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Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
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Memory of the Saints and the Prophets

Memorial of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The Ethiopian Church, one of the first among the African churches, venerates Saint Michael as its protector. Baca lebih lanjut

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Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Wednesday, September 29

Memorial of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The Ethiopian Church, one of the first among the African churches, venerates Saint Michael as its protector.


Reading of the Word of God

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

You are a chosen race,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people acquired by God
to proclaim his marvellous works.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Luke 9,57-62

As they travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.' Jesus answered, 'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.' Another to whom he said, 'Follow me,' replied, 'Let me go and bury my father first.' But he answered, 'Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.' Another said, 'I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say good -- bye to my people at home.' Jesus said to him, 'Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

You will be holy,
because I am holy, thus says the Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Jesus has just begun his journey from Galilee to Jerusalem, and the question of how to follow him immediately arises. Just after entering Samaria, some approach and present themselves to Jesus. The evangelist reports the encounter with three people. Their dialogue with Jesus is about following him. In the first and third case it is the people who ask Jesus to follow him, while in the second the interlocutor is called to follow by Jesus himself. The evangelist wants to emphasize that the three responses by Jesus reveal what is needed to follow him and become his disciple. It is remarkable that all three answers relate in some way to the person's relationship with their family and show a dimension of refuge and protection. To the first person who asks to follow him and share his fate, Jesus answers that the Son of Man does not have a place to lay his head. The disciple has to live in the same poverty as the teacher. The second person is called by Jesus directly. When he asks to be allowed to bury his father, Jesus affirms that following him and announcing the Gospel have priority even over the most sensitive family business, like the burial of a father. The Gospel of life comes before what is dead even in our mindset. The third person who approaches Jesus is told that if he wants to follow him he must not have any regrets about the life he has left behind. The life that is gained by following Jesus cannot be mixed with regrets and glances back. The Gospel demands that we abandon our selfishness, our protections, and our traditions so we can choose Jesus as the one Lord of our lives. Following Jesus is doubtlessly a radical and even paradoxical choice. But that is because Jesus' love for us is complete, radical, paradoxical, and unique. We could say that Jesus was the first to live out this radical choice in his obedience to the Father and his plan. Disciples live off the same love that Jesus has for his Father. This is the love that we and the world need to be freed; it is love that defeats even death.

FIRMAN TUHAN SETIAP HARI: KALENDER

Doa merupakan jantung kehidupan Komunitas Sant'Egidio dan merupakan prioritas yang paling penting. Di penghujung hari, setiap Komunitas Sant'Egidio, besar maupun kecil, akan berkumpul di sekeliling Tuhan untuk mendengarkan sabda-Nya. Sesungguhnya Sabda Allah dan doa merupakan landasan seluruh kehidupan Komunitas. Para rasul tidak bisa tidak selain tetap di sekitar kaki Yesus, seperti yang dilakukan oleh Maria dari Bethani, untuk menerima kasih dan belajar cara-Nya (Fil. 2:5).

Sehingga setiap malam, ketika Komunitas kembali ke kaki Tuhan, Komunitas mengulangi kata-kata dari rasul tak bernama: "Tuhan ajarkanlah kami cara berdoa" Yesus, Sang Guru, terus menjawab: "Ketika kamu berdoa, katakanlah: Abba, Bapa". Hal itu bukanlah satu seruan sederhana. Dengan kata-kata ini, Yesus membiarkan para murid untuk berperan serta dalam hubungan mereka sendiri dengan Bapa. Oleh sebab itu, fakta bahwa sebagai anak-anak Bapa yang bertahta di surga, muncul sebelum kata-kata yang mungkin kita ucapkan. Jadi doa di atas segalanya merupakan cara untuk menjadi manusia. Ini untuk mengatakan bahwa kita anak-anak yang berpaling kepada Bapa dengan iman, dan yakin bahwa hal itu akan didengar.

Yesus mengajar kita memanggil Allah dengan sebutan "Bapa Kami" Tidak hanya "Bapa" atau "Bapaku" Para murid, meskipun mereka berdoa dengan cara mereka, tidak pernah terisolasi tidak juga menjadi yatim; mereka selalu menjadi anggota keluarga Tuhan.

Dalam doa bersama, di samping misteri anak Allah, ada juga misteri persaudaraan, seperti Bapa Gereja mengatakan: "Kamu tidak bisa memiliki Allah sebagai Bapa tanpa memiliki gereja sebagai ibu". Ketika berdoa bersama, Roh Kudus menyatukan para rasul di ruangan atas bersama dengan Maria, Bunda Allah, sehingga mereka dapat memusatkan pandangan mereka kepada wajah Tuhan dan belajar dari Dia rahasia hati-Nya.

Komunitas Sant'Egidio di seluruh dunia berkumpul bersama di berbagai tempat doa dan menghamparkan di hadapan Tuhan harapan dan penderitaan manusia yang lelah dan letih seperti yang di katakan oleh Injil (Mat. 9:37). Dalam kumpulan di masa lalu ini kita bisa melihat jumlah massa yang sangat besar di kota-kota modern ini, jutaan pengungsi yang terus melarikan diri dari negeri mereka, orang miskin yang terpinggirkan ke tepi kehidupan dan mereka yang menantikan seseorang yang akan merawat mereka. Berdoa bersama termasuk di dalamnya tangisan, seruan, permohonan, keinginan bagi damai, penyembuhan dan penebusan manusia di dunia ini. Doa tidak pernah sia-sia, doa terus menerus kepada Tuhan sehingga mengubah kecemasan menjadi harapan, air mata menjadi kegembiraan, putus asa menjadi kebahagiaan, dan kesepian menjadi persatuan. Semoga Kerajaan Allah hadir segera di antara manusia.