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Prayer for peace

The prayer for peace is held in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere. Többet

Libretto DEL GIORNO
Prayer for peace
Monday, December 16

The prayer for peace is held in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.


Reading of the Word of God

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

This is the Gospel of the poor,
liberation for the imprisoned,
sight for the blind,
freedom for the oppressed.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Numbers 24,2-7.15-17

Raising his eyes Balaam saw Israel settled tribe by tribe; the spirit of God came on him and he declaimed his poem, as follows: The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of the man with far-seeing eyes, the prophecy of one who hears the words of God. He sees what Shaddai makes him see, receives the divine answer, and his eyes are opened. How fair your tents are, Jacob, how fair your dwellings, Israel, like valleys that stretch afar, like gardens by the banks of a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars beside the waters! A hero arises from their stock, he reigns over countless peoples. His king is greater than Agag, and his kingship held in honour. He then declaimed his poem, as follows: The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of the man with far-seeing eyes, the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, of one who knows the knowledge of the Most High. He sees what Shaddai makes him see, receives the divine answer, and his eyes are opened. I see him -- but not in the present. I perceive him -- but not close at hand: a star is emerging from Jacob, a sceptre is rising from Israel, to strike the brow of Moab, the skulls of all the children of Seth.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The Son of Man came to serve,
whoever wants to be great
should become servant of all.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

The story of Balaam is very significant. He had been asked to curse Israel by Balak, the king of Moab and Israel's enemy. But Balaam instead blesses the people. The prophet of misfortune is transformed before God into a prophet of hope, as the text says, "Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. Then the spirit of God came upon him." He then blessed Israel. The Word of God "uncovers our eyes," and helps us clearly see reality. Balaam was not even a prophet of Israel. But God reveals himself to him and helps him deeply understand history and interpret it according to the light of God. Should we Christians not also be attentive to see whether there are prophets outside of our communities? Does God not speak outside of our borders? The Spirit - as we well know - blows where he wills. Pope Francis often invites to keep our eyes and ears open to recognize the signs of God, to be able to hear wise words from people who are not part of "us." The words of Balaam remind us that there are men and women who speak because they have been reached by the Word of God in a mysterious way, and they see the world with wisdom that is unknown also to us. Has this not always been the case throughout history? Men and women have been able to interpret history despite the fact they did not belong to our people and our communities. We need to keep from giving in to the temptation of believing that we are the only ones capable of interpreting history. This is why encounter and dialogue with everyone is so vital. We need to encounter other Christians, the believers of other religions, and all people of good will in order to discover in them the "seeds of the Word," - as the Fathers of the Church said - that the Spirit placed in the hearts of all men and women. The path of dialogue and encounter is the way to make our world more human. And, as Pope Francis said well in a visit to the Community of Sant'Egidio in the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, when two people dialogue with sincerity, one does not win over the other, the encounter wins. We need an alliance with all in order to understand the time in which we are living and to work together to find answers for peace.

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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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