My last lecture

This is my last lecture. It is different lecture from Randy Pauch and I am healthy.

Sr. Theresa Chew said jokingly that I can have a good sleep tonight. Strangely not so. It is almost midnight and I am not sleepy. May be I am very relaxing, not in a hurry to sleep.


In June, I received a call from Sr. Theresa requesting me to take a session to talk on Pope John Paul's Exhortation on 【The Vocation and Mission of the lay faithful in the church and in the world】 for the coming Theologico & Pastoral Formation course for the laity at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Institute starting August.

Based on my desire to learn as well, I agreed.

I took out the book which was given to me by my former Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Henriot on 24-09-1989 ( 20 years ago!). It is a wonderful and rich documents detailing the roles and calling of the lay faithful (Christifideles laici).

Being the first time to talk on Pope's (church's) document, I was under pressure (with my new business venture and shifting office added in).

Thank God for his guidance, and prayer to Mother Mary's intercession, assignment completed this evening- for better or worse.

Thank you to Sr. Theresa for the opportunity. But I don't think there will be a second one.

So, this is my last lecture!




我的最后一次讲课！

周修女说，我今晚应该会睡到很好，但奇怪，现在将近午夜了，还没睡意（不然就没写部落格了）。可能是轻松了，不急着睡吧！

在六月的时候，接到周修女的来电，说教区将在牧民学院开办一个两年的神学及牧灵课程，由神师和平信徒负责主讲有关课题。她邀请我负责主讲已故教宗保禄二世写的【平信徒劝谕-论平信徒在教会与世界中的圣召及使命】。

本着自己也该学习的理念， 我一口就答应了。

我把这本已经拥有将近二十年的文献打开，看了看，头就大了。原来内容确实是太丰富了，更何况要在两个小时以内讲完，要从何说起呢？

左看 、右看、晚看 、早看。。。经过了好长的时候，又停顿了好长时间，终于把重点锁定，开始准备了。。。

这是我第一次主讲教会文献，心里确是有压力 (加上新生意及搬迁办公室）。感谢天主，终于完成了使命（好、坏不计）。感谢天主的助佑和仁慈及圣母的转祷。

谢谢修女的错爱，我应该不会再接第二单吧！

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