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Sunday Vigil
Isten igéje minden nap
Libretto DEL GIORNO
Sunday Vigil
Saturday, October 19


Reading of the Word of God

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Whoever lives and believes in me
will never die.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Romans 4,13.16-18

For the promise to Abraham and his descendants that he should inherit the world was not through the Law, but through the uprightness of faith. That is why the promise is to faith, so that it comes as a free gift and is secure for all the descendants, not only those who rely on the Law but all those others who rely on the faith of Abraham, the ancestor of us all (as scripture says: I have made you the father of many nations). Abraham is our father in the eyes of God, in whom he put his faith, and who brings the dead to life and calls into existence what does not yet exist. Though there seemed no hope, he hoped and believed that he was to become father of many nations in fulfilment of the promise: Just so will your descendants be.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

If you believe, you will see the glory of God,
thus says the Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Paul affirms that from the beginning of history salvation has come through faith. And he recalls the book of Genesis, which narrates the conversion of Abraham. Later the apostle wrote, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." Abraham's life gives witness to the strength that flows from faith. Indeed, he was justified by faith and not by the works he had performed. He entrusted himself to God completely, even though he did not have any clear or obvious assurances. This is why he is called righteous: God made him righteous through faith and saved him. Abraham therefore becomes the example of the believer justified by faith, precisely because he believed in the Word of God. Thus the apostle can say that Abraham "is the father of all of us," of all believers. Through faith, the holy patriarch knew a different destiny: by trusting entirely in the One who had called him, he was freed from the slavery of himself, his works, and his traditions. It was through faith, not through the clarity of his vision or the certainty of his own convictions, that Abraham left his land and set off towards a destiny that he did not know. Through his absolute and complete faith in God, he brought his son, his only son, Isaac, to the mountain to be sacrificed, but God gave him back. On this road opened by Abraham, our father in faith, Paul outlines the path for those who welcome Jesus as Lord.

ISTEN SZAVA MINDEN NAP: A NAPTÁR

March
24
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25
Hétfő
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28
Csütörtök
March
29
Péntek
March
30
Szombat
March
31
Vasárnap

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!

ISTEN SZAVA MINDEN NAP: A NAPTÁR

March
24
Vasárnap
March
25
Hétfő
March
28
Csütörtök
March
29
Péntek
March
30
Szombat
March
31
Vasárnap