大聖若瑟，諸德的模範，請為我們求得你靈修生活的精神。在那熱愛而勤奮的靜默中，你達到了聖德的高峰。請你轉求上主，增加我們的信德、望德和愛德；廣賜一切樞德，並沛降聖神七恩。 O Saint Joseph, model of all virtues, obtain for us your interior spirit. In loving and industrious silence, you have reached a very high degree of holiness. Obtain for us increase of faith, hope and charity; large infusion of the cardinal virtues; abundance of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
良心省察是審視靈魂，看看我們有什麼好的地方而感謝主；看看有什麼不好的地方而唾棄它。省察良心是在天主面前，檢討個人的職責，留意我們的靈魂。(RSp, 57) The examination of conscience is a look at the soul to see what is already good, and thank the Lord for it; to see what is bad in us and detest it. The examination of conscience is a look at our soul, in front of God, and before one’s duties (RSp, 57).
生命不是一場遊戲；生命是嚴肅的，它帶來永恆的影響。每人為自己賺得功績，因而建造自己永恆的家。有些人不建造任何東西，他們是在浪費時間。(RSp, 57) Life is not a game; life is serious, it has eternal consequences. Each one works for himself, to build his house in eternity. Some do not build anything; they waste their time (RSp, 57).
這多麼美好啊！一天的清晨，發現我們所有人都聚集在耶穌腳下，從祂那裡獲得光照，獲得所需要的恩典，與祂一起開始新的一天，然後迅速地去福傳。(RSp, 59) How beautiful it is, in the morning, in time, to find all of us united at Jesus’ feet to receive from him the light, the grace necessary to begin the day with him and then go promptly to the apostolate! (RSp, 59).
我們走哪一條路呢？是選擇寬路還是窄路？狹窄的道路是活潑的信德、謹遵奉獻生活的規則、慷慨的福傳工作。這條路雖然狹窄，但它總是被天主的光所照亮。(RSp, 69) Which way do we walk: by the wide or by the narrow way? The narrow way is that of living faith, of religious observance, of generous apostolate: this is the narrow road, which is however always illuminated by the light of God (RSp, 69).
我們閱讀聖經的時候，不應帶著批判的態度，而是抱持單純的心態。就像兒子不會對父親的信件做語法分析；就像在餐桌上吃麵包時，不會進行化學分析——化學分析是在實驗室做的。(RSp, 71) When we read Scripture, we should not do it with a spirit of criticism, but with simplicity. Like the son who reads his father’s letter, without doing the grammatical analysis; how bread is eaten at table, without chemical analysis: this is done in laboratories (RSp, 71).
聖書就像一顆珍貴的珍珠，所有信徒都在尋找它，並小心翼翼地守護著它；信徒的思想常與聖經一致，且按照天主的旨意而生活。(RSp, 75) The Holy Books are like the precious pearl, which all the faithful seek and jealously guard; so that the faithful always conform their thoughts to Sacred Scripture and live according to the will of God (RSp, 75).
我們必須在理智、意志、心靈尊敬福音……在信德上以理智尊敬；在服從上以意志尊敬……第三，以心靈來尊敬聖經。(RSp, 75) The veneration that we owe to the Gospel must be of mind, of will, of heart... The veneration of the mind consists especially in faith; the veneration of the will consists especially in obedience... Thirdly, the veneration of the heart is owed to Holy Scripture (RSp, 75).
是的，福音必須放在我們最尊貴的地方；但重要的是：它必須放在我們心裡最被重視的位置；它必須滲透我們的理智和意志，因為它是我們整個生活的指標。(RSp, 76) The Gospel must be, yes, in the most distinctive place in our premises; but above all, it must be in the place of honour of our heart; it must penetrate our mind, our will, because it is the directive of our whole life (RSp, 76).
如果圖書館裡有一千本書，但缺少聖經，就什麼都沒有；沒有天主的人像是少了一切……可是當一個人以虔誠和熱情來閱讀聖經時，他將擁有天主，他將獲得永恆的幸福。(RSp, 79) If in a library, there were even a thousand volumes and the Bible was missing, everything would be missing; how everything is lacking in man who does not have God... But when a soul reads the Bible, with devotion, with relish, he will have God with him and will earn a happy eternity […]
如果我們沒有讀完整部聖經，當我們到天主的審判台前，將受到天主的責備，祂會說：「你沒有讀過我的話，你不認識我的旨意，你沒有看過我寫給人的信……。」(RSp, 84) If we do not at least read the whole Bible, when we present ourselves before God’s judgment, we will deserve a rebuke: «You did not read my word, you did not want to know my will, you did not read the letter I wrote to men...» (RSp, 84).
讓我們祈求以下這些恩寵： 1）能以應有的尊敬心態對待聖經； 2) 能按照教會和耶穌導師傳授的精神來閱讀和默想聖經； 3) 用我們的使徒工作來傳播聖經。(RSp, 86) Let us ask for these graces: 1) that we always keep the Bible in due honour; 2) that we can read and meditate on it, according to the spirit of the Church, our Teacher; 3) that we can spread it with our apostolate (RSp, 86).
閱讀聖經帶來許多好處，我們特別要記得有這三點：在信德、望德和愛德上增長。(RSp, 86) Many benefits come to us from reading Sacred Scripture; we particularly remember three: the increase of faith, hope and charity (RSp, 86).
在聖經中涉及所有個人的美德……在福音中提到了所有社會的美德……在聖經中包含了一切：聖經是出版使徒的道路、真理和生命。(RSp, 87) In the Bible, there is a reference to all the individual virtues... In the Gospel, there is a reference to all the social virtues... In the Bible, there is everything: the Bible is the way, truth and life for the apostle of the Edition (RSp, 87).
如果我們想理解天主上智對我們的眷顧，讓我們默想這一點：天主創造了我們；祂為拯救我們而把祂的聖子派遣到地上來；祂給了我們特殊的使命；祂讓我們活著；祂每天為我們派遣祂的聖神。(RSp, 93) If we want to understand Providence for ourselves, let us think about this: God created us; he has saved us by sending his he Divine Son to earth; he has given us a special vocation; he keeps us alive; he sends us his Spirit every day (RSp, 93).
聖若瑟是靜默和常收歛心神的人。他喜歡「行動」，而不是說話。比起與人交談，他更喜歡與天主交談。(RSp, 56) St Joseph is the man of silence and recollection. He loved “to do”, not to speak. More than talking to men, he loved talking to God (RSp, 56).
若瑟的獨特在於他常把自己交在天主的手中。作為天主上智律法最服從的執行者，他拋棄了不合天主旨意的事物，還有享樂及個人的喜好，目的是為了取悅天主，完成祂的聖意。(Pr 1, 132) Joseph is always distinguished by his abandonment into the hands of God. Most obedient executor of the divine laws, he took all adverse things from the hands of God, as well as those happy and favourable ones, with the same intent: to please God, to fulfil his most holy will (Pr 1, […]
人們以多種方式尋求和平，但和平只能在天主內、在耶穌基督和祂的福音中找到。只有當我們按照福音而生活，只有當各國按照福音的原則來治理時，他們就會找到和平。(Pr 2, 18) People are looking for peace in many ways, with many means, but this peace is only in God, in Jesus Christ, in his Gospel. Only when we live according to the Gospel and only if the nations stand according to the principles of the Gospel will they find peace (Pr 2, 18).
如果人工作是為了養家糊口，那是好事；但是如果為了賺取並分發給人永生的食糧、真理的食糧，使人認識三位一體的天主而工作，這是更偉大的事情。(RSp, 105) If someone works to earn his bread, it is a good thing; but it is a great thing to work to earn and distribute the bread of eternal life, the Bread of Truth, to give it to men, to make known this God, One and Three (RSp, 105).
瑪利亞在我們當中，因此她為了我們，與我們同在。瑪利亞對我們有獨特的愛，她希望用她心中熾熱的火來點亮我們的心。(Pr 1, 151) Mary among us, therefore, Mary with us, Mary for us. A particular flame of love from Mary towards us, a particular communication from Mary that wants to kindle our hearts with that particular flame that was burning in her heart (Pr 1, 151).
要認識耶穌，效法耶穌，傳揚耶穌，在耶穌內生活。我們在世上必須做的偉大工作是：除去我們身上的惡，以善取而代之：善就是耶穌，祂就是一切：祂是「道路、真理和生命」。(Pr 2, 52) Know Jesus, imitate Jesus, preach Jesus, live in Jesus. The great work we have to do on earth is this: to take away what is evil in us, to replace it with what is good: the good is Jesus who is everything: «Way, Truth and Life» (Pr 2,52).
啊，耶穌，請祢以慈愛在我內注入活潑的信德——那些祢許諾恩賜的活潑信德。我相信祢的無限忠信；我相信無論誰向祢祈求，祢必會賜予。(RSp, 116) Infuse me, O Jesus, with a living faith in your paternal goodness; a living faith in the promises you have made to us. I believe that you are infinitely faithful; I believe that whoever asks will be given (RSp, 116).
驕傲的人相信他們自己有足夠的能力、足夠的智慧與技能，他們不要任何人的建議，也不要天主的恩典。(RSp, 116) The proud believes himself to have enough capacity, enough intelligence, skill, to need neither the advice of men nor the grace of God (RSp, 116).
沒有祈禱生活的人會接二連三地失敗。但祈禱的人，會恩寵上加恩寵。(RSp, 117) In the life of those who do not pray, there are failures that succeed one after another: internal and external. But whoever prays receives grace upon grace (RSp, 117).
傳遞和平福音者的腳步是有福的。 編寫福音、印刷福音和傳播福音的手是有福的。為天主竭盡全力的人是有福的。(Pr 1, 8-9) Blessed are the feet that brought peace and the Gospel. Blessed are the hands that composed the Gospel, who printed it and carried it. Blessed are those who knew how to consume all their strength for God (Pr 1, 8-9).
一盞非常純淨的油燈，慢慢地為在聖體中的耶穌消耗燃油。完美的獻身生活，是忠信到底的奉獻。全心為主耗盡一切，為了耶穌基督，全然付出自己的所有。(Pr 1, 9) Here is a lamp that has very pure oil, and slowly, slowly, that oil is consumed for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Here is the perfect religious; here is the religious faithful to the end. And how everything was consumed for the Lord by that heart, how everything was consumed by that […]
