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Memory of Jesus crucified
Friday, August 7


Reading of the Word of God

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

This is the Gospel of the poor,
liberation for the imprisoned,
sight for the blind,
freedom for the oppressed.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Nahum 2,1.3; 3,1-3.6-7

To Judah See on the mountains the feet of the herald! 'Peace!' he proclaims. Judah, celebrate your feasts, carry out your vows, for Belial will never pass through you again; he has been utterly destroyed. (For Yahweh has restored the vine of Jacob, yes, the vine of Israel, although the plunderers had plundered them, although they had snapped off their vine-shoots!) Disaster to the city of blood, packed throughout with lies, stuffed with booty, where plundering has no end! The crack of the whip! The rumble of wheels! Galloping horse, jolting chariot, charging cavalry, flashing swords, gleaming spears, a mass of wounded, hosts of dead, countless corpses; they stumble over corpses- I shall pelt you with filth, I shall shame you and put you in the pillory. Then all who look at you will shrink from you and say, 'Nineveh has been ruined!' Who will mourn for her? Where would I find people to comfort you?

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The Son of Man came to serve,
whoever wants to be great
should become servant of all.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The Book of Nahum is a very short prophetic text written around the mid-seventh century before Christ. It includes prophesies against the city of Nineveh, the proud capital of Assyria, upset and occupied by the emerging power of Babylon. The prophet reads into this event the righteous judgment of God on one of the fiercest enemies who oppressed Israel. The defeat of Judah's historic enemy is an occasion of joy for the kingdom: "Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked invade you; they are utterly cut off." And here the prophet condemns Nineveh, "Ah! City of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of booty-no end to the plunder!" The prophet condemns the system of corruption established in the city that leads not only to the destruction of coexistence but also impedes rebuilding a social life. Corruption in fact is not only a criminal act, but also the consolidation of a system of violence and oppression. We could say that corruption is like an army that destroys a city with sword and fire: "The crack of whip and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, piles of dead, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end-they stumble over the bodies!" We know how much pope Francis lashes against corruption because it brings to the destruction of every coexistence. He even says that there is no forgiveness for those who promote it. It is indispensable to repent and turn to God. The Lord wants the edification of his people and not the hell that corruption implies. After destroying the adversary, the Lord reconstructs the future of his people: "For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their branches." The prophet, announces: "Look! On the mountains the feet of one who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace!" The Lord, the prophet announces, returns to free his people from the oppression of the enemy, and gives them peace.

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Prayer is the heart of the life of the Community of Sant'Egidio and is its absolute priority. At the end of the day, every the Community of Sant'Egidio, large or small, gathers around the Lord to listen to his Word. The Word of God and the prayer are, in fact, the very basis of the whole life of the Community. The disciples cannot do other than remain at the feet of Jesus, as did Mary of Bethany, to receive his love and learn his ways (Phil. 2:5).
So every evening, when the Community returns to the feet of the Lord, it repeats the words of the anonymous disciple: " Lord, teach us how to pray". Jesus, Master of prayer, continues to answer: "When you pray, say: Abba, Father". It is not a simple exhortation, it is much more. With these words Jesus lets the disciples participate in his own relationship with the Father. Therefore in prayer, the fact of being children of the Father who is in heaven, comes before the words we may say. So praying is above all a way of being! That is to say we are children who turn with faith to the Father, certain that they will be heard.
Jesus teaches us to call God "Our Father". And not simply "Father" or "My Father". Disciples, even when they pray on their own, are never isolated nor they are orphans; they are always members of the Lord's family.
In praying together, beside the mystery of being children of God, there is also the mystery of brotherhood, as the Father of the Church said: "You cannot have God as father without having the church as mother". When praying together, the Holy Spirit assembles the disciples in the upper room together with Mary, the Lord's mother, so that they may direct their gaze towards the Lord's face and learn from Him the secret of his Heart.
 The Communities of Sant'Egidio all over the world gather in the various places of prayer and lay before the Lord the hopes and the sufferings of the tired, exhausted crowds of which the Gospel speaks ( Mat. 9: 3-7 ), In these ancient crowds we can see the huge masses of the modern cities, the millions of refugees who continue to flee their countries, the poor, relegated to the very fringe of life and all those who are waiting for someone to take care of them. Praying together includes the cry, the invocation, the aspiration, the desire for peace, the healing and salvation of the men and women of this world. Prayer is never in vain; it rises ceaselessly to the Lord so that anguish is turned into hope, tears into joy, despair into happiness, and solitude into communion. May the Kingdom of God come soon among people!

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