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Memory of the Mother of the Lord

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Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Mother of the Lord
Tuesday, May 21

Memorial of Father Christian de Chergé, prior of the Trappist monastery of Notre Dame de l'Atlas, in Tibihirine in Algeria; he was kidnapped and killed with six of his confreres by terrorists in 1996.


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

Acts 14,19-28

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the people against them. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead. The disciples came crowding round him but, as they did so, he stood up and went back to the town. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe. Having preached the good news in that town and made a considerable number of disciples, they went back through Lystra, Iconium and Antioch. They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith, saying, 'We must all experience many hardships before we enter the kingdom of God.' In each of these churches they appointed elders, and with prayer and fasting they commended them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe. They passed through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. Then after proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia and from there sailed for Antioch, where they had originally been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. On their arrival they assembled the church and gave an account of all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the gentiles. They stayed there with the disciples for some time.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The opposition to the preaching of the Gospel does not stop. Instead it seems to be growing, to the point that it pushes his enemies to stone Paul. After he had fallen, crushed by the stones, everyone thinks he is dead and leaves him under the stones on the side of the road. Only the disciples stay with him. Paul, who was present at the stoning of Stephen, now has suffered the same fate at the hands of members of his former religion. Maybe as he felt the pain of the stones hitting him, his thoughts went to Jerusalem, where they stoned Stephen while he watched the cloaks of those who were throwing stones. The testimony of the first martyr certainly sustained Paul through that very difficult and painful trial. Wounded but not killed and surrounded by the comfort of the disciples, the apostle rises to his feet. Not only does he not flee, but he goes back into the city and the following day continues on to proclaim the Gospel somewhere else. This could give the impression that Paul is pleased by his own heroism. In reality, the only thing that sustains him is his love for the Lord, which he has placed above everything else, even his own life. He is an extraordinary example for us today. Paul reminds us that love, Gospel love, the love Jesus lived, has to pass through the cross. In fact, the cross is the confirmation of the truth of the Gospel. Together with Barnabas, Paul returns to Antioch, where they had started, to help the community continue to grow and become stronger through his teaching. Paul and Barnabas go back to "where they had been commended to the grace of God," and, together with their brothers and sisters, rejoice at what the Lord himself had accomplished through their preaching.

SŁOWO BOŻE NA KAŻDY DZIEŃ: KALENDARZ

Modlitwa jest sercem życia Wspólnoty Sant’Egidio, jej pierwszym „dziełem”. Na zakończenie dnia każda Wspólnota, niezależnie czy mała czy duża, zbiera się wokół Pana, aby słuchać Jego Słowa i zanosić do Niego swe prośby. Uczniowie nie mogą uczynić więcej niż siąść u stóp Jezusa jak Maria z Betanii, aby wybrać „najlepszą cząstkę” (Łk 10, 42) i uczyć się jak mieć te same co On uczucia (por. Flp 2,1-5).

 

Wracając do Pana za każdym razem Wspólnota czyni własną prośbę anonimowego ucznia: "Panie, naucz nas się modlić!”  (Łk 11, 1). I Jezus, nauczyciel modlitwy, nieprzerwanie odpowiada: „Kiedy się modlicie, mówcie: Ojcze nasz”.

 

Kiedy człowiek się modli, także w cichości własnego serca, nigdy nie jest odizolowany od innych czy opuszczony: zawsze jest członkiem rodziny Pana. W modlitwie wspólnotowej poza tajemnicą usynowienia jasno ukazuje się również tajemnica braterstwa.

 

Wspólnoty Sant’Egidio rozsiane po świecie zbierają się w różnych miejscach wybranych na modlitwę i przynoszą Panu nadzieje i cierpienia „znękanych i porzuconych tłumów”, o których mówi Ewangelia (por. Mt 9, 36-37). Należą do tych tłumów także mieszkańcy współczesnych miast, ubodzy zepchnięci na margines życia, wszyscy ci, którzy oczekują, że zostaną najęci choć na dzień (por. Mt 20).

 

Modlitwa Wspólnoty gromadzi wołania, dążenia, pragnienia pokoju, uzdrowienia, poczucia sensu i zbawienia, którymi żyją mężczyźni i kobiety tego świata. Modlitwa nigdy nie jest pusta. Nieustannie wznosi się do Pana, aby płacz zmienił się w radość, desperacja w pogodę ducha, przygnębienie w nadzieję, samotność w zjednoczenie. I aby Królestwo Boże jak najszybciej zamieszkało między ludźmi.