4. 開放的心胸－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄

To live a full Christian life, Christ sought me out and called me by my name, just as he did with the Apostles. When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

要能夠過一個完滿的基督徒生活，主基督尋找我，以我的名字呼喚我，就像祂對宗徒們所做的一樣。當他們把船拖到岸上時，他們拋下一切，跟著祂。

Lord, give me a caring, merciful, charitable heart like yours. Thank you for helping me to confirm that I can only achieve this if I practice justice and charity, beginning in my own family.

主啊！請賜予我一顆像祢一樣具備關懷、憐悯、仁慈的心。感謝祢幫助我確認，只有從我自己的家庭開始，我才能實踐公義和愛德此一目標。

May my life be, Lord, a constant embracing the others with my gestures, looks, words and feelings of tenderness and love! May their defects encourage me to overcome them in myself. May I learn to keep silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind;… yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

主啊，願在我的生命中，不斷地以我的姿勢、眼神、言語、充滿溫柔與愛的感情擁抱他人！願他們的缺陷，能夠鼓勵我克服自己同樣的缺陷。願我學會對健談的人保持沉默，從不會寬容的人身上學會寬容，從不善良的人身上學會善良；然而，奇怪的是，我對那些老師卻未心存感激。

May your tenderness, Lord, incline me to transform my heart to open it to the others! Send your Spirit upon me, Lord, to be compassionate and merciful, tender, and loving, as you are merciful to me!

主啊，願你的溫柔使我改變心意，向其他人敞開心扉！主啊，求祢的聖神降臨在於我，使我富有同情心、慈悲、溫柔和慈愛，就像祢憐悯我一樣！

Each day during this Lenten Season, I will be offering you a challenge, which will help you prepare for the joyful day of Easter.

在這四旬期的每一天，我都會給你一個挑戰，這將幫助你為在復活節，這個喜樂的日做好準備。

Today’s challenge: Complete your reception of the ashes Wednesday, by preparing yourself well and make a good sacramental confession.

今天的挑戰是：藉由做好充分的準備，辦一個妥善的和好聖事，來完成本週三的聖灰禮儀。