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Day 162: Carrying the Cross Together

2025/6/11
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Fr. Mark Mary: 我在今天的祈祷中，默想耶稣背负十字架的场景，并结合马太福音11章28-30节中耶稣所说的话：“凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。我心柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式；这样，你们心里就必得享安息。因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。” 初看这幅画，我感到耶稣背负的十字架是如此沉重，与经文中所说的“轻省”形成鲜明对比。生活中，我们常常感到重担压身，疲惫不堪，难以找到安息。然而，当我仔细观察画中耶稣的面容时，我看到了一种温暖、坚定，甚至带着一丝微笑。这让我意识到，耶稣的安息并非指外在环境的舒适，而是一种内在的平静，一种建立在完全信赖天父之上的信心。即使在最沉重的苦难中，只要我们完全信赖天父，相信他会拯救我们，使我们复活，我们就能获得力量和安息。因此，背负十字架并非要否定苦难的沉重，而是要通过与天父建立关系，以信心接受生活中的一切，并获得内心的平静。我祈求天主增加我们的信德、望德和爱德，使我们能够以天主的力量和恩典，在人生的道路上勇往直前，最终获得永恒的安息。我相信，正如天主通过耶稣的十字架为我们带来益处一样，他也能并且将会通过我们所有的十字架为我们带来益处。 Fr. Mark Mary: 我意识到，我们不应仅仅祈求挪去十字架，更重要的是祈求增加我们的信、望、爱三德，使我们能以天主的力量和恩典，在人生的道路上，无论是喜乐还是苦难，都能始终怀着超自然的、永恒的视角前行，获得那份由恩典而来的安息。这安息并非没有痛苦、工作或努力，而是源于认识并相信天主是良善的，他的良善是为了我们，即使在此刻。正如他能通过耶稣的十字架成就美事，他也能且必将通过我们所有的十字架成就美事。

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Fr. Mark-Mary reflects on the apparent contradiction between Jesus' words about a light burden and the heavy cross depicted in Orazio Gentileschi's painting. He contrasts the physical weight of the cross with the inner peace and trust in God that Jesus possessed. The discussion emphasizes that true lightness comes not from the removal of burdens but from faith and trust in God.
  • Jesus' words in Matthew 11:28 about an easy yoke and light burden
  • The weight of the cross depicted in Gentileschi's painting
  • The contrast between physical suffering and inner peace
  • The importance of faith and trust in God

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Orazio Gentileschi’s painting, Christ Carrying the Cross, captures the profound strength and inner peace of Jesus’ suffering—His body straining beneath the weight of the cross, yet His face is calm. Fr. Mark-Mary contrasts the visible burden of the cross with Jesus’ promise of a “light burden”. He invites us to consider that what lightens the load is not its removal, but the strength that comes from perfect trust in the Father. We are encouraged to seek not just relief, but faith that rests in God’s presence and power, even when our cross feels anything but light. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Carrying of the Cross and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.

All of the Sacred Art we’ll be meditating with can be found in the Rosary in a Year Prayer Guide, for free linked in the complete prayer plan, or in the Ascension App. For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy).