常年期第三週 (週四) (2009年1月29日) 聖若瑟(司鐸) (紀念) - 聖王炳等殉道 3rd week in Ordinary Time - Thurs Saint Joseph Freinademetz SVD

神父講道 - 常年期第三週 (週四) (2009年1月29日)
聖若瑟(司鐸) (紀念) - 聖王炳等殉道
恭讀聖馬爾谷福音 4:21-25那時，耶穌向門徒們說：「人拿燈來，豈是為放在斗底或床下嗎？不是為放在燈台上嗎？因為沒有什麼隱藏的事，不是為顯露出來的；也沒有隱密的事，不是為彰明 出來的。誰若有耳聽，聽吧！」耶穌又向他們說：「要留心你們所聽的：你們用什麼尺度量給人，也要用什麼尺度量給你們，且要多加給你們，因為凡有的，還要給 他；凡沒有的，連他所有的，也要從他奪去。」
—這是基督的福音。
(3rd week in Ordinary Time - Thurs.)
(Saint Joseph Freinademetz SVD)
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 4:21-25
21 And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light. 23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. 25 For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
—The Gospel of the Lord.
一月二十九日聖福若瑟(St. Joseph Freinademetz)（司鐸）
聖福若瑟 1852年4月15日 生於奧國提羅爾省，晉鐸後加入剛於1875年成立的聖言會，1879年4月來華，首先在香港西貢傳教，後在中國魯南一帶傳教，約30年之久，
為了福音到處奔波、備受艱苦。最後為服務病患身染傷寒，於1908年1月28日 逝世。1975年10月19日 教宗保祿六世宣布他為真福。教宗若望保祿二世於2003年10月5日宣布他為聖人。
　
一月二十九日聖王炳及同伴（殉道）
聖王炳，聖名老楞佐，1802年生； 林昭，聖名亞加大，1817年生； 盧廷美，聖名熱羅尼莫，1810年生； 三人皆為貴州人。貴州教難時三人同時殉道， 時在 1858年1月28日 ， 1909年教宗庇護十世奉三位為真福。 教宗若望保祿二世於 2000年10月1日 宣佈他們為聖人。
Saint Joseph Freinademetz, SVD
Saint Joseph Freinademetz (April 15, 1852 - January 28, 1908) was a Roman Catholic priest, and, as a member of the Society of the Divine Word, was a missionary in China.Freinademetz was born in Oies in the southern Dolomites, which was then part of Austria and now part of Italy. He studied theology in the diocesan seminary of Bressanone and was ordained priest on July 25, 1875. He was assigned to the community of San Martino di Badia, not far from his own home. During his studies and the three years in San Martino, Freinademetz always felt a calling to be a missionary. He contacted Arnold Janssen, founder of the mission house Society of the Divine Word in Steyl, Germany.
With the permission of his parents and his bishop, he moved to Steyl in August 1878, where he received training as a missionary. In March 1879 he and his confrere John Baptist Anzer boarded a ship to Hong Kong, where they stayed for two years. In 1881 they moved to the province South Shantung that they were assigned to. There were 12 million people living in this province, of which 158 had been baptized.
Freinademetz was very active in the education of Chinese laymen and priests. He wrote a catechetical manual in Chinese, which he considered a crucial part of their missionary effort.
In 1898, he was sick with laryngitis and tuberculosis, so Anzer, who had become bishop, and other priests convinced him to go to Japan to recuperate. He returned, but was not fully cured.
When his bishop had to leave China for a journey to Europe in 1907, the administration of the diocese was assigned to Freinademetz. There was an outbreak of typhus in this time, and he helped wherever he could, until he himself became infected. He returned to Taika, Japan, the diocesan seat, where he died. He was buried in Taika, at the twelfth station on the Way of the Cross.