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接著的內容與 ADMA 沒有直接關係──這團體在韓國只是起步階段，以下見證由 John Lee 神父所作，他於二零一零年年頭去世，其名字已在此欄出現好幾次了。現在大會展開，看來正好是呈獻這篇文章的時候──這出自他的一篇講道，當然這裡並沒有全部收錄： 「在韓國，奉獻於聖母進教之佑，並不如其他名號：和平之后或仁慈之母。因此，在我成為慈幼會士以前，從沒有聽過或唸過『進教之佑，為我等祈』這篇慈幼會士每天至少三次誦唸的短禱。」 〔我們剛讀過加納婚宴的篇章〕我不禁要憶述我聖召的一點故事。 那時，我曉得上主召叫我，而我奇妙地經驗了瑪利亞進教之佑。當我作出決定後，以喜樂之心踏上慈幼會士之路，當我要告訴母親此事，便感到有點焦慮！因為父親在我十歲時已去世，母親獨力支撐，才能讓我修讀醫學。因著她無比犧牲，我當了醫生。自此，我便能幫助母親，報答她不求回報的犠牲。這使我在母親前難以啟齒。事實上，我不太可能這樣做。我曾多次嘗試，但未嘗成功，因為每看到她，便失去了勇氣。我也嘗試與我一名密切來往的妹妹傾談，對她我能從容自在地自我表白很多事情，但甚至連她我也不能說出來！在這三個月期間，我沒法開口。 奇妙地有一天，我去探望妹妹，震驚地站著那裡，我的口開了。原來妹妹前一晚夢見了我的決定（我願意透露這個夢，但先要知會主教）。妹妹其後向母親透露她的夢境，間接道出我的決定。這時，一切問題已解決了。 然而，當時我還未曉得，那是瑪利亞進教之佑的功勞，直至我第一次從初學師聽到，原來每個慈幼聖召，都與瑪利亞進教之佑分不開的。 我尚未向瑪利亞祈求扶助時，她已察覺到我的困難，暗中幫助我。這是我首次領受瑪利亞恩典的經驗。這經驗對我十分重要，因為藉此，我了解到瑪利亞的真實形像，就是深愛我的那位尊貴夫人。這使我明白瑪利亞「進教之佑」的角色，並學會幫助別人時所懷的態度：關注他們的需要，樂意付出一切必要的協助。從此，我便能堅定地，向青年講述瑪利亞進教之佑的臨在…… 瑪利亞的恩典不獨為慈幼會士，她是一切進教者之助佑。然而我們慈幼會士，尤其容易察覺瑪利亞的恩典，並懷有感恩之心。因著這份意識，鮑聖揀選瑪利亞作為他的心靈鼓舞者，以及修會的母親及導師……。 An extraordinary personal testimony (ANS - KOR – SEOUL, 2 August 2011, austraLasia #2898) – From 3-6 August, at Czestochova, Poland, an event will take place which is drawing people from all around the world, including from our Region: the 6th International Congress for the Mary Help of Christians Association (ADMA, as it tends to be called, based on the initials from the Italian term for this group). The Rector Major and his Vicar will be there as well. For those who are not so familiar with the group, it was amongst the groups founded by Don Bosco, when he first requested permission to establish it in the archdiocese of Turin in 1869. While what follows is not directly connected to ADMA as such - the group is only in its initial stages of growth in Korea, the testimony below comes from the pen of Fr John lee, who died at the beginning of 2010 and whose name has been featured a number of times in this newsletter. With the Congress now about to begin it just seems to be the right moment to offer this - it comes from a homily he gave, and not all the homily is included here, obviously: "In Korea devotion to Mary Help of Christians is not as strong as devotion to her under other titles: Mary Queen of Peace, or Our Lady of Mercies. This is why, before I became a Salesian, I had neither heard of nor ever said the invocation: “Mary Help of Christians pray for us" that we Salesians would say at least three times a day. [Given the passage form the Wedding feast at Cana which we have just read] I could not but recall a brief story of my own vocation. At the time I had come to understand the Lord was calling me, I had a wonderful experience of Mary Help of Christians. When I decided, with much joy, to set out on the path to becoming a Salesian, I suffered some anxiety about the fact that I needed to tell my mother about it! Since my father had died when I was 10, my mother had to struggle a lot so I could go and study medicine. Thanks to her many sacrifices, I was able to become a doctor. It was at that point that I could begin to help my mother and pay her back for the many sacrifices she had made without asking anything of me in return. this made it very difficult for me to tell her about my decision. In fact it was almost impossible for me to do so. I made many attempts but never succeeded because every time I looked at her, I lost courage. I also tried to tell one of my sisters to whom I was very close and could talk about many things with ease. But I couldn't even tell her! Three months went by without me saying anything. One wonderful day, when I went to see my sister, I stood there astounded, mouth open. My sister had already found out about my decision through a dream she had had the previous evening. (I would love to tell you that dream but I should not do so without talking to the Bishop first). However, my sister then told my mother about my decision by telling her of the dream. All my problems were resolved at that moment. However I had not worked out at that time that this was Mary Help of Christians at work until I heard, for the first time from my novice director that the vocation of every Salesian is tied to Mary Help of Christians. I had not asked Mary for her help. But Mary was aware of my problem and quietly helped me. This was the first experience I had had of Mary's help. It was such an important experience for me because through it I gained such a real image of Mary as the Lady who loved me very much. This enabled me to understand Mary as “Help of Christians” and I learned to adopt the attitude we must have when we help others: be attentive to their needs and ready to give them all necessary help. From then on I was able to speak with certainty to young people about the presence of Mary Help of Christians... Mary is not a special privilege just for Salesians. She is the Help of all Christians. But we Salesians are very grateful and sensitive to Mary as Helper. With this sensitivity Don Bosco chose Mary Most Holy as his inspiration, Mother and Teacher of his Congregation..." |
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