被忽略的最偉大神跡 The Ignored Greatest Miracle

被忽略的最偉大神跡 The Ignored Greatest Miracle（若6:35-40）

不但信徒本人是一個神跡，而且耶穌基督就是最偉大的神跡，因為祂是讓人永遠不會饑渴的「生命的食糧」（若6:35），是天主臨現人間的愛情標記，可惜也是最被忽略和遺忘的神跡。

聖言成了血肉，寄居在我們中間（1:14）；天主子降生成人，「厄瑪奴耳」，意思是：天主與我們同在（瑪1:23）。耶穌基督怎樣把不可見的天主，呈現到世人的眼前呢？要知道天主的不可見，在於祂無上的光榮與無限的尊威，沒有受造物有本領直視。所以，天主子採取了謙卑的方式，減弱了自己來自與聖父同性同體的光榮（斐2:6-7），使人類可以聽見、看見和觸摸（若一1:1）！天主子由童貞女取了血肉，成為一個嬰兒，誕生在馬槽裡，經歷受造物的限制，逐漸長大成人，在一個不受重視的小鎮當木匠！經過在曠野四十日的試探，連撒殫也沒有察覺到這位天主子的身份，以為他祇不過是一個不堪「死亡」一撃的先知而已。天主的計劃，真是神妙莫測。

連撒殫也忽略了這個最偉大的神跡，何況是有死的人類呢？當今世上沒有人看見過耶穌基督，見到的祇是一群信徒，他們的言行和宗教儀式。在沒有信仰的人心目中，耶穌祇不過是一個宗教的創辦人，他的教訓不外乎導人向善。頂多他祇不過勸導世人打破階級觀念，教人無分彼此，泛愛眾人而已；與一般道德家，宗教家沒有多大分別。這些沒有信仰的人，忽視了天主最偉大的神跡，是可以理解的。

可是，連信徒本身也忽視了耶穌基督，真是不幸！
很多信徒社會意識高，寧願花時間服務社會裡的弱勢社群，也不願「浪費」時間參加主日彌撒，認為是沉悶的，沒有意義的繁文縟節；領受聖事就更不消提了！那邊廂有信徒花費大量精力，與人爭論虔誠領聖體的方式、鞠躬與單膝打跪、離開聖堂應否蘸聖水和批評個別聖職人員不稱職等等，以證明自己對天主最虔誠。前者令人肅然起敬，但與基督相遇的機會微之又微；至於後者，在他們內的聖神不知去了哪？

雖然我們正安渡復活期第三周，可憐天主子仍孤獨地在山園祈禱，因為門徒們都睡著了。亞孟。
生命恩泉
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Not only is every believer a miracle, but Jesus Christ is also the greatest miracle because He is the bread of life and whoever comes to Him will never hunger nor thirst (John 6:35). He is the sign of love showing the presence of God in this world. Regrettably, He is also the most ignored and forgotten miracle.

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us (1:14); the Son of God incarnated and became man “Emmanuel”, which means “God is with us” (Matthew 1:23). How did Jesus make the invisible God visible in our eyes? Know that God is invisible behind His supreme glory and infinite majesty so that no creature is able to look at directly. Thus, the Son of God took a humble approach by attenuating the glory from His consubstantiality with the Father (Philippians 2:6-7) so that we may hear, see and touch Him (1 John 1:1)! The Son of God took flesh from the Blessed Virgin and was born an infant put into the manger, went through all the limitations of being a creature to gradually grow up as a carpenter in a negligible town! Testing Him forty days in the wilderness, even Satan was unable to recognize His identity as the Son of God, thinking that He was just another mortal prophet. God’s plan is truly ineffable.

Even Satan ignored this greatest miracle, how can we mere mortals not? No contemporary people has ever seen Jesus Christ. They only see a bunch of believers, their words, deeds and religious rituals. In the eyes of non-believers, Jesus is only a founder of a religion. His teachings merely tell people to be good. At most he advocates loving all peoples without class boundaries. He is not much different from any other moralists or religious heavyweights. It is understandable for those non-believers to ignore this greatest miracle of God.

But it is regrettable that even Catholics ignore Jesus Christ!
Many socially conscious believers prefer spending time serving the socially marginalized to wasting time in Sunday masses which for them are boring and ritualistic, not to mention receiving the sacraments! On the other hand, there are pious believers who spend their time and energy arguing which manner of receiving the Holy Communion is pious, bowing or genuflecting, crossing themselves with holy water when they leave the church and criticizing the incompetence of the clergy etc. to prove that they are the most pious to God. The former group is noble but their chances of encountering Christ is slim. As for the latter group, I wonder where the Holy Spirit within them has gone.

Though we are enjoying the third week in the Easter Season, pity the Son of God who is still agonizing in the garden of Gethsemane because His disciples have fallen asleep. Amen.