教堂里的铜钟

我们应该都知道教堂的大铜钟在报时的时候会响起，在召集信徒进教堂做礼拜或者望弥撒的时候会敲响，或者是作为礼拜或者弥撒开始的信号也会敲钟，而且我们可能还知道弥撒中的铜钟声音向上缭绕，是一种祈祷声音向上传递的含义。

We should all know big bronze of the church will ring on time, on call believers into the church or mass would ring, or as part of the week or mass start signal will bell, and we can still know the incense smoke curling up in the mass, is the meaning of a prayer sound pass up.

教堂敲钟的习惯有着上千年的传统，而这个传统是从天主教会最先发展起来的。教堂早上的钟声是为了告诉天下所有的人们，现在弥撒就要开始了，你们都要来到教堂与主相遇。钟声一般来说一天要敲三次。

Church bell ringing is a thousand-year-old tradition that first developed in the Catholic Church. The church bell in the morning is to tell all the people in the world, now the mass is about to begin, you all have to come to church and meet the Lord. The bell generally strikes three times a day.

早上、中午、晚上各一次，天主教会自古就有《三钟经》的古老经文。其实钟声有提醒人们祈祷，勿忘神的含义。让每一个信徒都能在生活中记忆起神的钟声，让他们更依靠着信仰而生活，做一个为社会，为自己有益处的人。 

Morning, noon and evening, the Catholic Church has the ancient text of the Three Clocks Book since ancient times. In fact, the bell reminds people to pray and remember the meaning of God. Let every believer in life can remember the bell of God, let them more rely on faith and life, to be a good person for the society, for their own.

钟声也告诉人们，弥撒的举行，还有教会在大节日的庆祝方式。 当本堂司铎（管理教堂的神父）去世时，教会也要敲钟，告诉所有的人，他已经安息主怀升天了。

The bells also told people about the mass being held and how the church was celebrating the big holidays. When the Pastor (the priest in charge of the church) dies, the church bell is rung to tell everyone that he has gone to heaven.