從這次疫症大流行，我們最少可以學習到一個道理，就是在這個有限的物質宇宙裡，追求完美是奢望，我們必定與缺陷瑕疵生活在一起！世間總有解決不到的問題，沒有人可以不生病，沒有人可以掌握宇宙的全部知識，縱使我們有多大的悲天憫人之心，「你們常有窮人同你們在一起」（谷14:7），每天我們總會與病菌病毒生活在一起…同樣道理，教會內總有令我們失望的神職人員，有說異端的教授，我們的祈禱總有分心的時刻！
保祿宗祿告訴我們：「聖神扶助我們的軟弱，因為我們不知道我們如何祈求纔對，而聖神卻親自以無可言喻的歎息，代我們轉求。」（羅8:26）我們還需要憂慮祈禱分心嗎？昨天的讀經，不是告訴我們：「你們縱然不善，尚且知道把好東西給你們的兒子，何況在天之父，有不更將聖神賜與求祂的人嗎？」（路11:13）所以祈禱分心，是天父所容許的，祂希望我們認識自己的不足，向祂尋求協助，賜下聖神。
倘若祇能在清靜的內心，總能聽到天主的聲音，但我們與祂溝通的渠道，卻充滿著魔鬼的噪音，充斥著私慾偏情，那怎樣辦呢？有甚麼方法消除這些噪音呢？請神父驅魔嗎？否！我們不應輕率地請神父驅魔，因為當我們意識到自己祈禱時分心，表示我們不是完全被魔鬼操縱。所以不用請神父驅魔，反而是學習如何在噪音中，過濾出天主的聲音！
聖神！請降臨，使大地更生復興，我們也蒙受再生之恩。亞孟。
生命恩泉
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Prayer Series V (Luke 11:15-26)
From this pandemic, we've learnt at least one lession: that in this finite universe, pursuit of perfection is unrealistic. We'll always live with flaws! There exist problems which are beyond our capability to solve. Noone is immue to illness. Nobody knows everything in this universe. Even if we have a big heart, "the poor you will always have with you" (Mark 14:7). We live with bacteria and viruses everyday … In a similar vein, there are always disappointing clergy in the Church, heretic professors in the college and distracted moments in our prayers!
If we shall be distracted in prayers, shall we pray no more? No! How can we keep in touch with God if we stop praying?
St. Paul tells us, "The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings." (Romans 8:26) Shall we still worry about distractions in prayers anymore? Didn't yesterday's reading say, "If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" (Luke 11:13) Thus, distractions in prayers are permitted by the Father who wants us to know our inadequacies and beg Him to give us the Holy Spirit.
If we can only hear God's voice in a transquil heart but this channel of communication is always filled with noises from the Devil and concupiscence, what should we do? Should we call a priest to exorcize? No! We shouldn't casually call a priest to exorcize because when we sense that we are distracted, it shows that we are not totally controlled by the Devil. There is no need for exorcism. Rather, we should learn to filter God's voice out of noises!
Come, Holy Spirit! Thou shalt renew the face of the earth and we may be reborn again. Amen.
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