晚上看了一部法國電影《Of Gods and Men》, 講述90年代於北非的修道院中,8位法藉傳教士被伊斯蘭教極端份子及當地政府的恐嚇及迫害的真人真事改編。
當面對生命威脅時,身心靈軟弱時,
Recognizing my weaknesses, I accept those of others. I can bear them; make them mine in imitation of Christ. Such an attitude transforms us for our mission. Weakness in itself is not a virtue, but the expression of a fundamental reality which must constantly be refashioned by faith, hope and love.
當中最深刻的是傳教士們在崇拜中呼求上帝的幫助,
O Lord, hear my prayer, Listen to my cry for mercy In your faithfulness, answer me, Enter not into judgement with your servant For no man living is righteous before you The enemy persecutes my soul He has smitten my life to the ground He has made me dwell in darkness with those long dead My spirit grows faint within me My heart within me, dismayed Answer me quickly, O Lord My spirit fails Do not hide your face from me, Lest I be like them who fail into the pit
Psalms 143
在他們身上,彷彿看到了耶穌求將苦杯移去時的軟弱…
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.