ChristmasMiracles

　　Christmas Miracles

　　Christmas is a time for miracles.It is also a time when the dull things of daily life and the forecast of human hature gives way to a spiritual awakening.Allow me to share with you one truly wonder of Christmas.

　　Our miracle story comes from an incident that occurred in Flanders, Belgium, at the dawn of World War I. On December 24th ,1914, German and English troops faced each other from the relative safety of their ditches across which no man's land lying between them. Suddenly, the silence was broken, not by gunfire, but by the strains of Silent Night arising from the German position. It wasn't long before the English troops responded with a Yuletide hymn of their own. Then an amazing sight surprised the eyes of the English soldiers. A German soldier holding a small tree arranged with lighted candles began to walk across the land toward the English lines. This miraculous scene occasioned the declaration of a truce followed by English and German troops greeting one another, exchanging small gifts and singing songs of Christmas. Word of this incredible phenomenon reached the High Command of both sides.

　　On Christmas Day, both armies moved from their positions to engage in the killing of war at other battlefields. However, on Christmas Eve 1914 on a field in Flanders, there was Peace on Earth.

　　Christmas is a truly amazing phenomenon. The day and season perpetuate a miraculous, historical event as an annual presence that challenges an often rough, cruel, and egotistical creature -- the human being -- to become open and amenable to their Creator's vision. The great miracle of Christmas continues in the performance of humane acts, moral honesty, and in the spiritual awareness of millions struggling to lead a life of grace.

　　圣誕奇跡

　　圣誕節(jié)是一個(gè)產(chǎn)生奇跡的節(jié)日。它也是人們從單調(diào)的日常生活和關(guān)于人性的種種預(yù)言中覺(jué)醒的日子。請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我與各位分享一個(gè)真正的圣誕奇跡。

　　這個(gè)奇跡故事來(lái)自發(fā)生在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)的黎明時(shí)分，比利時(shí)的弗蘭德省的一件事。在1914年12月24日，英德兩軍分別在各自相對(duì)安全的戰(zhàn)壕中對(duì)峙，誰(shuí)都不敢越雷池一步。突然間夜空的寧?kù)o被打破，不是由槍聲，而是由從德國(guó)陣地中傳來(lái)的《平安夜》的曲調(diào)劃破。不久英國(guó)軍隊(duì)中也奏響了他們自己的《圣誕季節(jié)》之歌。緊接著，一個(gè)令人驚奇的景象著實(shí)讓英國(guó)士兵吃了一驚。一位德國(guó)士兵手持一棵小樹(shù)，樹(shù)上整齊地排列著點(diǎn)燃的蠟燭，他越過(guò)邊界走向英國(guó)陣地。這一奇跡般的景象使雙方暫時(shí)休戰(zhàn)，英德兩軍互相問(wèn)候，交換小禮物，唱圣誕歌。這一令人無(wú)法置信的情況傳到雙方最高指揮官耳中。

　　在圣誕節(jié)，兩軍離開(kāi)各自的陣地轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)其他陣地進(jìn)行大規(guī)模屠殺。然而在1914年平安夜，在弗蘭德省的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上卻出現(xiàn)過(guò)和平。

　　圣誕節(jié)確實(shí)是令人驚奇的節(jié)日。這一節(jié)日使一個(gè)令人嘆為觀止的歷史事件永垂不朽，它對(duì)野蠻、殘酷、自私的動(dòng)物——人類(lèi)提出挑戰(zhàn)，它使人類(lèi)變得開(kāi)放，使人類(lèi)遵循救世主的意愿。圣誕節(jié)的奇跡繼續(xù)存在于人道主義行為、道德行為和那些千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)已覺(jué)醒、努力追尋文明生活的人們之中。