2017-11-3

朋友们，在今天的福音中，法利塞人和其他宗教首领在耶稣治疗病人时默然鄙视。祂质问他们道，“安息日许不许治病？”

 

有些宗教领袖很喜欢使人们肩负重担、以诸多法律压制他人、作出骇人的要求、为自己的清高而沾沾自喜。耶稣的教导核心是甘愿为别人承担重担，帮助他们减轻负担。这也适用于道德生活。如果我们对他人施以天主法规的重担，那我们同时也必须甘愿帮助他们承担重负。

 

你是什么时候被基督治愈的？是怎样治愈的？通过教会接受祂的治疗之手是怎样的体验？当你被排斥、受轻视、深感一文不值时，基督是如何通过祂的教会来修复你的健康和团体生活的？记住那一刻并与大家分享。

 

Friends, in today's Gospel Pharisees and other religious leaders look on with silent disdain as Jesus heals a man. He challenged them by asking, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?"

 

Some religious leaders get their kicks from burdening people, laying the law on them heavily, making demands that are terrible, exulting in their own moral superiority. At the core of Jesus' program is a willingness to bear other people's burdens, to help them carry their loads. And this applies to the moral life as well. If we lay the burden of God's law on people, we must be willing, at the same time, to help them bear it.

 

When were you cured by Christ and how? What was it like to receive, through the Church, his healing touch? When did you feel ostracized, despised, unworthy—and how did Christ, through his Church, restore you to health and communion? Remember that moment and share it.