一月三十一日
（谷5:21-43）
主題：主為我牧
我們不得不承認，事實上，我們在大部份的時候，是不明白天主的思想的。所以，難怪門徒會反問耶穌：「你看！群眾四面擁擠著你，你還問：誰摸了我？」（谷5:31）
為甚麼祗有這血漏的婦人獲得醫治而不是其他人？為甚麼耶穌祗復活這個小女孩而不是其他女孩呢？ 福音好像在強調，是血漏婦人的信德和小女孩父母的信德，使這些神蹟發生在她們身上。周遭的人沒有他們那麼強的信德，所以神蹟沒有發生在他們身上。這種解釋看似有理，卻是不合情理。因為如果信德是觸發神蹟的催化劑，我們豈不是掌握了驅使天主施行神蹟的能力，可以向天主發號施令，為我們解困嗎？我們何德何能，擺佈天主；有何功蹟，值得天主憐憫呢？沒有！一點也沒有！天主治療我們，復活我們，完全出於祂的慈悲。縱使我們一文不值，乏善足陳，天主一點也不計較，仍扶助我們，使我們長進，實現天父賜予我們的潛能。
為甚麼我們不明白天主的旨意呢？因為我們有先入為主的徧見，對有些事物覺得理所當然。耶穌被四面擁擠著，身體的接觸是理所當然的，還問「誰摸了我」，豈不是多此一舉嗎？殊不知眾多接觸到耶穌的人當中，祗有一個獲得醫治！因為她不但受了許多、許久的苦，而且她有很大的信德。人死不能復生是理 所當然的事，「還來煩勞師傅做甚麼？」（5:35）殊不知在天主的手中，「小女孩並沒有死，祗是睡著了！」（5:39）天主要在這小女孩身上，大顯慈悲，令她死而復生。不可以嗎？
天父啊！能在祢手中生活，我尚有何求呢？但願在我一生歲月裡，幸福與慈愛常隨不離。亞孟。
Memorial of St. John Bosco
January 31, 2017
(Mark 5:21-43)
Theme: The Lord is my Shepherd
We cannot deny that most of the time we do not understand what God thinks. No wonder the disciples asked Jesus back, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'" (Mark 5:31)
Why was the bleeding woman alone cured and not the others? Why did Jesus raise this little girl and not the other little girls? The gospel seems to stress that miracles happened because of the faith of the bleeding woman and the faith of the parents of the little girl. People around did not have faith as strong as theirs and so no miracle happened to them. This explanation sounds logical but it is not. If faith can trigger miracles, then we have mastered a power to command God to work miracles to relieve our plights. Who are we to command God? What merits do we have to deserve God's mercy? None! God cures us, raises us out of His mercy. Though we do not worth a penny, God does not care. He still helps us grow to fulfil the potentials He has implanted in us.
Why can't we understand God's will? It is because we have a particular mind-set and have taken many things for granted. Jesus was pressed around. Body contact was taken for granted. It would be meaningless to ask who had touched him, wouldn't it? However, among those touching Jesus, only one was cured! She was cured because not only had she suffered much, but she also had great faith. It was taken for granted that no dead man ever came back to life. "Why trouble the Teacher any further" (5:35)? But in the hands of God, "the child is not dead but sleeping." (5:39) God wanted to show mercy on this little girl and raised her from the dead. Can God not?
Heavenly Father, what else should I ask when I walk in You? May goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life. Amen.
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