Do not be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
Evangelium Luc 12:32-34
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Nolíte timére, pusíllus grex, quia complácuit Patri vestro dare vobis regnum. Véndite quæ possidétis, et date eleemósynam. Fácite vobis sácculos, qui non veteráscunt, thesáurum non deficiéntem in cœlis: quo fur non apprópiat, neque tínea corrúmpit. Ubi enim thesáurus vester est, ibi et cor vestrum erit.
Gospel Luke 12:32-34
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Do not be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. Sell what you have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure unfailing in heaven, where neither thief draws near nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
OMELIA DI Do not be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.Do not be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
OMELIA DI DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA
Dice il Signore: Non temere piccolo gregge!
Un esempio del Piccolo Gregge?
San Filippo Benizi, fiorentino (Firenze 15 agosto 1233, Todi 22 agosto 1285). Rinuncia alla carriera e interrompe gli studi (Universita’ di Parigi) per aderire all’ordine religioso dei fratelli conversi (Ordine dei Servi di Maria), ora abolito. Al tempo (nel 1200) erano laici dedicati ai lavori piu’ umili, al servizio degli altri ordini religiosi.
Ma i suoi superiori hanno fiducia in lui e viene eletto Superiore generale dell’Ordine dei Servi di Maria. E’ apprezzato al punto di giungere essere candidato come papa.
Ma lui rinuncia volendosi dedicare alla preghiera a Dio e alla contemplazione monastica. Muore abbracciando il crocifisso che lui chiama “il libro“.
Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo!
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HOMILY BY DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA
The Lord says: Do not fear little flock!
An example of the Little Flock?
San Filippo Benizi, Florentine (Florence 15 August 1233, Todi 22 August 1285). He gives up his career and interrupts his studies (University of Paris) to join the religious order of lay brothers (Order of the Servants of Mary), now abolished.
At the time (in 1200) they were lay people dedicated to the humblest jobs, at the service of other religious orders.
But his superiors trusted him and he was elected Superior General of the Order of Servants of Mary. He is appreciated to the point of being a candidate for pope. But he renounces wanting to devote himself to prayer to God and monastic contemplation.
He dies embracing the crucifix that he calls “the book”.
Praised be Jesus Christ!
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