Ecco, ogni giorno Egli si umilia (Cfr. Fil 2,8), come quando dalla sede regale (Cfr. Sap 18,15) discese nel grembo della Vergine; ogni giorno egli stesso viene a noi in apparenza umile; ogni giorno discende dal seno del Padre sull’altare nelle mani del sacerdote. E come ai santi apostoli si mostrò nella vera carne, così anche ora si mostra a noi nel pane consacrato. E come essi con gli occhi del loro corpo vedevano soltanto la carne di lui, ma, contemplandolo con gli occhi dello spirito, credevano che egli era lo stesso Dio, così anche noi, vedendo pane e vino con gli occhi del corpo, dobbiamo vedere e credere fermamente che questo è il suo santissimo corpo e sangue vivo e vero.
E in tale maniera il Signore è sempre presente con i suoi fedeli, come egli stesso dice: “Ecco, io sono con voi sino alla fine del mondo”.
San Francesco
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Considera, o uomo, in quale sublime condizione ti ha posto il Signore Dio, poiché ti ha creato e formato a immagine del suo Figlio diletto secondo il corpo e a similitudine (Cfr. Gen 1,26) di lui secondo lo spirito
San Francesco
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in questo possiamo gloriarci, nelle nostre infermità (Cfr. 2Cor 12,5) e nel portare sulle spalle ogni giorno la santa croce del Signore nostro Gesù Cristo (Cfr. Lc 14,27).
San Francesco
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Guardiamo con attenzione, fratelli tutti, il buon pastore che per salvare le sue pecore (Cfr. Gv 10,11; Eb 12,2) sostenne la passione della croce.
Le pecore del Signore l’hanno seguito nella tribolazione e persecuzione (Cfr. Gv 10,4), nell’ignominia e nella fame (Cfr. Rm 8,35), nella infermità e nella tentazione e in altre simili cose; e ne hanno ricevuto in cambio dal Signore la vita eterna. Perciò è grande vergogna per noi servi di Dio, che i santi abbiano compiuto queste opere e noi vogliamo ricevere gloria e onore con il semplice raccontarle!
San Francesco
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Sono morti a causa della lettera coloro che unicamente bramano sapere le sole parole, per essere ritenuti i più sapienti in mezzo agli altri e potere acquistare grandi ricchezze e darle ai parenti e agli amici.
Cosi pure sono morti a causa della lettera quei religiosi che non vogliono seguire lo spirito della divina Scrittura, ma piuttosto bramano sapere le sole parole e spiegarle agli altri
San Francesco
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Il servo di Dio non può conoscere quanta pazienza e umiltà abbia in sé finché gli si dà soddisfazione. Quando invece verrà il tempo in cui quelli che gli dovrebbero dare soddisfazione gli si mettono contro, quanta pazienza e umiltà ha in questo caso, tanta ne ha e non più.
San Francesco
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Ci sono molti che, applicandosi insistentemente a preghiere e occupazioni, fanno molte astinenze e mortificazioni corporali, 3 ma per una sola parola che sembri ingiuria verso la loro persona, o per qualche cosa che venga loro tolta, scandalizzati, tosto si irritano. 4 Questi non sono poveri in spirito, poiché chi è veramente povero in spirito odia se stesso (Cfr. Mt 5,39; Lc 14,26) e ama quelli che lo percuotono nella guancia.
San Francesco
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I Beati i pacifici, poiché saranno chiamati figli di Dio (Mt 5,9). 2 Sono veri pacifici coloro che in tutte le contrarietà che sopportano in questo mondo, per l’amore del Signore nostro Gesù Cristo, conservano la pace nell’anima e nel corpo.
San Francesco
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Pecca l’uomo che vuol ricevere dal suo prossimo più di quanto non vuole dare di sé al Signore Dio.
San Francesco
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Beato il servo che tanto è disposto ad amare il suo fratello quando è infermo, e perciò non può ricambiargli il servizio, quanto l’ama quando è sano, e può ricambiarglielo.
San Francesco
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“siamo tribolati, ma non schiacciati; siamo sconvolti, ma non disperati; perseguitati, ma non abbandonati; colpiti, ma non uccisi, portando sempre e dovunque nel nostro corpo la morte di Gesù, perché anche la vita di Gesù si manifesti nel nostro corpo. Sempre infatti, noi che siamo vivi, veniamo consegnati alla morte a causa di Gesù, perché anche la vita di Gesù si manifesti nella nostra carne mortale.” S. Paolo 2Cor.
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“perseverate nell’imitazione di Cristo perché chi vi incontra, incontri san Francesco e
incontrando san Francesco incontri il Signore”.
Benedetto XVI ai francescani de La Verna, 2012
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«La Parola di Dio non e’ nel terremoto, non e’ nel fuoco, non e’ nel vento
impetuoso. Si trova nel mormorio di un vento leggero»
(La Bibbia, 1 Re 19,11).
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Amare!
è per questo
che è fatto il nostro cuore.
l’amore
ci darà le ali.
(S. Teresa di Lisieux)
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La nostra anima è grande
quanto il nostro amore.
(Ernst Kühnel)
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L’amore di Dio
è causa del bene che sta in noi,
mentre l’amore dell’uomo
è causato da un bene
che si trova nella persona amata.
(S. Tommaso d’Aquino)
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Per cambiare gli uomini
bisogna amarli.
La nostra influenza arriva solo
fin dove arriva il nostro amore.
(Heinrich Pestalozzi)
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L’amore
è tutto ciò che occorre
per rendere questo mondo migliore
(Isadora Duncan)
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L’amore non vuole avere,
vuole soltanto amare.
(H. Hesse)
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Non c’è
che una disgrazia al mondo:
quella di non amare
mai abbastanza.
(G. Bernanos)
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Non piangere perché:
chi ti vede ride,
chi ti odia gode
e chi ti ama soffre.
(anonimo)
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L’amore vince tutto!
(Virgilio)
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Alla sera della vita
saremmo giudicati
sull’amore.
(S. Giovanni della Croce)
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«Non c’e’ gioia in cielo se non c’e’ pace sulla terra. Finché ci sara’ un
solo uomo che muore di fame e tu non diventi pane per lui;
finché ci sara’ anche un solo essere umano che soffre di solitudine
e tu non vai a trovarlo,
Cristo non e’ ancora morto per te»
(Gandhi )
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«Hai usato proprio tutte le tue forze? Si?, rispose il bambino. No!
Ribatté il padre, perché non mi hai chiesto di aiutarti?.
Ecco, pregare e’ usare tutte le nostre forze»
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ECCO VI ANNUNCIO
UNA GRANDE GIOIA!
Il popolo che camminava nelle tenebre
ha visto una grande luce;
su coloro che abitavano in terra tenebrosa
una luce rifulse.
Hai moltiplicato la gioia,
hai aumentato la letizia.
Perché un bambino è nato per noi,
ci è stato dato un Figlio.
Grande sarà il suo potere
e la pace non avrà fine sul suo regno.
Isaia
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VIENI E SEGUIMI…
Rimanete in me e io in voi. Chi rimane in me e io in lui, fa molto frutto, perché senza di me non potete fare nulla… Se rimanete in me e le mie parole rimangono in voi, chiedete quel che volete e vi sarà dato.
Come il Padre ha amato me, così anch’io ho amato voi. Rimanete nel mio amore. Se osserverete i miei comandamenti, rimarrete nel mio amore, come io ho osservato i comandamenti del Padre mio e rimango nel suo amore. Questo vi ho detto perchè la mia gioia sia in voi e la vostra gioia sia piena.
Questo è il mio comandamento: che vi amiate gli uni gli altri, come io vi ho amati. Nessuno ha un amore più grande di questo: dare la vita per i propri amici… Vi ho chiamato amici, perchè tutto quello che ho udito dal Padre l’ho fatto conoscere a voi.
Non voi avete scelto me, ma io ho scelto voi e vi ho costituiti perchè andiate e portiate frutto e il vostro frutto rimanga; perchè tutto quello che chiederete al Padre nel mio nome, ve lo conceda.
Vangelo S. Giovanni
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Se anche parlassi le lingue
degli uomini e degli angeli,
ma non avessi la carità,
sono come un bronzo che risuona
o un cembalo che tintinna.
E se avessi il dono della profezia
e conoscessi tutti i misteri e tutta la scienza,
e possedessi la pienezza della fede
così da trasportare le montagne,
ma non avessi la carità,
non sono nulla.
E se anche distribuissi tutte le mie sostanze
e dessi il mio corpo per essere bruciato,
ma non avessi la carità,
niente mi giova.
La carità è paziente, è benigna la carità;
non è invidiosa la carità, non si vanta,
non si gonfia, non manca di rispetto,
non cerca il suo interesse, non si adira,
non tiene conto del male ricevuto,
non gode dell’ingiustizia,
ma si compiace della verità.
Tutto copre, tutto crede,
tutto spera, tutto sopporta.
La carità non avrà mai fine.
Le profezie scompariranno;
il dono delle lingue cesserà
e la scienza svanirà…
Queste dunque le tre cose che rimangono:
la fede, la speranza e la carità;
ma di tutte più grande è la carità!
S. Paolo
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Dio ama chi dona con gioia
S. Paolo
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Se Dio è con me, chi sarà contro di me?
Tutto posso in colui che mi dà forza.
S. Paolo