63.4月25日 是的，我們能！－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪
Even though we are of the earth, we must allow Jesus to transform us, to raise us up to the level of divine life. Then, we shall have a divine way of thinking: our Faith; and a divine way of loving: our Charity.
即使我們屬於世界，我們也必須讓主耶穌改變我們，把我們提升到神性生命的程度。然後，我們將有一種神性的思維方式：我們的信仰；以及一種神性之愛的方式：我們的愛德。
Today, as always, the Christian faith finds obstacles along his way. Without personal sacrifice there will be no fruit. “The Cross is present in everything, and it comes when one least expects it. But don’t forget that normally, the Cross comes when you start to be effective.
今天，一如既往，基督宗教信仰在他的道路上遇到了障礙。沒有個人的犧牲，就沒有果實。「十字架存在於一切事物中，它在人們最意想不到的時候到來。但是不要忘記，通常的情況下，十字架會在你開始產生效果時來到。
“Far from discouraging us, the difficulties we meet must spur us on to mature as Christians. This fight sanctifies us and gives effectiveness to everything we do … We must be convinced that to imitate Christ, and be good disciples of his, we must take his advice to heart: If any man has a mind to come my way, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me. That is why I like to ask Jesus, for myself: Lord, no day without a Cross! Then, through God’s grace, our characters will grow strong, and we will become a point of support for our God, over and above our own wretchedness.
我們遇到的困難，非但不致使我們氣餒，反而必須激勵我們成為成熟的基督徒。這場戰鬥聖化我們，並使我們所做的一切都會有效……我們必須確信，要效法主基督，成為祂的好門徒，我們要緊記祂的話：『誰若願意跟隨我，該棄絕自己，背著自己的十字架，跟隨我。』（瑪16：24）所以我求耶穌：『主，沒有一天不給我十字架！』通過天主的恩寵，我們的軟弱的性格愈加堅強，成了天主的一點支持。超越我們自己的軟弱。
“Take a nail for instance. If you meet no resistance when you hammer it into a wall, what can you expect to hang on it? Likewise, if we do not let God toughen us through sacrifice, we will never become our Lord’s instruments. On the other hand, if we decide to accept difficulties gladly and make use of them for the love of God, then in the face of what is difficult and unpleasant, when things are hard and uncomfortable, we will be able to exclaim with the Apostles James and John: Possumus! Yes, we can!” St Josemaría
拿一顆釘子為例；當你釘它入牆，卻沒遇到任何阻力，你能在釘子掛什麼呢？同樣，如果我們不讓主藉由犧牲使我們更堅強，我們就永遠不能作祂的工具，相反地，如果我們決定歡喜地接受困難，為愛主而利用它們，那就算情況是很困難及令人生厭，我們也會像宗徒雅各伯及若望般說：『Possumus!是的，我們能！』（谷10：39）」(聖施禮華，天主之友，216)
