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【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2013 年 12 月 04 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 在新禮儀年的開始，以及聖母無原罪瞻禮的前夕，慈幼大家庭舉行紀念充滿微笑慈父形象的真福斐理伯•李納德的瞻禮，他是鮑思高神父第三位繼承人暨鮑思高志願會創立者。 十二月五日：真福李納德
他視這種態度為一切之根源、首要的恩寵及純正慈幼精神的真正隱藏的動力來源，他論及這種態度時，總是這樣堅決，雖幾乎是自相矛盾。他向會士寫道：「我們成聖，不在於實踐我們慈幼會士發願時所擁抱的生活方式，也不在於效法會祖的德行，卻在於確保我們所擁抱的慈幼會士生活，以及所效法的會祖德行，是讓鮑思高神父自己所活出，並實踐這些德行的精神所推動。」 李納德神父有著一個深厚的使徒內在生命，這是他驚人的活動的根源。他擔任總會長的時期，慈幼會士人數由4,788名增至8,836名，平均每年增長450名會士，會院數目由404所增至644所，單憑這些數字可見一斑。鮑思高神父於1929年獲封為真福，使他在神修及使徒事業得到徹底的更新。 他處理福傳事務上，尤其敢於創新，效率很高，並為福傳事業帶來動力。他創立了七所傳教士備修院，並舉行幾次傳教士派遣禮，當中有很多很年輕的傳教士，不少是初學生及初學後期的修生！李納德神父是最後一位親身認識鮑思高神父的繼承人。他身懷鮑思高神父的精神，他的父道及聖德，並時常設法將之傳授予他的神子。 4/12/2013 - RMG - Salesian saints in December (ANS - RMG –Roma, 04 December 2013) – At the beginning of the new liturgical year and on the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Salesian Family celebrates the memory of the smiling fatherly figure of Blessed Philip Rinaldi, third Successor of Don Bosco and founder of the Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco. 5 December: Blessed Philip Rinaldi Don Rinaldi understood, from his intimate contact with Don Bosco and from his own personal experience, that the attitude of constant union with God was the secret of the whole active life and spirit of Don Bosco. Without full immersion in God, we cannot be his apostles. "The inner life,” he used to say “may seem somewhat strange to us, because, as Salesians, we are always active and busy. However, it is the thing, the only thing that makes us religious." He considered this attitude, the source of everything, the first grace and the real secret engine of the genuine Salesian spirit, and he used to say so courageously, almost paradoxically. He wrote to the confreres: "Our holiness is not so much in the practice of the way of life embraced at our Salesian profession, nor even in the imitation of the virtues of our father, but in ensuring that the Salesian life we embraced, and the imitation of the virtues of our father are animated by the spirit in which Don Bosco himself lived and practised those virtues." Don Rinaldi embodied a deep apostolic interior life which was the root of his amazing activity. Suffice it to recall that during his term of office, the Salesians went from 4,788 to 8,836, with an average growth of 450 confreres per year, and the number of houses increased from 404 to 644. The beatification of Don Bosco, in 1929, led him to a profound spiritual and apostolic renewal. He was particularly daring and effective in his work on behalf of the missions and brought about a kind of mobilization for the missions. Seven missionary aspirantates were opened and there were several missionary expeditions with a great number of very young missionaries, many of them novices and post-novices! Don Rinaldi was the last of the successors of Don Bosco who had known our Founder intimately. He personified in himself the spirit of Don Bosco, his fatherhood and holiness, and sought always to pass it on to his spiritual sons. |
李納德神父從他與鮑思高神父緊密的接觸，以及他本身的個人經歷中，了解到恆常與天主契合的態度，是鮑思高神父整個活躍生命及其精神的秘訣。缺乏完全的沉浸於天主內的神修，我們不能成為他的宗徒。他時常說：「這內在生命對我們來說有點陌生，作為慈幼會士，我們常在進行活動，十分忙碌。然而，這是讓我們成為修道人的唯一途徑。」