With utmost firmness I condemn the use of
chemical weapons. We want in our society, torn apart by divisions and conflict,
that peace break out!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Light
“You can know everything,
you can have knowledge of all things and this light on things. But the light of Jesus is something else.
It is not a light of ignorance, no! It’s a light of wisdom and sagacity, but it
is something other than the light of
the world. The light that the world offers us is an artificial light,
strong, perhaps – but that of Jesus is stronger, eh! - strong like a firework,
like a flash of photography. Instead, the light of Jesus is a mild light, it is a quiet light, it is a light of peace,
it’s like the light on Christmas night: without pretense.”
“How many believe they
are living in the light and they are in darkness, but they don’t
realize it? What is the light like that Jesus offers us? The light of Jesus can
be known because it is a humble light,
it is not a light that imposes itself:
it is humble. It’s a meek light, with the strength of meekness. It’s a light
that speaks to the heart, and also a light that offers you the Cross. If we, in our inner light are meek, if
we hear the voice of Jesus in the heart and look on the Cross without fear:
that is the light of Jesus.”
“Jesus doesn’t need an
army to cast out the demons, He has no need of pride, no need of force,
of arrogance. ‘What is there about His word? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits,
and they come out.’ This is a humble word, meek, with so much love; it is a
word that accompanies us in the moments of the Cross. Let us ask the Lord to
give us today the grace of His Light, and to teach us to distinguish when the
light is from Him, and when it is an artificial
light, made by the enemy to deceive us.”
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Backbiting
“Look at how things have changed: They began with beauty and admiration,
and they ended in a crime:
wanting to kill Jesus. All this because of jealousy,
envy, all these things. This is not something that has happened 2000
years ago, this is happening each day,
in our hearts, in our communities. When someone new enters a community, on the
first day they will speak of him well; on the second not so well; and from the
third on, gossip and badmouthing
starts to spread and end up skinning him”
“Those within a community that talk about their brothers, or their members, they want to kill. It's the same as when Apostle John, in his First Letter, says: 'The man who actively hates his brother is a potential murderer.' We are used to backbiting, to gossip. But how many times our communities, even our families have become a hell in which we criminally kill our brother with words.”
“So that there is peace in a community, in a family, in a country, in the world, we must be with the Lord. And where the Lord is, there is no envy, there is no criminality, there is no hatred, and there are no jealousies. There is brotherhood. Let this be our prayer to the Lord: never kill your neighbor with words. We must live with the Lord and be 'like heaven.'”
“Those within a community that talk about their brothers, or their members, they want to kill. It's the same as when Apostle John, in his First Letter, says: 'The man who actively hates his brother is a potential murderer.' We are used to backbiting, to gossip. But how many times our communities, even our families have become a hell in which we criminally kill our brother with words.”
“So that there is peace in a community, in a family, in a country, in the world, we must be with the Lord. And where the Lord is, there is no envy, there is no criminality, there is no hatred, and there are no jealousies. There is brotherhood. Let this be our prayer to the Lord: never kill your neighbor with words. We must live with the Lord and be 'like heaven.'”
Arms
By his coming among us, Jesus transforms our lives.
In him, we see that God is love, he is fidelity he is life who gives
himself.
How much suffering, how much devastation,
how much pain has the use of arms carried in its wake.
We want a peaceful world, we want to be
men
and women of peace
Monday, September 2, 2013
Peace
War never again! Never
again war!
Let us pray
for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts
Peace
War never again! Never
again war!
Let us pray
for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts
Shepherds
POPE FRANCIS
July 28, 2013
“Responding to the existential
issues of people today, especially
the young, listening to the
language they speak, can lead to a fruitful change, which must take
place with the help of the Gospel, the Magisterium, and the Church’s Social
Doctrine.”
Pope Francis warned about the dangers the Church faces; among
them making
the Gospel message an ideology, functionalism and clericalism.
He also proposed two “pastoral categories” in
helping the Church with its missionary role, nearness and encounter.
POPE FRANCIS
July 28, 2013
“They do not take into account the “revolution of tenderness” brought by the incarnation of God.
There are pastoral plans designed with such a dose of distance that they are incapable of sparking an encounter:
an encounter with Jesus Christ,
an encounter with our brothers and
sisters.”
To make these encounters possible, the Pope urged the Church hierarchy
to reject the old,prince-like mentality, and to strive to be
shepherds, close to their flock.
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