113.6月14日揀選－在聖神內合一－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

We are united through sharing in the Holy Spirit. If we stop living as mere animals, if we surrender ourselves wholly to the laws of the Spirit, by effectively denying our own life and taking upon ourselves the transcendent likeness of the Holy Spirit who is joined to us, we become transformed into another nature, divinized. We are no longer mere men, but sons of God and citizens of Heaven, through becoming partakers of the divine nature.

我們藉由分享聖神而團結一心。如果我們不再只是像動物一樣地生活，如果我們完全委順於聖神的律法，藉由有效地棄絕我們自己的生命，並承擔與我們合一的聖神之超性形象，而轉換為另外一項本性－天主性。我們不再只是人，而是天主的子女和天國的公民，為此成為天主性的分享者。

We are all, therefore, one in the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit; we are one because we have the same relationship, we are one because we live the same life of holiness, and we are one in receiving the holy flesh of Christ and in sharing the one Holy Spirit. (St Cyril of Alexandria)

因此，我們都在聖父、聖子和聖神內合而為一；我們合為一體，因為我們有同樣的關係，我們是一體的，因為我們過著同樣聖善的生活，我們在接受主基督的聖體，以及分享唯一的聖神，在這一方面是合一的。（亞歷山大的聖啟祿）

The first operation of the Holy Spirit in the Church is the election of its members. This right of “election” is so especially His prerogative, that, as we learn from the Scriptures, it was “by the Holy Spirit” (Acts 1:2) that Jesus chose the apostles, who were to be the pillars of His Church. We have seen how this Holy Spirit began His mission on the day of Pentecost, by the election of three thousand Jews. A few days after, five thousand were added to the number, being converted by the preaching of Peter and John. (Acts 3:4, 4:4).

聖神在教會內的第一個行動，就是選出其成員。這種「揀選」的權利是祂的特權，正如我們從聖經中瞭解到的，主耶穌是「依靠聖神」（宗1：2）來揀選宗徒的，他們將成為，祂教會的支柱。我們已經看到這位聖神如何在五旬節當天，藉由揀選三千位猶太人，開始了祂的使命。幾天後，人數增加了五千人，是藉由伯多祿和若望的講道而皈依的。（宗3：4，4：4）。

The original name of the Church, Ecclesia, in Greek and Latin (Iglesia in Spanish) means “those who have been called.”

教會的原名為：「Ecclesia」，在希臘文和拉丁文中（西班牙文為Iglesia）的意思是：「那些被召叫的人」。

The gentiles, also, were called to the Church; and the Holy Spirit, having led Peter to Cornelius the centurion, descended upon this Roman and his household, thus declaring them to be elected as candidates for holy baptism. To think that the Holy Spirit has “elected” me to be holy!

外邦人也被召叫進入教會；聖神帶領伯多祿到百夫長哥尼流那裡，降臨到這個羅馬人和他的家人身上，從而宣布，他們被選為聖洗的候選者。藉此認為聖神已經「揀選」我，成為聖善的！