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成 熟

    

有個弟子終日沉浸在祈禱中。大師對他說:「什麼時候你才會自立,而不處處黏着天主不放?」

弟子聞之愕然:「您不常教導我們應仰賴天主如父一般?」

「你什麼時候才會懂得:『父親』並不是讓你倚賴的一樣東西,他只是幫助你驅除內心倚賴他物的習性而已。」

ADULTHOOD

To a disciple who was always at his prayers the Master said, “When will you stop
leaning on God and stand on your own two feet?”

The disciple was astonished. “But you are the one who taught us to look on God as
Father!”

“When will you learn that a father isn’t someone you can lean on but someone who
rids you of your tendency to lean?”