10月25日主日读经默想：爱神与爱人是最大的诫命，改革主日省思教会如何不断更新
10 月 25 日是常年期第三十主日，也是路德宗教会的改革主日。这一天美国各地教会诵读的经文包括《出谷纪》第 22 章 20 至 26 节、《圣咏》第 18 篇、《得撒洛尼前书》第 1 章，以及《玛窦福音》第 22 章 34 至 40 节。福音中，法利塞人问耶稣，法律中哪一条诫命最大；耶稣回答：第一是“你要全心、全灵、全意爱上主你的天主”，第二是“你要爱近人如你自己”，“全部法律和先知都系于这两条诫命”。
克利夫兰教区主教爱德华·马莱西克在当日默想中写道，法利塞人当年在圣经中数出 600 多条诫命，争论哪一条最大，耶稣却把全部法律归结为两条：爱天主，爱近人。他提醒信徒，争论细枝末节时应记起：爱天主，也爱每一个近人。《出谷纪》的读经也呼应了这一点：天主特别眷顾寄居者、寡妇、孤儿与穷人，要求祂的子民以同样的怜悯对待最脆弱的人。
在路德宗教会，这一天同时是改革主日。美国福音路德会“信仰透镜”栏目的当日省思提醒会众：马丁·路德本人既是圣人也是罪人，近年教会一面庆祝宗教改革，一面也正视路德著作中存在的问题；路德当年想要的是改革他成长的教会，而不是另立新教。栏目说，改革的本质是不断更新，而非忘记过去。这两份当日默想从不同传统出发，落点却相近：信仰不是争论条文的多少，而是回到爱神与爱人这两条诫命上，在日常生活中活出来。
Sunday Reflection for October 25: Loving God and Neighbor Is the Greatest Commandment; Reformation Sunday Considers How the Church Keeps Renewing Itself
October 25 is the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, and also Reformation Sunday in Lutheran churches. The readings proclaimed in churches across the United States that day included Exodus 22:20-26, Psalm 18, 1 Thessalonians chapter 1, and Matthew 22:34-40. In the Gospel, a Pharisee asks Jesus which commandment in the law is the greatest; Jesus answers: the first is "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind," and the second is "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" — "the whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
In his reflection for the day, Bishop Edward Malesic of the Diocese of Cleveland wrote that the Pharisees of the time counted more than 600 commandments in Scripture and argued over which was the greatest, yet Jesus summed up the whole law in two: love God, and love your neighbor. He reminded the faithful that when debating fine points they should remember: love God, and love every neighbor. The Exodus reading echoes this: God shows special care for the resident alien, the widow, the orphan and the poor, and asks His people to treat the most vulnerable with the same mercy.
In Lutheran churches, the day is also Reformation Sunday. The day's reflection in Faith Lens, a column of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reminded congregations that Martin Luther himself was both saint and sinner, and that in recent years the church has celebrated the Reformation while also facing up to problems in Luther's writings; what Luther wanted at the time was to reform the church he grew up in, not to found a new one. The column said the essence of reform is continual renewal, not forgetting the past. Starting from different traditions, the two reflections for the day arrive at a similar point: faith is not about arguing over how many rules there are, but about returning to the two commandments of loving God and loving neighbor, and living them out in daily life.
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