巴伦主教论道 ‖ 追随耶稣需要放下仇恨与偏见
翻译 | Carrie
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本栏目由美国洛杉矶教区辅理主教罗伯特·巴伦（Robert Barron）执笔，Carrie Wong翻译。巴伦是Word on Fire协会的创办人、美国多家电视台的常客、PBS倍受赞誉的《天主教义》系列大型纪录片的主持人，著作等身，并荣登亚马逊畅销书榜……因其出色的媒体福传工作，被誉为现代“天主教最棒的福音使者之一”。巴伦主教以富有人文关怀与泛社会的角度，诠释圣经、见证信仰，相信会为读者打开全新的视角，带您深入不一样的信仰反思。
朋友们，在今天的福音中，耶稣斥责雅各伯及若望，因为他们想报复。耶稣及其门徒向耶路撒冷走去，我们一路同行。经过撒玛黎雅时，他们不被接待，因为他们要去的是耶路撒冷，令撒玛黎雅人恼火。这些撒玛黎雅人令人讨厌？愚蠢？歧视外族？当然，他们三样都是。因此，雅各伯和若望（雷霆之子）喊道：“主，你愿意我们叫火自天降下，焚毁他们吗？”
你能听到这声呼喊在历史上的回响吗？每当人们受到不公平的待遇、排斥、轻视，他们自然而然地产生怨恨情绪，并渴望报复。确实没错，他们会说他们的家人或者种族或者国家被冒犯了，所以他们有正当理由作出反应。
不料耶稣竟然转过身来斥责他们。为什么？因为追随祂及其非暴力的处事方式比种族或者国家或者民族更为重要。我们对这些美好事物有感情是合乎情理的，但我们对祂的感情必须更胜一筹。
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus rebukes James and John for their desire for vengeance. We are walking with Jesus and his disciples as they make their way to Jerusalem. As they pass through Samaria, they are refused hospitality, for their destination is Jerusalem and this annoys the Samaritans. Bothersome? Stupid? Racist? Sure, all of those things. As a result, James and John (the sons of thunder) cry out: “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
Can you hear echoes of this cry up and down the ages? Whenever people have been unjustly treated, excluded, looked down upon, they experience, naturally enough, feelings of hatred and a desire to get back. Correctly enough, they will say that their family or their race or their country was offended, and so they, with justification, react.
But Jesus turns only to rebuke them. Why? Because following him and his way of non-violence is more important than race or country or ethnic group. Our feelings for him have to go beyond even our justified feelings for these good things.
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