public attendance
First Wednesday of each month:
Devotion to Saint Joseph
- 7:00 PM - Mass in the Mission
Confession:
- Daily 30 minutes before each Mass (including weekends) and by appointment
Saint Joseph Catholic School (TK through 8th Grade) - Principal, Patricia Calton
School website - Please click here or call the school office at 510-656-6525.
Please click here for the current school newsletter.
Please visit the following websites and links:
- SAINT JOSEPH – Church website
- FACILITY CALENDAR - Daily, weekly, month at a glance
- FAMILY OF FAITH - Information and registration
- PASTORAL REFLECTIONS - Saint Joseph Staff compositions
- BULLETIN – Online news and ministry links
- ONLINE GIVING – Thank you for your dedicated and generous financial support.
- REGISTRATION – NEW and existing parishioners. Please update your information.
- JOB OPPORTUNITIES - Job postings for the church, school and mission
- OLD MISSION SAN JOSE – Mission and Gift Shop website
Yours in Christ,
01/30 丙年常年期第四主日主祭神父及讀經人員
常年期第三主日
常年期第三主日
林思川神父執筆
面對福音做出抉擇
【福音:路四21-30】
21耶穌便開始對他們說:「你們剛才聽過的這段聖經,今天應驗了。」22眾人都稱讚他,驚奇他口中所說的動聽的話;並且說:「這不是若瑟的兒子嗎?」23他回答他們說:「你們必定要對我說這句俗語:醫生,醫治你自己罷!我們聽說你在葛法翁所行的一切,也在你的家鄉這裡行罷!」24他又說:「我實在告訴你們:沒有一個先知在本鄉受悅納的。25我據實告訴你們:在厄里亞時代,天閉塞了三年零六個月,遍地起了大饑荒,在以色列原有許多寡婦,26厄里亞並沒有被派到她們中一個那裡去,而只到了漆冬匝爾法特的一個寡婦那裡。27在厄里叟先知時代,在以色列有許多癩病人,他們中沒有一個得潔淨的,只有敘利亞的納阿曼。」28在會堂中聽見這話的人,都忿怒填胸,29起來把他趕出城外,領他到了山崖上──他們的城是建在山上的──要把他推下去。30他卻由他們中間過去走了。
經文脈絡
基督徒團體在上個主日的感恩禮中,聆聽耶穌在自己的家鄉納匝肋首次宣講的情形(路四16-20),這個主日的福音繼續報導這個宣講的後續發展(21-30):耶穌在安息日於納匝肋會堂中宣講之後,群眾們對耶穌的反應以及耶穌面對群眾所做出的回應。
緊張生動的敘述
整個敘述充滿戲劇性的緊張氣氛,一連串的衝突彼此接續地發生。由上個主日的福音我們看見:耶穌在祂的故鄉如何自處?祂誦讀了哪一段聖經章節?祂如何詮釋自己所宣讀的聖經?在今天的福音中我們將繼續發現:聽眾們對祂的教導做出什麼反應?耶穌如何回應?如何安然度過群眾們由憤怒而產生的危機?
群眾的稱讚與質疑
耶穌的宣講在群眾當中引起了非常大的讚賞:「眾人都稱讚他,驚奇他口中所說的動聽的話。」然而在此同時,聽眾們也提出祂的出生家世,並自以為認識耶穌:「這不是若瑟的兒子嗎?」這句問話的本身意義並不明顯,必須由耶穌的回應才能明白。耶穌以先知說話的方式,運用一個古老的俗語:「醫生,醫治你自己吧!」表明祂知道群眾心中的願望:他們希望耶穌在自己的家鄉也行奇蹟,就有如祂在葛法翁所做的一樣(23)。這段經文預設了耶穌在葛法翁行過許多奇蹟(具體的例子在稍後的經文才提到;參閱:路四31-41),引起群眾的好奇心,並質疑這一切的真實性。耶穌的話展現祂具有「視透人心」的能力,顯示出祂和舊約中「認識人心」的上主一樣。
阿們!
耶穌接著以非常隆重的方式說出另一段談話,藉以回應家鄉群眾的要求。我們在四部福音中,都多次看見耶穌以「我實在告訴你們」的語句展開一段談話,這句話的原文就是簡單的「阿們」!是猶太人為了強調說出某些言論時常用的開頭語。
耶穌的指責
耶穌運用了群眾們熟知的先知厄里亞(列上十七8-16)和厄里叟(列下五1-27)的故事,說明三重的事實:首先,祂將自己列於先知的行列之中;其次,耶穌揭露了群眾們要求奇蹟,並非由於相信天主的能力在祂的身上出現,而只為滿足自己的好奇心;最後,這些聖經例子也說明,外邦人比猶太人更先得到天主的救助。納匝肋的群眾瞭解,耶穌指責他們和祖先一樣不尊敬先知,斷定他們必將因此遭到和祖先們相同的命運,被拒於天國之外,同時眼睜睜地看見外邦人得到救恩(參閱:宗十三46;二八28)。
結果
耶穌這些指責家鄉群眾的話,本來也能是邀請他們悔改的召叫;但是他們沒有明白,卻因此而感到憤怒填胸,並因此而「起來把耶穌趕出城外」,想要把祂從山崖上推下而殺死祂(29)。對於這個情形有狹義和廣義兩種瞭解方式,首先如果我們只注意今天的福音經文,這個描寫便只是生動的表達出群眾憤怒的程度;但是我們也可以廣義地在整部福音敘述框架中來瞭解,那麼這個「謀殺」耶穌的行動事實上已經預先暗示了,耶穌將在耶路撒冷城外被釘死在十字架上的情景。
「時辰」未到
群眾們的暴行並未成功,耶穌「由他們中間過去走了」(30)。這個情景近乎一個「奇蹟」;我們在上述的廣義的脈絡之下,便可瞭解耶穌在此沒受到傷害有其更深刻的意義,這是表達耶穌死亡的時間還沒有來到,祂還得繼續執行天父給祂的使命,宣講天國喜訊。
綜合反省
這個主日和上個主日的福音敘述是一個整體。路加透過高明的敘述技巧,透過整段報導達到他寫作的目的:一方面向讀者們介紹耶穌的派遣、祂的宣講如何得到群眾的讚賞、以及祂又如何遭受家鄉群眾的拒絕;另一方面也邀請讀者在這兩種態度中做出自己的抉擇。
整段經文大概也相當程度地反應出歷史情況:耶穌對於自己身份和使命的認知(比較:谷一15)、在執行天父派遣時遭受到同胞的拒絕排斥、透過先知們的命運來解釋這些真實的情況…最後則是死亡復活後的反響,也就是外邦人得到救恩。
這種表達形式也直接的對今日的讀者發言,邀請大家面對耶穌獨特的訴求,而深刻地反省:雖然耶穌家鄉的人拒絕了耶穌,但是祂事實上就是舊約預言的、被上主之神所傅抹的、來向一切貧窮弱小者宣報救援喜訊的那一位。今日的讀者和當年耶穌家鄉同胞一樣,必須面對耶穌的訊息做出決定:懷著信德接受或者是加以拒絕。
邊緣青少年惠爾簡訊111-01
新年到了,所謂年年難過年年過,當一些大企業在比較誰年終獲利最多、給的年終獎金最多時,有許多店家悄悄地結束營業,一家家店舖關閉,疫情影響幾家歡樂幾家愁,對小本經營的店家是難過的一年。
而今,疫情又起,大家都擔心再度封城,社福機構更如坐雲霄飛車,又不准探視,又怕有人染疫或連坐,工作人員的辛勞有誰知?靠活動籌募資金,活動一個一個被迫停止,籌不到經費也是心驚膽跳??
我們身在其中也不例外,一項長期、定期的人事補助經費50萬,突然被通知停止補助,只好凍結人事,人手不夠也不敢再徵人,工作夥伴們分擔更多的工作,但為了孩子不畏疫情,就這麼在愛心、希望與信心中撐過!
年終,承蒙大家的支持,募款總算是暫時平安順利,讓我們能再忙碌地採購年貨,喜樂地送到孩子手上,幫他們過一個快樂溫馨的年!感恩你們!
「孕育人生」的?案,雖然募資平台作業尚未完成結算,但我們已積極在推動,預計至少能幫8到10位小媽媽小爸爸及孩子們,希望能在教育及陪伴中,協助改善他們的人生!
生活不是一時的,希望大家繼續、長期的,為我們及青少年們祈禱、支持與贊助,謝謝!
二月停刊一次,三月再見!
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