Remembrance of the Virgin Mary, venerated as Our Lady of Lujàn in Argentina.
Memorial of the blessed martyrs of Algeria. Among them we remember Father Christian de Chergé. prior of the Trappist monastery of Noter Dame de l'Atlas, in Tibhrine in Algeria, who was kidnapped and killed by terrorists together with his fellow brothers in 1996.
Baca lebih lanjut
Remembrance of the Virgin Mary, venerated as Our Lady of Lujàn in Argentina.
Memorial of the blessed martyrs of Algeria. Among them we remember Father Christian de Chergé. prior of the Trappist monastery of Noter Dame de l'Atlas, in Tibhrine in Algeria, who was kidnapped and killed by terrorists together with his fellow brothers in 1996.
Reading of the Word of God
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
You are a chosen race,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people acquired by God
to proclaim his marvellous works.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
John 16,12-15
I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now. However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord, but will say only what he has been told; and he will reveal to you the things to come. He will glorify me, since all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine. Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
You will be holy,
because I am holy, thus says the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
The Gospel does not require sages; neither does Jesus seek powerful or strong people to entrust his mission to. Rather, he seems to do the opposite. His word, in fact, is not a doctrine or a complex ideology that only a few are able to understand or deepen. From his teaching, a simple and strong energy emerges, an energy that fills the heart and transforms life. Everyone can welcome and live it. It is the energy of love. The disciples are asked only to allow it to operate, neither stop it nor pose obstacles in its way. Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will "guide you into the whole truth." It will make us discover the limits and the banalities of the dimensions in which we often enclose ourselves. Let's allow ourselves to be guided by the Spirit and we will discover future things, we will dream of a different tomorrow. The Spirit, which is the source of life and inspiration, helps us to be creators with Him of that common future for all peoples and therefore also for us. In this sense, there is a growth in the understanding of the Gospel. Father Alexander Men,' a priest who was killed in Moscow at the beginning of the 90's used to say that we are still at the beginning of our understanding of the Gospel; there are many words we still have to understand in all of their depth. Saint John XXIII, years before, shortly before his death said, "It is not the Gospel which changes, it is we who understand it better." This is the work of the Spirit, today and throughout all generations.
Doa merupakan jantung kehidupan Komunitas Sant'Egidio dan merupakan prioritas yang paling penting. Di penghujung hari, setiap Komunitas Sant'Egidio, besar maupun kecil, akan berkumpul di sekeliling Tuhan untuk mendengarkan sabda-Nya. Sesungguhnya Sabda Allah dan doa merupakan landasan seluruh kehidupan Komunitas. Para rasul tidak bisa tidak selain tetap di sekitar kaki Yesus, seperti yang dilakukan oleh Maria dari Bethani, untuk menerima kasih dan belajar cara-Nya (Fil. 2:5).
Sehingga setiap malam, ketika Komunitas kembali ke kaki Tuhan, Komunitas mengulangi kata-kata dari rasul tak bernama: "Tuhan ajarkanlah kami cara berdoa" Yesus, Sang Guru, terus menjawab: "Ketika kamu berdoa, katakanlah: Abba, Bapa". Hal itu bukanlah satu seruan sederhana. Dengan kata-kata ini, Yesus membiarkan para murid untuk berperan serta dalam hubungan mereka sendiri dengan Bapa. Oleh sebab itu, fakta bahwa sebagai anak-anak Bapa yang bertahta di surga, muncul sebelum kata-kata yang mungkin kita ucapkan. Jadi doa di atas segalanya merupakan cara untuk menjadi manusia. Ini untuk mengatakan bahwa kita anak-anak yang berpaling kepada Bapa dengan iman, dan yakin bahwa hal itu akan didengar.
Yesus mengajar kita memanggil Allah dengan sebutan "Bapa Kami" Tidak hanya "Bapa" atau "Bapaku" Para murid, meskipun mereka berdoa dengan cara mereka, tidak pernah terisolasi tidak juga menjadi yatim; mereka selalu menjadi anggota keluarga Tuhan.
Dalam doa bersama, di samping misteri anak Allah, ada juga misteri persaudaraan, seperti Bapa Gereja mengatakan: "Kamu tidak bisa memiliki Allah sebagai Bapa tanpa memiliki gereja sebagai ibu". Ketika berdoa bersama, Roh Kudus menyatukan para rasul di ruangan atas bersama dengan Maria, Bunda Allah, sehingga mereka dapat memusatkan pandangan mereka kepada wajah Tuhan dan belajar dari Dia rahasia hati-Nya.
Komunitas Sant'Egidio di seluruh dunia berkumpul bersama di berbagai tempat doa dan menghamparkan di hadapan Tuhan harapan dan penderitaan manusia yang lelah dan letih seperti yang di katakan oleh Injil (Mat. 9:37). Dalam kumpulan di masa lalu ini kita bisa melihat jumlah massa yang sangat besar di kota-kota modern ini, jutaan pengungsi yang terus melarikan diri dari negeri mereka, orang miskin yang terpinggirkan ke tepi kehidupan dan mereka yang menantikan seseorang yang akan merawat mereka. Berdoa bersama termasuk di dalamnya tangisan, seruan, permohonan, keinginan bagi damai, penyembuhan dan penebusan manusia di dunia ini. Doa tidak pernah sia-sia, doa terus menerus kepada Tuhan sehingga mengubah kecemasan menjadi harapan, air mata menjadi kegembiraan, putus asa menjadi kebahagiaan, dan kesepian menjadi persatuan. Semoga Kerajaan Allah hadir segera di antara manusia.
