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Memory of the Church

Memorial of Saint Anthony the Abbot (†356). He followed the Lord into the Egyptian desert and was father of many monks. A day of reflection on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Többet

Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of the Church
Thursday, January 17

Memorial of Saint Anthony the Abbot (†356). He followed the Lord into the Egyptian desert and was father of many monks. A day of reflection on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.


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

Hebrews 3,7-14

That is why, as the Holy Spirit says: If only you would listen to him today! Do not harden your hearts, as at the rebellion, as at the time of testing in the desert, when your ancestors challenged me, and put me to the test, and saw what I could do for forty years. That was why that generation sickened me and I said, 'Always fickle hearts, that cannot grasp my ways!' And then in my anger I swore that they would never enter my place of rest. Take care, brothers, that none of you ever has a wicked heart, so unbelieving as to turn away from the living God. Every day, as long as this today lasts, keep encouraging one another so that none of you is hardened by the lure of sin, because we have been granted a share with Christ only if we keep the grasp of our first confidence firm to the end.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

After drawing a parallel between Jesus and Moses, the author of the Letter links historical Israel with those who form the Christian community, many of whom are of Jewish origin. And he begins by quoting the second part of Psalm 95, which condemns the deafness of God's people during the years of exodus in the desert. Perhaps the author wanted to emphasize that the new people of the disciples have already entered the house of the Lord and therefore they are even more obliged to listen to the Word of God and not to harden their hearts as the Israelites did in Massa and Meriba. In any case, it is from listening to the Gospel that depends on entering the house of the Lord and staying there as family members. For this reason, the author of the Letter asks not to turn away from God, that is from listening to his Word, but also to "exhort us each other every day ... so that no one may be obstinately seduced by sin." There is a great pastoral wisdom in this indication: only an effective daily fraternity guarantees a continuous discipleship. The author addresses the entire community. All "brothers" have the responsibility of being attentive to one another and of worrying above all those who no longer listen to the voice of God. "Pastoral" responsibility does not oblige only "superiors" (13:17); every Christian is invited to keep his eyes open because his brother and sister are not lost. It is not possible, in fact, to be disciples of Jesus on their own or separated from the brothers and sisters: we are disciples only if we listen to the Word of God together. In Scripture it is the same Holy Spirit who speaks and edifies in one body those who listen to him. The continuity of listening makes disciples those who listen. And the "today" of the Letter is daily life illuminated by the Gospel. Thus, we enter "the rest" that the Lord grants to his faithful.

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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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24
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Csütörtök
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Péntek
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March
31
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