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A true joy of the hearth

Five centuries before the coming of Jesus, the king of Babylon (today Baghdad) invaded Israel and deported all its inhabitants to Mesopotamia. Then the prophet Isaiah’s voice raised high; he turned to people and encouraged them: “… After waiting for a long time, the salvation came at last. For us as well, from 20 centuries onwards, Christmas comes every year, as synonymous, often unaware, of joy, peace and family time.
These feelings are showed through lightings, decorations, Christmas tree, presepe, gifts and evenings spent in the family. For the believers, the Christmas joy is the same joy announced by the Angels to the shepherds in the holy night“.
 
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For all of us resounds the same Christmas wish for peace, granted, by the Salvator, only to all men of goodwill.

It’s Christmas!

Our society is becoming more and more multiethnic; the different religions are mixing up: Muslims – Animists – Orthodox Christians - Catholics.

We differ in culture, traditions, religion, but we are all people who respect each other, enriching in diversity.

It’s Christmas!

Even if we don’t know each other, even if we are often diffident, let’s try to say to everyone we meet (friends, enemies, indifferent people, unknown people, ideologically - different people):

Merry Christmas!

The translation is by Francesca Ceccarini


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And if we will manage to utter it smiling, we will enjoy the true joy of the hearth.

AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

23° Domingo do Tempo Comum

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23° Domingo do Tempo Comum

07 Setembro 2014

 

Uma reflexão

 

A liturgia desse domingo nos sugere uma reflexão sobre nossa responsabilidade face aos irmãos que nos rodeiam. Afirma, claramente, que ninguém pode ficar indifferente diante daquilo que ameaça a vida e a felicidade de um irmão e que todos somos responsaveis uns pelos outros.


Codice shinistaT

THE WAYS OF THE SPIRIT

THE VIRGIN MARY

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THE VIRGIN MARY
BEFORE – DURING AND AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS


The expression “Virgin Mary” is referred to the fact that Our Lady was a Virgin
 before, during and after the birth of Jesus.
Mary’s holy body was totally intact during the birth of Jesus and it remained virginal
for all the rest of the life of Mary.
In fact no evidence exists either in Sacred Scripture or tradition to believe otherwise.



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LOS CAMINOS DEL ESPIRITU

CON MI IGLESIA, CREO EN TI, SEÑOR!

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¡CON MI IGLESIA, CREO EN TI, SEÑOR!

Abriré las puertas, cuando me llamen a tiempos y a deshoras
y, aun con incertidumbres o dudas,
proclamaré que estás vivo y operante
Que, en mis miedos y temores,
me das la valentía de un león
para hacer frente a mis adversarios.

 

WEGE DES GEISTES

Le "trasgressioni" di Gesù

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Le "trasgressioni"
di Gesù

Cominciamo col dire che un titolo come questo, "trasgressore", dato a Gesù Cristo, avrebbe fatto inorridire non solo un mistico del medioevo o un teologo antimodernista, ma anche il più distratto fedele di oggi. Eppure è stato giudicato proprio così dai capi del suo popolo, due millenni fa. I capi, cioè alcuni capi, non il popolo. Quindi sbaglierebbe chi ne incolpasse gli ebrei di oggi. Ma più ancora chi la ritenesse, con alcuni esegeti moderni, una favola inventata dalla Chiesa nascente. Primo responsabile, sarebbe stato Paolo apostolo, poi Marco evangelista, poi Luca bollato di antisemitismo ante litteram. Da essi sarebbe partito l'apologista cristiano, Giustino, seguito dai vari esponenti della patristica, come Origene, Tertulliano e altri.

 

Preghiere

Preghiera di J.H. Newman

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Preghiera di J. H. Newman

Guidami, luce, amica,
in mezzo alle tenebre: guidami innanzi.