The Holy Family
of Nazareth
The liturgical proposals are mainly imitative. The Holy Family is the classical model offered and apparently an ordinary family: a worker, a humble woman and a child. They lived in a poor house, dug in the stone of the hill, mixed with the many others - leaned one on another - that shaped the little village of Nazareth. The worker, whose name was Joseph, was a carpenter of the village. Those who saw him working night and day, or those who met him in the street, bent under the weight of a board, could never be able to guess that he had frequent conversations with Angels and that he was in charge of the biggest matter in the human history: the Saviour.
The woman, whose name was Mary, was a normal woman of the village. Those who saw Her every day at the spring or spun cloth or sewed, who could ever be able to guess that She was the Virgin, who generated the Messiah through the power of the Holy Ghost.
But She was the very one who proclaimed in front of Her cousin Elisabeth: All generations shall call me blessed.
The Child, whose name was Jesus, was a good-natured and very intelligent child. Only once he disobeyed His parents: when He was twelve years old, the all family travelled to Jerusalem, but He left unnoticed the caravan and His mother found Him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions, He gave such brilliant answers that everybody was astonished.
Once He came back home, He returned to His ordinary life. He worked with His father and obeyed His parents. He grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him.
In the Nazareth house, first of all, there was the absolute determination to accept Gods will.
They leaded a wretched life, but from where did they take the strength to stay serene and trusting?
The prayer was a daily, constant presence in that house.
Today the family is at the centre of endless polemical disputes but the contemporary man is far from reaching any solution.
To put forward the solution of the prayer looks like anachronistic, out of the matter and meaningless. Which is the result?
The Nazareth Family, even with many problems, was serene and trusting; because it believed that every solution was in Gods hands.
We, instead, not only we are unable to find any answer, but often we worse the situation, and find ourselves lost, powerless, while the distrust and the desperation catches us.
A story tells: One sticky night, the Virgin was sitting on Her threshold, with the Baby asleep on Her knees, when a crowd of voicing happy young people passed by; the Baby wasnt awaked by it. Then a joyful bridal procession passed by, but the Baby wasnt awaked by it. In the meanwhile the Virgin Mary was reflecting on Simeons words: A sword shall pierce through Thy own soul, suddenly a tear streamed Her face. The Baby jumped and opened His eyes wide, and asked to His mother what was happened, I have heard a loud sound as of something falling into my heart!.
The false answer of those who say there is no room, this was the very thing falling into His heart. Remember that in this tumultuous world, the silent tears of mothers and fathers make still the heart of the Son of God jumping, He who is the only One able to solve all your problems!
The Spanish Catholics, true believers and devoted to the Nazareth Family, expressed their devotion by building a sumptuous house (Sagrada Familia in Barcellona) for Joseph and Mary, they who never found a real home.
But She was the very one who proclaimed in front of Her cousin Elisabeth: All generations shall call me blessed.
The Child, whose name was Jesus, was a good-natured and very intelligent child. Only once he disobeyed His parents: when He was twelve years old, the all family travelled to Jerusalem, but He left unnoticed the caravan and His mother found Him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions, He gave such brilliant answers that everybody was astonished.
Once He came back home, He returned to His ordinary life. He worked with His father and obeyed His parents. He grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him.
This was the Holy Family, the Family of God.
In the Nazareth house, first of all, there was the absolute determination to accept Gods will.
They leaded a wretched life, but from where did they take the strength to stay serene and trusting?
The prayer was a daily, constant presence in that house.
Today the family is at the centre of endless polemical disputes but the contemporary man is far from reaching any solution.
To put forward the solution of the prayer looks like anachronistic, out of the matter and meaningless. Which is the result?
The Nazareth Family, even with many problems, was serene and trusting; because it believed that every solution was in Gods hands.
We, instead, not only we are unable to find any answer, but often we worse the situation, and find ourselves lost, powerless, while the distrust and the desperation catches us.
A story tells: One sticky night, the Virgin was sitting on Her threshold, with the Baby asleep on Her knees, when a crowd of voicing happy young people passed by; the Baby wasnt awaked by it. Then a joyful bridal procession passed by, but the Baby wasnt awaked by it. In the meanwhile the Virgin Mary was reflecting on Simeons words: A sword shall pierce through Thy own soul, suddenly a tear streamed Her face. The Baby jumped and opened His eyes wide, and asked to His mother what was happened, I have heard a loud sound as of something falling into my heart!.
The false answer of those who say there is no room, this was the very thing falling into His heart. Remember that in this tumultuous world, the silent tears of mothers and fathers make still the heart of the Son of God jumping, He who is the only One able to solve all your problems!
The Spanish Catholics, true believers and devoted to the Nazareth Family, expressed their devotion by building a sumptuous house (Sagrada Familia in Barcellona) for Joseph and Mary, they who never found a real home.
They write:
We offered this house in honour of the Family of Nazareth;
Stay with us, we need Your friendship, and Your help.
From this Cathedral may Your benediction be extended
over all the families in the world.
Where the Darkness is, may You bring the light.
Where desperation is, may You bring peace
Where distress is, may You bring serenity.
We pray You for all the Spanish people
and for all the families of the world.
Amen
Don Lucio Luzzi
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The translation is by Francesca Ceccarini
We offered this house in honour of the Family of Nazareth;
Stay with us, we need Your friendship, and Your help.
From this Cathedral may Your benediction be extended
over all the families in the world.
Where the Darkness is, may You bring the light.
Where desperation is, may You bring peace
Where distress is, may You bring serenity.
We pray You for all the Spanish people
and for all the families of the world.
Amen
Don Lucio Luzzi
The translation is by Francesca Ceccarini
Canti di meditazione
Canto di Meditazione (Ti ringrazio, o mio Signore)
Ti ringrazio,
o mio Signore
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Canto di Meditazione (Madre fiducia nostra)
Madre fiducia nostra
Elaborazione musicale di
Mons. Marco Frisina
Introduzione di
Don Lucio Luzzi
KARAOKE CATTOLICO
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Video pensieri
Videopensiero - "Che vuoi da me o donna?"
OMAGGIO A MARIA
"Che vuoi da me
o donna?"
(Gv. 2,4)
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Riflessioni
Ambasciatrice di Dio
Perchè tanti messaggi
all'umanità da Maria?
Dio dà incarico alla Madonna, Madre Divina, di indicare allumanità la via da percorrere per la salvezza; il Suo grande desiderio è che luomo, sua creatura, raggiunga un giorno la vera felicità. Chi è questa creatura eccezionale, cosa contengono i suoi messaggi? Nel corso dei secoli luomo, (anche se non credente, non praticante) ha avuto sempre una certa attrattiva verso questa fanciulla, che ha vissuto 2000 anni fa in un paesino sperduto della Palestina, Nazareth.
GIUBILEO = ANNO DELLA MISERICORDIA.
GIUBILEO = ANNO DELLA MISERICORDIA.
E iniziato lanno giubilare della Misericordia. Non possiamo limitarci ad essere semplici spettatori, ma dobbiamo approfittare per rivedere la nostra vita interiore, per essere tutti oggetto della Misericordia infinita che Dio ha per ognuno di noi.
CHE DEVI FARE?
GESÚ DISSE: ........CHI SI UMILIA SARÁ ESALTATO.
GESÚ DISSE: ........CHI SI UMILIA SARÁ ESALTATO.
( Vangelo:Luca, 14 1.7.11)
Un sabato Gesú si recó a casa di uno de capi dei farisei per pranzare e essi stavano a osservarlo. Diceva agli invitati una parabola, notando come sceglievano i primi posti: " Quando sei invitato a nozze da qualcuno non metterti al primo posto, perché non ci sia un'altro invitato piú degno di te e colui che ha invitato venga a dirti: cedigli il posto ! Allora dovrai con vergogna occupare l'ultimo posto. Invece quando sei invitato mettiti all'utimo posto, perché quando viene colui che ti ha inviato ti dica: amico, vieni piú avanti.
Mariologia
Papa Francesco devoto alla Madonna che scioglie i nodi
Papa Francesco devoto
alla Madonna che scioglie i nodi
Negli anni 80, quando Papa Francesco era solo il sacerdote Jorge Bergoglio, scoprì durante un viaggio in Germania una immagine della Madonna -la cosiddetta Knotenloeserin o Vergine che scioglie i nodi- di cui riportò in Argentina varie riproduzioni e che è ormai loggetto di una forte venerazione popolare a Buenos Aires. Limmagine, attribuita al pittore settecentesco Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner, si trova nella chiesa di St. Peter am Perlach ad Augusta, nel Sud della Baviera, e rappresenta la Madonna che scioglie i nodi di un lungo nastro che gli è offerto da angeli che si trovano alla destra del quadro, mentre altri angeli a sinistra raccolgono il tessuto ormai liscio. Il sacerdote Bergoglio fu colpito subito da questallegoria del ruolo di mediatrice della madre di Gesù e decise così di portarla con sé a Buenos Aires, dove iniziò a distribuirla a sacerdoti e fedeli.
Assunta in Cielo
Assunta in Cielo, trasfigurata
dalla Gloria ma sempre Donna,
sempre Madre!
Il nostro amore per Te, Maria, non ha mai accettato limiti. L'unico limite è stata la nostra scarsa capacità di penetrare nel tuo mistero: esaltandoti al di sopra degli angeli abbiamo evitato di considerarti sempre ed essenzialmente Donna.
La vita emotiva di Maria
La sua vita emotiva
Maria, per le felici ripercussioni dellimmacolato concepimento, che vita emotiva ebbe? Certamente intese tutto il suo mondo interiore far perno costante su colui che la mente illuminata da raggio superno le faceva vedere come il bene, lamore per essenza.
Se, ora, volessimo scoprire di quali armonie riservate potè usufruire il suo cuore di donna, dovremmo cominciare col prendere nota del fatto che amò come ogni altra madre il suo figlio, come ogni altra sposa lo sposo; amò parenti, amici, conoscenti, tutti; amò il creato nelle sue varie manifestazioni di grandezza e semplicità, ancora così lontane dal degrado ecologico moderno.
AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO
JESUS ! AONDE MORAS ?
JESUS ! AONDE MORAS ?
MAS VOCE, AGORA, AONDE MORAS ? PODE ME DAR TEU ENDEREÇO ?
" estou no meio de vós, a minha morada é a IGREJA de tua cidade, no teu bairro, na tua vida....
MAS EU NUNCA VÍ A TUA PLACA, COM OS DIAS E HORAS QUE VOCE RECEBE AS PESSOAS, SE POR HORA MARCADA..........
"Pode vir a qualquer momento, à qualquer hora, voce me encontrará sempre à tua disposição "