Family holiday 家庭假期 ( 4 )

At Cameron Highlands, we attended Sunday Mass celebrated by Fr. Charles Chin. We have not seen him for quite a while. It was God's Providence that we met him in Cameron Highlands which he came every fourth Sundays to celebrate Mass here.

He was in his usual jovial self. When he noticed me taking photograph of him during homily, he said:"Simon is taking my photograph. Hold on, let me comb my hair first.....". The whole congregation giggled.

His sermon is simple yet powerful. On Jesus new Commandment of "love one another as I have loved you", he said we must be able to see the good points in others in order to love them. Most of the time, we see the negatives first. Jesus saw all the good points in people such as the Samaria woman at the well and Zacchaeus the tax collector, even in adulterous women. So we must always learn to use the eyes of Jesus to look at others, in the family, community and society. Even a bad person has good quality.

The main objective of our family holiday was to renew and refresh the family love and bond. This was God's gift of spiritual food for us in this holiday.

光头神父在讲道理
Bald-headed Fr. Charles giving homily

我们在金马崙参加了由陈赞光神父主祭的主日弥撒。我们很久没见到他了。这是天主的恩赐，因为他只有在每个月的第四个主日，才上来金马崙为教友庆祝弥撒。很高兴的能在次和他见面。

多年不见，他还是剃个光头，而且风趣依然。当他在证道中，看到我用手提电话要拍他照片十，他说：“ Simon 要拍我的照片。请等等，让我先梳梳头发。” 马上引起教友的一番嘻笑。

陈神父的道理简单有力。当天他说到耶稣给我们的一道新诫命：“你们应该彼此相亲相爱，如我爱了你们一样”。他说，我们必须能够看到他人身上的优点，才能够去爱。很多时候，我们只会看到别人的缺点。我们应该用耶稣的眼睛般，以爱来看他人。就如耶稣在撒马利亚井边的妇人，税吏扎凯，犯通奸的妇人等身上，都能看到他们的优点。就算是坏人，都会有优点的。

我们家庭旅行的目的，就是要促进家庭成员间的相亲相爱。这就是天主在这次旅行中，给我们灵修上的食粮。