天主創造我們，因此我們有了生命，來到這個世界。看啊，我們來到這個由天主創造的世界，天主決定了我們的終向。結局就是：天父本著祂的良善，希望有許多的孩子圍繞在祂四周、在祂的餐桌旁，祂在上面等著我們。(APD56, 313) The Lord created us and therefore we live. We came into the world. Behold, coming into the world, created by God, the Lord has destined us for an […]
內修工夫的程度不一，有人非常熱忱，有人很冷淡。因此可以說：某些人真正忠於自己的職責，某些人則不忠於自己的職責。(APD56, 299) Interior work. There are people who live in fervour and there are people who do not live in fervour. And herein lies the whole reason why one can […]
啊，奉獻生活是愛德的生活！愛德在於：耐心、仁慈、寬恕、信任、憐憫、工作、生產、不過於嚴苛、撫慰痛苦，以及勤奮。(APD56, 154) Oh, religious life, life of charity! Patient charity, benign charity, charity that excuses, charity that believes, charity that sympathizes, charity that works, charity that produces, charity that takes […]
天父，祢多次藉著聖經、先知及祢的兒子對我們說話，今天祢透過教會——永不會錯誤的導師——教導我們。我懇求祢常光照我；永生就是認識祢，和祢的聖子，我們唯一的導師。(PR 68) Many times, O Heavenly Father, you have spoken to us in the Scriptures, in the Prophets, in your Son; today you teach us through the Church, the infallible […]
上主，全能的天主，祢帶領我們來到今年的開始，求祢以祢的恩寵保護我們免受邪惡的侵害；使我們這一年不犯任何罪過；在一切事上我們願承行祢的旨意，聖化思想、意志及行為。(PR 266) O Lord, Almighty God, who brought us to the beginning of this year, preserve us during this time from evil with your grace; so that in this year […]
上主向貞潔的靈魂揭示了許多事情，就如主耶穌特別吸引了這個靈魂，賜予神慰並建立真實的友誼。過程在於神與人之間的交換：「我全是祢的，而祢是我的。」(APD56, 85) The Lord reveals many things to the soul; how the Lord Jesus exercises a particular attraction over this soul and communicates consolations and establishes a true friendship, which […]
人需要有目標，承諾力求完美，並完成自己的使徒工作。如此就應驗了《聖詠》133篇的這句話：「看，兄弟們同居共處，多麼快樂，多麼幸福！」(APD56, 223) Have the purpose, the commitment in mind: attend to perfection and carry out one’s apostolate. Then the words come true: “What a beautiful and joyful thing to live […]
會母非常單純，她是我所知聖保祿孝女會中最認識耶穌的。她的信德像耶穌那樣虔誠！她的祈禱生活如耶穌滋養我們一樣。我們也應學習妥善分辨，對主說：「這個好；那個不好。」(Convegno catechistico paolino, 1960, 36) Prima Maestra, even in her simplicity, is the most profound that I know among the daughters of St Paul in knowing Jesus. As how Jesus […]
「真誠」是認識自己原本的樣貌，不過分譴責，因為天生的缺陷和非故意的不完美總會發生；但我們也不要替個人的疏失找藉口。讓我們對自己誠實，認識我們在天主面前的樣子。(APD56, 44) Sincerity is recognizing ourselves as we are, without condemning more than what is condemnable because involuntary defects and imperfections always happen; but also without excusing what is truly […]
我們在「聖體日」受到這些的滋養：首先是透過聖體，其次是感恩祭，第三則來自朝拜聖體。也就是說——為了愛耶穌而到耶穌面前；在耶穌的幫助下來耶穌面前；親近耶穌並與祂同在，且在祂內祈禱。(APD56, 490) The Eucharistic day is nourished, in the first place, by Communion; secondly, by the Mass; thirdly, by the hours of adoration. That is, to come to Jesus, for […]
朝拜聖體讓我們感受到與天主結合，它再次讓我們與天主有更親密的交流，因為如果電線被切斷，電流就無法通到電器那邊，電燈泡也不會亮了。(APD56, 62) The Visit makes us feel united with God, it puts us in more intimate communication with God again, because if the electric wire is cut, the electric current […]
祈求進步，祈求克服偏情，祈求德行：首先是信望愛三超德；其次是智勇節義四樞德；第三則是奉獻生活的美德，亦即那些透過三願誓詞而提升的美德。也務求倫理的美德，譬如忍耐、服從、温良。(APD56, 64) Ask for progress, ask for victory over passions, ask for virtues: theological, in the first place; secondly, cardinal; and, thirdly, the religious virtues, those which are then elevated […]
