吁耶穌，神聖的導師，我感謝並讚美祢至仁慈的聖心，因為祢賜給我們至聖瑪利亞作為母親、導師和皇后。願全人類都能認識她、愛慕她，而祈求她，使眾人都讓自己由她帶領到祢——人類的救主面前。(PR 137-138) O Jesus, Divine Master, I thank and bless your most compassionate heart for having given us Mary Most Holy as Mother, Teacher and Queen... May all of humanity […]
善人在世享平安。善意與平安這份和平的禮物，包括與自己和好，與他人和好，與天主和好，以及聖德。(APD56, 33) Peace to men of good will. Goodwill and peace, the gift of peace, which gift includes peace with ourselves, peace with our neighbour, peace with God, holiness (APD56, […]
祈禱是絕對有效的，因為它與屬靈的恩寵、成聖和天堂有關。因此，主說：「你們因我的名無論向父求什麼，我必要踐行。」（若十四13）。不依靠祈禱的人將走向滅亡。(La passione predominante, 46) Prayer is of infallible efficacy when dealing with spiritual graces, with sanctification, with Paradise. Now it is precisely here that “if you ask the Father in […]
祈禱必須出於渴慕天主。要與祂更加親近，使自己更完善，盡力奮鬥，每天聖化自己一些。換句話說，也就是要愛天主和愛近人。如果好好履行這兩條誡命，就能成聖。(APD56, 304) Prayer must be born from this: feeling the need for God to unite us more to him, to perfect ourselves, to fight well, to conquer holiness a little […]
祈禱，提升我們的生活，呼應我們的使命，意思是指獲得改進。一心渴慕成全，這是奉獻生活的總綱和主要任務。(APD56, 202) The main part is prayer. Prayer, so that our life improves, so that it corresponds well to the vocation, that is, to progress. To remain in perfection, since […]
東方賢士離開耶路撒冷，找到了那顆星，那顆星引導他們到了馬槽，到那嬰孩所在的山洞。如果我們持守聖召，也將日復一日地不斷獲得恩寵。(APD56, 644) And the Magi, having left Jerusalem again, found the star, which guided them to the house, to the cave where the Child was. If we are persevering in […]
主啊，我軟弱無能，只是個罪人；但祢是仁慈的，是永恆的智慧，我依靠祢，我希望從祢獲得一切。我們誦念〈成功的秘訣〉很有用處。(APD56, 23) It is very useful to recite the “Secret of Success”: Lord, I am nothing, I am very much a sinner, but you are mercy itself, eternal wisdom, knowledge, […]
要不斷祈禱。正如必須吃飯才能生存一樣，我們也必須時時祈禱，好讓我們的精神生活不會死亡，反倒強壯有力。(APD56, 60) Our prayer must be persevering. Just as we must always eat to live, so we must always pray so that our spiritual life would not die and, instead, […]
天主應允我們的祈禱，按照我們的信德尺度。我們對祈禱的信心決定了天主賜予恩寵的多寡：「願照你所信的，成就在你身上」。有信德的，禱聲將蒙垂聽。(APD56, 59) Faith. The Lord hears us according to the measure of faith. The faith we bring to our prayers is the one that determines the quantity of God’s graces: […]
意志優先，其次是祈禱……有良好的意願，又用心行動並努力祈禱，如果具備這兩個條件，那麼我們就會進步，步伐就會邁進。(APD 56, 46) First, the will; second, prayer... If these two conditions are met, goodwill on the one hand and a well-made and abundant prayer on the other, then one […]
什麼是祈禱呢？祈禱是將心靈提升到天主的面前；祈禱是為我們所需要的事物向天主懇求。(APD56, 47) What, then, is prayer? Prayer is the elevation of the mind to God; prayer is a request to God for the things that are necessary for us (APD56, […]
一個人如果有好的意向，並熱誠地懇求，就會有所進步。度過的時光不會白白流逝……你會發現自己在德行、耐心、與主的共融，以及各種德行都更加進步。(APD56, 65) If on one side there is good will and, on the other, there is the demand, the prayer, the supplication, one will go ahead, the years will not […]
