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教宗告訴年長者:上主打發天使來安慰處於孤獨的我們

July 24, 2021
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教宗告訴年長者:上主打發天使來安慰處於孤獨的我們

By Vatican News

Jul 24 2021

今年7月25日將是教宗方濟各欽定的首屆「世界祖父母和年長者日」,聖座新聞室6月22日公布並介紹了教宗的視頻訊息。今年這個節日的徽標取了喬托的壁畫《若亞敬的夢境》,畫中的天使前來探望被擋在城門外的若亞敬,好似對他說「上主垂聽了你恆心的祈禱」。

教宗對祖父母和年長者們說:「天使有時藉著我們的孫子孫女、其他親人、老友,或那些在困難時刻我們認識的人的面容出現。整個教會在你身旁,在我們身旁:她掛慮你、愛你、不願讓你陷於孤獨!」教宗也邀請他們在葡萄園的敘述中看到上主的忠信(參:瑪廿1-16)。

教宗說:「上主給我們派遣信使,在一天的每個時辰召叫工人到祂的葡萄園。祂也這樣對待了我,在我覺得到了退休年齡,已經想像無法再做許多新的事情時,受到召叫成為羅馬的主教。但上主是永生的主,從未有退休的時候。因此,祖父母和年長者的聖召在於守護根基、向青年傳遞信仰和照顧幼小。」

教宗强調:「宣講福音的使命、向子孫傳遞傳統的任務不存在退休的年齡。有些年長者可能感到精力不足、認為當習慣成了規則後,則很難以不同的方式行事,還有些人覺得已經為自己的家庭勞神操心,哪還能為更貧窮的人奉獻己力呢,或是感到孤獨如同過於沉重的巨石。」教宗則邀請他們:「向聖神的作為敞開心門,祂隨意吹拂,心想事成。」

教宗直接對祖父母和年長者們說:「需要你本著兄弟關係和社會友情,去建設明天的世界。在這新的建設中,你比其他人更能幫助立起三個支柱,即夢境、記憶和祈禱。岳厄爾先知承諾『你們的老人要看夢境,你們的青年要見神視』(三1)。」教宗問道:「若不是青年,誰能承受老人的夢境,並將其向前推進呢?」

因此,也需要年長者來見證,在經歷考驗後能以新的面貌出現。教宗由此談到第二個支柱「記憶」,指出:「青年能從戰爭的痛苦學到和平的價值,被迫移民者的經歷有助於建設一個更有人性、更能款待的世界。但沒有記憶就無法建設;沒有屋基就建不成房舍。生命的根基乃是記憶。」

建設的第三個支柱是「祈禱」,教宗提到他的前任本篤十六世,稱他是「為教會繼續不斷祈禱和效勞的年長聖者」。「這位教宗於2012年幾乎在他結束牧職時曾説:『年長者的祈禱能保護世界,可能比許多人的勞形奔波更能幫助世界。』」

教宗方濟各提到真福富高(Blessed Charles de Foucauld)的榜樣,他在阿爾及利亞度隱修的生活,雖然身處沙漠的孤獨,卻讓人看到,「為全世界的窮人代禱,真的成為普世的兄弟和姐妹是可能的」。教宗最後祈願:「我們每個人都能學會向衆人,尤其向較年輕的人重複我們聽到的那句受到安慰的話:『我同你們天天在一起』。」- Vatican News

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