Day 19 – Hooked and Cuffed
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No one is more eager than Satan to "accompany" us along the way, to discourage us, play tricks on us, and persuade us to go the Devil's way, rather than God's way.
We might not be aware of it, but the hostile and desolate state of our distant country has conditioned us in ways that make it hard for us to reverse course.
We are like the Gerasene demoniac in Luke 8:26-39, possessed by evil spirits through our many addictions and possessions. Unknowingly, we are also wandering in deserted places without a home, naked, and unashamed of our self-indulgent life of dissipation. Such a lifestyle is like a body without a heart, skeleton without flesh.
Just as Jesus told the possessed man, He is also telling us, "Return home and recount what God has done for you." The man went off and proclaimed throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.
REFLECTION
Are you determined to get rid of them? To whom are you turning to for help, Jesus, or yourself?
What messages does the Holy Spirit want to convey to you through the story of the possessed man in the Gospel?
TODAY'S PRAYER
I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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親愛的亞爸父！賜我有足夠決心和勇氣，脫離世界的引誘，我要全心轉向耶穌，跟祂學習，成為良善心謙的修女。
親愛的阿爸父，求祢賜予我勇氣和毅力，脫離世俗的誘惑，放下对人，事物的執著。信靠祢的指引，助佑和醫治，走出自我，重獲信心走成聖的道路。亞孟。
「你的生命中有甚麼癮癖？」我就是「懶散」成癮⋯⋯
多看一下電視有什麼關係！結果看了4個鐘頭。。
多上網一下有什麼關係！結果被網著4個小時，是因為已經深夜該睡覺才停止。
祈禱時分心一下有什麼關係！結果是坐在聖堂心中卻在計劃與計算。
少祈禱一次有什麼關係！結果變成不再祈禱了⋯⋯。
「魔鬼藏在細節中」，原以為沒有什麼大不了的事情，卻讓我遠遠離開天主，每天被魔鬼玩弄！
「主啊，請祢發施號令，使我這些頑疾能得治癒，令所有不潔的邪靈從我身上離開。」
聖母媽媽請你幫助我，把我領回到天父的懷抱中吧！
Satan’s tricks come in many unexpected forms and more often than not, I was not aware of my addictions when I was already hooked and enslaved. When I finally noticed the damage done, it took much determination in overcoming hurdles on the recourse. Without God’s grace, it would be impossible for me to journey back Home. I believe our Heavenly Father is almighty if only I am willing to surrender myself before Him and to act according to His Will, not mine.
在日常生活中真的不知不覺中偏離了回家的路途。
懇求天主及聖母在這四旬期中幫我折回天父家的路，重拾當天領洗時走向天父懷抱的喜悅！
懇求聖神幫我遠離魔鬼的誘惑 !
「魔鬼用盡了各種試探後，就離開了祂，再等時機。」(路4:13)這句聖經章節正講述了耶穌三退魔誘後，作者聖路加描述魔鬼的計謀。
是的，魔鬼從來不會死心，總是形影不離地跟隨着，不斷靜待時機，只要機會一到，它就毫無保留地進入人的思想和身體，使人在靈性上、在肉體上，被它所操控，甚至令人跌得更深，更徹底。(瑪12:43-45)
記得一次在探訪囚友時，遇上一個多次出入監獄的「癮君子」，從他的交談中，他表示每次被判刑時，都會向自己說，要決心戒除毒癮，可是當出獄後，返回生活環境裏，這種誘惑就隨之而來，令自己總是逃不去了！
為筆者而言，或許大家有此經驗，每次到神父面前辦告解，所告明的罪，來來去去都是那些，像脫不掉的「貼身膏藥」一樣，總會受到這劣根性所沾染，這實在是值得我們反思，深省！
The addictions in my life, I determine to get rid of them through the help of Jesus and let the Holy Spirit to guide me to the right path.
轉發第19天心得：
網路成癮，小說成癮，遊戲成癮…去細數過往，成癮的東西真的很多，癮也很深。在成癮的世界，自己淪為時間的奴隸，無法自拔。成癮的過程其實也是渴望某些自我需求的滿足，只是在這個虛擬世界得到的價值、成就、溫暖和愛都是虛偽短暫的。當這些感覺消逝，往往又陷入空虛和自責的境地。就這樣落入魔鬼的圈套，成了被束縛的革辣撒人。成癮會讓我遠離真實，遠離身邊的一切關係，也扭曲了自我。其實我心裡渴求的需要在父家都可以得到滿足，而且是奪不走的富足。我父親家裡不是有很多資源和工人嘛。回到父家，學習像父親一樣去關愛近人，去合作服務，踏實地生活，這樣我的渴求才能得到滿足。我才能活出自己的尊嚴、價值和身份。從虛擬中抽身，勇敢地去活真實！
上主啊!???♂️ 請祢發施號令，令所有不潔(貪婪)的邪靈從我身上離開。
我不知自己有什麼隱癖, 但時常發生的睇電視, 煲劇, 上網都消滅三四個鐘才停止。
祈禱時分心！結果是坐在聖堂心中卻在計劃上網睇什麼劇集與計算一下彩票買什麼號碼。
「魔鬼藏在細節中」，原以為沒有什麼大不了的事情，卻讓我遠遠離開天主，每天被魔鬼玩弄！
請教導我祢的新法規，並堅強我，使我努力遵行。請不要讓我偏離回歸父家的正道！
一個興趣如果花大量的時間及金錢，就會令人遠離天主。祈禱時會分心，匆匆的完成所要做的工作。就會變成一種隱僻。回想過去我都曾有這經歷，幸運地主基督在不知不覺中提醒我，用各種方法阻止我繼續下去，我才醒覺起來。這是主的旨意。現在我生活寧靜淡薄有，更多的時間祈禱，靜默，重返歸家的路。
主啊！請不要對我掩面不顧，請救我脫離癮癖的糾纏，那怕是碰一下你的衣衿也好，我是多麼渴我仰望你的容顏。
阿門！