來自總會長的聖誕問候:「天主與我們同行」Christmas greetings from the Rector Major: “God walks with us”

 

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【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2020 年 12月 21 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 這是充滿希望的訊息 ── 基督徒的望德,植根於對天主的信德,祂降生成人 ── 這就是總會長范達民神父,在聖誕及新年即將來臨時,透過影片向整個慈幼會及慈幼家庭,發出的簡短訊息。

人們經過2020年這充滿艱辛試煉的一年,在展望聖誕及2021年時,唯有懷著信德,或帶著信德的目光,因著信德生出望德,才能產生「內在平安」。總會長引用越南籍阮文順樞機的例子說:「我喜歡信德生出望德」。這位為信仰囚禁多年的樞機,對信德及望德有深切的了解。

范達民神父問道:「在我們經歷這一切事件之後,如何講論聖誕呢?」對基督徒來說,這是可能的,他說:「因為聖誕表示天主與我們相遇,天主今天仍與人類在一起,透過祂的聖子耶穌,與人親近。」

因此這新的一年,能成為良好的契機,讓人們重新以一種更好的方式開始:更關注受造物,聆聽「數以千計青年的喊聲」,「以人道方式」接納移民,建立一個「富有同情心,能伸出慈悲之手,親近有需要人士」的世界。

總會長的影片,已上載於慈幼通訊社頻道,備有意大利語西班牙語英語法語葡萄牙語波蘭語版本,在相應語言的頻道中發放。

 

Christmas greetings from the Rector Major: “God walks with us”

 

(ANS RomeRMG, 21 December 2020) – It is a message of hope – Christian hope rooted in faith in God who becomes man – the message the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, sends via a brief video to the whole Salesian Congregation and the Salesian Family as we approach Christmas and the new year.

After a difficult year full of trials for all humanity, as 2020 was, the only way to look at Christmas and 2021 with “serene interiority” is to use a gaze or outlook of faith, a faith that becomes hope. “I like faith that becomes hope,” the Rector Major begins with a quote from the Vietnamese Cardinal Van Thuán – one who knew about faith and hope, having been jailed for many years for his faith.

“How can we talk about Christmas when we have experienced all this?” asks Fr Á.F. Artime. For Christians it is always possible, because Christmas “means that God comes to meet us, that God becomes man still today, close to man, in His Son Jesus,” says the Rector Major.

The new year can thus be a good opportunity to start again in a different fashion and better than before: more attentive to the care of Creation, to the “cry of thousands of young people”, to welcoming migrants “in a humane way”, and to building a world “of compassion, of mercy of hand that comes close to those who need it.”

The video of the Rector Major is available on ANSChannel – in ItalianSpanishEnglishFrenchPortuguese and Polish – in their respective language channels.