日本大阪教區教友團來訪

#2017-0510

Zuotian wo gen Zhang mushi yitong dao Taibei Shilin canjia zai Mu Ai Tang (牧愛堂) juxing de Taiwan Shenggonghui yu Riben Shenggonhui (Nippon Sei Ko Kai) Daban jiaoqu (大阪教區) dijie jiemei-jiaoqu de qianding libai. (See #2017-0509)

Jintian, Daban jiaoqu de jiaoyou-tuan, yi xing 26 ren, laidao Taizhong canguan women de jiaotang -- Shengyage Tang (聖雅各堂). Ben tang zhuren mushi (Zhang mushi) ji jiaoyou daibiao dou hen gaoxing, relie huanying tamen de daofang. Danshi tamen xingcheng jincou -- xiawu huai yao qianwang Riyue Tan dengdeng, canguan ben tang de shijian hen youxian; women anpai-le jiandan er longzhong de "huanyinghui": chule jianbao (教堂簡報), youeryuan Dashizi Ban de biaoyan (幼兒園大獅子班的表演) zhiwai, ye tigong zhenzhu-naicha (珍珠奶茶), fenglisu (鳳梨酥) zhelei de chadian.

Zhide jinian de shi, zhongwu shijian, jingran shi you tamen Riben-tuan zuodong, qing women Yagetang de mushi han jiaoyou daibiao (12 ~ 13 ren) zai Tonghao Dafandian (通豪大飯店 Plaza International Hotel) yong zhongcan. Dajia youshuo-youxiao, haoxiang xiangshou meishi de tongshi, bici de qingyi (guanxi) ye buzhi-bujue di jiaqiang, jiashen-le xuduo! (大家有說有笑，好像在享受美食的同時，彼此的情誼、關係，都不知不覺地加強、加深了許多！)

  

(right) Bishop Haruhisa Is (磯 晴久 主教);

(left) the interpreter, Mr. Nobuhiro Kasai (葛西 信宏)

  

(right) Principal of St. James' Preschool, Ms. Susan Chen;
(2nd from left) Ms. Fumiko Hayakawa (早川 文子).

Oh, I wish I knew the other two's names.

Close Relationship Continues (姊妹教區再續約)

#2017-0509

Our diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan, has kept a close relationship with the Anglican Diocese of Osaka; the two have been each other's "sister dioceses" for many years. This afternoon a special ceremony was carried out at the Church of the Good Shepherd (in Shilin, Taipei City), in which our bishop the Rt. Rev. David J.H. Lai (賴榮信主教) and their bishop the Rt. Rev. Andrew Haruhisa Iso (磯 晴久 主教) signed a new and formal agreement to continue the very close relationship between the two dioceses. And the whole process of signing was witnessed by representatives from both sides, including the visiting group of 26 persons (led by Bishop Iso) from the Osaka area, Japan.

Since it is scheduled that this Japanese group will also visit St. James' Church in Taichung tomorrow morning (See #2017-0510), Rev. Lily Chang (rector of St. James') and I (as a lay representative) especially came up from Taichung and joined in this very important ceremony. I was glad to have such a good opportunity to see my old friends here ... and to make friends with quite a few coming from Japan. Thanks to the Lord!

Rev. Herbert Barker, Rev. Philip Ho, and Ms. Nancy Liao

(left) Ms. Catherine Lee; (right) Rev. Keith C.C. Lee;
(middle) Ms. Masako Kawamura (川村 昌子)

以下二圖為 Ms. Catherine Lee 所拍攝、分享。

以上二圖為 Ms. Catherine Lee 所拍攝、分享。

Rev. Akira Iwaki (岩城 聰 牧師, retired dean of the
cathedral in Osaka) and Rt. Rev. David Lai
(bishop of the Diocese of Taiwan)

Ms. Shujing Xue read the Book of Acts in Japanese

The Gospel was read by Rev. Ching-I Tsai (or Jingyi Cai)
and Rev. Kiyomi Semmatsu (千松 清美 牧師)

While Bishop Haruhisa Iso (磯 晴久 主教) is preaching,
Mr. Nobuhiro Kasai (葛西 信宏) acts as interpreter.

以下三圖為 Ms. Catherine Lee 所拍攝、分享。

Ms. Fumiko Hayakawa (早川 文子), sitting on my
right-hand side, has become my Facebook friend.
On my left-hand side is Ms. Wenyi Zhao/Chao.

(1st from the left) Mr. Hiroshi Koide (小出 裕司);
(left and front) Mr. Minoru Kano (加納 實)

以上三圖為 Ms. Catherine Lee 所拍攝、分享。

十六字令（二首）

#2017-0502

之一：寫實的、關於過去的，算是某種「私藏」，標題為《心》。

十六令《心》

心

如鳥高飛不可擒

鳴將遠

昨夜夢中尋

圖／文： Mookoo Liang

之二：寫意的、關於從前以及今後，更像一種「分享」（或 共勉），標題是《琴》。

十六令《琴》

琴

弦動頻連串樂音

隨相伴

緣好惜知心

圖／文： Mookoo Liang

又註：關於詞牌「十六字令」之格律，可參考 前作《鵰》文末之附註。 至於本頁第二首《琴》乃刻意以另一半和自己的名字（最末字）入詞，以便分享及共勉。如果每一句倒著唸，則變成：琴／音樂串連頻動弦／伴相隨／心知惜好緣...........如此雖不合平仄格律，意義還是可知曉，是吧！