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Advent Word, Day 16 ‘mend’

Catherine Lee

Day 16 #mend #修補 Tuesday December 13 ‘Christianity is really all about mending. That is what redemption means: mending something which is broken. Every Christian is called to share with God in mending that which is broken: mending our relationship with God, with one another, and mending the torn canvas of God’s broken world’. 基督教其實是攸關「修補」的信仰；贖罪的意義，正是將那「已破損的」加以修復。每位基督徒都蒙上帝呼召來分擔「補缺成全」的聖工：我們要修復與神、與人的關係，並補救這幅「理應完美歸主，卻遭世人撕裂」的世界圖像。   The Parable of the Lost Sheep at the St. James’ Preschool, Taichung, Christmas Show 2016! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 16 ‘mend’

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Advent Word, Day 15 ‘rely’

Catherine Lee

Day 15 #rely #仰賴 Monday December 12 ‘When we are inconvenienced, we have to rely on God. When we have to rely on God, the impossible becomes possible, and we find that we are able to do and achieve that which we never could do or achieve on our own power. We have to have God’s help’. 當我們遇到困難時，必須仰賴上帝。當我們仰賴上帝，那「不可能」的，就變成「可能」了。我們發現，先前靠本身力量無法達成的，有了上帝的協助，都能逐一進行，圓滿成就。上帝的幫助，的確是不可或缺。 Sign on the Taipei Metro Continue reading Advent Word, Day 15 ‘rely’

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Advent Word, Day 14 ‘glow’

Catherine Lee

Day 14 #glow #光明 Sunday December 11, Third Sunday in Advent ‘As children of the light we have the opportunity to either squander God’s riches or to capitalize on them by being ministers of God’s light, life, and love for all people’. 身為光明之子的我們，有可能白白浪費上主所賜的財富，也可以善用那財富，做主的僕人，傳揚上帝的光明、生命、和博愛。 Tamsui Church, Taiwan Continue reading Advent Word, Day 14 ‘glow’

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Advent Word, Day 13 ‘befriend’

Catherine Lee

Day 13 #befriend #親近 Saturday December 10 ‘On my journey of faith, Mary has become a kind of friend, and our shared experience of Jesus has become a sacred communion. He invites me into her presence with contagious joy. She points me to him with fresh insight and renewed simplicity’. 在信仰的旅程中，聖母馬利亞可說是我的朋友，我們有共同的體會，就是經歷耶穌，這已成為一種神聖的「共融」（共襄盛舉之交流）。耶穌奇妙地邀我進入馬利亞的喜樂心境；馬利亞則以清新的眼光和單純的心，指點我靠近耶穌。 Supermaster and his Superfriends at St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach on Thursday night! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 13 ‘befriend’

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Advent Word, Day 12 ‘promise’

Catherine Lee

Day 12 #promise #應許 Friday December 9 ‘God gives us the responsibility of doing something ourselves about those faithless fears and worldly anxieties that are holding us back. We don’t have to do this alone. We have God’s promise of holding our hand and of helping us’. 上帝有時要我們負責，做一些自己全無把握，心生憂慮，甚至裹足不前的事。但我們無須「重擔一肩挑」獨力苦撐；我們有神的應許，祂會伸出援手給予必要的幫助。 Ah, Tanzania ~ a wonderful country of great promise.  Pray for Tanzania today on this their Independence Day ~ December 9, 1961  ~ 55 today! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 12 ‘promise’

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Advent Word, Day 11 ‘act’

Catherine Lee

Day 11 #act #行動 Wednesday December 7 ‘What will we do with the blessings God gives us in answer to prayer? When we pray and God heals us, what will we do with our restored health? When we cry out of our need and God meets that need, what will we do with the resources that have come to us in answer to our prayer?’ 當我們的禱告蒙主垂聽，受到祝福的時候，我們如何回應？當我們求告上帝，因而得到醫治的時候，我們如何以這康復之身做出回饋？當我們呼求上主，而祂供應了我們的需求，這時，我們又會做些什麼，來回報祂垂聽我們的祈禱？ Photo taken at the Juming Museum 朱銘美術館 Continue reading Advent Word, Day 11 ‘act’

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Advent Word, Day 10 ‘be’

Catherine Lee

Day 10 #be #陪伴 Tuesday December 6 ‘People in trauma need our presence and our prayer rather than our preaching. We will bear a much more comforting witness to someone facing deep loss by simply being with them, and in so doing, representing God Emmanuel – God with us – by our being with them. Not by our words, but by our presence’. 心理創傷的人不需要我們說教，卻需要我們陪伴和代禱。透過單純的陪伴，也能讓一個身陷絕境、苦楚不堪的人得到許多安慰。這種做法，正如同上帝的「以馬內利」（就是「神與我們同在」的意思）—-我們彼此陪伴，不是單靠嘴巴說說，乃是真心相陪、真實做伴！ Photo taken at the Juming Museum 朱銘美術館 Continue reading Advent Word, Day 10 ‘be’

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Advent Word, Day 9 ‘commit’

Catherine Lee

Day 9 #commit #決志 Monday December 5 ‘In Advent, reflect on a commitment you are considering accepting, or a commitment that needs renewing. In building the house of your life on the rock of God’s committed love, you may discover that you are called to commit; that you cannot claim the Life that God desires for you without it’. 降臨節期，你對於考慮接受的職務，或需要更新的決志，應加以反省。在上帝所應允「愛的磐石」上建造「生命之屋」，你也許發現，蒙主呼召，你正要決志。若無任何決志，實在無權要求上帝想賜予的那種「生命」啊！ Coming soon: the most amazing Rev. and Mrs. Hsu about to celebrate their 70 years of marriage, a Platinum Anniversary.  Congratulations!  That’s real commitment! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 9 ‘commit’

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Advent Word, Day 8 ‘touch’

Catherine Lee

Day 8 #touch #觸摸 Second Sunday of Advent, Sunday December 4 ‘As followers of Jesus, our responsibility is to listen for those calling out to us, and to respond in love by reaching out and touching the untouchable, reminding them by word and deed of their sacred identity’. 身為耶穌的信徒，我們的責任是聽取那呼求的聲音，並用愛心伸出援手，觸摸那不可捉摸的心靈，以他們神聖身分的言行來提醒他們。 Part of the Taichi Sculpture Series at the Juming Museum 朱銘美術館 Continue reading Advent Word, Day 8 ‘touch’