【慈幼通訊社
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2016 年
09月
05
日梵蒂岡訊】
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9月4日主日，教宗方濟各在喜樂光明的氣氛中，把加爾各答的德蘭修女列入聖品，使她成為普世義務工作的聖德典範。她身為女性，於我們的時代獻身修道，她在聖神引領下，懷著慈悲之心對待每一個人，尤其是貧困及手無寸鐵者，視他們為在主內的一個人，一位兄弟或姊妹。
德蘭修女與慈幼會士時有接觸。值得一提的是1984年4月17日，德蘭修女與參加由總會長衛甘諾神父所領導的第22屆全代會的成員會面。以下是一些德蘭修女當時的說話。這些話可算是她今天給我們修會的訊息。
「鮑思高神父對貧苦者無比關懷。他相信耶穌的話，時常在他們身上看到耶穌。他不僅靠著信德，卻也由於深刻的信念，他對貧苦無告者所做的，就是對耶穌所做的……青年身上最觸動我的，就是對祈禱的渴望，並把他們的祈禱轉化為服務。作為祈禱果實的服務工作，不論對我們還是對你們，也確是十分重要的。聖鮑思高看到他的修會，保持著對窮人中的最窮者之愛，定會感到十分歡喜。在你們的人生及事業中持守著這種愛。這是天主對你們修會最大的恩賜──愛護貧苦者，為貧苦者工作。勿讓任何人或任何事物，令你們對基督的愛，與對貧苦者的愛分離！某些人或事物，要奪去你們愛護和服務貧苦者的喜樂，何等容易。這是天主對我們最大的恩賜！今天，飢渴不僅是對於飲食而言……也可以是對愛和關懷的飢渴……司鐸所要做的，就是要施予出於愛的喜樂與平安。衣不蔽體不僅是指無衣服可穿，也是指失去尊嚴、純潔、受人鄙視：很多人視貧苦者如無物！……人們渴望得到愛，得到尊重。他們也許連展露笑容的時間也沒有。世上苦難如此眾多，就是因為人們過於忙碌。因此我們要呈上我們祈禱，並教導別人祈禱，因為家庭一起祈禱，便會聚在一起，如果他們聚在一起，便能相親相愛，因為天主愛了他們每一位……讓我們以祈禱與犧牲彼此扶助，使我們能繼續向所有相遇的人，展現天主的愛與憐憫，這樣我們便能與他們分享，一份愛慕侍奉天主的喜樂。」
Saint Teresa of Calcutta: She loves and protects the Salesians
(ANS - Vatican City, 05 September 2016) – On Sunday 4 September, in an atmosphere of joy and light, Pope Francis enrolled Mother Teresa of Calcutta among the saints, offering her as a model of holiness for all the world of voluntary service. She is a woman and a consecrated religious of our time that, guided by the Spirit, embodied mercy by treating every person, especially the poor and defenceless, as a human person and a brother or sister in the Lord.
Mother Teresa had several contacts with the Salesians. Worthy of particular mention was the meeting of 17 April 1984 between Mother Teresa and the members of the 22nd General Chapter led by the Rector Major, Fr Egidio Viganò. Here are some passages from what she had to say on that occasion. They serve as a message from her to the congregation today.
"Don Bosco had a great love for the poor. He always saw Jesus in them, believing the word of Jesus. He knew, not only by an act of faith, but from deep conviction, that what he was doing for poor young people was done for Jesus himself ... what strikes me most in youth is the desire to pray, and then turn their prayer into service. Service as the fruit of prayer is indeed very important for you and for us ... St John Bosco must be very happy to see that his Congregation retains that love for the poorest of the poor. Guard it with your life and with your work. It is the greatest gift of God to your Society – love the poor and work for the poor. Do not let anyone or anything separate your love for Christ from love for the poor! It is so easy to let someone or something take away the joy of loving and serving the poor. They are the greatest gift of God to us! Today, hunger is not only for a piece of bread ... it is also the hunger to be loved, to feel cared for. ... The priest's contribution is to give the peace and joy that spring from love. Being naked is not just a matter of not having clothes to wear. It is also the lack of dignity, the loss of purity, lack of respect: many treat the poor as if they were nothing! ... People are hungry for love and hungry for esteem. People often don’t even have time to smile. There is a lot of suffering in the world, precisely because everyone is busy. This is why we have to be present with our prayers, teaching people to pray, because families that pray together stay together, and if they stay together they will be able to love each other as God loves each one of them ... Let's help each other with prayer and sacrifice, so that we may be able to continue to be God's love and compassion for all those who meet us, and that we may be able to share with them the joy of loving and serving God."