Visit of Saint Vincent, Martyr

殉道者圣味增爵的造访

Ecstasy of September 28, 1878

1878年9月28日

“May the peace of the Lord be with you,dear brothers and sisters. May the love of Our Lord vivify you together in HolyCharity!

亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，愿上主的平安与你们同在。愿我们上主的爱使你们在圣洁的爱中充满生机！

My name is St. Vincent, Martyr. I waspersecuted in the days of cruel persecutions of the Church. I sufferedmartyrdom for God, for His Holy Cross, in defence of the Holy Religion.

我名为殉道者圣味增爵。在教会被残酷迫害的日子里，我受到了迫害。为了天主，为了祂的圣十字架，为了捍卫神圣的信仰，我遭受了殉难。

I could have lived if I wanted toapostatize. I preferred to die for God, rather than deny His Holy Name and HisReligion.

如果我想放弃信仰，我本可以活下来。我宁愿为天主而死，也不愿否认祂的圣名和对祂的信仰。

I was put to torture by the famousemperors who have made so many martyrs. I was put on a grill,the flames blown over my body.

我被那些制造了那么多殉道者的著名皇帝拷打。我被放在烤架上，烈火掠过我的身体。

I had the grace to see a ray from Heaventhat strengthened me and filled me with joy to give my life to save my soul.

我蒙恩宠看到一道来自天堂的光芒，它使我充满力量，使我充满欢喜，使我愿意献出自己的生命来拯救自己的灵魂。

I received frightening insults andoutrages.My tears flowed so abundantly that three times,I put out the coalsburning my flesh. This prodigy, this powerful miracle was of no avail to thebarbarians who insulted my thrice-holy God.

我受到了可怕的羞辱和暴行。我眼泪汹涌，三次把烧我肉的炭火熄灭。这一奇事，这一强大的奇迹，对于那些侮辱我的天主圣三的野蛮人是毫无用处的。

Following this prodigy that came from myGod,I was treated with more violence. My body was covered with coals. I wasturned on a grill like another St. Lawrence.

在我的天主创造了这个奇迹之后，我受到了更多的暴力对待。我浑身都是炭火。我就像另一个圣老楞佐一样被炙烤。

 I felt a sweet freshness in my wholebody, it was like the dew that put out the flames that made me suffer.

我感到全身都是甜蜜的清新，它就像露水扑灭了让我痛苦的火焰。

 I suffered a terrible torture. My bodywas all broken, I was trampled underfoot by my tormentors.

我遭受了可怕的折磨。我的身体都折断了，我被那些虐待我的人践踏在脚下。

I felt the hour of triumph when I feltthe pains in my heart. I expired on those terrible flames,tortured, made todrink the most infernal ignominies. How sweet it is to die for God!

当我感到内心的痛苦，我感到了胜利的时刻。我在那些可怕的火焰中被折磨着断气了，被逼着吞下最恶毒的耻辱。为天主而死是多么甜美啊!

How sweet it is to keep the blessed seedof Faith when you love Him who has suffered to redeem our immortal souls! Itgives us courage and, in the midst of courage, it give us a fire of charity.

当你爱那为救赎我们不灭的灵魂而受苦的上主时，保守那有福的信心的种子是多么甜蜜啊！它给了我们勇气，在勇气之中，它给了我们爱的火焰。

 A word, now, on behalf of Our Lord.

现在我代表我们的上主说句话。

Dear brethren, Our Lord has given us allthe grace to be admitted to Holy Baptism. It is this grace that is the strengthof the Christians.

亲爱的弟兄们，我们的上主已经赐给我们一切的恩宠，可以领受圣洗礼。这恩宠就是基督徒的力量。

It makes us the Heirs to the gifts ofour Heavenly Father. What strength! What generosity! What happiness! O whatgrace that fortifies you!

它使我们继承了天父的恩赐。何等力量！何其慷慨！多么幸福啊！哦，是何等的恩典使你坚强！

The Lord has given us all an immortalsoul. Oh!

上主给了我们一个不朽的灵魂。哦！

if we knew the treasure that lives amongthe dust of our bodies! This thought would be able to transport us (while)alive, to the ardours and heights, to the Throne of God, this thought has wingsand these wings are flames (of love?) that are our transports.

如果我们知道藏在我们身体尘土中的宝藏！这个思想能把我们在活着的时候，带出激情和带到高处，带到天主的宝座，这个思想有翅膀，这些翅膀是爱的火焰，是我们的交通工具。

Our Lord nourishes our souls. He ensurestheir needs. He provides the Food for the immortal soul and the soul lives onlyfor God.

我们的上主滋养我们的灵魂。祂确保他们灵魂的需要。祂为不朽的灵魂提供食物，而灵魂只为天主而活。

What is the difference between soul andbody! This body of dust lives on gross nourishments. The soul lives on theDivinity of God.

灵魂和肉体有什么区别？这团尘土做的身体靠粗糙的营养物质生存。灵魂依靠天主的神性而存在。

There it finds its substance, it finds aFood of delights.

它在那里找到它的本质，找到快乐的食物。

Our adorable Lord, to increase thebeauty of our souls seems at times to weaken His Nourishment and stay somedistance away.

我们可钦崇的天主，为了增加我们灵魂的美丽，有时似乎削弱了祂的营养，并与我们保持一定的距离。

But in these moments, our Lord holds oursouls in His Adorable Hands and He fills them with happiness.

但在这些时刻，我们的上主把我们的灵魂握在他可爱的手中，让它们充满幸福。

He enriches them with His unspeakablegifts. So do not say, "My soul, you are far from God" because, rightnow, He is at the door, He who dwells in Himself, in His All Adorable person.”

祂用说不出的恩赐使它们兴盛。所以不要说，“我的灵魂，你离天主很远”，因为，现在，祂就在门口，祂活在自己里面，活在祂所爱的人身上。

 （评注：这最后一句极有内涵，天主从来不曾离开过跟随祂的人，因为人本身与祂相连。）