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聖瑪利亞，上主使妳成為使徒，為世界帶來了耶穌，祂是道路、真理和生命。因著妳，所有的天主教徒，將盡力完成全部的使命，以及一切使徒工作！……請為我們求得一顆使徒的心，肖似妳的心，也相似耶穌和聖保祿的心，為使將來有一天，所有的使徒及信友都能在天堂，團聚在妳的周圍。（祈禱手冊P.180） O Mary, the Lord made you an apostle to give Jesus, Way and Truth and Life to the world: all Catholics, with all their strength, for all vocations, for all the apostolates... Obtain for us an apostolic heart, modelled after your heart and that of Jesus and St. Paul, so that one day you […]

並非每個人都用同樣的方式接近天主，大家多半各自有不同的需要，所以使徒必須從模範聖保祿學習「為一切人，成為一切」的藝術，並靈活地運用不同的方法，與不同的人來往。（AE, 37） Since not everyone comes to God in the same way and all have their individual needs the apostle must learn from his model, Saint Paul, the art of «being all things to all people» and to have that flexibility of adaptation as to treat people accordingly (AE, 37).

去做默想祈禱不意味著不熱心工作，恰恰相反，因為祈禱比行動更重要。福傳工作只有在内修生活的激勵中才會有成果，而内修生活又是從默想得到滋養。（AE, 87） The time given to meditation is not stolen from active works since prayer is more necessary than action. Indeed, apostles are productive to the degree they are animated by their interior life, which is nourished, precisely, by meditation (AE, 87).

透過陸海空交通在各大洲之間移動，與不同的民族、文化、語言相遇，但我們都同樣以孩子的心，敬禮同一位母親。多令人欣慰啊！……全為了瑪利亞，全來自瑪利亞，所有一切都偕同瑪利亞。她在世上向萬民展示她的兒子。（CISP,p. 1016） Changing continents, being on land, on the sea, in the air; to meet races, other civilizations, different languages: but always the same Mother, always the hearts of children, always the same devotion; how consoling it is! ... To Mary everything, from Mary everything, with Mary everything. She shows everyone her Son on earth […]

從天上導師取得一切，祂住在聖體龕內；這是祂的意願；處於風雨飄搖之中的保祿家庭，將發出巨大的光芒……每個人都該想自己是光的傳遞者，是耶穌的揚聲器。（AD, 157） Take everything from him, the Divine Master dwelling in the Tabernacle; that this is his will; that a great light was to shine forth from the then threatened Family... Let everyone consider herself or himself to be a beacon of light, a loudspeaker of Jesus (AD, 157).

穿著與眾不同、做事標新立異的人，如果没有與天主合作、毫無謙遜，只以世人的方式行事，最終他們只會兩手空空。（RSP, p. 152） People who wear a distinguished habit, people who do distinct things but without union with God, without humility, remain empty-handed at the end: they have performed in a human way (RSP, p. 152).

整個人在基督內，理智、意志、心與體力，全都為愛天主。所有的一切，無論是本性的、恩竉的或是聖召，全都為了福傳。就如一輛有四個輪子的車子，這四個輪子是聖德、學業、傳教工作和神貧。（AD, 100） The whole person in Jesus Christ, in view of loving God completely: intelligence, will, heart, and physical strength. Nature, grace, and vocation: everything for the apostolate. a cart that runs on the four wheels of sanctity, study, apostolate, and poverty (AD, 100).

與瑪利亞一起預備聖誕節，無原罪聖母已為我們預備了一部分，潔淨心靈。現在，懷著愛轉眼注視著搖籃……自問我們是否仁慈待人？是否缺少合一精神？我們可以貢獻什麼？因為我們是一個身體：耶穌的奧體。（FSP59, p. 192） Get ready for Christmas with Mary. The Immaculate has already prepared us in part, purifying our hearts. Now turn to the crib with love... see if something is missing from the charity, from the spirit of union, see what we can contribute, because we are all one body, the mystical body of […]

為了聖誕節，瑪利亞自己做足聖善的準備：她的思想、她的感情全為承行天主的旨意。她把自己看作是在天主偉大工程中的溫順工具。妳們要合作，在救贖工程中合作。（FSP59, p. 192） Mary prepared herself wholeheartedly for Holy Christmas: her thoughts, her affections, and all that was the fulfilment of God’s will. She considered herself God’s docile instrument in this great work: to collaborate, to work for redemption (FSP59, p. 192).

與耶穌的心意合一，就是要像祂那樣思考，相信祂的真理，思慮有益之事。跟耶穌的心完全結合，體會祂愛天主和愛人靈同樣的感受。當我的視覺、聽覺、味覺、觸覺、所有的一切都交付給耶穌時，就與基督奧體聯合在一起……（PrP VIII, p. 59） To be united to Jesus with the mind is to think like Him, to believe His truths, to think the good. The heart that unites itself completely with Jesus’ heart has the same feelings, it loves God and souls... One is united with the body when the eye, hearing, tongue, touch, […]

你們看看紀艾沙神父，他常把「家庭記錄單」置於眼前。事實上他常將那張紙放在他胸口，像穿了件小衣服；那一塊小布中登記了他堂區的每個家庭。他每次舉行感恩祭時都會記起這些名字。（AAP60, 224） You see Canon Chiesa always kept in front of him all the sheets of paper where the families were registered, in fact, he had done this: on his chest, he wore like a little dress; inside that little piece of cloth was the very small name of all the families of the parish […]

為瑪利亞的偉大、美德和特恩而歡欣鼓舞；為賜予我們的恩惠而滿懷感激。在每一件事上，努力使自己的意願符合瑪利亞的意願，因而符合天主的旨意。（AE, 205） Love of satisfaction that rejoices in the greatness, the virtues, and the privileges of Mary... Love of gratitude for the benefits that she lavishes on us. Love of conformity that has a person strive to conform his will in everything to Mary’s will and consequently to God’s will (AE, 205).

没有一個聖人會輕視謙遜的美德。没有一個聖人會在這一點犯錯：「我在這方面取得了成功，我在那方面做得很好，我在這方面有能力。」許多人因工作的外在價值而失去功勞。（RSP, p. 151） No saint had neglected the virtue of humility. No saint had been wrong on this essential point. A great number of souls lose merit because they consider the external value of the work. «I have succeeded in this, I have accomplished that, I have abilities for this» (RSP, p. 151).

願使徒在對天主和人類完備的愛中，能運用上天給予的一切來抵達目標，為使所有的受造物能向他們的造物主高聲讚頌。（AE, 380） In the fullness of his love for God and for his fellow human beings, the apostle is to learn how to utilize everything that providence offers him for his goal so that all creatures may raise their hymn of praise to their Creator (AE, 380).

你們需要常守靜默，幫助自己成聖：首先，多多祈禱；其次，真正成為遵守奉獻生活規矩的好榜樣；然後，在福傳工作中盡力而為，善用每一天為天主服務。（AP 1959, p. 82） It is necessary that you enter into peaceful observance, always wanting to help yourselves to become holy: help yourselves first with prayers; secondly, with a good example of religious life proper observant; then with working in the apostolate and using the day well at the service of God (AP 1959, p. […]

你們要轉變想法。當初聖保祿如此的自信滿滿，之後，他信靠的卻只有天主。歸依，也就是從驕傲到謙虛。（FSP59, p. 42） Change your mind. Saint Paul trusted so much in himself... Then he trusted only in the Lord. Speaking of conversion: from pride to humility (FSP59, p. 42).

天人之間的梯子是瑪利亞。她從天主那裡給我們帶來恩典，拿走了我們自私的愛，用天主的愛取代了它。（DF, 26） The stairway is Mary who takes grace from God in order to give it to us; from us, she takes away self-love and puts in its place the love of God (DF, 26)

仁愛是處處為對方著想，在思想、感情、言語，以及在行動上互相幫助，各盡其責。（AP 1961, p. 332） Charity: to love one another very much... to love one another very dearly in thoughts, feelings, words, and mutual help, in works, each one doing his part (AP 1961, p. 332).

同情人的耶穌有祂的喜好：祂偏愛卑微、渺小、簡單的人。祂召叫牧羊人到馬槽旁；牧羊人是耶穌的第一批使徒，因為他們向其他人講論耶穌，儘管他們不是站在講道台。（APD47, 34） Jesus has preferences and shows particular fondness; he prefers the humble, the insignificant, the simple. He called the shepherds to his crib; they were Jesus’ first apostles because they were the first to speak of him to their acquaintances, without getting up to a teacher’s desk (APD47, 34).

在我們之間的愛德十分珍貴，但也最為困難。弟兄姊妹的情誼要求像聖保祿在愛的真諦中所說的：含忍的，慈祥的，凡事包容，凡事寬恕。（RSP, p. 130） Charity among us is very precious, but it is also the most difficult one. Fraternal charity requires what Saint Paul says in his hymn: that it be patient, kind, know how to bear others’ burdens, forgiving (RSP, p. 130).

不是那些偉大的思想家或作家來帶領大眾，而是偉大的傳播者。因此引導他們，就像指引軍隊中的將軍一樣。（AE, 155） It is not the great thinkers or the great writers who guide the masses, but opinion makers. Therefore, to guide them is like guiding generals in the army (AE, 155).

「愛你的近人如同愛你自己」，就是說，你想為自己爭取的好處，也要為别人、為你的近人爭取。單獨只有好事情還不夠，我們的思想與渴望都要是好的，要盡力幫助別人獲得益處。（AP 1958/1, p. 171） «You will love your neighbour as yourself» and that is all the good you desire for yourself, desire it for others, desire it for the neighbour... Not only will the good, or think of the good, but to desire good and to contribute to do good to others, as much as […]

十分容易理解對瑪利亞敬禮的真諦，那就是：為瑪利亞去找耶穌，「為瑪利亞走向耶穌」。（AE, 204） It will be easy to understand the essence of devotion to Mary which is, in other words, «to go to Jesus through Mary» (AE, 204).

若瑟對馬槽裡的耶穌，增長的愛是多麼大啊！馬槽一景向我們展示若瑟向嬰孩耶穌的讚嘆與祈禱。當他不得不帶耶穌逃去埃及時，他對耶穌的愛又增長了多少！在納匝肋親密的家庭生活裡，更是如此！（RSP, p. 446） How much the love for Jesus grew in Joseph, in the Manger! The Nativity scene always presents us with Saint Joseph in the act of admiring and praying to the Child. How much the love for Jesus grew when he had to flee with him to Egypt! And especially in the intimacy […]

我俯伏在祢的馬槽前，啊！我的耶穌。我承認祢是我的天主、我的導師、我的救世主。我愛祢；我把我自己放在祢的學校裡，有如謙卑的弟子，在我生命中的每一天跟隨祢。（BM, p. 287） I prostrate myself before your cradle, O my Jesus: I recognize you as my God, my Master, my Saviour... I love you; I attend your school to follow you, as a humble disciple, every day of my life (BM, p. 287).

納匝肋的聖家為我們提供了奉獻生活的最佳範例。多麼細膩的觀察力！多麼相互尊重！多麼彼此關懷！無論是喜是悲，是考驗或慰藉，一切都共同分享。（UPS IV, 220） The Family of Nazareth has given us in this world the best example of such religious family life. Such attention paid to one another! Such mutual respect and concern! Everything was in common: joys and sufferings, trials and consolations (UPS IV, 220).

馬槽是耶穌的第一所學校，我要進入這所學校，學習祂天上的課程。（BM, p. 287）. The manger is Jesus’ first school: I desire to enter it to learn his divine lessons (BM, p. 287).

你們要成為小孩，因為耶穌祂自己先成為小孩子，在山洞裡我們發現祂成了嬰孩，因此，人無論有多偉大，也不能找到自誇的理由。（RSP, p. 320）. To be like children, because He Himself became a child. And there he is in the grotto. He became a child so that no man, however great he may be, would find within himself a reason to exalt himself, to be proud of himself (RSP, p. 320).

如果我們想真正深入天上導師的精神，進入祂降生成人的意願，我們必須有同樣的生活計畫：第一，在耶穌基督內，與祂一起光榮天父；第二，透過福傳活動，為天主子道成肉身的使命——也就是為人與人之間的和平，作出貢獻（APD58, 288） If we really desire to enter into the spirit of the Divine Master, into the intentions whereby he became incarnate, we must have the same programme of life: first, to glorify God in Jesus Christ, with Jesus Christ; and second, to contribute through the apostolate to the second mission of the incarnate Son […]

耶穌召喚牧羊人和賢士馬槽前。天使邀請的第一批是牧羊人，他們去了，找到那嬰孩，就朝拜了祂。不是富有的人，不是聰明的人，不是有權勢的人，不是有地位的人拔得頭籌；而是窮人、謙卑的人、單純的人……（BM, p. 288）. Jesus called the shepherds and the wise men to his cradle. The shepherds were the first, invited by the Angels... And they went, and they found the child, and they worshipped him. Not the rich, not the wise, not the powerful, not the dignitaries were called first; but the poor, the humble, […]