For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God. (Ref: Mark 10:27) Our best role model is Jesus, and his key is to know the will of God. Jesus is the perfect image of God, and when we learn about the true character of Jesus, we also start to learn the will of God.
One of the best ways to know the true character of Jesus is through meditating on His interactions with friends. Besides his disciples, we can say that Jesus' closest friends are Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Occasionally, when Jesus passed by the area on His missionary journeys, He would spend some time with them. The gospel of Luke recounts one such visit:
"As they continued their journey he entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary [who] sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me." The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her."
He was not showing favouritism to Mary, but feeling pity for Martha.
Indeed, it would have been a real treat for Jesus and His disciples to be able to take a break after a long day of travelling and enjoy the company of good friends and delicious food at their place. He must have been full of gratitude. Then, how could He be so harsh on Martha?
Today, when our Lord Jesus uses different ways to teach us out of his love for us, would we be able to understand His true intention and see that He is showing pity to us rather than reprimanding us?
REFLECTION
Think of a time when you were angry at God, perhaps because you thought He was unfair or didn't understand you. Can you now understand His true intention?
TODAY'S PRAYER
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.
在這疫情和戰爭恐慌的環境下，人都在忙亂，人心惶惶，各家自掃門前雪。
心裡的感覺一定不良好。
當別人誤解你，又或者不同情你，你會感到無奈、失望，甚或惱恨。
主耶穌，你在哪裡？祢看到嗎？
主耶穌是知道的，祂一直陪伴我，祂也心疼我。
祈禱，主在聆聽和安慰。
主耶穌,請原諒我的弱点,我想得到你的愛,但能力不及時,你要把我引領到可行的道, 使我变得有勇氣及能量,,我須要你
誤解會令我們跌倒，陷入不忿，悲傷的境地，從而做出不恰當的行為。
仁慈的天父，請原諒我們，助佑我們，看清事實。
請教導我們彼此相愛，在愛內互相信賴，互相體諒，口不出惡言。
以上所求是因主基督的聖名，求天父俯聽🙏
亞孟
主耶穌，求祢軟化我、改造我！讓我能懂得祢的心意。
「我的心神緊緊地追隨祢，祢的右手時時扶持我。」
只恐怕自己對耶穌太“老友”，不夠尊敬，任意浪費祂對我的愛惜和誘導。主耶穌，請原諒我的不羈🙇♀️🙏
細聽今天的分享，幫助我們從另一角度去了解福音的意思，當中提及耶穌給瑪爾大的回應，並不是責備，而是一份深切的關懷。是的，在現今複雜的人際關係中，很見時因着聆聽對方的不足，往往產生了不少誤會，因而引至了大大小小的磨擦，使自己與人的溝通與關係出現問題，甚或因而起了衝突，做成情緒上的不安。
因此，學習靜心聆聽是必要的，尤其需要聆聽天主聖言，讓祂的話語滲入我們的心內，淨化我們的心思念慮，好使我們在這四旬期裏，更能悔改、皈依。
主讓我能了解袮，懂得祢的心意。請祢軟化我、改造我！
主耶穌，我連嬲都未懂得，因為我一直以自我為中心，未與袮連結，求袮教我認識袮，學會用袮的眼光去看一切！
在困難的時刻，倍感到天主的聆聽和関懷。我也要學習聆聽天主！不要做營營役役的瑪爾大
主耶蘇，感謝袮先愛了我。請教導我事事默存心中並援於發怒🙏
主耶穌，求祢讓我們能時時細察的心意，刻刻牢記祢的教導，以祢為榜樣，愛主也愛人如己，以報答祢捨身為我們罪人獲得永生的救恩。因主耶穌基督。阿孟。
Who am i to be angry at God as i am dust. I accept whatever God gives me; all for my own good.
主耶穌，我常常在忙自己的事而忽略了坐在祢身旁聽祢的話，對不起！請助我學習和做到「瑪利亞選擇了更好的一分」。阿孟。
主耶穌，感謝您在任何時候都在我身邊陪伴著我，感謝您派很多天使幫助我, 願光榮歸於父，及子及聖神，起初如何，今日亦然，直到永遠，亞孟🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
主耶穌, 我知道我是信賴你的, 但直至現在, 我也未能知道你安排這事的背後原因, 你何時或怎樣才會告訴我呢?