（路4:38-44）
誰不喜歡名成利就所帶來的滿足感，不戀棧權力所帶來的安全感，不享受操控別人所帶來的優越感？殊不知這一切很有可能是潛藏在心靈深處的心魔在作祟。
名成利就不是壞事，壞祗壞在它容易令我們心硬，體會不到別人的困苦，不理別人死活，對別人的痛苦無動於中；權力用來服務他人不是壞事，壞祗壞在行使權力時遇到阻力，令我們不擇手段地追求更大甚至絕對的權力來達到我們的理想，最後以追求權力為目標，忘記了當初服務人群的理想；安排人手資源，調兵遣將，運籌帷幄不是壞事，壞祗壞在它容易令我們把有尊嚴的人變成為一堆數字，對這些天主的肖像變成一些可以用完即棄的人力資源！
耶穌沒有停留在治病的成就所帶來的滿足感上，祂繼續四出傳福音；耶穌並不需要絕對權力所帶來的安全感，雖然祂身為天主子，已坐擁無上的權威，祂仍不辭勞苦四出傳福音；耶穌能呼風喚雨，平息風浪，驅逐邪魔，有操控一切的無比優越，但祂仍心急如焚，繼續四出傳福音。
主耶穌，請教導我們不戀棧成就和權力，跟祢一起把福音傳遍普世萬民。亞孟。
Forget Not Your Mission
Who doesn't like the satisfaction brought about from getting famous and rich, doesn't clutch the sense of security brought about from authority, doesn't enjoy the superiority brought about from manipulating others? Know you not that these good feelings probably come from 'demons' deep down our hearts?
Getting famous and rich is not an evil thing. It can be evil because it easily hardens our hearts so that we cannot feel the sufferings of others, we don't bother to care about their plights, unmoved by their pains. Discharging authority to serve others is not evil. It can be evil when our authority encounters obstacles, making us striving for bigger or even absolute authority to achieve our ideals at all costs. In the end, getting power becomes an ends in itself and we forget our original ideal to serve. Allocating resources is not an evil thing. It can be evil when we turn persons into a bunch of figures, making these images of God disposable human resources.
Jesus did not stop at the satisfaction brought by healing diseases. He continued to evangelize. Jesus did not need the security brought about by absolute authority. Although he is the Son of God enthroned with ultimate authority, he worked hard to evangelize. Jesus could calm the storm and exorcize demons with unchallengeable superiority to manipulate. Still he is driven with a zeal to evangelize.
Lord Jesus, teach us not to cling to our achievements and powers. Let us follow you to spread your good news to peoples all over the world. Amen.
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