80.5月12日葡萄樹與枝條－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪
St Josemaría once said, “I am going to give you three points of meditation which you can then take to your prayer.
The first is those words from the Gospel, ‘Go and teach them all’ (Mt 28:19). To you and to me our Lord has said, ‘Go’! Teach with your example, even if you are full of errors, even though you have defects. Even then, ‘Go and teach them all’…
聖施禮華曾經說過：「我要給你們默想的三個重點，然後你們可以把它們帶到你們的祈禱中。
第一個是福音中的話：『教訓他們遵守我所吩咐你們的一切。』（瑪28：19）。我主對你和我說：『去！』用你的榜樣來教導，即使你充滿了錯誤，即使你有缺陷。即便如此：『去教導他們所有人』…
“The second point: ‘Without me, you can do nothing’ (John 15:5). Why does he tell us to go out if we can do nothing?
第二點：『因為離了我，你們什麼也不能作。』（若15：5）。如果我們什麼也不能作，祂為什麼告訴我們出去呢？
“And then, the third point: ‘I can do everything in he who comforts me’ (Phil 4:13). Imagine a vine with branches which can give fruit, fruit which will mature. But if they are torn from the vine, they dry up and end up trodden under foot by horses or men and are good only for the fire. But the branch which is united to the vine matures and produces wine for the table or the altar.
然後，第三點：『我賴加強我力量的那位，能應付一切。』（腓4：13）想像一棵葡萄樹的枝條可以結出果實，果實會成熟。但是，如果它們從藤蔓上被摘下來，它們就會枯乾了，最終被馬或人所踐踏，且只能當柴火燒掉了但是與葡萄樹結合的樹枝，成熟後就可生產為餐桌或祭台上的葡萄酒。
“What must we do? We must be very united with Jesus Christ, our vine. How? With the Bread and the Word: with the Sacred Eucharist and with prayer throughout the day, repeating spiritual communions and telling him affectionate things…
我們該怎麼作呢？我們必須與我們的葡萄樹主耶穌基督完全合一。如何作呢？藉著聖體和聖言：藉著聖體聖事和全天的祈禱，重複誦念神領聖體並對祂深情的傾訴……
“If the branch is cut off, even if it has fruit, it rots; it becomes a seething pile of worms; it becomes a means for evil instead of for good. And so, my sons, Go and teach them… without me, nothing!… and I can do everything in he who comforts me.
Always bear in mind the image of the vine which, if torn apart, is only useful for animals to walk on or for fuel for a fire. Taste the good wine, from mature grapes. And finally, call upon the Blessed Virgin to teach you to be very close to the vine, united to Jesus Christ. She always was.”
[Today, Bl. Alvaro del Portillo. With him, say: “Thank you, Lord. Forgive me. Help me more”]
如果樹枝被砍掉了，即使它有果實，果實也會腐爛；它會變成長滿了一堆蠕蟲；它會成為邪惡的手段，而不是良善的手段。所以，我的兒子們，去教導他們…沒有我，什麼也作不成!…而且我賴加強我力量的那位，能應付一切。
要永遠記住葡萄樹的形象，如果被摘下，它只能被動物所踐踏或作為火的燃料而已；要品嘗來自成熟葡萄的美酒。最後，呼求聖母教導你們非常接近葡萄樹，與主耶穌基督合一，她總是如此。」
[今天，與歐華路主教一起說：「主啊，謝謝祢、原諒我、請更多幫我！]
