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Memory of the Mother of the Lord

Memorial of Timothy and Titus, co-operators of Paul and bishops of Ephesus and Crete. Többet

Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Mother of the Lord
Tuesday, January 26

Memorial of Timothy and Titus, co-operators of Paul and bishops of Ephesus and Crete.


Reading of the Word of God

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The Spirit of the Lord is upon you.
The child you shall bear will be holy.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

2 Timothy 1,1-8

From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God in accordance with his promise of life in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, dear son of mine. Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. Night and day I thank God whom I serve with a pure conscience as my ancestors did. I remember you in my prayers constantly night and day; I remember your tears and long to see you again to complete my joy. I also remember your sincere faith, a faith which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure dwells also in you. That is why I am reminding you now to fan into a flame the gift of God that you possess through the laying on of my hands. God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power and love and self-control. So you are never to be ashamed of witnessing to our Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but share in my hardships for the sake of the gospel, relying on the power of God

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Look down, O Lord, on your servants.
Be it unto us according to your word.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The day after Saint Paul's conversion, the Church recalls two of his closest associates, Timothy and Titus. The first was baptized by Paul himself and received from him the imposition of hands as the Apostle himself recalls in the letter of which we heard the beginning. Paul reminds Timothy and the entire community to whom the letter is addressed that it is from Jesus himself that he has received the mission of proclaiming the "promised life" of God to all people. Paul, on the eve of his death (4: 6-8), writes to this "delighted son" with passionate feelings. In the Letter to the Philippians, the apostle writes: "I have no one like him who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. But Timothy's worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel" (Phil 2:20-22). While he is in prison, Paul continues to serve God with a pure conscience, and in prayer he reminds God of his communities and his collaborators: chains do not block his communion with his brothers and sisters. Paul writes that he wishes to see Timothy again: the encounter would fill his soul with joy and comfort: "Do your best to come to me soon" (2 Tm 4:9). But the consolation the apostle feels already is Timothy's faithfulness to the Gospel; a fidelity that runs deep in the roots of his very religious family, starting with his grandmother Lois and mother Eunice. The ministry entrusted to Timothy is not easy, even for his young age. Paul, however, reminds him of "the gift of God" given to him through the imposition of his hands (see 1 Tim 4:14). And he asks him to revive it with prayer, fidelity, and dedication, so that its light may become ever clearer and more and more a source of strength for him. The other disciple that today the Church remembers, Titus, is a Greek from Antioch, and therefore a precious fruit of Paul's preaching to Gentiles. Paul and Barnabas therefore bring him with them to present him to the community of Jerusalem (Acts 15). Paul proudly calls him, "My true son in the same faith." And he entrusts him first to the leadership of the Corinthian community, and then to Crete, where his memory is still venerated today.

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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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