Prayers

What is responsibility? Perhaps as a secondary school student, ‘responsibility’ sounds like something far away from us and is difficult. Actually, responsibility includes a wide range of things that even you and me can bear. Things like simply handing in homework, being a punctual student, studying for your tests and examinations are signs of taking […]

First of all, I’d like to ask you a question, ‘Who’s responsible for your life?’ For many people, every mistake they make can be someone or something else’s fault. They blame others or make excuses for failure and excuses about their undesirable actions and behaviour. Blaming others and making excuses show that one does not

Sometimes we might think, why and how should we take responsibility? Now, let us tell you a short story. Once upon a time, there were two families living nearby. One family was constantly arguing and even fighting among themselves while the other one lived peacefully. Feeling curious and jealous about how nicely the neighbouring family

Taking responsibility for your own actions means that your first reaction when a mistake is made or a conflict arises isn’t to blame others, make excuses, twist the facts, or flat-out lie. Instead, you swiftly acknowledge there is a problem, identify your role in it, and implement an action plan to minimize the chances of

今日是5月31日，在教會的年曆中是一個很特別的慶日——聖母訪親節。聖經中是這樣般記載： 瑪利亞就在那幾日起身，急速往山區去，到了猶大的一座城。她進了匝加利亞的家，就給依撒伯爾請安。依撒伯爾一聽到瑪利亞請安，胎兒就在她的腹中歡躍。依撒伯爾遂充滿了聖神，大聲呼喊說：「在女人中你是蒙祝福的，你的胎兒也是蒙祝福的(路1：39-42) 。」 在這段福音中，我們可以看到以下兩點： 首先，從瑪利亞和依撒伯爾的身上，我們看到「順從天主旨意」的可貴。其實她們二人對自己的懷孕感到不安和驚訝，但內心深處依然是充滿了喜樂和感恩的。瑪利亞曾經在《謝主曲》中提及：「我的靈魂歌頌上主的偉大，我的心神因天主、我的救主而歡欣﹗因為祂垂顧了祂婢女的卑微，今後人們要永遠稱我有福。……」顯示了天主在卑微的人身上所顯的大能。試想想，在我們的人生路上又何嘗不是會使我們感到迷惘惆悵、驚慌失措呢？如果我們能向聖母和依撒伯爾學習，順從並依賴上主，相信上主必然會為我們安排一切。 另一方面，我們也可以學習聖母如何關懷弱小。大家知否依撒伯爾懷孕時是多少歲呢？根據路加福音的記載，「她年事已高，而且素稱不生育的」(路一：7、18、36)，可見她其實是個高齡產婦。一個原是素不生育的高齡產婦，在此刻發現自己懷有身孕，自然有很多事情想與人分享，在身心靈各方面也希望得到別人的幫忙。如果此時與一些有生育經驗的婦女傾談，對方未必會全然聆聽自己；反之，聖母當時懷有小耶穌，又是初次懷孕，在時間上與依撒伯爾只是相差六個月，瑪利亞自然成了她的最佳聽眾。最重要是瑪利亞一聽到表姐懷孕的消息後，便立刻動身探訪她，足見她對表姐的關心，明白對方的憂慮，於是亳不理會自己當時也是懷孕，便跳出自己的舒適圈，長途跋涉地到山區探望她。這種「不以自己為先，以關愛他人為要」的態度，正好是關懷弱小的表現，亦提醒了我們該如何關心別人。 適逢今日是聖母月的最後一天，就讓我們一起頌唸聖母經，祈求聖母的助佑，代我們向上主轉達所求。 Ms. Lam W. Y. 31 May 2022

During the draught, God commanded Elijah to go to Zarephath when the brook also dried out (1 Kings 17:7-16). So the Lord sent Elijah to a widow in Zarephath to ask for some bread. The widow only had enough bread to make one more loaf for her and her son, and then she was going

Last few weeks, we heard a lot of stories about helping others. Today, I would like to talk about how business helps the needy. You may ask, “The objective of running a business is making money, why do they care about the weak?” In business, we have a concept called Corporate Social Responsibility (企業社會責任). It

When we talk about the weak, most of you may think about the homeless people who are wandering on streets, or the elderly people who do not get enough food, care and love. We believe that the weak also includes animals. Instead of just considering human rights, why don’t we do more by showing our

In Proverbs 3:27, Jesus said: “Do not withhold good from those whom it is due when it is in your power to act.” From this, we can see that Jesus wants us to care for the Weak. Therefore, today we’d like to share a story called Elijah And The Widow. During a drought, when the

People care for the weak in different ways and different forms. The wealthy donate a big sum of money to charities. Volunteering teams visit the elderly home to create a festive atmosphere for the lonely elderly. Restaurants send free lunch boxes to the homeless who cannot afford to buy one. The incentives of the above