Day 22 (Mar 21)
– Bearing fruits
Day 22 (Mar 21)
Bearing fruits
Am I also bearing fruits?
Audio (in Cantonese)
Audio (in Mandarin)
English
“The seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
When farmers go out and sow the seeds in the field, their hope is to see, on the day of harvest, the fruits that have grown from the seeds. Imagine the joy at the time of harvest to see the results.
On the other hand, imagine how disappointed the farmers would be if they see no fruits. As the person who planted the fig tree said to the gardener in the gospel of Luke: “I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. Cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?” (see Luke 13:7)
God wants us all to bear fruits. Every seed is created to have the potential to “bear fruits”. God has implanted in us this potential when He created us. Do you hear the spirit within your heart calling you to be who you are meant to be? To bear the fruits God wants us to bear?
We are like the fig tree. God has planted a purpose in us. Do you recognize the purpose God has intended for you? Are you aiming to achieve the highest good (summum bonum) in life?
But what is this highest good? St. Augustine argued that the highest good of life is to be found in God. The purpose of our lives should be to produce fruits and to aim for the highest good. But what does it mean to produce or bear fruits? Is it referring to our personal achievement or success in our career or our contribution to our family or society?
To bear fruits means we are to become virtuous. If we are living our lives the way God intends, then we would produce the fruits of the Holy Spirit which are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (see Galatians 5:22-23). The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, “The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory” (CCC 1832). Therefore, God is leading us to a first taste of heaven.
REFLECTION:
What fruits am I hoping to bear in my life? The fruits that I can carry with me into heaven like the spiritual fruits, or earthly fruits that I have to leave behind?
結出能悅樂天主的果實要努力、持續，願主賜我力量、堅忍，一直向祢的路要走，懇求祢的愛與陪同。感謝天主。
祈求天父派遣聖神，堅強我的意志，克服軟弱，抵抗誘惑，結出屬靈的果實！
下苦功!
遠離懶惰！
遠離手機！
遠離玩樂！
以心以聖言教育孩子！
繼續努力去結出天主希望我可以結出的好果實，請祢繼續眷顧我。
主：我知道：祢最大的光榮，就是我們多結果實。我在這方有努力，可惜未夠盡力，請教我如何提升光榮祢的能力，也請指出祢不斷提醒我，讓我意識到我的生命應該結出更多的果實，求祢幫助我結出悅樂祢的果實，並求祢在我的心田培養出好的土壤，使我結出屬靈的果實，從而引領我進入永生與祢共聚！
天主，我希望結出聖神的果子， 求祢時時提醒我結出你想我結出的果實。求祢賜予我恩寵的有力量拨除雜草和荊棘，使聖言扎根在心田，行聖德的道路。我會繼續在屬靈道路上下苦功 ，時常祈禱，勤讀聖言， 淨化心靈，悔改更新。????
Amen!
AMEN!
很喜欢《反思》里用的音乐，让人听而平静。
请问那音乐的名字是什么？可以独立分享吗？
??主，我要按照祢的旨意生活向着至善為目標，在此成聖之路上下苦工，祈求聖神的幫助，使我能夠結出喜悅天主的屬靈果實?獻給天主台前與祂相聚????
關於那首音樂，你可到YouTube Audio Library 尋找並下載，名字是 Watercolor Lilies。由於我們只有使用權，因此我們不會獨立分享。
Thank you. I had the same question in mind. And I just downloaded the music.
我們要努力去結果子，找尋主在我們生命中播下的種子，用心培植。我們要以善美的果子與人分享，榮耀天主創造人的曼妙。
什麽是我最終能帶到天堂的屬靈果實？離開塵世時後，當我在天主面前數算畢生修德成聖所結出的果實，究竟會是什麽？是至善的嗎？
我每天的思言行為是否常出於仁愛、喜樂、平安、良善、溫和、節制的呢？
有多少次我讓憤怒、貪婪、吝惜、驕橫、嫉妬掩蓋心眼，作了傷害主和人的關係的惡？
主，請幫助我不再為結出世上帶不走的果實去燃燒我餘生的時間。請讓我擺脫虛榮的魔咒，轉向祢為我預備應走的路，達致美善。亞孟。
求主怜悯，宽恕我们所犯的罪过！
堅強向善成圣的意志，朝着耶稣的教導去结好的果子，光榮天主。
將來能帶馨香的果實，獻给天主！
Time and again, things are done to get oneself to become popular as if one’s value is defined by one’s popularity. Some of my acts are done hoping to be considered as a good person and I behave what others want me to be and this makes me stressful sometimes. Over the years, I gradually realise that it is God whom I have to follow and all I have to do is to listen to Him.
Lord, please help me to be what You meant me to be, in loving my neighbours and in loving You!
主，請教導我時常意識到祢的邀請，邁向「至善」的目標，活在當下，努力追隨聖神的引導，結出豐碩的美果，在人前展現祢：溫柔、忍耐、良善、喜樂、平安……..的心境，分享祢的愛！主耶穌，可憐我這個罪人吧！
天主父，感謝讚美祢，記得從第一天心田的農夫避静當中，我所立下的目的是要改善自己隨意發脾氣的惡習，要學習忍耐和節制的品格。
我知道為我是很困難的，感謝主讓我透過這個旅程，看到自己有一點
點的改變。
昨天，我今年大學畢業的細仔主動與我深情對話，使我感到驚訝和歡欣，我感受到自己的改變能榮耀天主聖三的字，也嘗到這份和諧的喜悦。
我祈求聖神繼續帶領，讓我這果子能繼續長大，引領我順服主耶穌的教導，在其他要改善的地方繼續努力學習，靠著上主的恩典結出更多的屬靈果子。
天主聖父，祈禱奉主耶穌基督聖名求。亞孟！ 願光榮歸於父及子及聖神，起初如何今日仍然，直到永遠！
天主给我生命，渴望我能够成为一个有德行的人，按照天主的旨意生活。
我会在修德成圣的路上尽全力，求主俯聼！
祈求聖神繼續指引我，明白上主的旨意，結出好的果實?
「聖神的果實是聖神在我們身上形成的美德，作為永遠光榮的初果。」 天主就是以這樣的方式，使我們在世上生活時已能品嚐天堂的甘飴。感恩!!
仁慈天父，祈求祢帶領我行每段路的成長，慢慢地結出好果實。感謝天主
感謝主父的召叫, 讓我透過 [心田的農夫] 旅程, 一步步邁向「至善」的目標, 尋找屬靈果實!
主，我看不到我所結的果實在哪？也是否未按照天主的旨意生活，因此我沒那美好的德行。原諒我得不足並帶領我吧！
願我能加倍努力，結出悅樂天主的果實!
我今天学会了，结果實的真正意義是至善。祈求天主帶领我走向這至善之路，使我在世上也可品嚐天堂的甘飴。
這句話最觸動我。
我要在忍耐和節制上多下工夫，才能结更大更美的果实！
慈愛的天父: 感謝祢的眷顧，讓我藉著這個網上避靜更接近祢! 我會在日常生活努力結出屬靈的果實 – 仁愛、喜樂、平安、忍耐、良善、溫和、忠信、柔和及節制。
I want to bear fruit for the Kingdom of God – Heaven, the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I have to work hard to get to Heaven, set my priorities to love God above all things. Do His will not only by prayer and reading His Word – the Bible, but to love our neighbors as ourselves.