每次讀到這段關於無辜嬰孩，因為耶穌的緣故被屠殺的時候，心中難免會埋怨天主，為甚麼容許這殘忍的事發生？尤其在慈悲禧年，讓這些兩歲或以下的嬰兒被殺，實在不是我們心目中的慈悲天父所做的事！當然，怪祗怪大黑落德為了清除對他王位的一切威脅，纔會做出此等喪心病狂之事。不要忘記，天父不也是讓無辜的聖子，為人類的罪債而死在十字架上嗎？因此，對於無辜嬰孩的死，與及所有涉及義人受苦的事件，我們應該體察的，不是天主的不仁，而是罪惡的不義。
這些嬰兒是多麼偉大的傳教士，他們並不需要以滔滔雄辯，去傳揚福音；但他們的死，更正確地說，這些嬰孩以自己被剝奪了的生命，控訴一切不尊重生命的暴政及它的不義，包括酷刑、人口販賣、虐待外傭、墮胎與安樂死等等。所以，假如社會上仍然有不尊重生命的政策時，我們仍然要講述這些無辜嬰孩的故事。他們的死，不是控訴天主的不仁，而是控訴罪惡的不義。
讓我們在慈悲禧年，寬恕大黑落德與及他現代的化身，給予他們改過的機會。讓我們以慈悲，而不是報仇，來抗衡罪惡。
天父，願我們的所作所為，成為祢的慈悲工具，拯救我們的鄰人，脫離罪惡的魔掌。亞孟。
IS HEAVENLY FATHER NOT MERCIFUL? (Matthew 2:13-18)
Each time when we read the story of how the Innocent Infants were massacred because of Jesus, it is difficult not to repine at God's allowing such brutality. During the Jubilee of Mercy, it would even be more unimaginable for a merciful Heavenly Father to allow infants under two to be massacred. Of course, we should blame Herod the Great for committing such acts of atrocity in order to neutralize any threat against his throne. Don't forget, did not the Heavenly Father also allow His innocent Son to die on the cross for the sins of humanity? Therefore, in reading these stories about the massacre of innocent infants, or the sufferings of the righteous, we should seek to understand, not the mercilessness of God, but the injustice of sins.
These Innocent Infants were truly great missionaries. They did not preach the gospel with eloquence. Their deaths, or more accurately, their deprived lives press charges against all tyrannies which do not respect life as well as their injustice, including tortures, human trafficking, abuses of foreign helpers, abortions and euthanasia etc. Therefore, when such policies which do not respect life still exist in the society, we still have the obligation to tell the story of these Innocent Infants. Their deaths are not an accusation against God's mercilessness, but the injustice of sins.
In this Jubilee of Mercy, let us forgive Herod the Great and his modern counterparts. Give them opportunities of repentance. Let us fight against evil with mercy, not with vengeance.
Heavenly Father, may what we do become Your instruments of Mercy so as to redeem our neighbour from the grip of evil. Amen.
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