【博文】陈日君枢机：在历史的这个时刻
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「父啊！天地的主宰！我称谢你，因为你将这些事瞒住了智慧和明达的人，而启示给小孩子。」（玛11:25）
我正在预备主日的证道时，有人给我说某份英文报纸的「门前恶犬」在向我狂吠。我看了这位「宫殿先知」的大作（七月五日第二版），发觉其也有可取的地方，至少他对「狂热者」的定义我也可以同意：「狂热者」不会改变主义，且专注一个题目。
在玛窦福音同一章的前一段，耶稣对群众论若翰说：「你们出去到荒野里，是为看什么呢？为看风中摇曳的芦苇吗？……天国是以猛力夺取的……」（玛11:7-12）
若翰这位「狂热者」胆敢向黑落德说「不可以」，就此抛了他的头颅，他夺取了天国。（玛14:4）
耶稣也说过：「我实在告诉你们：你们若不变成如同小孩一样，你们决不能进入天国。」（玛18:3）
原来以猛力夺取天国的也就是小孩子，天真的小孩子。
最近有人说「我不是细路（编按：小孩）」。太可惜了，他（她）不是把自己置于天国之外吗？我希望他（她）今天再作出选择，回头是岸，在这历史的时刻，每一个人都要抉择站在战线的哪一边。「擦亮眼晴，为这黑与白，这非与是，真与伪来做证」。
七一那晚上，我站在游行终点，从八点到九点……到十点……到十一点，看着那一批又一批的「小孩子」，带着疲倦但稳定的脚步，在遮打道完成他们的苦路。美丽的香港人！有了你们这城有将来了！
那只喜欢飞在脏物上的苍蝇，如果生活在十二世纪初，见到教廷的腐败，他一定会手舞足蹈，但天主给了教会一位圣方济各，正是这位傻头傻脑的乞丐救了教会。
看看日历，明天是「上海七七事件」的两周年了。那不识时务的马主教竟对教宗说：「不要害怕宣讲真理，不要担心我的安危」，是的，祇有真理能使我们自由！
基督，求赐我们步武若翰和方济各的芳踪！求赐勇气给那些在旷野里呼叫的先知！祝福那些不怕凶恶嘴脸，和平地站出来为真理、为自由、为人权、为民主作证的「小孩子们」！
“Children” needed for this historical moment in the history of our city
Every time I turn to the second page of a certain English daily, I see a hidden warning “beware of the dog”. Not a few times I had to overcome the temptation of answering those high sounding platitudes! This time it is barking again at me. (July 5 issue). Poor guy, how can such a this-worldly man understand the father-son relation between Pope Francis and me?!
Anyway I can agree with the definition of “fanaticism”, quoted by him. “Fanatic is one who won’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” But then, the first half of the definition corresponds to the virtue of constancy or coherence and the second half to the virtue of simplicity, both very much treasured Christian values.
This Sunday’s Gospel passage reads: “Jesus exclaimed: …I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children.” (Math 11:25)
From the same Mathew we read: “Jesus said: …I tell you solemnly, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven.” (Math 18:3)
Again in chapter 11, Jesus talking to the people about John the Baptist said: “what did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No…up to this present time, the Kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm.” (Math 11:7-12)
The “fanatic” John the Baptist dared to say no to Herod and submitted his neck to the blade, he took the Kingdom of heaven by storm. By violence? Yes, with force, with one-mindedness, with the simplicity of a child!
The “learned and clever” columnist’s delights is digging out dirt of the Church, he would feel very high if he lived at the beginning of the twelfth century. But the Lord gave us a Saint Francis, this happy beggar, in his childish simplicity, saved the Church.
Somebody when offered a toy hammer by the students said “I am not a child”. What a pity! He (she) is putting himself (herself) out of the Kingdom of heaven. I hope he (she) may still revise his (her) choice. In this crucial moment of the history of our city everybody has to make a choice on which side of the barricade he (she) wants to stand.
On the night of July 1, I stood at the finishing point of the march watching, from eight o’clock to nine…to ten…to eleven, the arrival of the hundreds and thousands of Hong Kong “children”, they look tired but smiling, “fanatically” finishing their Way of the Cross. With such beautiful people this city has a future.
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of “double seven incident” of Shanghai diocese. Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin decidedly disqualified himself from being learned and clever, when, recently, he told the Holy Father not to restrain himself from preaching the truth out of fear that it may cause trouble to him. But he is right, only the truth will make us free!
O Lord. Help us to imitate the example of St. John the Baptist and of St. Francis of Assisi. Give courage to those who dare to be the voice in the wilderness. Bless all your “children” who, even facing all kinds of threat, come out peacefully to witness the truth, to defend human rights and fight for freedom and democracy!
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撰文：陈日君枢机。
【完】来源：陈枢机博客《平安抵岸全靠祂》。.
