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這幅畫不是人劃的,是靠人工智能電腦生成的 (A.I. generated)。雖然科技日新月異,但人性的需要跟一兩千年之前無異。人仍然需要愛與被愛。

10月4日是教會年曆紀念意大利亞西西的聖法蘭西斯 St. Francis of Assisi (或聖方濟各) 的日子。他是十三世紀的一名修士,生於一個富有的商人家庭,年輕時過著奢華的生活,但後來蒙基督呼召,放棄了富有的生活,選擇了以簡樸、謙卑的方式生活,並建立了方濟各會 (Franciscans)。他以愛護大自然和動物、憐憫幫助窮人為後世所紀念。以下是屬於他最為人所認識的禱文:

《聖法蘭西斯禱文》

主啊!使我作祢和平之子;
在仇恨之處,播下愛;
在傷害之處,播下寬恕;
在懷疑之處,播下信心;
在絕望之處,播下盼望;
在幽暗之處,播下光明;
在憂愁之處,播下歡愉。

主啊!使我少為自己求;
少求愛,但求全心付出愛;
少求得安慰,但求安慰人;
少求被瞭解,但求多瞭解人;
因為在捨去時,我們有所得;
在赦免時,我們便蒙赦免;
在死亡時,我們便得重生,進入永恆。

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (c. 1182 – 1226)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth.
Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.

O Master, let me not seek as much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.