心靈的痊癒 Healing of the Heart

心靈的痊癒（谷2:1-12）

作為一個癱子，最痛苦的，並不是身體的不能動彈，而是處處要仰人鼻息，倚靠別人的憐憫，失去了做人的尊嚴！沒有別人餵食，甚至插喉，他會餓死；試想想，洗澡，大小二便也要靠人幫助，尊嚴可以放到哪呢？記得一位四肢癱瘓病患者曾回憶說：「從前喜歡用小昆蟲嚇同學的我，如今卻被一隻小蟑螂，肆無忌憚地在我臉上蹂躪一番，真是報應！」癱子之苦，的確不足為外人道。

夾在肉體與心靈的雙重打擊之下，癱子最需要的，是心靈的康復，多於肉體的康復。假如一定要他二選其一：要麼肉體康復無望，卻得到罪赦，從此心靈輕鬆；要麼行動自如，但以後惶恐終日，日夜受著罪惡感的煎熬。我相信癱子寧可獲得罪赦，放下心靈上的大石，他仍可以快快樂樂地癱瘓下去，這總比終日心情沉重地四出奔波好！難怪耶穌基督說：「甚麼比較容易呢？是對癱子說：你的罪赦了；還是說：起來，拿你的床走？」（谷2:9）

耶穌基督是天主子，赦罪與治病，同樣輕而易舉！但為癱子最需要的，不是肉體的康復，而是心靈的痊癒！富於憐憫之心的天主子，既然可以撫摸痲瘋病人，給予痲瘋病人心靈上的潔淨，又怎會吝嗇對癱子的憐憫呢？所以耶穌一見他們的信心，就對癱子說：「孩子！你的罪赦了。」（2:5）這癱子的朋友們既然有這麼大的信德，耶穌基督的愛德和憐憫，豈可遜色呢？所以耶穌基督先安其心，再治其病。天主憐憫罪人，真是一位充滿父母心的醫者！可惜，竟然有人不滿這樣一位醫者，這些不滿合理嗎？
聖神啊！請再度激發智慧之恩，讓我們渴慕真正的幸福，天上的事。亞孟。
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Healing of the Heart (Mark 2:1-12)

As a quadriplegic, the most painful experience is not the inability to move, but the dependence on the mercy of others and the loss of dignity! With nobody feeding or even tube feeding, you starve. Just imagine, you rely on others to help you taking bath, cleaning up after excretion etc., what dignity can you command? Once a quadriplegic remarked, “I was once a naughty student playing tricks on classmates with little insects. Now, a tiny cockroach molests me, crawling triumphantly over my face. What a penalty!” Who would articulate the pains of quadriplegics!

Under double doses of sufferings, quadriplegics need spiritual healings more than physical ones. If they have to make a choice: either no physical healing in exchange of forgiveness of sins and be happy ever after; or able to move around freely but to be tortured by a guilty conscience days and nights. I trust quadriplegics will seek the forgiveness of sins to unload burdens in their hearts and continue to be quadriplegics happily ever after. It is definitely better off than moving around freely with a heavy heart! No wonder Jesus Christ says, “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, pic up your mat and walk’?” (Mark 2:9)

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Both forgiving sins and healing are a piece of cake! As for the paralytic, he needed spiritual healings more! The Son of God is full of compassion. He would touch a leper to cleanse his heart, would He be less merciful to the paralytic? Thus when Jesus saw their faith, he says to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven” (2:5). The friends of the paralytic were full of faith. How could the charity and mercy of Jesus Christ pale before them? Thus, Jesus Christ consoled his heart first and then healed. God is merciful to sinners. He is truly a physician with a parental heart! Regrettably, some people were unhappy. Was their dissatisfaction reasonable?
Holy Spirit! Reignite the gift of wisdom in us so that we may desire authentic happiness and seek what is above. Amen.