Day 12 – An Ungrateful Heart
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Jesus said, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?"
God has never stopped providing for us and giving us every single gift in our lives. He is the source of all the goodness of the world that we can find. To give is His nature and it gives Him great pleasure that we receive His gifts. They are freely given to us without price. The only way we can "repay" Him is to be grateful to Him, and to remain in Him so that He can continue to provide for us. He is such a GIVER! And to be grateful to Him and to remain in Him is the best way we can "return" His love.
Unfortunately, we are forgetful and we are ungrateful. We only take delight on the gifts and we forget about the Giver!
Focussing on the gift and not the Giver is a sign of immaturity in our relationship with God.
When we enclose ourselves in our greediness and ingratitude, we wander in our distant country.
REFLECTION
How did you relate to God, the unconditional GIVER?
Have you privatized the gifts God has freely given and entrusted to you, or do you see yourself as a steward of those gifts?
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.
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天主所賜予的，我們並非獨自地擁有；我們是主愛的渠道，透過與人分享天主的愛，就是回報天主對我們的深情。
我感恩只係在心裡， 我唔識怎樣表達，如果我冇天主 指引我沒有今日。希望天父繼續帶領我.
Very often, we treat what we have as our possessions, be it wealth, social status… So when one day we lose them, we become devastated. But when we realise that it is God who gives us everything and we are simply stewards, we will not hesitate to share what we have with others and we will not be distressed when we no longer have them. Oh, Lord, please help me to be more grateful and return your love by being more generous in sharing with others!
Often we see the ingratitude of others but forget the ingratitude of ourselves to God for all the things He has given to us.
親愛的亞爸父：祢對我的愛和包容，使我感到滿心的愧疚及深層的喜樂，請帶領我歸向祢，我最希望天天活在祢內，此生全屬於祢，請收納我無悔的意願，使我活在祢內的生活，做祢摯愛的女兒！
今天的分享使我對天主的恩賜有更深一層的認識，明白到要在各方面去將主賜與的去與他人分享；不要再以是否有回報的角度去思考，應以謙卑的心去行動。???
「感恩其實不應只是以言語表達。真正而懇切的感恩之情應帶來我們在態度和行動上的改變。」
是的，我常常只是嘴巴說感謝天主，然而在行為上卻沒有張顯天主。ㄧ個不知感恩的人，最後的結果就是遠離天主，陷入黑暗痛苦。在這四旬期的反省中讓我看到了自己的罪過，我要從新改過，做ㄧ個事事感恩的人。阿門
為什麼常常打完一大篇分享之後，上載的時候才遇到error呢？
我是很珍惜天父的賞賜，若有一些我不需要的物品，我會分施給其他人，不會浪費，這樣做雖然很麻煩，而且有陣時會遇到負面的批評。聽到這個內容說話者的指責，令我感到很不舒服。我其實也想知道如何對待那些不感恩的人們？
我想來參加的人，若不是愛天主，怎會花時間參加呢？為什麼內容講述的”我們”總是那麼差呢？
感謝天主，祢白白恩賜的，我也會白白的分施出去，讓身邊有需要的人同樣得到天主的愛！
慈愛的天父，感謝祢賜我的一切，我從沒想過祢的恩典會是這麼的豐富，甚至我還未曾祈求的，祢都一樣預送给我。我住在祢內讓我享盡了祢的所有。
今天，我認識到我應該要把我的一切也分施出去，不能把這一切據為己有，就讓更多人享用祢的恩典吧！
阿爸父，便讓我再与祢分離吧！亞孟?
仁慈的阿爸父，我學會感恩，亦能奉獻自己，祈望可以見證祢的大愛在痛苦的大地上。????♂️
我從小到今，得到了天主大大小小的各種恩寵，以往我只知道把它牢記於心，沒有在言語上或行動上表露出來，但年長後，才知道我要感恩就要做一些天主喜悅的事情，將天主放在生命中的第一位，求主賜我在這一方面繼續努力取悅於你。
在我們接受禮物時、往往只關注於禮物。而忽畧關注於送禮人的關係。
教宗曾於2015年一次星期三公開接見活動中，向參與表示，在家庭生活中需要三個規語，其中談及到「謝謝」一詞。他續稱，有些人覺得感謝的能力，被認為是軟弱的標記，有時甚至被視為膽怯的表現。他更清楚地表示，為信徒而言，感恩也是其信仰的核心。一個不知感恩的基督徒是一個忘記天主的話的人。
今天提及十個癩病人被耶穌治好後，只得一人回來謝恩。(路17:17-18)這實在給我們當頭棒喝的勸語。的確，反省我們對天主的態度，很多時都會抱着「有事鍾無豔，無事夏迎春」，當我們面對困境時，往往就苦苦哀求天主的幫助，一旦事成，又或在歡愉的時刻，就會忘記了天主的恩寵。這實在值得我們捫心自問，為何有這樣對天主的態度呢？當然，天主不是一個這麼少器的神，但我們懂得感恩，也是必然的回報！
主，請幫助我們不要成為一個善忘的人，要成為一個常懷感恩的人。
Often I see the ingratitude of others. But I forgot the ingratitude of myself to Jesus and to thank Him for all the time He is protecting us from harm and all evils.
我覺得我們每天都要對天主懷有感恩的心，這是喜樂的泉源。喜樂成為動力，使我們把天主的愛和別人分享。
天主赐我無數之恩，但我不識感恩报答上主，反而一次又一次犯罪傷祂的心，我沒有面目面对祂。
求祢仁慈，赦我的罪，並圣化我及改造我，有能力改过，感谢天主。
慈愛的天父，謝謝祢的提醒: 我們都是一切恩典的托管者，願我們能好好利用祢賜予的塔冷通，幫助那些有需要的人，從而和更多弟兄姊妹共享祢的慈悲和喜樂。