巴伦主教论道 ‖ 祈祷要怀着信德
翻译 | Carrie
编辑 | 玛纳工作室
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， 今天的福音说的是祈祷和祈祷的力量。这段摘自《路加福音》的文字是关于如何正确对待祈祷的至理名言。什么是祈祷？我们应该怎样祈祷？祈祷是我们与天主的亲密交流和对话。根据耶稣的人生历程来判断，我们应该经常祈祷，尤其是在关键时刻。
那么，我们应该如何祈祷？祈祷是怎样的？你祈祷时必须心怀信德。你有没有注意到耶稣一次又一次地在行奇迹之前对人们说：“你相信我能做得到吗？”当耶稣一语惊人地说：“我告诉你们：你们祈祷，不论求什么，只要你们相信必得，必给你们成就” ，你能听到话中纯粹的信德吗？
而今天祂说，“你们求，必要给你们；你们找，必要找著；你们敲，必要给你们开。因为凡求的，就必得到；找的，就必找到；敲的，就必给他开。”
Friends, our Gospel today is about prayer and the power of prayer. This excerpt from Luke is filled with wisdom in regard to the proper attitude of prayer. What is prayer, and how should we pray? Prayer is intimate communion and conversation with God. Judging from Jesus’ own life, prayer is something that we ought to do often, especially at key moments of our lives.
Well, how should we pray? What does it look like? You have to pray with faith. Have you noticed how Jesus, time and again, says to people before working a miracle, “Do you believe I can do this?” Can you hear the simple faith in this astonishing line of Jesus: “I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.”
And today he says, “Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
简介：这是由圣经、教会法和神学专家，以及投身媒体福传的神职人员和有志青年，为更荣主益人而协力打造的一个公众号。玛纳工作室将以独创、独特和独到的文字、语音和视频等方式，和您共同深入圣言、灵修、礼仪、法典等信仰生活的堂奥。