圣神：耶稣生命的果实
福音：若二十19-23
正是那一周的第一天晚上，
门徒所在的地方，因为怕犹太人，门户都关着，
耶稣来了，站在中间对他们说：“愿你们平安！”
说了这话，便把手和肋旁指给他们看。门徒见了主，便喜欢起来。
耶稣又对他们说：“愿你们平安！就如父派遣了我，我也同样派遣你们。”
说了这话，就向他们嘘了一口气，
说：“你们领受圣神罢！
你们赦免谁的罪，就给谁赦免；
你们存留谁的，就给谁存留。”
反省
若望福音并没有将圣神降临放在五旬节，而是在复活当日，一周的第一天。
他刻意要营造一个新的创世纪，
耶稣给门徒们吹了一口气如同天主给亚当吹的那富有生机的气息，
圣神要在门徒身上开启一个新的生命。
一个不被罪恶所綑绑的生命，在复活当日开启的超越死亡的生命，
有属灵的平安的生命。
第一次创造形成了世界，第二次创造成就了天国。
（姜岭神父）
Gospel JN 20:19-23
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”