Bishop Barron

翻译|Carrie

2018-11-4

朋友们，今天福音的重点在于古以色列人所谓的施玛篇：“以色列！你要听：上主、我们的天主，是唯一的上主。”我想请大家根据施玛篇来自省：天主是你人生中唯一的上主吗？有什么人和事分散你对天主的注意力和终极关怀？或者，反过来问：你生活中的一切都绝对属于天主吗？

 

但有人会问：我们又怎样把自己献给一个看不见的现实？这就是为什么耶稣的第二条诫命是如此重要。有人问耶稣最重要的诫命是什么，耶稣以施玛篇回答，但祂随即为传统添加了后续：第二条诫命，即“你应当爱近人，如你自己。”

 

这是非常符合逻辑的。当你真的爱某人，你一般会爱屋及乌。天主爱什么？祂爱祂亲手创造的一切人和事。所以，如果你想爱天主，又觉得天主似乎遥不可及而难以去爱，那就为了天主去爱你遇到的每一个人。

 

Friends, our Gospel features what the ancient Israelites referred to as the shema: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is Lord alone." Could I invite everyone to make an examination of conscience on the basis of the shema? Is God the one Lord of your life? Who or what are his rivals for your attention, for your ultimate concern? Or, to turn the question around: Does absolutely everything in your life belong to God?

 

But people might ask: How do we give ourselves to a reality that we cannot see? This is where the second command of Jesus comes into play. When asked which is the first of all the Commandments, Jesus responded with the shema, but then he added something to the tradition: a second command, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

 

There is a strict logic at work here. When you really love someone, you tend to love, as well, what they love. Well, what does God love? He loves everything and everyone that he has made. So, if you want to love God, and you find this move difficult because God seems so distant, love everyone you come across for the sake of God.