每日祈祷

Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
每天都有神的话

Memory of the Saints and the Prophets

Remembrance of the historic Meeting in Assisi (1986), when John Paul II invited representatives of all Christian confessions and the great world religions to pray for peace. Memorial of Dominique Green, a young African American executed in 2004. Prayer for those who are condemned to death and for the abolition of the death penalty. 阅读更多

Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Wednesday, October 27

Remembrance of the historic Meeting in Assisi (1986), when John Paul II invited representatives of all Christian confessions and the great world religions to pray for peace. Memorial of Dominique Green, a young African American executed in 2004. Prayer for those who are condemned to death and for the abolition of the death penalty.


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

Luke 13,22-30

Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, 'Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them, 'Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed. 'Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," but he will answer, "I do not know where you come from." Then you will start saying, "We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets," but he will reply, "I do not know where you come from; away from me, all evil doers!" 'Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out. And people from east and west, from north and south, will come and sit down at the feast in the kingdom of God. 'Look, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.'

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

You will be holy,
because I am holy, thus says the Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Top of Form
Jesus walks among people looking at the men and women he meets, listening to those who call him, consoling, healing and proclaiming the imminence of the Kingdom of God. Jesus' destination is Jerusalem, but he goes there not for personal reasons. He goes there to die because he wants to save all. In this context, the question that a person asks Jesus about the number of those who are saved is important. It was clear that in this way one doubted that the entire people of Israel would be saved. In an apocryphal Jewish text, for example, we can read: "The Almighty has done this century for many, the future instead for a few" (fourth book of Ezra). Jesus opens a different perspective: we do not enter the kingdom of God merely belonging to the people of Israel, or a nation or an ethnic group or culture, and so on. It is faith that saves. Salvation is for those who chose to adhere to the Kingdom of God. Judgement will be on this. On that day, claims of ethnic or religious belonging will be of no use. The criterion of salvation passes through following adhesion to the Gospel of love. Furthermore, Jesus clarifies, " 29Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God." What matters is to choose to follow the Lord, before it is too late. This is the meaning of the image of the narrow door: in front of the proclamation of the Gospel, we cannot postpone listening to it, we cannot extend the time for choice. If the Gospel is rejected, it is like reaching the house mentioned in the Gospel passage when the master has already closed the door. Those who remain outside, who do not listen, will remain at the mercy of the prince of evil and will feel the bite of the cold of sadness and the bitterness of loneliness. Jesus' statement about those "last" who will be first - the text refers to the Gentiles - emphasizes the "primacy" of listening: those who accept the Gospel in their heart and put it into practice become the first in the kingdom of heaven.

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这群年轻人,通过阅读圣经,並将圣经作为生命的中心,激励他们度真正信仰的生活,接受耶稣基督自古以来,世世代代的邀请,成为祂的门徒。这邀请呼籲人悔改,放弃只是为自己而生活的态度,开始自由自在地成为泛爱众人的工具,爱人不分男女,而特别是爱那些最贫穷的人。聆听及生活天主的圣言,是人生命中的最重要的事,就是承认人应跟随耶稣,而非跟随自我。

在这个团体中,最真情流露的景象就是大家聚集一起祈祷,聆听天主的圣言,像当年的门徒,有如一家人般聚集在耶稣身旁一样。同心合意的祈祷(宗2:42)是简单的祈祷方式,它要求团体所有成员献出自己。如同圣咏一样,祈祷是熟识耶稣的说话和祈祷的门径,融合了前人的祈祷,将穷人的需要、我们的需要、以及整个世界的需要,呈献给上主。

因此,在罗马及在意大利、欧洲、以至在全世界的其他城市中,我们的团体都尽可能经常聚会,一起祈祷。我们在很多城市中,每晚都会有团体的祈祷,並开放给普罗大众参与。我们也期望团体内的每个成员,都有个人祈祷的理想地方,在生活中阅读圣经,並要从福音开始阅读。