108.6月9日與主合一－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

When the Lord told his disciples to go and teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, he conferred on them the power of giving men new life in God.

當我主吩咐自己的門徒去教導萬民：「因父，及子，及聖神之名給他們受洗」（瑪：28:19），祂就賜予他們能力，賦予人們在天主內的新生命。

When the Son of God became the Son of Man, the Spirit also descended upon Him. Thus, the Holy Spirit became accustomed to dwelling with the human race, to living in men and to inhabiting God’s creation. The Spirit gave them new life in Christ.

當天主聖子降生成為人子時，聖神也降臨在祂身上。因此，聖神慣常與人類同住，居住在人內，且居住在天主的創造中。聖神賜予他們在主基督內的新生命。

The Holy Spirit was to prepare us as an offering to God. Like dry flour, which cannot become one lump of dough, one loaf of bread, without moisture, we who are many could not become one in Christ Jesus without the water that comes down from heaven. And like parched ground, which yields no harvest unless it receives moisture, we, who were once like a waterless tree, could never have lived and borne fruit without this abundant rainfall from above. Through the baptism that liberates us from change and decay we have become one in body; through the Spirit we have become one in soul.

聖神要準備我們，作為奉獻給天主的祭品。就像乾麵粉，沒有水分，未受濕潤，就不能變成一塊麵團，一條麵包；我們許多人不能在沒有從天堂降下的水，藉此在主基督耶穌內合而為一。就像乾涸的土地，除非獲得水分，否則不會收成，我們曾經像一棵沒有水來澆灌的樹木，如果沒有來自天上的豐沛降雨，就永遠無法生存及結出果實。藉由洗禮，將我們從變化和腐朽中解放出來，我們在肉體上合而為一；藉由聖神，我們在靈魂上合而為一。

If we are not to be scorched and made unfruitful, we need the dew of God. Since we have our accuser, we need a defender as well. And so, the Lord in his pity for man, who had fallen into the hands of brigands, bound up his wounds. He then left for his care two coins, each bearing the royal image, entrusting him to the Holy Spirit. Likewise, through the Spirit, the image and inscription of the Father and the Son have been given to us, and it is our duty to use the coins committed to our charge and make them yield a rich profit for the Lord.

From the treatise “Against the Heresies” by St Irenaeus

如果我們不想被燒毀且毫無成果，我們需要來自天主的甘露。既然我們有控訴者，我們也需要有一位辯護者。因此，我主憐憫落入強盜手中的人，包紮了他的傷口。然後，為他留下了兩個銀錢，為照顧他，每個銀錢都帶有王室的印記，將他託付給聖神。同樣，藉由聖神，聖父及聖子的印記及署名，已經賜予我們了，我們有責任使用託付給我們運用的銀錢，使它們為我主帶來豐厚的利潤。

摘自聖依勒內的著作《駁異端》