2025年6月27日（金）最も聖なるイエスの聖心

公開日: カテゴリー: US Daily Meditations


THE LOST SHEEP (Lk 15:3-7)

祈りだ：

O Jesus, come and find me.

想像力：

イエスと弟子たちを思い浮かべてください。

コンテキスト

The parable of the Lost Sheep is connected to the Prodigal Son. Both show God’s love for the sinner. A hundred sheep was a medium sized flock. The shepherd must have been poor, unable to pay a helper. Matthew’s gospel stresses the shepherd’s unwearied search. Here, Luke’s gospel centers on God’s joy on the last day.

福音書本文：（ゆっくりと、場合によっては声に出して読む）

Jesus told this parable to the Pharisees and the scribes. If a man with a hundred sheep loses one, does he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and search for the lost until he finds it? When he does find it, he places it on his shoulder rejoicing. On coming home, he gathers his friends and neighbors and says to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.” I will tell you that, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who do not need repentance.

感想：（全部読んで、惹かれたものを熟考する。）

  1. To leave ninety nine sheep in the desert is not a rational act. The shepherd thinks with his heart.
  2. He does not abandon his search, until he finds his lost sheep.
  3. He does not scold the sheep but sees its wariness and places it on his shoulder.
  4. His joy cannot be contained. Friends and neighbors must share in it.
  5. This is not temporary. Finding the sheep is a symbol of heaven and an eternal union.
  6. God’s joy overflows to the angels. The soul that was lost for a time is now found for an eternity.

愛情。(心に響くものがあれば、自分の言葉を使う）。

  • God, I am precious to you.
  • Your saints say you are “Mad” in your unreasonable love for me.
  • You never abandon your search for me.
  • O Jesus, carry me on your shoulders.
  • Jesus, your joy will not be complete until I am with you forever.
  • You give your angels charge over me. They, too, rejoice at my return.

決意：（自分で決めたほうがいいかもしれない。）

+ I will stop running from God. In this way, He can find me more quickly.
+ 神が私を見つけてくれた特別な瞬間を思い出すだろう。

今日の思考：（瞑想を思い出すために。）

天使たちの間で歓喜が起こるだろう。