一个富翁向三个贫穷的家庭提供金钱,现在我们其实已经不会予以太多的掌声了。金钱对富翁来说已经足够的多,他将自己富余的东西,给予其他缺失这些的人,不管在逻辑亦或情理上都理所当然。反而,对拒绝这笔接济的家庭,反而我们会有一丝的敬意。只是我更愿相信这个富翁是出于善意,而这一丝对拒绝者的敬意,却是一份最糟糕的对这种善意的回应。施比受更有福的意蕴便在施者能在受者的喜悦与感恩之中得到心灵的洗礼。当受者没有回应以善意或是竟因施者的给予而受到伤害——这决不是圣贤所期待的有福的举动。 A millionaire provides money to three poor families, and now we really do not have too much applause. Money is more than enough for a rich man, and he gives his surplus to others who lack them, both logically and intellectually. Instead, we will have a trace of respect for those families who reject this relief. It is only that I prefer to believe that this rich man is out of goodwill, and that this respect of rejection is the worst response to such goodwill. It is blessed to give the baptism of the soul in the joy and gratitude of the recipient. When the recipient does not respond to being baptized in good faith or because of the donor’s giving - it is by no means a blessed move the saints expect.