耶穌抬头观看、见財主把捐献投在银库里。 又見一个穷寡妇、投了两个小钱。 就说、我实在告訴你们。这穷寡妇、所投的比众人还要多。 因为众人都是自己有余、拿出来投在银库里。而这寡妇是自己的不足、把她一切的生活费都投上了。 ( 路 21:1 – 4 ) 在今天的福音里，我们知道那位穷寡妇投了两个小铜钱进圣殿银库里。当时的两小铜钱在今天的社会里，简直小的可怜，也许相等于RM1.50。试问这笔钱能够买到多少东西？因此，那位穷寡妇所投入的是很微小的数目。不过，我曾经见过很多非常富有的教友，比那位穷寡妇富裕百倍，在献捐时，只投入RM1.00 而沾沾自喜。可是那穷寡妇所献的是她一天的生活费啊！ 穷寡妇生活在困境中，可能都依靠邻居或别人的施舍来过活。不过，她不顾自己是否晚餐能的饱暖， 一心一意而其乐融融地奉献给天主。众人只看到富豪的慷慨大方，却不见那穷寡妇从她那破烂的衣袋里掏出两个小铜钱献捐给天主时所流露出的喜乐！虽然没人见到这情景，但是天主明察秋毫，耶稣看的很清楚。然后祂对门徒说，“你们大家都看到吗？”门徒们便往耶稣所指的方向看去，只见到那穷寡妇慢慢地离开银库。耶稣对门徒说，“ 那位穷寡妇比所有富翁所献捐的还要多！” 门徒对耶稣的话感到很惊讶。以为耶稣所说的是不可理喻；因为两小铜钱怎么能比得上富豪们所献捐的千千万万？大家都以为耶稣有些不对劲，不可理喻，懵懵懂懂，更是颠倒是非。 耶稣接着说, “ 那些人所献捐的是他们财富的一部分，而那穷寡妇切付出了她的一却所有。”耶稣是否告诉我们要把全部的财富都献捐出来？当然没有！耶稣只不过要我们诚心奉献，并且量力而为。 所谓“量力而为”即是说衡量本身的财富然后根据自己的比例而捐献。“因 为 多 给 谁 ， 就 向 谁 多 取 ； 多 托 谁 ， 就 向 谁 多 要 。”（ 路 12:48 ）只要我们是诚心诚意而且乐意捐献的，又把它当着一种牺牲的奉献， 那就是主的祝福。当然我们的奉献不会在主面前赢得特别功劳，因为这毕竟不是一场比赛.不过，当我们每个人做任何奉献时，天主无时无刻地注意我们的举动。别人知道与否是不重要的；最好他们不晓得；只要天主看到就好了。 “ 你在 暗 中 施 捨 的 事 情， 你…
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Are We Generous or Calculative?
As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their…
请神父到医院为病者傅油的提示
当你请神父前往医院去为病者傅油时，应当有以下几点考量： 1）当你请神父前往医院时，应让神父知道病人患的是何种疾病。这可让神父确定傅油圣事是必须的，还是需要的，同时也可依情况来决定是否要执行和好圣事及送圣体。 2）最妥当的就是请你常去的、或参与堂区的神父，来执行傅油圣事。这是为了让堂区神父可自行执行傅油圣事，或者是如需要的话，他们可请邻近的神父代为执行圣事。 3）在一般情况下，神父会前往并执行病人傅油圣事。但有的时候，尤其是病者是刚加入该堂区，没几位认识该病者，他可能会被要求提供领洗证明。这是为了确保傅油圣事对该病人是有效执行的。 4）家人或近亲应在医院现场。这是为了确保不会因为病人傅油而引起不必要的麻烦，如操之过急的医院警卫，或严谨的医护人员为难去探访病者的神父。尤其是在过了探访时间，或者是紧急情况下，病人急需傅油。 5）在有的医院，要寻找停车位是非常困难的事。家人或近亲应载送神父前往医院，并由另一个人邻神父到病房去为病人傅油。 6）请确保家人或近亲的电话是可联络到的。曾有情况是该家人或近亲的电话是打不通的，有可能是关机了，或是不在通讯范围内。 7）在情况允许之下，当家人或近亲不在医院内时，应通知神父，并告之他们何时才会在场。 8）有的时候，病者可能已经出院、换了病床、换去别的医院部门，甚至是换去别家医院了。在这种情况下，应当通知神父，以免神父白跑一趟。 9）如果病人患的是传染性的疾病，家人或近亲该让神父知道，并提供保护性的衣物给那些靠近病者的人。有的时候，神父只能在控制疾病传染的病房外给予降福。尤其是当该种疾病是具有危险性的，就算是穿上保护性衣物也可能会被传染。 10）当神父在执行病人傅油圣事时，家人或近亲应控制自己的情绪，和避免过度反应。保持乐观及开朗，将有助于使气氛增添希望，缓和病者的痛楚。 愿良善的主能赐予安慰和医治那些患病和寻求傅油者，以让他们能体验到祂的平安及治愈。
Requesting Sacrament of Anointing in Hospital: Some Tips
When you request for a priest to come and administer the Sacrament of Anointing to a sick person in hospital, there are a few things to consider: 1. When you call for a priest, do let him know what sort of sickness the sick person is suffering from. This is so that the priest can…
A Walkthrough the Mass at a Catholic Peninsular Malaysian Church – Summary
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As a summary, to get an idea of the various postures during Mass, here is a table consisting of the various parts of the Mass and the posture to be observed. What happens before and after the Mass have been mentioned in the previous articles already, and so this only focuses during the Mass. Part…
A Walkthrough the Mass at a Catholic Peninsular Malaysian Church – Commissioning
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Commissioning Finally it is time for us to take leave and go home. At Mass, we call this the Concluding Rite. We prepare to go back to that world in which we will live for the coming week. Prior to the Final Blessing by the priest, there may be some announcements concerning the upcoming activities…
A Walkthrough the Mass at a Catholic Peninsular Malaysian Church – Meal Sharing
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Meal Sharing When the Liturgy of the Word is done, we move to the table. Just as we prepare and partake a meal in the home of a friend, we 1) set the table, 2) say grace and 3) share the food (we eat and drink). At Mass these ritual actions are called 1) the…
A Walkthrough the Mass at a Catholic Peninsular Malaysian Church – Storytelling
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Storytelling When we gather at a friend’s home for a meal, we usually begin with conversation, telling our stories or catching up with news. At Mass, after the rites of gathering, we sit down for the Liturgy of the Word, and listen as readings from the Word of God are proclaimed. These reading are stories…
A Walkthrough the Mass at a Catholic Peninsular Malaysian Church – Gathering
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Introduction When friends gather for a meal, they sit and talk: Eventually they move to the table, say grace, pass the food and eat and drink, and finally take their leave and go home. When it comes to the Mass, we will see a similar pattern: we will see ritual acts of 1) gathering, 2)…
A Walkthrough the Mass at a Catholic Peninsular Malaysian Church – Preliminaries
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Foreword When you arrive at a Catholic church for Mass, what do you do? Some people may be familiar with the gestures, postures, protocol and other observances in a Catholic church, but there may be some who may have not step into a Catholic church before; or they may have not been in one often…