Memorial of Saint John Paul II who died in 2005. Remembrance of Mary Salome, mother of James and John, who followed the Lord till the feet of the cross and laid him in the tomb. Leer más
Memorial of Saint John Paul II who died in 2005. Remembrance of Mary Salome, mother of James and John, who followed the Lord till the feet of the cross and laid him in the tomb.
Reading of the Word of God
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
I am the good shepherd,
my sheep listen to my voice,
and they become
one flock and one fold.
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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Ephesians 3,14-21
This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every fatherhood, in heaven or on earth, takes its name. In the abundance of his glory may he, through his Spirit, enable you to grow firm in power with regard to your inner self, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, with all God's holy people you will have the strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; so that, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond knowledge, you may be filled with the utter fullness of God. Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
When faced with the revelation of the boundless riches of Christ, Paul "bends his knees before the Father" and prays for the Ephesians. He asks God that the Spirit make them strong in strengthening their inner being. The Spirit is the power of God working in the depths of the heart, the place of choices, decisions and thoughts. It is in the heart that change starts, and it is where Christ descends with his word and his grace. The presence of Christ opens the heart and mind to communion with our brothers and sisters. God's mystery can be understood only in love, only in a life of discipleship and witness lived in community, "with the Saints." The knowledge of the mystery (including listening to the Word) has an unavoidable ecclesial dimension: people share the same truth, and most of all they experience it together. In mutual love brothers and sisters become mediators of the knowledge of Christ. It is in fraternity that the Spirit works for our inner growth. This is why common life with brothers and sisters is essential to know Christ. Paul's prayer for the Ephesians culminates in a final request: to be filled in all the fullness of God. The apostle concludes with a word of praise: the unity of humanity is the glory of God, the revelation of His love that will always be superabundant, above all our understanding and beyond our expectations. To Him, therefore, the glory "in the church and in Christ Jesus."
La oración es el corazón de la vida de la Comunidad de Sant’Egidio, su primera “obra”. Cuando termina el día todas las Comunidades, tanto si son grandes como si son pequeñas, se reúnen alrededor del Señor para escuchar su Palabra y dirigirse a Él en su invocación. Los discípulos no pueden sino estar a los pies de Jesús, como María de Betania, para elegir la “mejor parte” (Lc 10,42) y aprender de Él sus mismos sentimientos (cfr. Flp 2,5).
Siempre que la Comunidad vuelve al Señor, hace suya la súplica del discípulo anónimo: “¡Señor, enséñanos a orar” (Lc 11,1). Y Jesús, maestro de oración, continúa contestando: “Cuando oréis, decid: Abbá, Padre”.
Cuando oramos, aunque lo hagamos dentro de nuestro corazón, nunca estamos aislados ni somos huérfanos, porque somos en todo momento miembros de la familia del Señor. En la oración común se ve claramente, además del misterio de la filiación, el de la fraternidad.
Las Comunidades de Sant'Egidio que hay por el mundo se reúnen en los distintos lugares que destinan a la oración y presentan al Señor las esperanzas y los dolores de los hombres y mujeres “vejados y abatidos” de los que habla el Evangelio (Mt 9,37). En aquella gente de entonces se incluyen los habitantes de las ciudades contemporáneas, los pobres que son marginados de la vida, todos aquellos que esperan que alguien les contrate (cfr. Mt 20).
La oración común recoge el grito, la aspiración, el deseo de paz, de curación, de sentido de la vida y de salvación que hay en los hombres y las mujeres de este mundo. La oración nunca es vacía. Sube incesante al Señor para que el llanto se transforme en alegría, la desesperación en felicidad, la angustia en esperanza y la soledad en comunión. Y para que el Reino de Dios llegue pronto a los hombres.
