"Chúa đã làm cho tôi như thế đó, khi Người thương cất nỗi hổ nhục tôi phải chịu trước mặt người đời." (Lc 1,25)
Ba ngày liền, Phụng vụ gửi đi sứ điệp truyền tin được chuyển tải từ sứ thần Gabrien, đến với ba nhân vật ở những hoàn cảnh khác nhau.
Giacaria, đại diện cho Cựu Ước, đang trong hoàn cảnh tủi hổ sầu buồn vì không con.
Maria, đại diện cho toàn nhân loại, trông chờ ơn Cứu độ.
Giuse, bối rối trước thai lạ của Maria.
Nhận được sứ điệp là nhận được niềm vui đi kèm với trách nhiệm.
Giacaria mang lấy trách nhiệm giáo dục Gioan thành vị tiền hô của Chúa.
Maria mang lấy trách nhiệm Mẹ Đấng Cứu Thế và Mẹ Nhân loại.
Giuse mang lấy trách nhiệm cha nuôi Chúa Giêsu, thay mặt Chúa Cha chăm sóc Chúa Con và Mẹ Maria.
Truyền thông cũng là truyền tin, chuyển tải sứ điệp đúng ý Chúa, để mang lại niềm vui và gợi lên những sứ mạng.
Thứ Tư, 19 tháng 12, 2012
Chủ Nhật, 9 tháng 12, 2012
Chờ
"Có tiếng người hô trong hoang địa : hãy dọn sẵn con đường cho Đức Chúa, sửa lối cho thẳng để Người đi." (Lc 3,4)
Chờ cây ra trái có nghĩa là phải tưới cây, bón phân cho cây.
Chờ thi đậu có nghĩa là phải sớm tối học hành.
Chờ Chúa đến có nghĩa là phải dọn đường cho Chúa.
Chờ được biến đổi trong Chúa có nghĩa là đang biến đổi trong cầu nguyện, trong suy niệm và sống Lời Chúa.
Waiting with Patience
How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find there the signs of the One we are waiting for.
The word patience comes from the Latin verb patior which means "to suffer." Waiting patiently is suffering through the present moment, tasting it to the full, and letting the seeds that are sown in the ground on which we stand grow into strong plants. Waiting patiently always means paying attention to what is happening right before our eyes and seeing there the first rays of God's glorious coming. (Nouwen W)
Chờ cây ra trái có nghĩa là phải tưới cây, bón phân cho cây.
Chờ thi đậu có nghĩa là phải sớm tối học hành.
Chờ Chúa đến có nghĩa là phải dọn đường cho Chúa.
Chờ được biến đổi trong Chúa có nghĩa là đang biến đổi trong cầu nguyện, trong suy niệm và sống Lời Chúa.
Waiting with Patience
How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find there the signs of the One we are waiting for.
The word patience comes from the Latin verb patior which means "to suffer." Waiting patiently is suffering through the present moment, tasting it to the full, and letting the seeds that are sown in the ground on which we stand grow into strong plants. Waiting patiently always means paying attention to what is happening right before our eyes and seeing there the first rays of God's glorious coming. (Nouwen W)
Thứ Sáu, 7 tháng 12, 2012
Ánh sáng
Có hai người mù chạy theo Chúa và kêu lớn tiếng rằng: "Hỡi Con vua Ðavít, xin thương chúng tôi!" (Mt 9,27)
We Are the Glory of God
Living a spiritual life is living a life in which our spirits and the Spirit of God bear a joint witness that we belong to God as God's beloved children, (see Romans 8:16). This witness involves every aspect of our lives. Paul says: "Whatever you eat, then, or drink, and whatever else you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31).
And we are the glory of God when we give full visibility to the freedom of the children of God.
When we live in communion with God's Spirit, we can only be witnesses, because wherever we go and whomever we meet, God's Spirit will manifest itself through us. (Noouwen W)
Wounds Becoming Signs of Glory
The resurrection of Jesus is the basis of our faith in the resurrection of our bodies. Often we hear the suggestion that our bodies are the prisons of our souls and that the spiritual life is the way out of these prisons. But by our faith in the resurrection of the body we proclaim that the spiritual life and the life in the body cannot be separated. Our bodies, as Paul says, are temples of the Holy Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 6:19) and, therefore, sacred. The resurrection of the body means that what we have lived in the body will not go to waste but will be lifted in our eternal life with God. As Christ bears the marks of his suffering in his risen body, our bodies in the resurrection will bear the marks of our suffering. Our wounds will become signs of glory in the resurrection.
We Are the Glory of God
Living a spiritual life is living a life in which our spirits and the Spirit of God bear a joint witness that we belong to God as God's beloved children, (see Romans 8:16). This witness involves every aspect of our lives. Paul says: "Whatever you eat, then, or drink, and whatever else you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31).
And we are the glory of God when we give full visibility to the freedom of the children of God.
When we live in communion with God's Spirit, we can only be witnesses, because wherever we go and whomever we meet, God's Spirit will manifest itself through us. (Noouwen W)
Wounds Becoming Signs of Glory
The resurrection of Jesus is the basis of our faith in the resurrection of our bodies. Often we hear the suggestion that our bodies are the prisons of our souls and that the spiritual life is the way out of these prisons. But by our faith in the resurrection of the body we proclaim that the spiritual life and the life in the body cannot be separated. Our bodies, as Paul says, are temples of the Holy Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 6:19) and, therefore, sacred. The resurrection of the body means that what we have lived in the body will not go to waste but will be lifted in our eternal life with God. As Christ bears the marks of his suffering in his risen body, our bodies in the resurrection will bear the marks of our suffering. Our wounds will become signs of glory in the resurrection.
Thứ Năm, 6 tháng 12, 2012
Nói và làm
Còn ai nghe những lời Thầy nói đây, mà chẳng đem ra thực hành, thì ví được như người ngu dại xây nhà trên cát. Gặp mưa sa, nước cuốn hay bão táp ập vào, nhà ấy sẽ sụp đổ, sụp đổ tan tành". (Mt 7,26-27)
Siêu bão Sandy cuối tháng 10/2012:
Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.6 billion (2012 USD), which would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane, behind only Hurricane Katrina. At least 253 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.
Right Living and Right Speaking
To be a witness for God is to be a living sign of God's presence in the world. What we live is more important than what we say, because the right way of living always leads to the right way of speaking. When we forgive our neighbours from our hearts, our hearts will speak forgiving words. When we are grateful, we will speak grateful words, and when we are hopeful and joyful, we will speak hopeful and joyful words.
When our words come too soon and we are not yet living what we are saying, we easily give double messages. Giving double messages - one with our words and another with our actions - makes us hypocrites. May our lives give us the right words and may our words lead us to the right life. (Nouwen W)
Siêu bão Sandy cuối tháng 10/2012:
Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.6 billion (2012 USD), which would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane, behind only Hurricane Katrina. At least 253 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.
Right Living and Right Speaking
To be a witness for God is to be a living sign of God's presence in the world. What we live is more important than what we say, because the right way of living always leads to the right way of speaking. When we forgive our neighbours from our hearts, our hearts will speak forgiving words. When we are grateful, we will speak grateful words, and when we are hopeful and joyful, we will speak hopeful and joyful words.
When our words come too soon and we are not yet living what we are saying, we easily give double messages. Giving double messages - one with our words and another with our actions - makes us hypocrites. May our lives give us the right words and may our words lead us to the right life. (Nouwen W)
Thứ Tư, 5 tháng 12, 2012
Anh em
"Thầy không muốn giải tán họ, để họ nhịn đói mà về, sợ rằng họ bị xỉu dọc đường." (Mt 15,32)
Ai là người anh em của đám dân đang đói? Là Giêsu, đã hoá bánh ra nhiều cho họ ăn. Là người đã sẵng sàng hy sinh năm chiếc bánh và hai con cá, đóng góp vào phép lạ...
Còn tôi, tôi có phải là anh em của họ?
Who Is My Neighbour?
"Love your neighbour as yourself" the Gospel says (Matthew 22:38). But who is my neighbor? We often respond to that question by saying: "My neighbours are all the people I am living with on this earth, especially the sick, the hungry, the dying, and all who are in need." But this is not what Jesus says.
When Jesus tells the story of the good Samaritan (see Luke 10:29-37) to answer the question "Who is my neighbour?" he ends the by asking: "Which, ... do you think, proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?" The neighbour, Jesus makes clear, is not the poor man laying on the side of the street, stripped, beaten, and half dead, but the Samaritan who crossed the road, "bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them, ... lifted him onto his own mount and took him to an inn and looked after him." My neighbour is the one who crosses the road for me! (Nouwen W)
Ai là người anh em của đám dân đang đói? Là Giêsu, đã hoá bánh ra nhiều cho họ ăn. Là người đã sẵng sàng hy sinh năm chiếc bánh và hai con cá, đóng góp vào phép lạ...
Còn tôi, tôi có phải là anh em của họ?
Who Is My Neighbour?
"Love your neighbour as yourself" the Gospel says (Matthew 22:38). But who is my neighbor? We often respond to that question by saying: "My neighbours are all the people I am living with on this earth, especially the sick, the hungry, the dying, and all who are in need." But this is not what Jesus says.
When Jesus tells the story of the good Samaritan (see Luke 10:29-37) to answer the question "Who is my neighbour?" he ends the by asking: "Which, ... do you think, proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?" The neighbour, Jesus makes clear, is not the poor man laying on the side of the street, stripped, beaten, and half dead, but the Samaritan who crossed the road, "bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them, ... lifted him onto his own mount and took him to an inn and looked after him." My neighbour is the one who crosses the road for me! (Nouwen W)
Thứ Ba, 4 tháng 12, 2012
Kỷ nguyên hoà bình
Bấy giờ sói sẽ ở với chiên con,
beo nằm bên dê nhỏ.
Bò tơ và sư tử non được nuôi chung với nhau, một cậu bé sẽ chăn dắt chúng.
Bò cái kết thân cùng gấu cái, con của chúng nằm chung một chỗ,
sư tử cũng ăn rơm như bò.
Bé thơ còn đang bú giỡn chơi bên hang rắn lục, trẻ thơ vừa cai sữa thọc tay vào ổ rắn hổ mang.
(Is 11,6-8)
Mùa Vọng đi liền với niềm khao khát một kỷ nguyên hoà bình, an bình, hạnh phúc. Đức Kitô mang đến ơn bình an sâu sắc, bất chấp bất ổn bên ngoài: "Thầy để lại bình an cho anh em, Thầy ban cho anh em bình an của Thầy. Thầy ban cho anh em không như thế gian ban tặng. Lòng anh em đừng xao xuyến cũng đừng sợ hãi." (Ga 14,27)
Jesus Is a Peacemaker
Jesus, the Blessed Child of the Father, is a peacemaker. His peace doesn't mean only absence of war. It is not simply harmony or equilibrium. His peace is the fullness of well-being, gratuitously given by God. Jesus says, "Peace I leave to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you" (John 14:27).
Peace is Shalom --- well-being of mind, heart, and body, individually and communally. It can exist in the midst of a war-torn world, even in the midst of unresolved problems and increasing human conflicts. Jesus made that peace by giving his life for his brothers and sisters. This is no easy peace, but it is everlasting and it comes from God. Are we willing to give our lives in the service of peace? (Nouwen W)
beo nằm bên dê nhỏ.
Bò tơ và sư tử non được nuôi chung với nhau, một cậu bé sẽ chăn dắt chúng.
Bò cái kết thân cùng gấu cái, con của chúng nằm chung một chỗ,
sư tử cũng ăn rơm như bò.
Bé thơ còn đang bú giỡn chơi bên hang rắn lục, trẻ thơ vừa cai sữa thọc tay vào ổ rắn hổ mang.
(Is 11,6-8)
Mùa Vọng đi liền với niềm khao khát một kỷ nguyên hoà bình, an bình, hạnh phúc. Đức Kitô mang đến ơn bình an sâu sắc, bất chấp bất ổn bên ngoài: "Thầy để lại bình an cho anh em, Thầy ban cho anh em bình an của Thầy. Thầy ban cho anh em không như thế gian ban tặng. Lòng anh em đừng xao xuyến cũng đừng sợ hãi." (Ga 14,27)
Jesus Is a Peacemaker
Jesus, the Blessed Child of the Father, is a peacemaker. His peace doesn't mean only absence of war. It is not simply harmony or equilibrium. His peace is the fullness of well-being, gratuitously given by God. Jesus says, "Peace I leave to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you" (John 14:27).
Peace is Shalom --- well-being of mind, heart, and body, individually and communally. It can exist in the midst of a war-torn world, even in the midst of unresolved problems and increasing human conflicts. Jesus made that peace by giving his life for his brothers and sisters. This is no easy peace, but it is everlasting and it comes from God. Are we willing to give our lives in the service of peace? (Nouwen W)
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