每日祈祷

Memory of the Poor
每天都有神的话
Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Poor
Monday, November 29


Reading of the Word of God

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

This is the Gospel of the poor,
liberation for the imprisoned,
sight for the blind,
freedom for the oppressed.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Isaiah 4,2-6

That day, Yahweh's seedling will turn to beauty and glory, what the earth brings forth will turn to the pride and ornament of Israel's survivors. Those who are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem will be called holy, all those in Jerusalem noted down to live. When the Lord has washed away the filth of Zion's daughters and with the wind of judgement and the wind of burning cleansed Jerusalem of the blood shed in her, Yahweh will create, over every house on Mount Zion and over those who assemble there, a cloud by day, and by night smoke with the brightness of a flaring fire. For over all will be the Glory as canopy and tent to give shade by day from the heat, refuge and shelter from the storm and the rain.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The Son of Man came to serve,
whoever wants to be great
should become servant of all.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

We are before words of hope for a people and a city marked by war and destruction. The prophet sees in that "branch" the hope of a new people that will inhabit Jerusalem. This awareness leads the prophet to call that small remnant, just a group of survivors, "holy": it is a small branch and yet is blessed by God. Holy, in fact, is the one who accepts God's love, who lives in communion with Him, who obeys His commands, who walks in His light. When times are difficult, when the violence of evil and war destroy people and things, God is not far away, even though he may seem not very visible. The Lord has made a commitment of faithfulness to that "little remnant." Not only does he not abandon them, but he accompanies and protects them. The prophet assures that the branch "will grow in honour and glory," will become a great tree that produces fruit of goodness for all. Isaiah's prophecy is proposed to us again at the beginning of this Advent season and becomes for us an invocation to the Lord that he may stand by us and deliver us from evil. He will wash away "the filth of the daughters of Zion;" he will cleanse "the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgement and by a spirit of burning" and he will be a protection for all. God's mercy causes peace to "sprout" in all lands, even the dry and devastated ones. The "glory of God," that is, his mercy, accompanies us night and day. Just as it happened during the long journey of the exodus when "a cloud of smoke during the day and a blaze of flaming fire at night" accompanied the people and God's protection "like a canopy" sheltered them from the heat of the day and from the cold or rain at night. The Lord is the one who is at his people's side in history, as he revealed himself to Moses in the burning bush: "I am who I am" (Ex 3:14), the one who is close to you, forever.

每天都有神的话:日历

March
24
星期日
March
25
周一
March
26
周二
March
28
周四
March
29
星期五
March
30
周六
March
31
星期日

这群年轻人,通过阅读圣经,並将圣经作为生命的中心,激励他们度真正信仰的生活,接受耶稣基督自古以来,世世代代的邀请,成为祂的门徒。这邀请呼籲人悔改,放弃只是为自己而生活的态度,开始自由自在地成为泛爱众人的工具,爱人不分男女,而特别是爱那些最贫穷的人。聆听及生活天主的圣言,是人生命中的最重要的事,就是承认人应跟随耶稣,而非跟随自我。

在这个团体中,最真情流露的景象就是大家聚集一起祈祷,聆听天主的圣言,像当年的门徒,有如一家人般聚集在耶稣身旁一样。同心合意的祈祷(宗2:42)是简单的祈祷方式,它要求团体所有成员献出自己。如同圣咏一样,祈祷是熟识耶稣的说话和祈祷的门径,融合了前人的祈祷,将穷人的需要、我们的需要、以及整个世界的需要,呈献给上主。

因此,在罗马及在意大利、欧洲、以至在全世界的其他城市中,我们的团体都尽可能经常聚会,一起祈祷。我们在很多城市中,每晚都会有团体的祈祷,並开放给普罗大众参与。我们也期望团体内的每个成员,都有个人祈祷的理想地方,在生活中阅读圣经,並要从福音开始阅读。