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2130 Rodick Road, Markham, Ontario L6C 157 Tel: (905) 887-7922 • Fax: (905) 887-7933 • Email: admin@saintagnestsao.org

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常年期第七主日 主曆二零二零年二月二十二、二十三日

(甲年) 讀經一：肋 19:1-2, 17-18；讀經二：格前 3:16-23；福音：瑪 5:38-48

靈修片語 請穿起天主的戎裝（弗六：11）

第二章 上主的門徒

主徒是基督的前驅

「耶穌派遣門徒，前往祂自己快要去的那些城

市……」，我們的主基督也正要進入中國各地的城

市。主徒應該給祂預備道路。這就是我們這個新修

會最主要的目的。這個名稱，使你們記得，自己是

基督的朋友，傳播祂福音的報導者。我在採用這個

名稱之前，曾作長期思考，後來，尤其想到了上述

那段福音，才作了這樣的決定。

我也喜歡這個名稱，因為我想到了孔子的弟子，

祂們收集孔子的思想，並把它傳揚了。讓我暫且放

下正題：你們不可見我在此提起孔子，而感到驚奇。

他應該受人重視和尊敬，如同柏拉圖、亞里士多德、

蘇格拉底一樣。他生活在基督之前，所以，他不能

成為一個基督徒。可是，有許多他的教訓，無疑是

有益身心的，值得我們尊重的。這是善良的自然律，

超自然的法律並不與之牴觸，因為超自然的事物，

淨化並提高自然的事物。況且孔子給中國傳授了倫

理的道德律，家庭和社會的生活方式，數千年來，

成為中國民族的穩固基礎。不應該使基督與孔子對

立，而要從孔子出發，以求到達基督那裏，如同聖

奧斯定關於世界之城所說的。他的意思是說，利用

羅馬的文化，以便更能了解天主之城。他深明柏拉

圖的思想才能對基督的思想，作高深的闡揚。

主徒兩個兩個地前往

你們也要如此。為什麼？為效法主耶穌最初的門

徒，並使彼此能有物質和精神上的互助。如果一個患

病，另一個人就可以服侍他。聖經也這樣說：「兄弟

互助，猶如堅城。」（箴十八：19）「哀哉！孤獨

者！他若跌倒了，沒有另一人扶起他來。」（訓四：

10）旅途有一個同伴，總是一大安慰。

不過，主徒會士兩個兩個地前往，也有一個屬於

倫理的理由。主耶穌曾對當時的那些門徒們說，祂派

遣他們前往狼群之間。世界到處都有狼。我們必須時

常提防外面的狼，即外來的誘惑；也要提防內在的

狼，即「與靈魂作戰的」（伯前二：11）肉慾的誘

惑。「本性的私慾相反聖神的引導，聖神的引導相反

本性的私慾；二者互相敵對。」（迦五：17）

受到誘惑，有一個同伴，往往就是獲救的象徵。

你們可以一起祈禱，彼此辦告解，而且也應該盡量參

加團體敬主神工。

如果不常與天主結合，旅行就能使人分心走意。

師主篇說：「凡事多旅行者，少有成聖的。」

兩個兩個地前往；這樣，基督就在你們中間。

「如有兩個或更多的人，因我的名字聚在一起，我就

在他們中間。」（瑪十八：20）

剛恒毅樞機

教宗祈禱意向

二零二零年二月

總意向 : 為聆聽移民的呼聲

為深受販賣人口罪行禍害的移民弟兄姊妹之呼聲能

被聆聽及照顧到祈禱。

本主日聖召祈禱意向

「所以你們應當是成全的，如同你們的天父是

成全的一樣。」你是否感到被召叫幫助人們接近天

主？如果你感到被天主邀請以神父、執事、修士或修

女的身份宣揚天主愛的福音，請與多倫多總教區聖召

主任 Chris Lemieux 神父。 電話： 416-968-0997

電郵： vocations@archtoronto.org

聖灰禮儀

2 月 26 日 是聖灰禮儀，上午 8 時及晚上 8

時 (國、粵語) 彌撒中，將為教友施放聖灰。

當晚由 7 時 15 分起將有穿梭巴士服務。從

該日開始教會禮儀進入四旬期，教會鼓勵教

友在此四旬期內應多行克己、祈禱及守齋的

神功，同時勤辦告解、行愛德善功，求天主

寬赦眾人之罪！教友於該日當守大小齋。 苦路善功日期時間

四旬期內由 2 月 28 日起逢星期五晚上 7 時

有苦路善功。

粵語： 3 月 6 日(第一個星期五) 早上 8 時

彌撒後朝拜聖體至下午 6 時。

7 時開始拜苦路。

國語： 2 月 29 日、3 月 14 日 及 28 日

星期六晚上 7 時 45分

英語： 3 月 7 日及 21 日

星期六晚上 7 時 45 分

鼓勵家長帶領家中孩童來參與。

四旬期內首瞻禮六晚上彌撒取消。

堂區教友登記

誠懇呼籲尚未在本堂區登記或需更改個人資

料的教友，請盡速到堂區辦事處辦理。

大小齋規則

我們在基督徒生活中的其中一項要務，乃透

過悔罪和克己實踐皈依。懺悔是對天主的愛

和皈依的一種行為，信仰而沒有行動，就僅

是耶穌基督曾經譴責的形式主義和法利塞主

義而已。

新聖教法典宣稱：

一. 普世教會的悔罪日期是全年之中的每星

期五以及整個四旬期。

二. 全年之中每星期五守小齋，除非當日為

特別慶節。守小齋的規定，適用於所有十四

歲以上的人士。

三. 每年聖灰瞻禮日及耶穌受難日守大小

齋。守大齋的規定適用於年齡在十八歲以上

但未達六十歲的人士。

傳統上，所稱的小齋即是放棄取用熱血

動物的肉類食品。所謂大齋，即在小齋的基

礎上，一天只可飽餐一頓，可選擇在早上及

晚間取用少量食物，其餘時間只可取用流質

飲品，但盡可能以減少享受為原則。病人、

身體衰弱者、孕婦可免守大小齋。

四旬期避靜

四旬期避靜將分別於 3 月 21 日及 22 日舉

行，粵語避靜神師為來自西雅圖之袁銘成執

事 。主題是：「聖事與恩竉 」。國語避靜

神師為馬杰執事。將於 2 月 29 日開始接受

報名。歡迎教友踴躍參加。

教區特定告解日及堂區告解日

為讓我們作好準備，迎接天主進入我們的心

中，教區內所有聖堂將安排為教友聽告解，

使我們能真正更新悔改，體驗天主的愛。

本堂的教區特定修和聖事時間為 3 月 24 日

(星期二) 上午 10 時至中午 12 時。而堂區

告解日為 4 月 1 日 (星期三) 晚上 7 時至 9 時

30 分。希望大家能安排時間前來與主、與人

修和。

2月23日 8:15am 追思：符牧德神父；朱愷雅

(星期日) 謝恩：程太及家人

求恩：本堂三位羅、陳、張神父；Margaret & Herman Lee

10:00am 為所有本堂教友祈禱

追思：Mary 江崧

謝恩：Danny & Wai Man

求恩：Enrico Zapanta

12:00pm 追思：Anna Liu Chan Kit Lao

謝恩：林馮麗容

2:00pm RIP ：Holy Souls in Purgatony；Rose Lee

2月24日 8:00am 求恩：Enrico Zapanta

(星期一)

2月25日 8:00am 謝恩：Wilbur Leung

(星期二) 求恩：Enrico Zapanta

7:00pm 追思：諸眾煉靈

2月26日 8:00am 求恩：Enrico Zapanta

(星期三)

2月27日 8:00am 求恩：Enrico Zapanta

(星期四) 7:00pm 求恩：基督活力及其親友

2月28日 8:00am 求恩：Enrico Zapanta

(星期五)

2月29日 8:00am 求恩：Enrico Zapanta

(星期六) 4:30pm 追思：諸眾煉靈 ；梁羅其嫻

求恩：潘昊；孫淑英

6:30pm 求恩：楊黃菊如

本週彌撒意向

請注意！！

中國爆發的新型冠狀肺炎病毒肆虐，疫情嚴重，傳播性强。為了大家健康和安全，這段時間如果有

從中國大陸、香港、台灣及澳門回來的教友及其親友，從回來開始兩週内避免上教堂及公共埸所，

他們將得到寬免不用參與主日彌撒和堂區活動，可以自行在家祈禱和為病患者代禱。請轉告你們的

家人及親友。祝大家身體健康，多謝合作！

暫停口領聖體

鑑於新型冠狀肺炎病毒肆虐，為公眾衛生原因，聖堂門口將不設聖水及暫停口領聖體，祇可用手接

領聖體，直至另行通知。多謝合作！

The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Feb.22 & 23, 2020

(Year A) Lv 19:1-2, 17-18 ; 1 Cor 3:16-23 ; Mt 5:38-48

Vocation

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Do you feel called to help people get closer to God? If you think God is calling you to be a priest, deacon, brother or sister, contact Fr. Chris Lemieux, Vocation Director, Archdiocese of Toronto. Phone: 416-968-0997 email: vocations@archtoronto.org

Spiritual Corner Put on the Armour of God (Eph. 6:11)

Chapter II The Disciples Of The Lord

THE PRECURSORS – “Jesus Christ sent the Disciples into the cities which He was about to enter…” So Our Lord is preparing to go into the cities of China: the Disciples have to prepare the ways. Here is one of the very main aims of the new Congregation. The name recalls these friends of Christ and propagators of His evangelical message. I thought a lot, before adopting this name; and then I decided by reflecting especially upon the quoted passage of the Gospel.

I even liked the name, because I thought of the disciples of Confucius, who were the gatherers and the propagators of his thoughts. I open up a parenthe-sis: you must not be startled if I mention Confucius. He is to be considered and honoured, for example, like Plato, Aristotle, Socrates. He flourished before Christ, and he therefore could not be a Christian. But undoubtedly many of his precepts are salutary and worthy of all our respect. It is good natural law, against which the supernatural does not erect itself; but the supernatural purifies and elevates the natural. Moreover, Confucius gave China a moral law and a way of family and social living, which have con-stituted for millenniums the solid structure upon which the Chinese people supported themselves. Christ must not be pitted against Confucius; but one has to depart from Confucius in order to arrive at Christ, like how Saint Augustine talks about the city of the world, that is, he makes use of Roman culture in order to make the city of God be better under-stood; he seizes the thoughts of Plato in order to deeply express Christian thoughts.

THE DISCIPLES GO TWO BY TWO – And so go even yourselves. Why? It is for emulating the first Disciples of the Lord and to have mutual physical and

spiritual support. If someone gets sick, his companion can look after him. Sacred Scripture even says, “Brother helped by brother is a fortress, friends are like the bars of a keep” (Prov. 18:19). “If the one falls, the other will help the fallen one. But woe to the solitary person! If that one should fall, there is no other to help” (Eccl. 4:10). A companion on a trip is always a blessing.

However, there is also a moral reason why the Disciples should go two by two. The Lord told the ancient Disciples that He was sending them amongst wolves. The world is full of wolves. And we always have to protect ourselves from the wolves outside, that is from external temptations; and from inner wolves, that is from the temptations of the flesh. Such self-willed people with no reverence are not afraid of offending the glorious ones, “but the angels in their greater strength and power make no complaint or accusation against them in front of the Lord” (2 Pt. 2:11). Since self-indulgence is the opposite of the Spirit, the Spirit is totally against it, “and it is precisely because the two are so opposed to each other that you may not always do what you want” (Gal. 5:17).

Now a companion in temptation often represents salvation. You can pray together, confess yourselves to each other. Moreover, you have to, insofar as it is pos-sible, participate in communal exercises of piety.

If you are not always united with God, trips can be an argument of dissipation. The Imitation of Christ says, “Whoever pilgrimages a lot, rarely sanctifies.”

Going two by two, and Christ is in your midst. “Where two or more are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them” (Mt. 18:20).

Cardinal Celso Costantini

Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions—February

Listen to the Migrants’ Cries

We pray that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered.

Catholic Women’s Conference and Mother Daughter Event

The 11th annual Dynamic Women of Faith—Catholic Women’s Conference and Calling All Girls—Mother Daughter Event will take place on March 28 & 27 respectively. Please see posters for additional details and registration.

Ash Wednesday

February 26 is Ash Wednesday. Ashes will be distributed during the 8:00 am and 8:00 pm (Mandarin and Cantonese) masses. Shuttle bus service will begin at 7:15pm. Abstinence and fasting should be observed on that day.

Stations of the Cross during Lent

Starting from February 28 and throughout Lent, there will be ‘Stations of the Cross’. Parishioners are encouraged to take part.

Cantonese : Friday evenings at 7:00 pm;

Mandarin : February 29, March 14 & 28 at 7:45pm ;

English : March 7 & 21 at 7:45pm

March 6, first Friday of March, the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will begin after the 8:00am mass and finish at 6:00pm.

Attention Please!!

The outbreak of the coronavirus in China is raging, the epidemic is severe and highly contagious. For the safety of the community, parishioners and their relatives and friends who have just returned from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau are advised not to go to church and public places for two weeks upon their return. Their Sunday mass and parish activity duties are waived. Stay home and pray especially for the sick. Please kindly spread the news. We wish you all good health and thank you for your cooperation!

Way of Receiving Holy Communion

In view of the outbreak of the coronavirus and for public health reason, Holy Water will not be provid-ed and receiving Holy Communion on the tongue is temporarily suspended. Parishioners should receive Holy Communion by hand ONLY until further no-tice. Thank you for your cooperation!

Special Diocesan Day of Confessions & Parish Community Reconciliation

In response to the instruction from the Archdiocese of Toronto, our Parish has chosen March 24 (Tuesday), 10:00am to 12:00pm to be the Special Diocesan Day of Confessions. Our Parish Commu-nity Reconciliation Service will be on Wednesday, April 1 between 7:00pm and 9:30pm. You are en-couraged to make an effort to come on that day to reconcile with God and your neighbors, and be better prepared for Easter.

The Rules for Fasting and Abstinence

One of the foremost duties of a Christian is to pro-fess his faith through repentance and sacrifice. Re-pentance is an action to show one’s love and belief in God, for belief without action is, like what Jesus has once criticized the Pharisees, only outward appear-ance alone.

The Code of Canon Law prescribes:

1. The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.

2. Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. The law of abstinence binds those who have com-pleted their fourteenth year.

3. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their eighteenth year, until the beginning of their sixtieth year.

Traditionally, abstinence forbids the use of meat of warm blooded animals. Fasting includes abstinence and taking only one full meal. Some food (not equal-ing another full meal) is permitted at breakfast and around midday or in the evening—depending on when a person chooses to eat the main or full meal. The sick, the weak and the pregnant are not bound by the law of abstinence and fasting.

Please Pray for the Evangelization Mission of the Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord in Canada

Having served in the Archdiocese of Toronto for eleven years, the Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (CDD), after many prayers, discernments and discussions, has finally decided to have a long term commitment for the Chinese Catholic commu-nity in the Archdiocese of Toronto. The first priori-ty, thus, is the cultivation of vocation and training of young priests. In order to achieve this, it is neces-sary to purchase a property in a tranquil location for the cultivation of vocations and spiritual devel-opment. Ardent parishioners who wish to contrib-ute to this project are requested to make a cheque payable to The Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord of Canada. I wish to thank you in anticipation for your generosity and support.

主日奉獻 主曆二零二零年二月十五、十六日

建堂奉獻 $2,579.25 感謝你們對堂區的熱心支持和慷慨的奉獻。

彌撒奉獻 $5,002.00 We thank you for your support and

generosity to our Parish!