1st Reading – Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Moses said to the people: “If only you would heed the voice of the LORD, your God, and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this book of the law, when you return to the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul. “For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky, that you should say, ‘Who will go up in the sky to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?’ Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?’ No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”
Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 69 R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. I pray to you, O LORD, for the time of your favour, O God! In your great kindness answer me with your constant help. Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness: in your great mercy turn toward me. R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. I am afflicted and in pain; let your saving help, O God, protect me. I will praise the name of God in song, and I will glorify him with thanksgiving. R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. “See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts revive! For the LORD hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.” R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. The descendants of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall inhabit it. R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
or Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11 R.(9a) Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life. The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul; the decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life. The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye. R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, all of them just. R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Special Healing Prayers to pray for sick family members, friends and loved ones Healing Prayer They are more precious than gold, than a heap of purest gold; sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
2nd Reading – Colossians 1:15-20
Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him, all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven.
Alleluia – C John 6:63, 68 R. Alleluia, alleluia. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words of everlasting life. R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Luke 10:25-37 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.” He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise, a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveller who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, was a neighbour to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
The words of the Popes This Sunday's Gospel begins with the question that a lawyer asks Jesus: "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (Lk 10: 25). Knowing him to be expert in Sacred Scripture, the Lord asks this man to give the reply himself; indeed, he formulates it perfectly, citing the two main commandments: you shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all your mind and with all your strength, and love your neighbour as yourself. Then the lawyer, as if to justify himself, asks: "And who is my neighbour?" (Lk 10: 29). This time, Jesus answers with the famous words of the "Good Samaritan" (cf. Lk 10: 30-37) in order to show that it is up to us to make ourselves the neighbour of all who are in need of help. (…) This Gospel account offers the "standard", that is, "universal love towards the needy whom we encounter "by chance' (cf. Lk 10: 31), whoever they may be" (Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, n. 25). Besides this universal rule there is also a specifically ecclesial requirement: that "in the Church herself, as family, no member should suffer because he is in need" (ibid.). The Christian's programme, learned from Jesus' teaching, is "a heart which sees" where there is a need for love, and acts accordingly (cf. ibid., n. 31). (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 11 July 2010)
The Gospel of today’s Liturgy recounts the parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Lk 10:25-37) — we all know it. In the backdrop is the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Jericho along which lies a man who had been beaten badly and robbed by brigands. A priest passing by sees him but does not stop; he keeps on going. A Levite, someone who performed services in the temple, does the same thing. “But a Samaritan”, the Gospel says, “as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion” (v. 33). Let us not forget these words — “he had compassion” on him. This is what God feels every time he sees us in a problem, in sin, in misery. “He had compassion” on him. The Evangelist makes it a point to specify that this Samaritan was on a journey. So, even though he had his own plans and was heading towards a distant destination, this Samaritan does not come up with an excuse but allows himself to get involved. He allows himself to get involved with what had happened along the road. Let us think about this: isn’t the Lord teaching us to do just that? To look off into the distance, to our final destination, while paying close attention to the steps to take here and now in order to get there.
It is significant that the first Christians were called “disciples of the Way” (cf. Acts 9:2), that is, of the journey. In fact, believers strongly resemble the Samaritan — like him, the believer is on a journey, he is a wayfarer. Believers know they have not “arrived”, but they want to learn each day, following the Lord Jesus who said: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6). “I am the way ”. The disciple of Christ walks along following Him and thus becomes a “disciple of the Way”. He or she goes after the Lord, who is not sedentary but is always on the way. Along the way, he or she meets people, heals the sick, visits villages and cities. This is what the Lord did, he was always on the move.
The “disciple of the Way” — that is, we Christians — observes, therefore, that his or her way of thinking and of acting gradually changes, becoming more and more conformed to that of the Master. Walking in Christ’s footsteps, the disciple becomes a wayfarer and — like the Samaritan — learns to see and to have compassion. He sees and has compassion on him. First of all, to see: his eyes are open to reality, not egotistically closed in on the circle of his own thoughts. Instead, the priest and the Levite see the unfortunate man, but they pass by as if they do not see him, they look the other way. The Gospel teaches us to see — it leads each of us to correctly understand reality, overcoming preconceptions and dogmatism each day. So many believers take refuge behind dogmatisms to defend themselves from reality. Then, it teaches us to follow Jesus, because following Jesus teaches us to have compassion — to become aware of others, especially those who suffer, those who are most in need, and to intervene like the Samaritan, not to pass by but to stop.
Faced with this Gospel parable, it can happen that we might blame others or blame ourselves, pointing fingers at others, comparing them to the priest or the Levite — “This person, that person goes on, that one doesn’t stop…” — or even to blame ourselves, counting our own failures to pay attention to our neighbours. But I would like to suggest another type of exercise to you all, not one that finds fault, no. Certainly, we must recognise when we have been indifferent and have justified ourselves. But let us not stop there. We must acknowledge this, it is a mistake. But let us ask the Lord to help us overcome our selfish indifference and put ourselves on the Way. Let us ask him to see and to have compassion.
---->This is a grace we need to ask of the Lord: “Lord, that I might see, that I might have compassion just like you see me and have compassion on me”. This is the prayer that I suggest to you today. “Lord, that I might see and have compassion just like you see me and have compassion on me” — that we might have compassion on those whom we encounter along the way, above all on those who suffer and are in need, to draw near to them and do what we can do to give them a hand.
Often, when I am with a Christian person who comes to speak about spiritual things, I ask if they give alms. “Yes”, the person says to me.
“So, tell me, do you touch the hand of the person you give the money to”?
“No, no, I throw it there”.
“And do you look into the eyes of that person”?
“No, it doesn’t cross my mind”.
If you give alms without touching the reality, without looking into the eyes of the person in need, those alms are for you, not for that person. Think about this. Do I touch poverty, even the poverty that I am helping? Do I look into the eyes of the people who suffer, of the people that I help? I leave you with this thought — to see and to have compassion.
May the Virgin Mary accompany us on this journey of growth. May she, who “shows us the Way”, that is Jesus, help us also to become ever more “disciples of the Way”.
FAUSTI - The commandment of Love is the cornerstone of the Ancient and New Testament. It defines the truth of man in his relationship with God, with others and with himself. The whole world doesn’t worth an act of love, as all the water jars don’t worth the source from which they were drawn. The one who loves, reaches the aim. The parable of the Good Samaritan is a miniature of the face of God revealed in the Old Testament that Jesus fully reflects in His : "The one who has seen me has seen the Father." (14.9) It's addressed to the lawyer, because he see the love of the Father / Son open to the small ones. He is one who, all aimed in the effort to love God and the neighbor, rightly asks: "But, who does love me?”For the man, in fact, before love it comes the be loved : of Love it dies,it lives of be loved! If the love of God and of neighbor is the path of the life, the man travels it if not on reverse,just because he doesn’t feel loved. The law of love, good in itself, does nothing more that highlight its own failure. The road to salvation becomes for him a sentence of death! He ordering: "Go and you too do the same," Jesus doesn’t reaffirms an impossible law . It would be a mockery, not an answer to the question: "What do we have to do to inherit life?". He rather makes a proclamation of the Gospel: in him, the Samaritan, God took care of me and loved me, so that me too, cured of my disease, I may love Him with all my heart and my brothers like myself. The lawyer, who answered exactly on what "is written," is now called "to read" that what is written is performing under his eyes and in his ears while he listens to Jesus. There is the One who is branded as a Samaritan, because welcoming the sinners, transgress the whole law. He, who goes beyond any limit to go himself near to the man, actually reveals the Father's love. - I'm going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and I hid myself away from God, He "sees" me from a long distance, even if I were at the extremity of the earth (Ps 139.1-12). I run away from Him. He comes up to me in every drop, up to say on the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mk 15,34). I fell among the robbers; He came for me among the malefactors. I was robbed of his image; His nudity has dressed me. I was covered with beatings; I have been healed by his wounds (1 Peter 2:25). I was left half dead; His total abandonment in death, gave life to me. I left the Father, losing the life, He has given it back to me, giving Himself to the Father. He descended, saw (Exodus 3.7), He moved Himself , He came near to me and bandaged the wounds of my heart, because He is Grace and Mercy. He is my God who loves me of Eternal Love (Jer 31.3). Now I too can love Him back wholeheartedly, to join Him and become one with Him. And so that any crumb of love was taken away from the man whom He loves,He identified Himself with the one who is in extreme need, so that loving the last one, I embrace Him within every man.
–> For this, You, Bread of Life, You become hungry to feed us in the journey; You, living water, You become thirsty, to quench our thirst in the desert; You, welcome, You maked yourself exiled to accommodate us in the escape, You, Glory, You make yourself nudity to clothe us in the shame; You, force, You became weak, to visit us in the disease; You, ,Son, You became a slave to free us from the chains; You, right one, was made yourself condemned to fix our condemnation and win in You any enmity. On the cross, tree of the truth, You have wanted to make yourself all that we are and we do not want to be, to give us your kingdom which we refused on the tree of evil. Then You have closed within your open arms any distance and you have fulfilled your mission of Son: to offer to all brothers the Mercy of the Father.
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 30:10-14
RispondiEliminaMoses said to the people:
“If only you would heed the voice of the LORD, your God, and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this book of the law, when you return to the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul.
“For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you.
It is not up in the sky, that you should say, ‘Who will go up in the sky to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?’
Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?’
No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”
Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 69
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
I pray to you, O LORD,
for the time of your favour, O God!
In your great kindness answer me
with your constant help.
Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness:
in your great mercy turn toward me.
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
I am afflicted and in pain;
let your saving help, O God, protect me.
I will praise the name of God in song,
and I will glorify him with thanksgiving.
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
“See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.”
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
For God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
The descendants of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall inhabit it.
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
or Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11
R.(9a) Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
the decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Special Healing Prayers to pray for sick family members, friends and loved ones
Healing Prayer
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
2nd Reading – Colossians 1:15-20
Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him, all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,
and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven.
Alleluia – C John 6:63, 68
EliminaR. Alleluia, alleluia.
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life;
you have the words of everlasting life.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Luke 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
He said in reply,
You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbour as yourself.”
He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?”
Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Likewise, a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveller who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’
Which of these three, in your opinion, was a neighbour to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
The words of the Popes
RispondiEliminaThis Sunday's Gospel begins with the question that a lawyer asks Jesus: "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (Lk 10: 25). Knowing him to be expert in Sacred Scripture, the Lord asks this man to give the reply himself; indeed, he formulates it perfectly, citing the two main commandments: you shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all your mind and with all your strength, and love your neighbour as yourself. Then the lawyer, as if to justify himself, asks: "And who is my neighbour?" (Lk 10: 29). This time, Jesus answers with the famous words of the "Good Samaritan" (cf. Lk 10: 30-37) in order to show that it is up to us to make ourselves the neighbour of all who are in need of help. (…) This Gospel account offers the "standard", that is, "universal love towards the needy whom we encounter "by chance' (cf. Lk 10: 31), whoever they may be" (Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, n. 25). Besides this universal rule there is also a specifically ecclesial requirement: that "in the Church herself, as family, no member should suffer because he is in need" (ibid.). The Christian's programme, learned from Jesus' teaching, is "a heart which sees" where there is a need for love, and acts accordingly (cf. ibid., n. 31). (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 11 July 2010)
POPE FRANCIS
EliminaANGELUS 10 July 2022
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!
The Gospel of today’s Liturgy recounts the parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Lk 10:25-37) — we all know it. In the backdrop is the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Jericho along which lies a man who had been beaten badly and robbed by brigands. A priest passing by sees him but does not stop; he keeps on going. A Levite, someone who performed services in the temple, does the same thing. “But a Samaritan”, the Gospel says, “as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion” (v. 33). Let us not forget these words — “he had compassion” on him. This is what God feels every time he sees us in a problem, in sin, in misery. “He had compassion” on him. The Evangelist makes it a point to specify that this Samaritan was on a journey. So, even though he had his own plans and was heading towards a distant destination, this Samaritan does not come up with an excuse but allows himself to get involved. He allows himself to get involved with what had happened along the road. Let us think about this: isn’t the Lord teaching us to do just that? To look off into the distance, to our final destination, while paying close attention to the steps to take here and now in order to get there.
It is significant that the first Christians were called “disciples of the Way” (cf. Acts 9:2), that is, of the journey. In fact, believers strongly resemble the Samaritan — like him, the believer is on a journey, he is a wayfarer. Believers know they have not “arrived”, but they want to learn each day, following the Lord Jesus who said: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6). “I am the way ”. The disciple of Christ walks along following Him and thus becomes a “disciple of the Way”. He or she goes after the Lord, who is not sedentary but is always on the way. Along the way, he or she meets people, heals the sick, visits villages and cities. This is what the Lord did, he was always on the move.
The “disciple of the Way” — that is, we Christians — observes, therefore, that his or her way of thinking and of acting gradually changes, becoming more and more conformed to that of the Master. Walking in Christ’s footsteps, the disciple becomes a wayfarer and — like the Samaritan — learns to see and to have compassion. He sees and has compassion on him. First of all, to see: his eyes are open to reality, not egotistically closed in on the circle of his own thoughts. Instead, the priest and the Levite see the unfortunate man, but they pass by as if they do not see him, they look the other way. The Gospel teaches us to see — it leads each of us to correctly understand reality, overcoming preconceptions and dogmatism each day. So many believers take refuge behind dogmatisms to defend themselves from reality. Then, it teaches us to follow Jesus, because following Jesus teaches us to have compassion — to become aware of others, especially those who suffer, those who are most in need, and to intervene like the Samaritan, not to pass by but to stop.
Faced with this Gospel parable, it can happen that we might blame others or blame ourselves, pointing fingers at others, comparing them to the priest or the Levite — “This person, that person goes on, that one doesn’t stop…” — or even to blame ourselves, counting our own failures to pay attention to our neighbours. But I would like to suggest another type of exercise to you all, not one that finds fault, no. Certainly, we must recognise when we have been indifferent and have justified ourselves. But let us not stop there. We must acknowledge this, it is a mistake. But let us ask the Lord to help us overcome our selfish indifference and put ourselves on the Way. Let us ask him to see and to have compassion.
---->This is a grace we need to ask of the Lord: “Lord, that I might see, that I might have compassion just like you see me and have compassion on me”. This is the prayer that I suggest to you today. “Lord, that I might see and have compassion just like you see me and have compassion on me” — that we might have compassion on those whom we encounter along the way, above all on those who suffer and are in need, to draw near to them and do what we can do to give them a hand.
EliminaOften, when I am with a Christian person who comes to speak about spiritual things, I ask if they give alms. “Yes”, the person says to me.
“So, tell me, do you touch the hand of the person you give the money to”?
“No, no, I throw it there”.
“And do you look into the eyes of that person”?
“No, it doesn’t cross my mind”.
If you give alms without touching the reality, without looking into the eyes of the person in need, those alms are for you, not for that person. Think about this. Do I touch poverty, even the poverty that I am helping? Do I look into the eyes of the people who suffer, of the people that I help? I leave you with this thought — to see and to have compassion.
May the Virgin Mary accompany us on this journey of growth. May she, who “shows us the Way”, that is Jesus, help us also to become ever more “disciples of the Way”.
FAUSTI - The commandment of Love is the cornerstone of the Ancient and New Testament. It defines the truth of man in his relationship with God, with others and with himself.
RispondiEliminaThe whole world doesn’t worth an act of love, as all the water jars don’t worth the source from which they were drawn. The one who loves, reaches the aim.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a miniature of the face of God revealed in the Old Testament that Jesus fully reflects in His : "The one who has seen me has seen the Father." (14.9)
It's addressed to the lawyer, because he see the love of the Father / Son open to the small ones.
He is one who, all aimed in the effort to love God and the neighbor, rightly asks: "But, who does love me?”For the man, in fact, before love it comes the be loved : of Love it dies,it lives of be loved!
If the love of God and of neighbor is the path of the life, the man travels it if not on reverse,just because he doesn’t feel loved.
The law of love, good in itself, does nothing more that highlight its own failure.
The road to salvation becomes for him a sentence of death!
He ordering: "Go and you too do the same," Jesus doesn’t reaffirms an impossible law . It would be a mockery, not an answer to the question: "What do we have to do to inherit life?".
He rather makes a proclamation of the Gospel: in him, the Samaritan, God took care of me and loved me, so that me too, cured of my disease, I may love Him with all my heart and my brothers like myself.
The lawyer, who answered exactly on what "is written," is now called "to read" that what is written is performing under his eyes and in his ears while he listens to Jesus.
There is the One who is branded as a Samaritan, because welcoming the sinners, transgress the whole law.
He, who goes beyond any limit to go himself near to the man, actually reveals the Father's love. - I'm going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and I hid myself away from God, He "sees" me from a long distance, even if I were at the extremity of the earth (Ps 139.1-12).
I run away from Him. He comes up to me in every drop, up to say on the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mk 15,34).
I fell among the robbers; He came for me among the malefactors.
I was robbed of his image; His nudity has dressed me.
I was covered with beatings; I have been healed by his wounds (1 Peter 2:25).
I was left half dead; His total abandonment in death, gave life to me.
I left the Father, losing the life, He has given it back to me, giving Himself to the Father.
He descended, saw (Exodus 3.7), He moved Himself , He came near to me and bandaged the wounds of my heart, because He is Grace and Mercy.
He is my God who loves me of Eternal Love (Jer 31.3). Now I too can love Him back wholeheartedly, to join Him and become one with Him. And so that any crumb of love was taken away from the man whom He loves,He identified Himself with the one who is in extreme need, so that loving the last one, I embrace Him within every man.
–> For this, You, Bread of Life, You become hungry to feed us in the journey;
EliminaYou, living water, You become thirsty, to quench our thirst in the desert;
You, welcome, You maked yourself exiled to accommodate us in the escape,
You, Glory, You make yourself nudity to clothe us in the shame;
You, force, You became weak, to visit us in the disease;
You, ,Son, You became a slave to free us from the chains;
You, right one, was made yourself condemned to fix our condemnation and win in You any enmity.
On the cross, tree of the truth, You have wanted to make yourself all that we are and we do not want to be, to give us your kingdom which we refused on the tree of evil.
Then You have closed within your open arms any distance and you have fulfilled your mission of Son:
to offer to all brothers the Mercy of the Father.
RispondiEliminapsalm 19
https://salmiognigiorno.blogspot.com/2024/07/psaume-19.html