domenica 27 febbraio 2011

Do not worry about your life

Grassetto( fotografia tratta dal libro" vedere con il cuore" di Suor Maria Raphaela osb/ photo taken from the book "To see with the heart" by Sr.Maria Raphaela osb)

Dal Vangelo secondo Matteo 6:24-34

"...Non preoccupatevi per la vostra vita...guardate gli ucceli del cielo: non seminano e non mietono,né raccolgono nei granai; eppure il Padre vostro celeste li nutre: Non valete forse più di loro?
E per il vestito, perché vi preoccupate? osservate come crescono i gigli del campo: non faticano e non filano. Eppure io vi dico che neanche Salomone,con tutta la sua gloria, vestiva come uno di loro. Ora, se Dio veste così l'erba del campo, che oggi c'è e domani si getta nel forno, non farà molto di più per voi, gente di poca fede? Non preoccupatevi dunque dicendo: "Che cosa mangeremo? Che cosa berremo? Che cosa indosseremo?" Di tute queste cose vanno in cerca i pagani. Il Padre vostro celeste, infatti, sa che ne avete bisogno.
Cercate invece, anzitutto, il regno di Dio e la sua giustizia, e tutte queste cose vi saranno date in aggiunta. Non preoccpatevi dunque del domani, perché il domani si preoccuperà di se stesso. A ciascun giorno basta la sua pena>>.

Una breve riflessione: l'impegno quotidiano nel lavoro, la preghiera quotidiana confidenziale con Dio e la fiducia nella sua Misericordia, che rientra nella virtù teologale della Speranza, deve farci stare sereni per il nostro futuro.



From the Gospel of Matthew,6:24-34
Jesus said: "... do not worry about your life ... look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?
Why are you anxious about clothes?learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin. But i tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into th oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say,'What are we to eat?' or ' What are we to drink?' or ' What are we to wear?'
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

A short reflection: our daily efforts at work, our daily prayer where we turn to God with confidence and our trust in his Mercy, bring us to the practice of the theological virtue of Hope. Only in this way can we go towards the future with serenity.



domenica 13 febbraio 2011

All Mountains Bless The Lord

I want to share with you this short video.

Let me know what you think...

All Mountains Bless The Lord

The Mountains of God



There is an interesting connection between God and mountains. Many authors have noted this link, both in the Old and New Testaments. For example, in the Old Testament there is a specific connection between God and Mt.Sinai and Mt.Sion, and in the Gospel, between Jesus and Mt Tabor, the Mount of Olives, the Mount of the Beatitudes and Mount Calvary.

In fact, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi explains in his book "I Monti di Dio" (The mountains of God) that there are at least eleven holy mountains mentioned in the Bible:
Ararat: The mountain of Noah and the Flood,
Moriah: The mountain of Abraham and Isaac.
Sinai: The mountain of Mose and the 10 Commandments.
Nebo: The mountain where Mose died.
Carmel: The mountain of Eliah
Sion: The mountain of David and Jerusalem
Beatitudes: The mount where Jesus gave His Sermon on the Beatitudes.
Hermon: The mount of Jordan and Peter.
Tabor: The mountain of the Transfiguration.
Calvary: The place where Jesus was crucified.
The Mount of Olives: Where Jesus ascended into Heaven.

In the next several post, I will talk about each of these holy mountains.

domenica 6 febbraio 2011

happy are those...


Now I'm preparing some reflections about the beauty of the psalms.
Here's my first installment. Click on the link to my short video clip.


happy are those