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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, August 3


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

Matthew 14,22-36

And at once he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he sent the crowds away. After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, while the boat, by now some furlongs from land, was hard pressed by rough waves, for there was a head-wind. In the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea, and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. 'It is a ghost,' they said, and cried out in fear. But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, 'Courage! It's me! Don't be afraid.' It was Peter who answered. 'Lord,' he said, 'if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.' Jesus said, 'Come.' Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water, but then noticing the wind, he took fright and began to sink. 'Lord,' he cried, 'save me!' Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. 'You have so little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?' And as they got into the boat the wind dropped. The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, 'Truly, you are the Son of God.' Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret. When the local people recognised him they spread the news through the whole neighbourhood and took all that were sick to him, begging him just to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched it were saved.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

After the multiplication of the loaves and fish, Jesus asks his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side while he would dismiss the crowds. Finally, after everyone has left (the crowd and the disciples), Jesus climbs up the mountain alone to pray. There is like an impelling need for Jesus to be with the Father in heaven. It is a decisive teaching also for us: finding the time in our days to live an immediate and direct relationship with the Lord. All action of Jesus, as well as ours, springs from the communion with the Father. Faith is the essence of this bond. Meanwhile the boat is crossing the lake and suddenly a storm blows in. The evangelist notes that is night. And, night, every night, is always full of fears. But dawn is coming. And also Jesus comes closer. The disciples see him walking on the water. But they do not recognize him. Fear confuses the disciples' minds and eyes, and they think they are seeing a ghost. Jesus speaks first: "Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid." Peter, still doubtful, asks Jesus to command him to come to him. And Jesus tells him: "Come!" The apostle recognizes his voice; the invitation to come to Jesus was familiar to him; it was what he heard for the first time by the shores of that same lake. And like then, immediately Peter leaves his boat and heads towards Jesus. He too walks on water. A trusting and immediate response to the Lord's call always produces miracles. But the wind is raging, and Peter is afraid again and begins to drown. At this point, his desperation makes him pronounce a prayer: "Lord, save me!" Jesus immediately takes his hand. And Peter is saved. That cry is the origin of prayer, a simple prayer that Peter entrusts to us. "Why did you doubt?" Jesus says tenderly to Peter. More than rebuking him Jesus encourages Peter to trust him more. Indeed what is needed of each of us is not the courage of feeling strong, but the humility to trust Jesus: he does not leaves us and lifts us out of danger. The Lord continues to take us by the hand and climbs in our boat with us to continue our journey in the sea of life.

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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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