每日祈祷

Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
每天都有神的话
Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Wednesday, May 18


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

Acts 15,1-6

Then some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, 'Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.' This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the question with the apostles and elders. The members of the church saw them off, and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria they told how the gentiles had been converted, and this news was received with the greatest satisfaction by all the brothers. When they arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed by the church and by the apostles and elders, and gave an account of all that God had done through them. But certain members of the Pharisees' party who had become believers objected, insisting that gentiles should be circumcised and instructed to keep the Law of Moses. The apostles and elders met to look into the matter,

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Paul and Barnabas, who had created communities that were made up primarily of Gentiles, did not think that they had to require those who had converted to Christianity to be circumcised. This practice clearly put in discussion the relationship with Judaism that believed circumcision and observance of Jewish practices to be the condition for salvation. Paul and Barnabas, on the contrary, thought that the only faith is Jesus and the Gospel were sufficient. There was clearly the risk of a division between the two perspectives. It became necessary to call an assembly of all the people in charge of the communities to be held in Jerusalem in the presence of the apostles. This first assembly is considered the "first" Council in the history of the Church. The strength of this event is not a judicial one rather it is an expression of the way of being an living of the Church, that is gathering in an assembly of brothers and sisters, in an ordered way, therefore in the name of the Lord and in the presence of the apostles, to reflect and debate over common issues. This first assembly remains an example for the life of Christian communities in every time. It is the way of sinodality that still today Pope Francis has proposed again to the Church. It is in this perspective of communion that the protagonist attitudes of individuals that, if left to themselves, separate and divide can be defeated. Difficulties, that inevitably arise along the road, can be solved only in a fraternal atmosphere: it is the only way in which the unity of the Body of Christ, which is the Church, can be built.

每天都有神的话:日历

March
24
星期日
March
25
周一
March
26
周二
March
28
周四
March
29
星期五
March
30
周六
March
31
星期日

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。