爱你的邻人
TERESA 姆姆的事迹世人敬仰.她为穷人中的穷人服务,她给无人照料的临终病人以尊重的关怀.
在关怀服务老年病人的过程中遇到一问题,我就默想她是怎么做的,怎么想的.更要想到"天主是爱",爱是无条件的.
老年病人是最需要爱和关怀的人.在一般的情况下耄耊老年病人引不起可爱的情感.很多人由于利害关系,血缘关系,甚至是由于理智而对老年病人表示关怀.但与TERESA 姆姆对照,就显得苍白或世俗势利.
一个老人经济状况相当好,子孙满堂.为了遗产,子女们拉拢他,后来子女们又相互推卸照料责任.
我和他认识多年,老病了就经常照料他.一周一两次.
他,可谓衣食无忧,子孙满堂.但子女们或多或少,隐蔽或公开地嫌弃他.尤其是生病的时候,小病说成无病,实在有病就清理衣物等办后事.我实实在在想他多多地活下去多看看日新月异的世界.然而对他的子女们表露了负面的感情.工作中形成阻力
我对老年病人有再多的感情,再好的做法,也得有个和谐的环境来做.我想用轮椅推他看看日新月异的世界和环境,陪伴看病...他几乎整天无人交谈.两三天就抽空和他床头谈聊几小时.但我不能24小时陪他,好的做法也要有连贯性.
天主是爱,要爱邻人,要爱众人.不要评判人,人是软弱的.我要为老年病人多做点,做得再好点,就要营造好的,和谐的环境.怎么办....
今天我 TERESA 姆姆的事迹得到启发.
她的困难真是太多了.她不批判人.但对他人形成的阻碍,据理力争.她无私利,全心全意服务他人,因此最终必然...
难能可贵的是她随时随地的抓住时机表达对邻人的爱,包括坏人.
有一次一个人强行拿去难童收养所的粮食和白糖.在经过一群难童时留下了一些粮食.TERESA 姆姆说:谢谢,天主保佑! 哪人说,拿了粮食和白糖,还谢谢?
TERESA 姆姆说:天主是爱,爱所有的人.
为老年病人做得更多更好.主内兄弟共勉!
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Cardinal Kung Foundation
A Brief Biography of His Eminence Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei (Gong)
It was a simple song, a hymn sung by the faithful around the world. But, its message revealed the undying devotion and steadfast love of a shepherd for his God and for his people. After spending nearly a third of his life in prison for refusing to renounce God and the Roman Catholic Church, this man delivered a statement of faith through song.
Since his imprisonment by Communist China in 1955, Bishop Kung had not talked to anyone but his captors and members of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, a government sanctioned organization that renounced the Pope and appointed its own bishops. But when Bishop Kung was released on "house arrest" in July of 1985 --30 years after his incarceration, he was granted an "audience", so to speak, with Cardinal Sin of the Philippines, who had stopped in China with the hope of contacting Bishop Kung.
The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and members of the Chinese government arranged for a banquet with five large tables fastened together. Cardinal Sin and Bishop Kung were seated on opposite ends of the tables separated by more than 20 Communists. They were not allowed to greet each other or to speak. After awhile, Cardinal Sin suggested that each man sing a song to provide a little stimulation for an otherwise silent gathering. So each man sang a song of his choice. When the time came for Bishop Kung to sing, he chose a song of faith that would convey to Cardinal Sin that in all his years of captivity he never renounced his God or his Church.
After Bishop Kung sang just a few bars, in Latin, of the beloved hymn, "Tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam mean. (You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church)", a member-Bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association informed his superiors of Kung's ruse. Bishop Kung was told to be silent, but he looked at Cardinal Sin and finished the song.
Cardinal Sin carried Bishop Kung's message to the world: this man of God never faltered in his love for his church or his people despite unimaginable suffering, isolation and pain.
Ignatius Pin-Mei Cardinal Kung was born August 2, 1901 in Shanghai to a Catholic family of at least five generations. When Ignatius and his siblings each reached the age of 12, they were educated in Chinese classics and religious instruction by their Aunt Martha, a homebound religious sister. It was his aunt who encouraged Ignatius to consider priesthood - an option that he would embrace as he pursued his education at St. Ignatius High School in Shanghai. He began seminary studies at the age of 19. Following his ordination on May 28, 1930, he was named head of a primary school, then moved on to a diocesan high school for three years. Though he was a diocesan priest, Kung was appointed Headmaster of Aurora High school and later, Gonzaga High School, both run by Jesuits. When the Communists took over Shanghai in 1949, Father Kung was appointed Bishop of Soochow on June 9, 1949, and consecrated Bishop on October 7, 1949, feastday of Our Lady of Rosary. Later, Bishop Kung was named Bishop of Shanghai and apostolic administrator of Soochow and Nanking on July 15, 1950.
In just five short years, Bishop Kung would become one of the most feared enemies of the Chinese Communists -- a man who would command the attention and devotion of the country's three million Catholics and who would inspire thousands to offer their lives up to God. In defiance of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, Bishop Kung, who led the diocese of three large cities in China, invigorated the Legion of Mary. The government declared the Legion of Mary an illegal society that was engaged in espionage under the cloak of religion. It demanded that all members either register in the Public Security Bureau and acknowledge that the Legion was counter-revolutionary, or risk imprisonment.
The Bishop told his followers not to comply, that God would reward them and that they must, under any circumstance, uphold their faith. Because of their trust in Bishop Kung, the members of the Legion of Mary obeyed. With the exception of very few, ninety-nine percent of the Legion refused to sign the registration. All chose to risk arrest in the name of their Bishop, their God and their Church. Hundreds of members, including many students, were arrested and sentenced to 10, 15, 20 years of hard labor.
In New Year's greetings to their Bishop, Shanghai students and members of the Legion of Mary said: "Bishop, in darkness, you light up our path. You guide us on our treacherous journey. You uphold our faith and the traditions of the Church. You are the foundation rock of our Church in Shanghai."
Bishop Kung knew that things would get worse and that his freedom was nearing an end. So, he began to prepare the priests in his diocese for the struggle and persecution that loomed ahead.
In 1953, in defiance, he organized a special evening of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for young Catholic men in Shanghai. But, four days before the event, the Communist government took over the Jesuit house in Shanghai and arrested many Jesuit priests. Bishop Kung held his evening of devotion, anyway. Over 3,000 faithful young men gathered while police surrounded the Cathedral. A thousand ladies sat in the square outside the Cathedral reciting the rosary. Seemingly oblivious to the hugh police presence, the faithful chanted, "Long live Bishop. Long live Holy Father. Long live the Church." After the devotion, representatives from all the parishes carries a hugh wooden cross followed behind by Bishop Kung. The Chinese Catholics openly showed their willingness to follow their Bishop all the way to Calvary.
On September 8, 1955, Bishop Kung, along with several hundred priests and church leaders, was arrested and imprisoned. He was sentenced five years later to life imprisonment.
During his years of captivity, Bishop Kung was asked to denounce the Holy Father and to cooperate with the Patriotic Association. He was told it was not necessary to say the words; a nod of his head would release him from prison. His answer was: "I am a Roman Catholic Bishop. If I denounce the Holy Father, not only would I not be a Bishop, I would not even be a Catholic. You can cut off my head, but you can never take away my duties."
Cardinal Kung was 86 years old when finally released. In 1987, he came to the United States with his nephew and settled in Stamford, Connecticut.
Within a year, he was well enough to travel to Rome for a private audience with Pope John Paul II. During the meeting, the Holy Father told Bishop Kung that he had elevated him to Cardinal, in pectore, in 1979. He asked that the Chinese prelate keep it a secret until it was announced by the Pope Himself, if ever. Cardinal Kung, ever obedient, did not even tell his own family. On May 29, 1991, the Pope announced to the world that Bishop Kung was in fact a Cardinal since 1979.
When Pope John Paul II presented Cardinal Kung with his red hat in ceremonies on June 28, 1991, at the Consistory in the Vatican, the wheelchair-bound, ailing Kung raised himself up from the wheelchair, threw aside his cane and walked up the steps to kneel at the foot of the Pontiff. Visibly touched, the Holy Father lifted him up, gave him his cardinal's hat, then stood patiently as Cardinal Kung returned to his wheelchair to the sounds of an unprecedented seven-minute standing ovation.
Now 95, Cardinal Kung's health is failing, but his devotion remains steadfast. As he said so many times during his years of imprisonment, he faces his future undaunted with trust in God his greatest support.
The story of Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung is the story of a hero -- a man who refused to renounce God and his church despite dire personal consequences; a man who inspired millions of his countrymen to follow his example and preserve the Roman Catholic Church in a Communist country, a man who kept the faith though confined in solitary cells for 30 years; a man who became a symbol for world leaders in their fight for human rights in all countries.
Dec. 1996
Highlights From the Life of Cardinal Kung
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( 2.7 / 19 )一年之计在于春。正是回顾和前瞻的好时候。
去年我们走了生命中重要的一步。生命的轨迹不可能是直线。但绝不可以停止不前。
春节期间一些计划未能付诸实现。未能很好地为老弱者服务，对灾民也未能尽力。要省察未能完成的原因。要找自己的原因。新的一年开始不久，前者可追。再者做好网志也是重要的计划。要将这些在每天的早晚祷中省察。
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( 3 / 24 )经过两年的努力,第一届毕业典礼如期完成了.世界各地都有毕业生,男女老少都有.
是毕业了,完成了.但确切的说,这是一个起点.我们已经开放了自己,还要开放全世界.
我们经过了实习,应该说是引导.引导我们上路.
各人的环境不同,历史不同,側重点也不会相同.
要谦卑,不害怕!
我们没有私利,勇于改正,不计较他人.我们深信只有宽恕别人,才有和平.唯一的目的是敬主爱人,广扬福音.的确真理的道路是崎岖的.但我们已有先驱者铺路,先烈为我们承担苦难和牺牲.圣神在指引我们!很多路比以前好多了.
当然还有崎岖的路.
在真理的道路上不害怕,不回眸! Read More...
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