For John Fisher(2008-06-28 00:00:00)
六月最后一个安息日,终于放下了诸多旁骛,可惜的是没有赶上John
Fisher的忌日,毕竟需要纪念的日子永远是那永恒的圣安息日,心中也终究少了许多遗憾。虽然John
Fisher并非吾人最喜欢的红衣主教,却是吾人最尊敬的一位,撇开红衣主教的宗教地位,红衣主教的智慧和能力是远远凌绝于凡人之上的——即使在教宗力量极弱的时代,红衣主教依旧孑然一人前往宫廷,在孤立无援的情况下与有着高超谋略的奸诈贵族斡旋,却往往居于上风,最差也能全身而退——但正是政治斗争,削弱了红衣主教作为主教,作为Prince
of Christ的意义,或许Thomas
Wolsey就是最好的例子。可是与所有人不同的是,John
Fisher殉道了,以红衣主教的身份和地位殉道了,作为一个捍卫神圣势力和真理的雄狮而被羞辱,幸好如此高贵的灵魂人类审判不了,魔鬼收割不了,沉睡于混沌中的Fisher主教啊,不知您是否看见,您跌倒的地方有国被兴起,那是新耶路撒冷的外城,是我们仰望苍天穹宇的露台,因你在人前跌倒,你必从主前起来,坐在那至圣者的左手边,直到永永远远!
以下是John
Fisher的一些简介,来自Wiki百科:

Saint John
Fisher also John
Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469 – June 22, 1535), was an
English Catholic bishop, cardinal
and martyr. He shares his feast
day with Saint Thomas More on
June 22 in
the Roman Catholic calendar of
saints and July 6 on the
Anglican calendar of
saints. Both Fisher and More were
executed by King Henry VIII
for refusing to accept him as Head of
the Church of
England. He is the only member of
the College of Cardinals
to have suffered martyrdom.