每日祈祷

Memory of the Church
每天都有神的话
Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Church
Thursday, March 20


Reading of the Word of God

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

I am the good shepherd,
my sheep listen to my voice,
and they become
one flock and one fold.
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Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

Jeremiah 17,5-10

Yahweh says this, 'Accursed be anyone who trusts in human beings, who relies on human strength and whose heart turns from Yahweh. Such a person is like scrub in the wastelands: when good comes, it does not affect him since he lives in the parched places of the desert, uninhabited, salt land. 'Blessed is anyone who trusts in Yahweh, with Yahweh to rely on. Such a person is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it has nothing to fear, its foliage stays green; untroubled in a year of drought, it never stops bearing fruit. 'The heart is more devious than any other thing, and is depraved; who can pierce its secrets? I, Yahweh, search the heart, test the motives, to give each person what his conduct and his actions deserve.

 

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another.

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

The prophet Jeremiah had already accused Israel of having abandoned their Lord to hasten towards Egypt and Assyria with the belief that in them they would find support and defence. The abundance of the waters of the Nile and the Euphrates, which had led Israel to flock to these two great powers, is revealed as a bitter illusion: "Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals... they shall be like a shrub in the desert...They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land." ?With this image, the prophet warns of futility of trusting in human power. It is a lesson that would be good to remember in our days. Only the Lord can defend the little people and make it grow free from the greed of the powerful. For this reason, Jeremiah proclaims: "Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord" and Jeremiah continues mentioning the teaching of Psalm 1: "They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream."? With this image the prophet wants his listeners to understand the indispensability of abiding in the Lord and be faithful to his covenant. Jeremiah closes with the image of the heart, the place that shows the depth of the feelings and where the decision to bind oneself to God forever matures. ?

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。