BishopBarron|这一切来自天主

2017-11-20 08:11     阅读量:3543
|Bishop Barron
翻译|Carrie
2017-11-19
朋友们,今天的福音说的是令人深思的塔冷通比喻。一个要远行的人,在临走前把财产托付给三个仆人。一个给了五个塔冷通,第二个给了两个,第三个给了一个。 
 
第一个仆人用他的塔冷通来营业,第二个仆人亦然,两人的投资都得到丰厚的回报。第三个仆人谨慎地把他的塔冷通埋入地下。主人回来后盛赞前两个仆人并委任他们更多大事,却责骂第三个仆人。
 
耶稣酷爱使用商界例子,特别是用这种投资活动作为精神生活的模型。原因很清楚,我也曾多次提及。天主以礼物的形式存在。因此,你若想内存天主的生命,就得学会把祂赠送出去。且把塔冷通看作是天主给予我们的一切——生命、呼吸、存在和力量。因为这一切来自天主,所以它们本来就是要成为礼物。你若像第三个仆人那样紧紧抓住它们不放,它们就不会增长;确切地说,它们会逐渐消亡。
 
Friends, today's Gospel gives us the challenging parable of the talents. A man goes on a journey, but before leaving he entrusts his money to three of his servants. To one he gives five talents, to a second, two, and to a third, one.
 
The first man trades with the five talents. The second does the same, and both receive a rich return on their investment. The third man cautiously buries his talent. When the owner returns, he praises the first two servants and gives them greater responsibilities, but the third man he upbraids.
 
Jesus loved to use examples drawn from the world of business. And he especially liked this dynamic of investment as a model of the spiritual life. The reason is clear, and I've said it to you often. God exists in gift form. Therefore, if you want his life in you, you have to learn to give it away. Think of the talents as everything that we've received from God—life, breath, being, powers. Because they come from God, they are meant to become gifts. If you cling to them, in the manner of the third servant, they don't grow; in fact, they wither away.

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