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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’

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Advent Word, Day 7 ‘play’

Catherine Lee

Day 7 #play #扮演 Saturday December 3 ‘Our Society’s rule states that “as our faith matures we come to recognize Christ’s hidden presence everywhere.” That’s because a maturing faith is paradoxically childlike. It is marked by openness to new ideas, points of view, and experiences, all of which enable us to see again our God, who knows neither time, nor place, nor limitation’. 我們的社會有一種說法：「當我們信仰成熟時，就能看出基督隱身各地，無所不在。」之所以如此說，是因為成熟的信仰，恰好就像尚未長大的孩子，有開放的心，易於接受新概念、新觀點、新體驗，而這些都使我們更容易與主重逢，遇見那不受時空限制的上帝。 Water Bamboo 茭白筍 grows everywhere in Sanzhi 三芝 and fun Water Bamboo people are everywhere too! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 7 ‘play’

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Advent Word, Day 6 ‘light’

Catherine Lee

Day 6 #Light #顯明 Friday December 2 ‘We will be a more luminous epiphany of the love of Christ not only when we love, but when we recognize Christ present in the loving hearts of others, whatever their beliefs or understanding of God’. 自己心中有愛時，固然能顯明基督的愛，就是看出別人充滿愛心，儼然有基督同在的時候（無論其信仰為何、對上帝認識有多少），我們依然可以彰顯基督的愛，藉以榮神益人。 Dr. Peter H. C. Ay, President of St. John’s University lights the first candle of this year’s Advent Wreath. Continue reading Advent Word, Day 6 ‘light’

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Advent Word, Day 5 ‘proclaim’

Catherine Lee

Day 5 #proclaim #宣告 Thursday December 1 ‘The gospel Jesus proclaims is that in God’s economy everyone will be fed, but we have to be willing to share from the riches that God has given us. In order to do that we have to stop and recognize the goodness that God has given us in our lives’. 耶穌所宣告的福音是，在神的經綸中，每個人都能得到足夠的餵養，只是，我們必須樂意分享從神而來的財富。為了實現此理想，你我必須停下腳步，看清楚神在我們的生命中所賦予的美善。 Proclaim the Good News, today is Advent Calendar Day One ~ let the countdown begin! Christmas is coming! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 5 ‘proclaim’

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Advent Word, Day 4 ‘listen’

Catherine Lee

Day 4 #listen #聆聽 Wednesday November 30 ‘On the cross, exposed and vulnerable, Jesus draws the whole world in a loving embrace. Everything hangs, everyone is held here. Jesus holds the people of Charlestown and Ferguson and Baltimore and all around the globe. Jesus listens to the grieving and grappling, the terrorized and troubled, the frightened and crying. Jesus listens to all the heartache, all the questions. On the cross Jesus bears the weight, the weight of the world, holding us all in his wounded hands’. 被釘在十字架上，那軟弱之身毫無遮掩的耶穌，吸引著全世界進入祂愛的懷抱。所有的人、事、物都蒙受祂的擁抱及關懷，包括居住在查爾斯敦、佛格森、巴爾的摩，還有其他各地的人，他們的悲傷、苦悶、驚恐、困擾、害怕、以及呼求，耶穌都聽見了。耶穌聽取每位傷痛者的心聲，也聆聽我們一切的問題。在十字架上，耶穌擔負世人的重擔，祂那被釘傷的雙手，還緊緊握住我們所有人。 Photo taken at 國立臺灣美術館 Taichung Art Museum Continue reading Advent Word, Day 4 ‘listen’

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Advent @ St. John’s University 2016!

Catherine Lee

Every Advent, the chaplaincy team with some of our students go on a walkabout around St. John’s University, once a week for the 4 weeks of Advent, visiting every main office and department, lighting the appropriate candle(s) on the Advent wreath, and holding a short time of prayer.  Today was the first walkabout of this Advent, and today we prayed for every faculty and staff by name according to which office they are attached to. A small selection of photos of this morning! Wishing everyone at St. John’s University (or wherever you may be) a meaningful and blessed Advent season! Continue reading Advent @ St. John’s University 2016!

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Advent Word, Day 3 ‘renew’

Catherine Lee

Day 3 #renew #更新 Tuesday November 29 ‘Christ is all in all. He is here symbolically in a stone altar. He is here sacramentally in bread and wine. He is here spiritually in hearts lifted up and returned to us renewed, transformed, consecrated’. 基督無所不在。祂在具有象徵意義的聖壇這裡，祂在聖餐禮所用的餅、酒這裡，祂在每一個屬靈的人心裡—-這些人的心，都因祂而提升、更新、轉化，分別為聖。 Advent Sunday 2016 at Advent Church, St. John’s University, Taiwan! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 3 ‘renew’