Jesus, the name that saves


Pope Francis (5 Apr 2013): "A humble man works in the curia of Buenos Aires. He has worked there for 30 years, he is the father of eight children. Before he goes out, before going out to do the things that he must do, he always says, 'Jesus!'. And I once asked him, 'Why do you always say' Jesus '?'. 'When I say' Jesus '- this humble man told me - I feel strong, I feel I can work, and I know that He is with me, that He keeps me safe'."

Pope Francis continued: "This man never studied theology, he only has the grace of Baptism and the power of the Spirit. And this testimony, did me a lot of good too, because it reminds us that in this world that offers us so many saviors, it is only the name of Jesus that saves."

Pope Francis concluded: "In order to solve their problems many people resort to fortune tellers and tarot cards. But only Jesus saves and we must bear witness to this! He is the only one."

"Mary always leads us to Jesus," as she did at Cana when she said: 'Do whatever he tells you'. Let us trust in the name of Jesus, let us invoke the name of Jesus, and let the Holy Spirit push us to say this prayer trusting in the name of Jesus ... it will do us all good." (http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-learning-to-trust-in-the-name-that-saves)


教宗然后講了一件軼事,他說:“在布宜諾斯艾利斯主教府有一位非常謙遜的工人,他在那裡工作已經有三十年之久,是八個孩子的父親。他在出門前,或在做事情前,總是簡單地呼求‘耶穌’。有一次我問他:‘你為什麼總是呼求耶穌呢?’這位謙遜的工人說:‘當我口說耶穌時,我就感到有力量,我就感到有力量工作,我知道他在我身邊,他在護佑著我’。教宗接著說,這人沒有讀過神學,他隻有聖洗聖事的恩寵和聖神的力量。他的見証使我受益匪淺,因為他提醒我們“在這個提供眾多拯救者的世界上”,唯有耶穌之名可以拯救我們。教宗強調說,許多人為了解決他們的問題,求助於魔術師或塔羅牌。但唯有耶穌能拯救我們,“因此我們應該為他作証!他是唯一的拯救者”。至於“聖母瑪利亞,她始終把我們帶向耶穌”,一如她在加納婚宴上所說的:“耶穌無論吩咐你們什麼,你們就做什麼!”

教宗最后說,讓我們信賴耶穌聖名,呼求耶穌聖名,讓聖神推動我們“以耶穌聖名滿懷信賴地祈禱……這必將有益於我們!” (http://zh.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/04/05)