116.6月17日聖母聖心－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

Let us then with confidence come closer to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The Church gives us a particularly lovable feast to celebrate today, that of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to encourage us to trust in our Blessed Lady at all times. She is a fount of grace and mercy, a Mother who is able to give her children the grace they need for their journey at every stage of their lives.

讓我們滿懷信心地親近恩典的寶座，這樣我們就可以得到憐憫，並且在需要之時獲得恩典的助佑。教會今天為我們舉行一個特別可愛的慶節，即瑪利亞無玷聖心的慶節，以鼓勵我們每時每刻，都信靠我們的聖母媽媽。她是恩典和憐憫的源泉，一位能夠賦予她的孩子們，在人生每個階段的旅程中，所需要恩典的母親。

During his life on earth, our Lord taught us that the good man out of his good treasure brings forth good. Our Lady’s heart is filled to overflowing with love for God; it is the home of the Holy Spirit, and is moved by the very sentiments that move Christ’s own Heart. From her heart, then, comes a flood of mercy and forgiveness. We read, “I am the Mother of Fair Love, of fear, of wisdom and of holy hope. In me is all grace for the way and the truth, in me is all hope of life and virtue. Come to me, all you who desire me, and fill yourselves with my fruits. For my spirit is sweeter than honey, my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb.”

在塵世中，我主教導我們，好人從他良善的財寶中產生善。聖母的心充滿了對天主的愛；它是聖神的居所，而且它非常敏銳易受感動，並被主基督自己的心所感動。因此，從她的心中，湧出一股憐憫和寬恕的洪流。我們在聖經中讀到：「我是純愛、敬畏、智德和聖望的母親。我具有真道和真理的一切優美；我具有生命和道德的一切希望。凡渴望我的，請到我這裏來，飽食我的果實：因為，我的紀念，比蜜還甜；我的遺產，勝過蜂蜜和蜂房。」(德24:24-26)

From Mary’s heart, says St Bernardine of Siena, “as from a furnace, does the Virgin bring forth good words, aflame with divine love, and thoughts of glowing hot charity. From a jar full of good wine, only good wine can be poured; from a furnace, only a raging fire can issue; so too, from Christ’s Mother, nothing can come but sentiments of radiant love for God.”

謝納的聖伯納定說道，從瑪利亞的心中：「如同從熔爐中，聖母帶來美好的話語，燃燒著神聖的愛，以及熾熱的慈悲思想。從裝滿好酒的罐子裡，只能倒出好酒；從爐子裡，只能發出熊熊火焰；同樣地，從主基督的母親那裡，除了對天主的光輝之愛以外，別無他物。」

Our Mother’s Immaculate Heart shows us the true feelings we should have in our own. She encourages us to open our soul fully to God’s grace, so that her Son, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, can come and make their home in it.

我們母親的無玷聖心向我們揭示了，我們應該擁有自己的真實感受。她鼓勵我們向天主的恩典完全敞開心靈，這樣她的聖子，與聖父和聖神會一起來到，安居於此。