Prayers

A father and his son lived in a remote village which was best known for sculpture shops. Father was a sculpture and had a shop. He never made big profits from the shop but still, he continued with that. In his free time, Father used to teach his young son the art of sculpture. While […]

As the theme of this month is Faith and Hope, I would like to talk about one of our patron saints, St. Paul the Apostle. If you remember the mosaics in our school Hall, you probably know that St Paul is holding a book and a sword. The book carried by him, actually represents his

首先，我想問問大家︰「你最喜歡哪一句歌詞？」你內心第一時間想到的是甚麼？這些歌詞為什麼吸引你？因為它是由你喜歡的歌星唱嗎？或是你喜歡的作詞人所作？相信大家心入面已有一個答案吧。 近日我在網上社交平台最常看到的娛樂資訊，就是大家從不陌生的男團與女團。當然今日分享的並不是他們的故事，只是還記得未有這兩個團體出現的時候，經過廣東歌的輝煌時代，又四大天王，樂隊時代後，社會中有一些聲音開始說著︰「香港的樂壇已死；大家亦很少會再聽廣東歌，它不再流行。」我也明白時代變遷，新舊交替，總令人不捨，但我相信總不應有此絕望的想法吧。 不過，話說回來，甚麼是「絕望」？「絕望」就是失去希望的狀態。如果我跟你們說，明天你便可以立即去學校旅行、參加陸運會、可以到歐洲旅行、甚至放暑假，你們會否期待明天快點到來？正是如此，當你的生命中有所期盼，認為明天是愉快、開心、有意義及精彩的，你便會對明天的到來充滿信心和希望。我相信大家也期望這天快點到來。 那麼，大家對於一息間的對卷時間，你們有信心？有期盼嗎？上星期，我跟一班老師到錦田的聖堂朝聖，當中我們認識了這聖堂的主保聖人——聖猶達。藉著今日這機會也想跟大家介紹一下，因為他被稱為「絕望者」的主保。 聖猶達，其實正名是猶達斯，在這麼多年來，他都經常被人遺忘、忽視，甚至也沒有人希望以他成為自己的主保聖人，主要是因為他和出賣耶穌的依斯加略人猶達斯同名，因此，聖猶達的另一個稱號是「被遺忘的聖人」。雖然聖經中沒有詳細記載聖人的生平，但這位絕望者主保時常鼓勵那些在生活中陷於困境的人，要時常保持信德，他曾在書信中強調︰「我們應如先祖所行的那樣，在險惡與困難的環境中堅持。」聖人願意關心別人和英勇地見證信仰的芳表很值得我們學習。 反觀這個分秒必爭的繁忙生活，令我們失去了欣賞身邊美好事物的機會，每天都是上班下班、上學放學，慢慢地我們會變得憂慮，時常抱怨，在這樣的心情遇上困難、挫折時，更加容易質疑自己的信念，懷疑自己。盡管如此，我們也不需以他人的不幸來突顯自己的幸福，因為我們每人都有找到希望的能力，對於這些挑戰更是持有永不放棄的態度，因此，最重要的還是找到這份動力，幫我們改變，使我們內心變得強大。再者，我們亦要相信天主會給予我們力量面對這一切考驗，在黑暗盡頭總見光明的。 大家還記得在我分享前，想大家想想的一句歌詞嗎？我相信這句歌詞吸引你的原因，可能是跟你的信念有莫大關係。最後，就在結束前，我也跟大家分享突然在腦海中出現的歌詞吧！ 「願你知生命實在亦是有些意外，不用徬徨迷途只須緊記，它有無窮色彩，它有無盡的愛，願憑著自信跨過障礙賽」 在此，我們也為著保持這份信德，向天主祈求，願祂給予我們力量面對接下來的種種挑戰。 Ms. Poon W. K. 21 January 2022

Over this month we have heard different sharings on the theme of faith and hope. I would like to contribute with a personal sharing of two quite extreme situations, one from 27 years ago and the other around 3 years ago. These were situations where great faith and hope were on display. In 1994, a

今個月的早會主題是「信德與盼望」(Faith and Hope)，當我看到這個題目時，心中滿有疑問，究竟「信德」是什麼？和信心、信仰是否等同？所以，我問了朋友意見，其中一位執事告訴我，英文 Faith，可以解作「相信/有信心」，而在宗教上，即可以解作「信仰」，例如: The Catholic faith，但譯做「信德」，就係一個天主教嘅宗教術語。 按保祿宗徒的論述，信徒有三方面德行virtue，就是信、望、愛。一般的德行是可以自己修練的，例如儒家思想的「仁義禮智信」等。但信望愛三德稱為「theological virtues 超性德行」，超越人類本性的德行，須要倚靠天主的幫助纔能達到至善的境界。 簡言之，信德是指信賴天主。我們未必是教徒，做不到殉道者為信仰而犧牲這份精神，但在現實生活中，我們可以對信德一詞有以下的理解：嘗試將心中的不安，交托給天主，正如此刻的你，對浩瀚的考試範圍感到無從入手，又擔心如果成績欠理想，會受的長輩責罵？如果我說中了你心中所想，此刻就將你的不安、惶恐都交托給上主吧！ Ms. Chan K. Y. 12 January 2022

The theme of this month is Faith and Hope. By definition, Faith is confidence or trust in something or someone not based on proof ie. Believing in things unseen. Hope is an optimistic attitude based on expectation or desire. There are many bible stories about Faith and Hope. Let me share one with you. Daniel

Faith is to believe what you do not see. Together with hope, you are able to see what you believe despite of the darkness. Today, I would like to share with you the message of Faith and Hope by a story calls “A man in the desert”. It was a very hot day. Andrew got

You know, last week, when I was doing the new year countdown at church, I was given a piece of paper to write down “What things you are feeling thankful for in 2021?” As I was looking back at 2021, a lot of things have happened to me. Some of our friends have left and

Happy new year. Today is the first school day of 2022, I wish you all healthy and happy in this year. COVID lasts for more than two years, some of you still unable to have full day school, but I believe that we must be able to resume our normal school life in the near

Giving is the act of sharing and providing assistance and support. The act of giving can be demonstrated through countless methods, one example would be our annual Operation Santa Claus which was held last Friday. In this joyful and meaningful event, we give back to the community and help people in need. And though many