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某家公司有一个传统，每年圣诞夜都会举办晚会，并举行抽奖。抽奖的规矩是这样的：每个员工都会缴交十元美金做为基金，全公司共有三百人，换句话说共能募集到三千美金，而被抽中的幸运儿，就可以将这些钱全抱回家。
抽奖当天，办公室洋溢着热闹的气氛，每个人纷纷在纸条上写下自己的名字，投进抽奖箱中。但是，一个年轻男子下笔时却犹豫了。因为他想到，公司的清洁阿姨体弱多病的儿子最近要开刀，但她却没有钱支付手术费用，让她非常烦恼。
于是，尽管知道抽中的机会渺茫，只有三百分之一的机会，但男子还是在纸条上，写下了那名清洁工的名字。
紧张的时刻来临了，老板在抽奖箱中翻搅了一番，最后抽出一张纸条，而男子也在心中不断地祷告：「希望清洁阿姨可以得奖……」
接着，老板慎重宣布得奖人的名字……奇蹟发生了！中奖的竟然真的是那位清洁工！
办公室爆出欢呼声，清洁阿姨连忙上台领奖，几乎喜极而泣的她，感动地说：「我真是幸运！有了这一笔钱，我儿子就有希望了！」
晚会开始，男子一面想着这个「圣诞奇蹟」，一面踱步到抽奖箱旁。他顺手摸出一张纸条，漫不经心地打开一看，上面写的，竟然也是清洁阿姨的名字！男子非常吃惊，接连又抽出好几张纸条，上面的字迹虽然不一样，但写的名字全都相同──都是那清洁阿姨的名字！
男子红了眼眶。他赫然明白，世界上真的有圣诞节的奇蹟，只不过，奇蹟不会从天上掉下来，而要人们自己去创造。
当我们陷于低潮的时候，都希望有奇蹟降临在我们身上；但当我们有能力的时候，是否愿意去做那个创造奇蹟的人呢？
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徒弟擦一面镜子，边擦边说：“这镜子可真是贱货，几十元买了这么一大面！”　
师父笑着说：“你可别小看了这镜子啊！它可以当你的老师呢。”
“哦？”徒弟也逗趣说，“不知这镜子老师将何以教我啊？”
“不管什么东西，只要放到镜子前面，它都映得出吗？”师父问。
“当然”
“那么东西移开后，镜子里还留有余影吗？” 师父问。
“那怎么会呢？”
“这就是智慧啊！”师父说：“这叫'物来则应，过去不留。'徒弟，你在生活中能到'事来则应，事过即忘'吗？”
“不能”徒弟说，“想不到这镜子还有点门道，还有吗？”
“多得是”，师父说：“比如孔孟先师或帝王将相来照镜，你说镜子会因为高兴加倍细心吗？”
“不会”徒弟答。
“如果乞丐、弃儿来照镜，镜子会因厌恶而应付了事吗？”
“不会。”
“这就叫'在圣不增，在凡不减。'又叫与圣人居而不喜，与凡夫居而不忧，你做得到吗？”师父问。
“做不到！还有吗？"徒弟兴冲冲地问。
“当甲物体正在照镜子时，镜子会一边照甲又一边惦念乙吗？”
“不会”。
“这叫把握当下，而无所住。你做得到吗？”
“做不到！还有呢？”徒弟穷追。
“镜子映现红色物体时，其本身会不会也变成红色？映现绿色时会不会本身也成绿色？”
“不会。”
“镜子本身虽不变色，却仍能红来现红，绿来现绿，是不是？”
“是，这叫什么？”徒弟问。
“这叫'随缘不变，不变随缘'。你做得到吗？ ”
“做不到，还有吗？”徒弟还不解渴。
“镜子映人映物、映狗、映水、映火、而本身玻璃的本质却始终不变，你明白吗？”
“明白了”，徒弟感叹地说，“想不到一面小小的镜子，竟蕴含了这么多道理！真是物物皆可为师。

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
Concentrate on this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' Something good will happen to you today; something that you have been waiting to hear.
There comes a point in your life when you realize:
Who matters,
Who never did,
Who won't anymore...
And who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.
--Author unknown

为遵行天主旨意之人，天主必许下救恩。当以民被充军后，受外邦习俗影响，渐渐忽略守安息日的诫命，依撒意亚先知在此特别提到关于遵守安息日的诫命，守安息日就等于承认上主是万民的大主宰，亦是固守天主盟约。甚至包括归依天主的外邦人，只要遵守天主旨意，信仰、爱慕上主，便能成为天主子民，亦能进入永恒的天国。救恩的普世性，透过先知的话语，渐渐传递开来。
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~ 不要害怕你的生命会结束，而要害怕它从未开始。—格雷斯.汉森
有一个人搭船到英国，途中遇到暴风，全船的人惊慌失措，他看到一个老太太非常平静的在祷告，神情十分的安详。
等到风浪过去，全船脱离了险境，这人很好 奇的问这老太太，为什么一点都不害怕。
老太太回答：“我有两个女儿，大女儿叫马尔大，已经被上主接走，回到天家，二女儿叫玛利亚住在英国。
刚才风浪大作时， 我就向上主祷告，如果接我回天家，我就去看大女儿，如果留我性命，我就去看二女儿，
不管去那里我都一样，所以我怎么会害怕呢？”
无论遭遇任何事，不需惧怕。把自已交托给上主，充实而用心的过好每一天。

因缘际会认认天主教枢机主教单国玺后，我常利用诊所空档之际，与他电话聊天。从小就不喜欢读书、逃学无数的我，是当 时 老师眼中的问题学生。人生经历多次转折，如今当了医师，面对病人的生老病死，感触良多。日常生活遇到不解之处，自然就讨教良师益友的单枢机，每次总得到父亲般亲切的答复。昨天是他老人家九十大寿，我稍加整理其中印象深刻的对话，让社会大众了解单枢机鲜为人知的一面—智慧、仁慈与幽默。
我曾问：「我至今仍不是天主教徒，如何祈祷？」单枢机说：「天主的回应大都是看的，而不是听的。你每天在公园当环保义工，捡垃圾必须弯腰，种树苗自然就需跪在地上，这都是一种敬天的表现。你也参加义诊，照顾弱势，圣经上说：『凡为我最小弟兄做的，就是为我做的。』只要持续保持善念，做善事，天主必听得到也看得到，不必刻意。」
我请教「如何面对死亡？」他说：「很多人忌讳死亡，惧怕到甚至称为『死神』。我讲个历史故事：以前罗马有位若望保禄二十三世教宗，因年事已高，病入膏肓，全国最好的医师群费力地从鬼门关将他抢救回来，他回神后第一句话就是『死亡妹妹牵我的右手，小天使牵我的左手，正快乐地将我带向天堂，唉！医师们，你们怎么又把我拉回来呢？』死亡随时会来，将每一天视为人生的最后一天，积极生活。人生好比舞台，每天彩排死亡剧本，一旦无常到来，你才会自在无惧地迎向它！」
一般人印象中的宗教事务繁琐且严肃，我问单枢机可曾碰到什么逗趣的事情？他说：「严肃归严肃，该轻松的时候也该放松。我有个关於姓名的趣事：台湾有三位主教同时姓刘，有次开会我叫『刘主教』，三位都分不清楚。后来我笑说，这样好了，年长的称『大刘』，次长的叫『二刘』，最小的就是『三刘』，三位皆反对。要不然改成住北部的称『上刘』，中部的叫『中刘』，南部的自然就叫『下刘』，不知各位意下如何？众人听完大笑，开会的气氛也变得特别融洽。」
有一次，我关切地问：「单枢机，电话那头的声音，今天特别虚弱，怎么了？」「不瞒你说，我肺癌有复发的迹象，主治医师又加了另一种抗癌药物，吃了会恶心，泻肚子，全身无力。我已是『老废物』一个，既然天主旨意如此，我全然接受，只祈求加诸于我的痛苦，能换得天下苍生些许的平安。」
【联合报╱庄聪吉／医师（屏县潮州)】
【 2011/11/28 联合报】

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT
DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND , TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE .
THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH
THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE: 'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE'
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM,
'AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'
THE FRIEND REPLIED
WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.
BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT'
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON,
AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM,
A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.

1]Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.
2] So a Car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the Rear view Mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move on.
3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.
5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!
6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!
7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.

有个小女孩问妈妈 人是怎么来的？
妈妈说：神造了亚当和夏娃
他们生孩子 繁衍许多代 就有了我们
几天后　小女孩问爸爸同样的问题
爸爸说：很久很久以前
我们是从猴子一点一点 变来的
她被搞糊涂了　又跑去问妈妈
妈　你说人是神造的
但爸爸却说我们是猴子变的
怎么会这样?
妈妈说：宝贝　很简单
我说的 是我们娘家这边的人
爸爸说的 是他们家那边的

I grew up in a small town of 1000 people where everyone knew everyone. One day when I was a young girl, I stole a toy from a department store there. I can’t even remember why I stole it, but, nevertheless, I did. When I told my mom later, she didn’t punish me, other than to say, “Don’t do it again.”
Shortly after, I was at the same department store shopping for a coloring book and colors. I realized that I didn’t have enough money for both, and I had to make a decision. Then, I remembered that my mom “let me get away” with stealing the last time, so why not just steal again? I bought the coloring book, and then walked back into the store, slipped the box of colors into my sack, and quickly walked back out. All the way home (which was only a block), I was chuckling to myself about how easy this was. I had no idea what was about to happen. When I got home, I told my mom (laughingly) what I had done, expecting the same response that she gave the last time. However, I was so wrong. This time, she had a different response, and I wasn’t prepared for it. If she had only disciplined me at home, I could have stood that. But, my mom drove me back to the store, made me give the colors back to the cashier (who was a good friend of my mom’s), tell her what I had done, and ask forgiveness. That was the most painful punishment my mom could have given me. At the time, I didn’t understand how a loving mother could do that to her child. But I look back at that day as a turning point in my life. From that day on, I have never had the desire to steal anything. My mom’s discipline made a lasting impact in my life. She has told me many times that it hurt her much more than it hurt me. I am grateful that she loved me enough to discipline me in such a way that I would not repeat the act of stealing ever again.