作者: Fr. Kimm 徐丽华译
大家遇事儿都爱拖拖拉拉，我也不例外。如果你碰巧到我堂区的办公室来看我，你可能注意到我那张已经有十多年的长沙发，仍像是新的一样。那是因为它通常是被一堆纸张文件佔满了，而没有空间可以用来坐人。我当然打算有一天会把这些文件全部都整理干净归档，但这个案子被我一拖再拖。
读经一中的依撒意亚先知没有这种拖延的问题。当他一听到天主说，”我将派遣谁呢？”，他立刻答覆：”我在这里。”在福音中，伯多禄和他的弟兄，雅各伯及若望，都不是延宕者。一旦将他们的小船靠岸，立刻丢下他们的所有，跟随耶稣，准备好做渔人的渔夫。
我认为你我可以从依撒意亚先知和宗徒身上得到一个启示，就是对天主召叫的反应可以快些。比如，将祈祷纳入我们生活的常规中；常去探望街坊的长者；在本堂中自愿参与堂务的服务工作；让自己的家人知道，他们是被你爱，也是被感戴着的；这些是我们不须等待太久，而立刻可以去做的。然而，我们也完全暸解有一些事情会需要较长的时间来完成，譬如，去原谅曾经深深伤害过自己的某人。
有趣的是，当我们对天主要求事儿，或是陈述需求时，我们都希望天主马上或至少很快，就能给我个答案；我们不会説，天主请随意，等有时间再看看我的事儿，给我个答覆就行了。我们应该缩短回应天主召叫的时间，这样才公平吧。
请参閲依六：1-2a，3-8；路五：1-11
Homily for 5th Sun. O.T. (C) Feb. 7, 2016 by Fr. Kimm
Everybody procrastinates, and I am just as guilty as everyone else. If you happen to visit my office in the rectory, you might notice that the couch still looks almost new despite being more than ten years old. That is because it is usually covered by so many papers that there is no room for anyone to sit. Of course, I intend to sort through all those papers someday, but I keep putting off this project.
The prophet Isaiah in our first reading does not seem to have a procrastination problem. As soon as he hears God saying, “Whom shall I send?” Isaiah responds, “Here I am.” In our gospel, Peter and the brothers James and John are not procrastinators, either. Once they have brought their boats ashore, they leave everything and follow Jesus, ready to become fishers of people.
I think you and I could take a cue from Isaiah and the apostles and be quicker to respond to God’s call. While there are some actions that may rightly and understandably require more time to accomplish—for example, forgiving someone for a deeply painful wound—there are other actions that we could take with far less delay: making prayer a regular part of our daily routine; checking on an elderly neighbor down the street;
volunteering to be part of a ministry here in the parish; showing a family member that he or she is loved and appreciated.
It’s interesting that when we call upon God for something that we desire, it is always our hope that God respond immediately or at least very soon; we don’t say that an answer would be fine whenever God gets around to it. It’s only fair that we shorten our response time when God calls us.
see Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8; Luke 5:1-11