2025 年 9 月 21 日，查理·柯克的遺孀埃瑞卡·柯克在亞利桑那州格倫代爾州立農業體育場舉行的保守派活動家查理·柯克的公眾追悼會上發表講話。 （PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
2025年9月21日，美国保守派活动家查理・柯克（Charlie Kirk）的遗孀埃瑞卡・柯克在亚利桑那州格伦代尔（Glendale）的州立农场体育场（State Farm Stadium）的堪比国葬的追悼会上发表了感人至深的发言。这场追悼会吸引了超过10万人现场参加，数百万人在线观看。美国转折点组织新CEO埃瑞卡的发言约10分钟，焦点在于信仰、宽恕和延续丈夫的使命。她在发言中公开原谅杀害丈夫的凶手，并承诺继续丈夫创立的美国转折点组织（Turning Point USA）的使命。以下是译文。
“所有从世界各地来到这里缅怀并庆祝查理一生的人们，上帝保佑你们。就在离这几英里处，2023年的美国节（America Fest 2023），查理在我们的TPUSA信仰活动舞台上发表了演讲。查理喜欢即兴演讲。那天他选择谈论的内容是顺服上帝的旨意。他引用了他最喜欢的圣经经文之一：‘主啊，我在这里，请差遣我。’查理说完后，我在后台见到他，我对他说，我永远不会忘记。我说，‘查理，宝贝，下次在说那样的话之前，请先和我谈谈。因为当你说那样的话时，那节经文中有如此大的力量，当你说“主啊，我在这里，请差遣我。” 当你说上帝啊，我在这里，用我吧，上帝会接受你的。他确实接受了。’
11天前，上帝接受了我丈夫的完全顺服，然后将他召到身边。查理最想做的，不是他自己的意愿，而是上帝的旨意。在过去11天里，透过所有的痛苦，我从未像现在这样找到如此多的安慰。我终于理解了主祷文结尾的话：‘愿你的旨意行在地上。’在大众面前，他眨眼间就看到了他在天堂的救主。
当我看到查理离世后，即使在死亡中，我也能看到我所爱的那个男人。我看到他头部侧边的那一根灰白头发，我从未告诉过他。我也在他的嘴唇上看到了最微弱的微笑。这向我揭示了上帝在这场悲剧中的巨大怜悯。当我看到那个微笑时，我知道查理没有受苦。即使医生告诉我，那就是一瞬间，即使查理是在手术室里中枪，也无力回天。
但最重要的是，在过去的11天里，上帝的怜悯和上帝的爱向我显明，在查理被暗杀后，我们没有看到暴力。我们没有看到骚乱。我们没有看到革命。相反，我们看到了我丈夫一直祈祷希望在这个国家看到的——复兴。我们看到人们十年后第一次打开圣经，我们看到人们自童年后再一次祈祷，人们一生中第一次去参加教堂礼拜。查理知道信仰是一种习惯，你做得多，它就长得越多。
查理离开这个世界时没有遗憾。但我想让你们知道一件事……他离开这个世界时带着未完成的工作，但不是未竟的事业。我的丈夫查理，他想拯救那些年轻人的生命，就像那个夺走他生命的人一样。那个年轻人……天父啊，原谅他们，因为他们不知道自己在做什么。那个男人，那个年轻人，我原谅他。我原谅他，因为这是基督所做的，查理也会这么做。仇恨的答案不是仇恨。我们从福音中知道的答案是爱，永远是爱。仇恨不是答案。主教导我们要爱我们的敌人，以善报恶，为压迫我们的人祈祷。我的每一部分都会努力变得更好，我们的年轻人需要指引，以通往更大的目的。
查理对我的爱让我成为更好的妻子，他的声音将永远留存。我承诺，我丈夫的声音将留存。校园活动将继续。他要改变世界，他做到了。选择祈祷，选择勇气，选择冒险，选择家庭，选择信仰的生活，最重要的是，选择基督。我爱你，查理，宝贝，我会让你骄傲的。”
英文原文：
God bless all of you for coming here from all over the world,to honor and celebrate my Charlie.Just afew miles from here,two years ago at America Fest 2023,Charlie delivered aspeech on stage for our TP USA Faith event.Charlie loved speaking off the cuff.And what he chose to speak about that day was his submission to the will of God.He quoted one of his favorite Bible verses,Isaiah chapter 6verse 8:'Here Iam Lord,send me.'After Charlie finished,I met him backstage and Ispoke to him,and I'll never forget this.I said,'Charlie,baby,please talk to me next time before you say that statement.Because when you say something like that,there is so much power in that verse when you say,"Here Iam,Lord,send me."When you say God here Iam,use me,He will take you up on that.And He did.'
Eleven days ago,God accepted that total surrender from my husband and then called him to his side.More than anything,Charlie wanted to do,not his will,but God's will.And over these past 11 days,through all the pain,never before have Ifound as much comfort as Inow do.I finally understood those words at the end of the Lord's Prayer:'Thy will be done.'In front of abig crowd,he blinked and saw his Savior in paradise.
When Isaw Charlie after he was gone,even in death,I could see the man that Iloved.I saw the single gray hair on the side of his head,which Inever told him about.I also saw in his lips the faintest smile.It revealed to me agreat mercy from God in this tragedy.When Isaw that,it told me Charlie didn't suffer.Even the doctor told me,it was something so instant that even if Charlie had been shot in the operating room itself,nothing could have been done.
But most of all,God's mercy and God's love have been revealed to me these past 11 days.After Charlie’s assassination,we didn’t see violence.We didn’t see rioting.We didn’t see revolution.Instead,we saw what my husband always prayed he would see in this country—a revival.We saw people open aBible for the first time in adecade,we saw people pray for the first time since they were children,and people go to achurch service for the first time in their lives.Charlie knew that faith was ahabit,the more you do it,the more it grows.
Charlie left this world without regrets.But Iwant you to know something…He left this world with incomplete work,but not with unfinished business.My husband,Charlie,he wanted to save the lives of young men,just like the one who took his life.That young man…Father,forgive them for they know not what they do.That man,that young man,I forgive him.I forgive him because it’s what Christ did and because it’s what Charlie would do.The answer to hate is not hate.The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love.Hatred is not the answer.The Lord taught us to love our enemies,to repay evil with good,and to pray for those who persecute us.Every part of me will strive to be better,and our youth need guidance toward agreater purpose.
Charlie’s love for me made me abetter wife.His voice will remain.I pledge that my husband's voice will remain.The campus events will continue.He was going to change the world,and he did.Choose prayer,choose courage,choose adventure,choose family,choose alife of faith,and most importantly,choose Christ.I love you,Charlie,baby,and Iwill make you proud.
