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Memory of Jesus crucified
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Memory of Jesus crucified

Memorial of Saint Scholastica (+547ca), sister of Saint Benedict. With her we remember all women hermits and nuns together with all the women who follow the Lord. Lees meer

Libretto DEL GIORNO
Memory of Jesus crucified
Friday, February 10

Memorial of Saint Scholastica (+547ca), sister of Saint Benedict. With her we remember all women hermits and nuns together with all the women who follow the Lord.


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

Genesis 3,1-8

Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' The woman answered the snake, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, "You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death." ' Then the snake said to the woman, 'No! You will not die! God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.' The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths. The man and his wife heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

When God placed the man and woman in the garden, he told them that they could eat the fruit of any tree they saw except for the one in the centre of the garden. However, they did not listen to God's Word; rather they let themselves be seduced by a foreign voice, that of the serpent, that is the voice of the idol, the voice of evil. This voice smoothly insinuates itself in our everyday lives. It may come out of our hearts when for example it touches upon our pride or caresses self-congratulation or deludes us that anything is within our reach. In any event, it lures us into focusing solely on ourselves. We could say that it is the voice that wats to exalt the "I" to the excess. It is also the voice of false prophets who propose riches, well-being, healing and success as the ideal of life. Truly, these words and suggestions are deceptive, and they distance us from the Lord. Original sin, or the origin of every sin, lies in our lack of trust in God's Word and our refusal to listen to it, most of all by trusting ourselves, and exalting our own "I" and our own pride. Listening to the tempter makes human beings lose their friendship with God and mutual solidarity. Adam and Eve who presumed to know everything and be able to all by themselves, in the end are naked, fearful and accuse each other. Pride leads us to be deprived of the friendship with God and to be distanced from one another. Without the Lord, each one of us sadly discovers our misery and fragility and finds oneself in loneliness and conflict. Adam and Eve hid themselves before God who nonetheless continued to love and take care of them

WOORD VAN GOD ELKE DAG: DE KALENDER

Het gebed is het hart van het leven van de Gemeenschap van Sant’Egidio. Het is haar eerste “werk”. Aan het einde van de dag komt elke Gemeenschap, of die nu klein of groot is, samen bij de Heer om het Woord te beluisteren en zich tot Hem te richten in het gebed. De leerlingen kunnen niet anders dan aan de voeten van Jezus zitten, zoals Maria van Bethanië, om het “betere deel” te kiezen (Lc 10, 42) en van Hem zijn gezindheid te leren (vgl. Fil 2, 5).

Elke keer dat de Gemeenschap zich tot de Heer richt, maakt ze zich die vraag eigen van de anonieme leerling: “Heer, leer ons bidden!” (Lc 11, 1). En Jezus, meester in het gebed, antwoordt: “Wanneer jullie bidden, zeg dan: Abba, Vader”.

Wanneer we bidden, ook in de geslotenheid van ons eigen hart, zijn we nooit alleen of verweesd. Integendeel, we zijn leden van de familie van de Heer. In het gemeenschappelijk gebed wordt naast het mysterie van het kindschap, ook dat van de broederschap en zusterschap duidelijk.

De Gemeenschappen van Sant’Egidio, verspreid over de wereld, verzamelen zich op de verschillende plaatsen die gekozen zijn voor het gebed en brengen de hoop en het verdriet van de “uitgeputte en hulpeloze mensenmenigte” waarover het Evangelie spreekt (Mt 9, 37) bij de Heer. Deze oude menigte omvat de inwoners van onze hedendaagse steden, de armen die zich bevinden in de marge van het leven, en iedereen die wacht om als dagloner te worden aangenomen (vgl. Mt 20).

Het gemeenschappelijk gebed verzamelt de schreeuw, de hoop, het verlangen naar vrede, genezing, zin en redding, die beleefd worden door de mannen en vrouwen van deze wereld. Het gebed is nooit leeg. Het stijgt onophoudelijk op naar de Heer opdat verdriet verandert in vreugde, wanhoop in blijheid, angst in hoop, eenzaamheid in gemeenschap. En het rijk Gods zal spoedig temidden van de mensen komen.

WOORD VAN GOD ELKE DAG: DE KALENDER