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Risen Christ antidote to the coronavirus: "Wake up, O sleeper, arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you "

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RISEN CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE CORONAVIRUS: "WAKE UP, OR THAT YOU SLEEP, Arise from the dead and Christ will give you light "

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Virus quarantine lets us home, modifying the freedom, habits, needs. But there is a way out. If I have Christ, indeed if I allow Christ to possess me, although I find I barricaded himself in the house, I am free. Fossi also jailed for my faith, as well as they have experienced the apostles, Christ would still make me a free man. If we are with the Lord, any situation can be overcome, the misfortune is to be without Christ, it is wanting to be pastors of oneself. Paradoxically we find out now what our supposed freedom may be limited, As our lives can be blurred, as what we consider real look like in reality to a long sleep.

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Risk viral coronavirus: it is right to close the churches? One thing is certain: it is not fair or that certain Christian faithful up attacking so mocking bishops and priests, standing up as supreme judges of their pastors in this moment of tragic emergency

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RISK VIRAL CORONAVIRUS: It's OK CLOSE THE CHURCHES? ONE THING IS CERTAIN: NOT RIGHT OR THAT SOME CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL up attacking SO mocking BISHOPS AND PRIESTS, Standing at SUPREME JUDGES OF THEIR CHARACTERS IN THIS TRAGIC MOMENT OF EMERGENCY

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[…] let me quote mocking attitude of some Christians faithful to their bishops. At this time the Church does not need divisions, If it is serious, the situation we are experiencing is even more serious foment infighting. Dates provisions are certainly not perfect, indeed they would have needed more judiciousness, but this does not authorize anyone to break them and to stand as a judge of the bishops and their priests of us, who by grace or disgrace still represent the guides we recognized the People of God. As children free, we also express our pain and our disagreement without falling But in rebellion, What it would do more like ravenous wolves in sheep tame.

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Drafting: funny but very effective spot Luca De Matteis who invite recalcitrant to remain isolated in homes for the safety of all

Devo riconoscere which at first glance, such a question is likely to leave much space emotionality. I confess that I too, I was led to more emotional than rational considerations, accusing the blow, if only for my dual role as a Christian and a priest, as well as an Italian citizen. The same applies to my confreres de The Island of Patmos, with whom we exchanged opinions and views, consultandoci each other and often looking for answers in each other. All we indeed felt touched in the deepest essence of the exercise of the sacred priesthood, in a situation that is unprecedented, in Church history, which also it has known moments of persecution or emergencies dates from various epidemics or pandemics.

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It comes so sudden and unexpected for the majority of the faithful, the news released by the Italian Bishops' Conference on 8 March, that demanded by Catholics compliance with the Decree of the Prime Minister's Office, which required - among other things - the suspension as a preventive measure, until the next 3 April, the entire national of all the civil and religious ceremonies territory, including those funeral. After this news, regional episcopal conferences have begun to issue decrees which essentially reiterated the orientation of the text C.E.I. with some minimal adjustment to the specific situations of the diocesan territory of belonging.

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by Luca De Matteis

We must say that the Decree the Presidency of the Council of Ministers does not speak explicitly of physical closure of places of worship, but public year suspension of civil and religious functions. So in fact the churches are open but without faithful, Masses are still celebrated by priests but behind closed doors and someone could still go to church to pray, respecting the rules of hygiene and prevention of infection, but without creating the typical gathering of a mass.

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A few days later, President Joseph Conte, declare a national emergency and extends the stringent measures of the regions most affected by the epidemic to the whole Italian territory. The result is that you can not leave the house except for urgent and proven business needs commissions, under penalty of fine or more severe sanctions.

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With the update of the provisions, the majority of the churches remains open but without the ability to see a faithful among its aisles. Yet, Last Thursday, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome, established by decree a ban on access to parochial and non-parochial churches extended to all the faithful dell'Urbe. The next day De Donatis backtracks and issues a new decree that corrects the previous and stops the lockout: "They remain closed to public access" - reads the decree - "non-parish churches and more generally the places of worship of any kind, the parish churches remain open instead ».

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Others see as the cause of this abrupt reversal “U” the cardinal of the Holy Father's words, during the morning mass at the Martha's House Sacthae: 'Drastic measures are not always good ".

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great starter, great confusion, great fear ... but the faithful what they think, what do they do? The pleas of the battle rages communication, attach the bishops, the priests are accused of being fearful and novel Don Abbondio, the conflicting opinions expressed by some Catholic intellectuals are wasted on social and blogs, Then there are not a few comments that go beyond the bounds of decency, in short, a great mishmash that does not bring any benefit to the Church.

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by Luca De Mattei

I have taken my idea about it, of which I spoke at length with my brothers de The Island of Patmos and now I would share with you: first of all, I believe that in this matter the stakes are twofold. On the one hand the public health of citizens must be guaranteed by the state. Across the health of the soul that the Church has also a duty to safeguard respect for the divine mandate received from Christ, and that is the most valuable asset of every baptized. I say this because in such situations you need to be united despite the allocation of functions and separation areas of expertise. Otherwise we come to dislike interference and misunderstandings.

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It is clear that the state can not regulate in spiritual matters, since it enjoys no authority in the matter and no divine mandate. In contrast, the Church can not deal with issues that affect temporal situations, except in the case in which it can manifest, as a moral authority, his opinions about some serious matters and vital.

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The emergency situation that the epidemic has resulted, the need for the rapid adoption of useful decisions to stem the contagion, It has prevented a serious reflection and a healthy dialogue, as to protect the priorities of a secular state without damaging the spiritual goods of the Church.

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It does much to think that in a time like ours, attentive to the rights of all, guarantor of minorities, enemy of those who foment hatred, an emergency situation like send everything up, revealing the flaws of a state system unprepared and a Church whose concern is skewed more toward the body to the soul. Leveling everything, It appeared to be the best choice to solve the problem in a quick and almost painless.

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by Luca De Mattei

In this way, there is serious risk to throw out with the bathwater the baby, Whereas Italy, the number of Catholic Christians still represents the majority and, Although Christianity is no longer the state religion, come un tempo, it still holds an important civil weight. I personally think that the Holy Church, through her pastors would have to immediately start an open dialogue with the state that would be guaranteed to the faithful the right to exercise faith and to the priests the exercise of the ministry albeit with due caution before the ongoing situation.

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In a health emergency situation like this, faith is still a strong hope for so many people, an internal tool that allows active resources and the resilience that can go forward. Faith does not pertain only to the religious but binds to the virtue of hope, and the man without hope dies. That's why, a restrictive measure of this kind, despite the good intentions, is likely to bring along the side effects that we see with clarity only danger ceased, including in the near future the kind of precedent that was created.

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My thoughts go to the many elderly who are not accustomed to using new technologies and who can not follow the Mass live Facebook. For them the comfort not only passes through the Mass broadcast TV or radio, but above all through the visit of the priest and the reception of Holy Communion. This my thinking is reflected in the words of these days the Pope saying: "Pastors not only let the people of God, speechless, sacraments and prayer ". Good, but how can I priest hearing confession unless I approach, How can I administer the anointing oil if you do not touch with the sick and dying body. Difficult decisions that impose almost a choice between body and spirit? Days and days later, The Italian Episcopal Conference issued a document in which they enter into the merits of this speech giving directives [see document, WHO].

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by Luca De Mattei

The body is a gift from God and it is only right to treat him and protect it from danger and disease, but that our body is limited not immortal. When you can not do anything, you can still act on the soul, you can cure and save his soul from eternal death, and in so doing also recover the body in expectation of his glorious resurrection, as we recite in the Creed Sunday. Unfortunately, there have been cases where the sick faithful were unable to receive the Eucharist, penitents could not be reconciled and the priests impeded by various factors in accomplishing their ministry. I say this not for God or groped to convey a superstitious religious sentimentalism, I say this because my experience of many years as a chaplain in the hospital brought me to this conclusion, and health workers themselves have recognized the meritorious value of spiritual assistance during illness.

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When the emergency is over, we should all respond to our conscience in reference to some deficiencies that challenge the common good, which also passes through respect for the faith of my neighbor.

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To end, let me mention that attitude mocking of some Christian faithful to their bishops. At this time the Church does not need divisions, If it is serious, the situation we are experiencing is even more serious foment infighting. Dates provisions are certainly not perfect, indeed they would have needed more judiciousness, but this does not authorize anyone to break them and to stand as a judge of the bishops and their priests of us, who by grace or disgrace still represent the guides we recognized the People of God. As children free, we also express our pain and our disagreement without falling But in rebellion, What it would do more like ravenous wolves in sheep tame.

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Laconi, 20 March 2020

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"Open Church" (VI episode) - The Blessed Patriarch Joseph, Silent heroic man, paternity model and human virility

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"CHURCH OPEN» (VI episode) - BLESSED JOSEPH PATRIARCH, SILENT MAN HEROIC, MODEL OF PATERNITY AND HUMAN VIRILITY

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We offer our readers this third precious videos of our esteemed brother John Zanchi, priest of the Diocese of Arezzo, so that it can also serve as an effective and wise antidote to all those who unfortunately, at this time of extraordinary crisis and emergency, They have nothing better to do than argue, often in harsh and aggressive tone, against decisions taken by our bishops for safety reasons to protect public health: suspend the sacred celebrations and in many cases close the churches. Recall that the Church, during crises and emergencies, It has never been saved by the controversy of those who stand for all time the most faithful among the faithful or to the purest of the pure, but the unit. Someone has written these days that "the bishops are committing suicide the Italian Church". Unfortunately he did not understand anything of the essence of the Catholic faith: the church “if suicidal” attacking the bishops, instead follow them and support them in a moment of so severe test.

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The texts of Father John Zanchi, director of the Pastoral Center Divine Worship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, They are not meant as articles but as audio-narrative texts. We proceeded to transcribe audio text for our Readers.

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John Zanchi

Welcome to the VI episode of Chiesa Aperta!

In these difficult days, the Archbishop of Milan, S. AND. Mons. Mario Delpini, he has declared: "We have suspended the celebrations and all that could facilitate contact between people. But we have always said that churches are open " (The Print, 17 March 2020).

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Many churches also in Italy are dedicated to Saint Joseph, the most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which today is the annual feast. Saint John Paul II, the 15 August 1989, He dedicated to the great Patriarch his Apostolic Exhortation, entitled Redeemer's guardian (The guardian of the Redeemer). In small "house churches" that are our families (The light 11), in these days of forced seclusion would be an excellent thing to read and meditate on that text.

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Saint John Paul II He reminds us that St. Joseph has many things to teach us, particularly in this time of tribulation. I remember the principal of such teachings. These days comes to us from many quarters the invitation to "stay home" and creatively employ our time spent in the home walls; For Christians, this means more time for prayer, the reading of the Bible and the Catechism. Well precisely St. Joseph is the model of all those who cultivate the interior life:

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"The Gospels speak exclusively of what Joseph" did "; however, allow you to discover in his "actions", shrouded in silence, a climate of deep contemplation. Joseph was in daily contact with the mystery "hidden for ages", which "dwelt" under the roof of his home " (Redeemer's guardian, 25). "The total sacrifice, Joseph did his whole existence to the demands of the coming of the Messiah in their own home, becomes understandable only in "his unfathomable inner life, from which they come to him singular commands and consolations and derive the logic and force him, belong to simple and clear souls, the big decisions, like that of immediately put at the disposal of the divine designs his freedom, his legitimate human vocation, her marital happiness, accepting the condition of the family, the responsibility and the weight and giving up an incomparable virginal love for the natural conjugal love that is the foundation and nourishment " (Teachings of Paul VI, VII [1969] 1268)» (Redeemer's guardian, 26).

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St. Joseph thus perfectly embodies the true devotee model, since devotion is nothing but submission to God, the willingness readiness to devote themselves to things pertaining to God's service (cf St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 82, a. 3, ad 2). In this difficult situation it should be noted that St. Joseph is the patron saint of the Catholic Church, said that by Blessed Pius IX (as God, 8 December 1870). Leo XIII declared in this regard: "Joseph was in his lawful and natural guardian, head and defender of the Holy Family … It is thus fitting and most worthy of St. Joseph, that, in the way that he once kept to protect holy watch over the family of Nazareth, so now does he protect and defend with his heavenly patronage the Church of Christ " (however many times, 15 August 1889).

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Saint Teresa of Jesus testifies As St. Joseph is powerful in helping those who call upon:

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"To other Saints it seems that God has given to help us in this or that need, while I have experienced that the glorious St. Joseph extends his patronage of all. With what the Lord wants us to understand that in the way that it was subject to him on earth, where he could command as the putative father, so also in the sky he does everything I ask him. This han recognized from experience that even other people on my advice you are recommended to its patronage " (Vita, 6).

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Of the special patronage of St. Joseph Holy Church has more need than ever today to deal now with pastoral zeal and creativity the emergence of the pandemic and then to stay next to and among people renovated and effectively, when the emergency is finally over. St. Joseph is also the special patron of the dying, because he died in the arms of Jesus and Mary most holy; death was no longer "good" of his. In this time when we want to deceive us into believing that the "euthanasia" that is "good death" or assisted suicide, it is urgent more than ever to look instead to the example of St. Joseph and the dying, through his intercession, ask God for the grace of a holy death. At the protection of St. Joseph are now entrusted the dying because of the pandemic, who face the defining moment of their lives alone and without the opportunity to receive the sacraments.

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Finally note that St. Joseph It is above all the most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the marriage with Madonna that are derived Giuseppe its singular dignity and his rights on Jesus:

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"Since marriage is the highest association and friendship ... it follows that, If God gave Joseph to the Virgin, gave him not only as a companion for life, witness of virginity and protector of honesty, but also because they participate, through the marriage pact, the lofty grandeur of her ' (Leone XIII, however many times).

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St. Joseph is thus also the model for all married couples and Christian brides, many of them these days have the opportunity to spend more time together, praying and deepening their own communion of life. About this, I conclude by reporting an event that deserves to be known. There you can also get married in this time of a pandemic, even in the presence of government regulations that prohibit public gatherings and religious ceremonies. It is what they have done Peter and Ilaria few days ago, the presence of one priest and witnesses. The newlyweds have declared:

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"In a situation like the one that most emerged it is that we were responding to a call and one that so interested us was able to say yes before Christ ... For us it meant going to the essentials of our vocation ... Friends ... they helped us to keep our eyes fixed on what really matters ... and not to focus on our projects and thoughts went miserably in smoke, albeit right and beautiful. We are grateful for what has happened because it allowed us to take a big step of self-awareness than our personal relationship with Christ in a start for us as important " (The Subsidiary Net, 11 March 2020).

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Thank you, Peter and Ilaria, just Married! You have shown in practice that the Church is "open in these difficult days", is that stone and brick, both the domestic. Best wishes for your marriage! God bless your family and Saint Joseph, the most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary protect you, together with the whole Church and all Christian families!

A resent tomorrow for a new episode Church Open.

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Sansepolcro (Arezzo), 19 March 2020

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"INNO POPULAR: JOSEPH AND THE HOLY NAME "

1. Giuseppe, holy name
It names the joyful heart,
the hope he is in the world,
that rejoices in the Lord. Ride.

Your name Joseph,
sweetness and sounds amor,
happy those who knew,
scolpir nell'alma and cor!
Happy those who knew,
scolpir nell'alma and cor!

2. The exalt his children,
because of a father's name
and loving as veggan,
s'ottenga his favor.

Ride. Your name Joseph…

3. It is as high and large,
of strength and might,,
but his power moves,
l'amiable US bontade.

Ride. Your name Joseph…

4. Your heavenly name,
both in life and my hope
and at last Ear extreme,
is balm for the pain.

Rit Your name Joseph…

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"Open Church" (V episode) - The state of emergency in the current health care ministry: the work of chaplains in hospitals during this pandemic coronavirus

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"CHURCH OPEN» (V episode) - PASTORAL CARE IN THE CURRENT STATE EMERGENCY: THE WORKING CAPPELLANI HOSPITALS DURING THIS FROM PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS

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We offer our readers this third precious videos of our esteemed brother John Zanchi, priest of the Diocese of Arezzo, so that it can also serve as an effective and wise antidote to all those who unfortunately, at this time of extraordinary crisis and emergency, They have nothing better to do than argue, often in harsh and aggressive tone, against decisions taken by our bishops for safety reasons to protect public health: suspend the sacred celebrations and in many cases close the churches. Recall that the Church, during crises and emergencies, It has never been saved by the controversy of those who stand for all time the most faithful among the faithful or to the purest of the pure, but the unit. Someone has written these days that "the bishops are committing suicide the Italian Church". Unfortunately he did not understand anything of the essence of the Catholic faith: the church “if suicidal” attacking the bishops, instead follow them and support them in a moment of so severe test.

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VIDEO SHOOTING AND ASSEMBLY BY THE ISSUER TELESANDOMENICO (AREZZO)

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TEXT OF THE VIDEO

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The texts of Father John Zanchi, director of the Pastoral Center Divine Worship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, They are not meant as articles but as audio-narrative texts. We proceeded to transcribe audio text for our Readers.

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John Zanchi

Welcome to the fifth episode of Open Church!

In these difficult days Our churches in Italy, made of stones and bricks remain open, as a sign of the Church that remains present and active in the midst of our people (cf Tuscan Episcopal Conference, 14 March 2020); churches remain open, even if no public celebrations take place. Among the churches open there are also internal ones to the hospitals, officiated by hospital chaplains. These priests, together with their collaborators - often volunteers - they have always ensured an indispensable ministry in the places where disease is treated and death is fought; I am the maternal face of the Church which advises, teaches, warns, console, forgives, pray.

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I just pronounced verbs echo the works of spiritual mercy: counsel the doubtful, teach the ignorant, admonish sinners, console the afflicted, forgive offenses, pray to God for the living and the dead. Towards the sick, the commitment of the hospital staff is in some respects similar to the works of corporal mercy.

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In Hospital, next door and together with those who strives for the care of body and mind, There are Chaplains and their collaborators, who devote themselves to the care of the soul immortal. Their mission, more precious, It is particularly important in this time of epidemic, which it is even more urgent to fulfill Jesus' command, synthesized by the Church in the sixth work of corporal mercy: "I was sick and you visited me ... whenever you did this to the least of these my brethren, you did it to me " (Mt 25, 35. 40).

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The work of hospital chaplains reminds all that Hospitals are a Christian invention! The presence and work of hospital chaplains are challenging and even difficult in normal circumstances: not always the sufferers are available to seek the help of God; materialist and scientistic prejudice that corrupts our society devalues ​​the spiritual life and its need; secularism claims to deny the social value of faith and its public expression.

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The presence and work of Chaplains Hospitals are even more demanding and difficult in this dramatic moment, especially in crowded wards infected with the coronavirus: not only for the grueling pace to which are subject all those working in hospitals; not only for the management of clinical urgency and the defense protocols by limiting the possibilities of contagion linger at the bedside of the sick; the presence and the work of hospital chaplains are even more demanding and difficult because of the fact they can not approach the most seriously ill, even those in danger of death. Many of them die unfortunately only, without the comfort of the sacraments and the proximity of loved ones.

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For the conscience of a priest this is a fact very hard to bear! A Cremona Hospital doctor these days declared: "Slowly all these deaths kill us well. More days pass the more I wonder if they are still able to cure people, if my presence here still makes sense '.

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On the spiritual level these words hint at the inner struggle which also can be exposed the priests who carry out their ministry in hospitals in which you deal with the health emergency directly.

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What do chaplains in those hospitals, what are their spiritual weapons in the war against Covid-19? First, they celebrate the Holy Mass in the churches attached to the health resorts, interfering with i malati, the doctors, staff, the volunteers, i moribondi, the dead and the families of all these; sometimes for the departments sick you can watch via a television link. Then the Chaplains and their collaborators assist the less seriously ill with the solace of prayer, of the Sacraments, of spiritual direction. So Chaplains spiritually support the hospital staff, subjected to a superhuman effort.

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We listen to the testimony of a priest missionary in a large hospital in Milan: "My day job right now is primarily to support the doctors … we always do two hours of Eucharistic adoration in church. So people can come in dribs and drabs, and pray a little '. Even the sick who can not come to know that the chapel there is always someone praying for them and remembers them. Although we can not reach patients, they know that we have not abandoned " (Father Giovanni Musazzi, Hospital "Luigi Sacco", Milan).

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Together with the medical staff, Also hospital chaplains and their collaborators are our heroes, committed unsparing of himself on the front of the battle to defeat the great evil epidemic. Medical personnel rightly many people are reaching statements of solidarity and encouragement; Also to hospital chaplains and their collaborators must go public support and public recognition, because our society urgently needs to rediscover the spiritual value of the disease: if the man can not find a meaning to their suffering and their own death, then you can not even find out a way to live in their own health.

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The hospital chaplains and their employees are the face of the Church which remains open, indeed wide open, even in these calamitous times. Whether in open churches made of stone and brick, both in house churches that are our families, these days there rise up the fervent prayer of supplication and intercession for God's ministers working in hospitals and their collaborators, that the Lord will protect them from infection and help them to perform their essential spiritual ministry.

A resent tomorrow for a new installment of Open Church.

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Sansepolcro (Arezzo), 18 March 2020

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"Open Church" (IV episode) - The touching supplication Mayor of Venice Santa Maria della Salute. In the hope that no one screams outrage toward the “dogma” the secular state …

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"CHURCH OPEN» (IV episode) - TOUCHING THE BEGGING THE MAYOR OF VENICE IN SANTA MARIA OF HEALTH. HOPE THAT NO ONE TOWARDS THE URLI outrage “DOGMA” THE SECULAR STATE …

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We offer our readers this third precious videos of our esteemed brother John Zanchi, priest of the Diocese of Arezzo, so that it can also serve as an effective and wise antidote to all those who unfortunately, at this time of extraordinary crisis and emergency, They have nothing better to do than argue, often in harsh and aggressive tone, against decisions taken by our bishops for safety reasons to protect public health: suspend the sacred celebrations and in many cases close the churches. Recall that the Church, during crises and emergencies, It has never been saved by the controversy of those who stand for all time the most faithful among the faithful or to the purest of the pure, but the unit. Someone has written these days that "the bishops are committing suicide the Italian Church". Unfortunately he did not understand anything of the essence of the Catholic faith: the church “if suicidal” attacking the bishops, instead follow them and support them in a moment of so severe test.

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TEXT OF THE VIDEO

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The texts of Father John Zanchi, director of the Pastoral Center Divine Worship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, They are not meant as articles but as audio-narrative texts. We proceeded to transcribe audio text for our Readers.

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John Zanchi

Welcome to the fourth installment of Open Church!

In these difficult days Our churches in Italy, made of stones and bricks remain open, as a sign of the Church that remains present and active in the midst of our people (cf Tuscan Episcopal Conference, 14 March 2020); the churches remain open even if no public celebrations take place there. In one of these churches open there was a very special prayer, of which we now speak.

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The Basilica of St. Mary of Health in Venice It was built by the government and people of Venice as a fulfillment of the vow made to the Madonna for the cessation of the plague of 1630; finished the epidemic to the Holy Virgin intervention, Venetians erected with great effort a magnificent monument of spirituality and art, where constantly thank God for the renewed health.

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The 13 last March the Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, He has officially gone to the Church of Health to entrust her to the City of the Madonna protection in this time of epidemic, reciting the prayer composed by the Patriarch of Venice [ see video WHO].

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The Mayor of Venice He has made a significant gesture and true. He teaches us the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

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Number 1884: "God has not willed to reserve to himself all exercise of all powers. He entrusts to every creature the functions it is able to exercise, according to their ability of his nature. This mode of governance ought to be followed in social life. The way God acts in governing the world, which testifies to a very deep respect for human freedom, It should inspire the wisdom of those who govern human communities. They should behave as ministers of divine providence ".

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Number 2244: «Every institution is inspired, implicitly, a vision of man and his destiny, hence their judgment criteria, its hierarchy of values, its line of conduct. In most companies the institutions refer to a certain preeminence of man over things. Only the divinely revealed religion has clearly recognized in God, Creator and Redeemer, the origin and destiny. The Church invites political authorities to measure their judgments and their decisions against this inspired truth about God and man ".

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Officially On his way to pray in St. Mary of Health the Mayor of Venice has put into practice the truths just mentioned and has been shown to have at heart the common good of his countrymen. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in fact also remembers another very important truth:

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Number 2244: «Companies that ignore this inspiration or reject it in the name of their independence in relation to God, They are driven to seek in themselves or to borrow from an ideology their references and their end and, not tolerate the affirmation of an objective criterion of good and evil, arrogate to themselves about man and his destiny absolute power, explicit or admitted, As history demonstrates (cf. John Paul II, Became. enc. Centennial year, 45; 46)».

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In this time the spread of a microscopic virus It has made it clear that the claim of the men of sufficient unto themselves apart from God is false. A society that denies God inevitably becomes tyrannical and finds himself alone in the face of disasters, unable to promote and safeguard the true good of the men who compose it. Well so he did the Mayor of Venice to seek God's help in these necessities.

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In Italy there is no shortage policies declare themselves Catholic authorities; we expect that in the exercise of their functions are consistent with the Christian faith they profess, making gestures similar to those of the Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro. The real gesture he made in the fulfillment of his high office reminds all of us to practice 2 other teachings Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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Number 1900: "The duty of obedience requires all to bestow authority honors that are due to it and to surround respect and, as it is deserved, of gratitude and benevolence the people who hold office ".

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Number 2240: «The Apostle exhorts us to raise thanksgiving "and prayers for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity " (1TM 2, 2).

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For this intention Catholics pray solemnly every Good Friday, but especially at this very difficult time it is essential to beg the Lord to enlighten, guide and support public authorities, so they can act quickly and successfully for the good of us all. In open churches, and those of stone and brick, both domestic ones that are our homes do not miss this prayer.

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"CHURCH OPEN» (III episode) - BY JOHN ZANCHI: IN THIS TIME OF SERIOUS EMERGENCY YOUR PRIESTS, ALTHOUGH ALONE, CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE HOLY MASSES BY OFFERING THE EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE FOR THE HEALTH OF BODIES AND SOULS

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Welcome to the third episode of Open Church!

In these difficult days in our Italian land churches made of stones and bricks remain open, as a sign of the Church that remains present and active in the midst of our people (cf Tuscan Episcopal Conference, 14 March 2020), the churches remain open even if no public celebrations take place there. In churches remain open, however, at least the priests, that every day they continue to celebrate Mass, even alone. St Paul VI teaches that although celebrated by a solitary priest, the holy Mass, "comes great detail thanks, to the benefit of the priest himself, both the faithful and of the whole Church, indeed of the whole world " (The mystery of faith 33).

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Among the abundant spiritual graces which gives the Holy Mass there is also the suffrage for the dead. Let's talk briefly. To go to heaven is not enough to die in the grace of God and therefore to be free from guilt for the sins; to go to Heaven must also be free from punishment due for their sins; the soul of those who die in God's grace but still sentences to be served for the sins are cleansed by the righteousness of God after death: is what the Holy Church calls Purgatory.

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By now separated from the body, the souls in purgatory can not help themselves, but they can pray for us still living on earth and can receive our spiritual help to shorten their purification and achieve eternal bliss in God. There are many good works that we can offer to God to help the souls of the dead, they are: any form of penitence and alms, indulgences, prayer and especially the offering of the Eucharistic Sacrifice.

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In churches we open our priests even alone continue every day to celebrate Mass for the spiritual salvation of the living and the dead as well. Even our homes are small "house churches" that are open to the prayer of supplication and intercession before God for all the needy, both living and dead.

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In this time of Lent Holy Church invites us to intensify our commitment in the jejunum, in prayer, in alms. Of our alms, ie they need our charity even the souls of the dead, especially those who died due to the epidemic.

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All they care about the plight medical staff and all others involved for the social good; the dead end instead to be considered just a number that inspires awe. The deaths to the coronavirus are now hundreds; due to their clinical conditions are gone alone, without the comfort of the sacraments and the closeness of family. The priests bother to accompany least burial, but without being able to celebrate the Funeral.

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We do not deprive these deceased also prayer for their souls. AND now urgent help with our Christian suffrages, because there is only this life; the body dies, but the soul lives immortal. The souls of the dead is an urgent and indispensable aid, that only we Christians can put in place. The charity of the Church is so big and so powerful that he can not only help the living, but also the dead; the Church's charity is so big and so powerful that he can act not only in this world but also in the other.

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We learn from our ancestors: in time of calamity they not only buried the dead, but they prayed long for their souls: many churches erected just for the Suffrage and spread to Italy there I still remember. Worry about the souls of the dead because of the epidemic also use either to us: It makes us gain merit with God to eternal life and teaches us to do penance for our sins now, to make it less after our death. The Church in rescues epidemic time not only the living but also the dead is truly a Church that is open.

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BECAUSE OF SAN Neocatechumenal ARGUELLO KIKO AND CARMEN SANTA HERNANDEZ FAMOUS DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, FOUR CITIES OF CAMPANIA FINISH IN QUARANTINE FOR CORONAVIRUS

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The true nature of the Neocatechumenal, always falsely obsequious to the Church and its authority, It has come to light in this time of grave emergency. In fact it happened that because of them, four villages of the Campania, They were put under quarantine in the province of Salerno, it is the town of Sala Consilina, Caggiano, Cock, Athena Lucana.

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Who are the Neocatechumenal, founded by painter bohemien Spaniard Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernandez? I explained in a book whose reading back: They are one of the worst seven intra-ecclesial heretical that it is facing in the Church scene in the entire history of modernity. In this book of mine, published a few months ago, I'll explain the story, but above all with their damage within the Church, where since the time of the Holy Pontiff Paul VI broke the great intoxication of lay movements, that followed under the pontificate of the Holy Father John Paul II, some saw in their way as a kind of future of the Church, this would seriously wrong in, alas Pontiffs included.

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The true nature of the Neocatechumenal, always falsely obsequious to the Church and its authority to do except always, of practice and rigor, what they want and how they want, It has come to light in this time of grave emergency. In fact that happened because of them, with a decree signed by the Governor of Campania [cf. WHO], four municipalities have been placed under quarantine in the province of Salerno, it is the town of Sala Consilina, Caggiano, Cock, Athena Lucana [see in the news WHO, WHO, WHO, etc …].
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Violating all rules as is the practice, the Neocatechumenate are wont to do always in their closed lounges, only to attack with sectarian and lying spirit anyone publicly unmasked them over time - including myself held for months of insults around the entire computer network -, in full emergency coronavirus held a liturgical celebration kikiana. The result was as follows: as a result of meticulous reconstructions of the chain of infection, the infected are today 22 in total, including the celebrant. Among the participants of a man 76 Belizzi year has already passed away 10 March, while his wife tested positive for coronavirus it is currently in quarantine. The "close contacts" occurred during the Rito kikiano They have until now produced as a result 45 contagions in Sala Consilina, 20 Caggiano, 10 Polla, 8 Atena Lucana, 5 Teggiano, 5 Montesano, 3 Buonabitacolo, 3 to Auletta, 2 and in Sant'Arsenio 3 a Padula, for a total of 104 infected [please refer to chronicle, WHO, WHO, etc …].
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IN QUARANTINE OF THIS TERM, CHRIST IS WAITING FOR US LIKE THE SAMARITAN AT THE WATER WELL

The unfolding of the woman to Jesus, that God is really present, allows the Samaritan first to discover the truth about herself. It leaves out from God and not stop at the surface of herself. Dialogue with God really this is a revelation about themselves, go deep compared to its identity.

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“Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well”, by Alessandro Fava Vodret. Rome, private collection

in those moments when a whole country is under quarantine, with almost no outdoor activities and plenty of indoor activities within our communities and our families, you can find a bit of time to reflect’ on some issues of our faith that is able to escape to a deep meditation.

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In a basketball game, There is a scheme called "isolation" in which you leave the attacking player alone against the defender. One versus one, isolated from the rest of their teams. In that moment, the attacker must remember well what are its characteristics, his athletic talents, to win the game.

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The isolation scheme It is explained by the basketball player Tony Mitchell [cf. video WHO].

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One of the issues that this Lent It then meditate is the theme of the Real Presence and concrete of God in our lives. The first reading shows us a picture of a little’ particular. We read:

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"Moses did so, under the eyes of the elders of Israel. And he called the place Massah and Meribah, because of the protest of the Israelites and because they put the Lord to the test, saying: "The Lord is among us, or not?”».

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If we look the original Jewish, that protest with which the Jewish people turn to God, It is expressed with the word Rib, indicating a form of Judaism in the legal dispute with two, that it is resolved without putting the guilty to death. Here then is that the Jewish people complain all the time and, in that protest, It seems to doubt the prophetic ability to Moses, in a quarrel endlessly. Even after the miracle, the Jewish people is undecided. It is in fact a people who desperately, anxiously serenity and without seeking sensationalist signs. The right broker that is sent, Moses, does not satisfy.

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This can be a meditation for us: our faith is frantic, always looking for signs, miracles and wonders? The Lord asks us to abandon ourselves to him, rereading the events that happen to us with the eyes of faith, without constantly questioning his action with us. We may ask ourselves if we too, as the Jewish people, "Quarrel" with God and its intermediaries, because we do not trust anyone. Hence the question: As we trust concrete real presence of the Lord?

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In this sense the Gospel of the Samaritan He wants to break with the Jewish tradition. It proposes the setting of the Old Testament. The desert, the thirst, and dialogue. But here everything is different. In the dialogue between the woman and Jesus, there is an opening to a dialogue with the You Eternal God. The demand for water, and a little’ an excuse of the Lord, to get in touch with the woman. So who then will tell

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"You said well: "I have no husband". For you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; What you have said is true '.

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Here then the disclosure of the woman to Jesus, that God is really present, allows the Samaritan first to discover the truth about herself. It leaves out from God and not stop at the surface of herself. Dialogue with God really this is a revelation about themselves, go deep compared to its identity.

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Immediately after is an even unfold the truth about God. For Jesus will tell:

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"I know that Messiah is coming, called Christ: when he comes, He will announce all things ".

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Jesus says to her:

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"It's me (became. I am = Name of God), I speak with you, ".

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Here is the lesson for us on how to build a real genuine relationship and not a frantic search of signs, wonders, reveries: but a living and fruitful dialogue, in the silence of the desert, while Christ Water quenches our thirst for truth.

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We ask the Lord to be getting every day more like the Samaritan woman, and more and more like Mary, that in the prayerful listening tenderness, They became the first preachers of the divine truth.

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In this moment of pain and trial, we priests of Christ we raise more than ever supplications. In our Eucharistic celebrations made without people, for safety reasons you know well, implore God every day Father to preserve the health of bodies and souls of our beloved faithful.

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"CHURCH OPEN» (II episode) - BY JOHN ZANCHI, PRIEST OF THE DIOCESE OF AREZZO: THE PEOPLE OF GOD IS NOT WITHOUT ANY ABANDONED SACRAMENTS OF GRACE AND THE CHURCHES CLOSED

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In these difficult days Our churches in Italy, made of stones and bricks remain open, "As a sign of the Church which remains present in the life of the community", our bishops say.

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But "the opening of the churches It is proposed as a sign, not as an invitation to haunt ", still say our bishops [cf. Episcopal Conference Tuscany], and this because of the essential prophylactic rules which must be respected as much as possible.

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In open churches This is still night and day Eucharistic Jesus; together with Jesus, in open churches remain present priests, that every day they continue to celebrate Mass, even alone. Why do they do? Let us explain briefly, considering two aspects …

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First look: Normally Mass sees the gathered clergy and the People; but the simple gathering of the faithful people is not enough by itself because you can celebrate Mass.

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To celebrate Mass it is absolutely necessary to have at least one priest, who through the sacrament of Holy Orders was conformed to Jesus Christ, the head of his mystical body which is the Church. The priest therefore acts in the person of Christ the head, the re-presents sacramentally and then Jesus acts mysteriously but really through the ministry of priests.

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second aspect: Mass is above all the sacramental representation of the redeeming sacrifice offered by Jesus once and for all by dying on the cross to free us from our sins; from this point of view, the only difference between Calvary and the altar is on Calvary that Jesus sacrificed himself physically spilling his own blood, Now Jesus is sacrificed on the altar sacramentally through the ministry of the priest. Recall now two documents of the present Church teaching their supernatural purpose of the Mass, even if celebrated by a priest alone. The two documents are: the encyclical of Paul VI The mystery of faith [the mystery of faith] and the (C)atechismo of the Catholic Church of St. John Paul II. In this regard, let us listen to the words of Saint Paul VI:

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"Every Mass, although privately he celebrated by a priest, However what it is not private, but the action of Christ and the Church, which in the sacrifice offering, He has learned to offer itself as a universal same sacrifice, applying the one and infinite redemptive virtue of the sacrifice of the Cross to the health of the whole world. Every Mass celebrated is offered not only for the salvation of some, but also for the salvation of the whole world ".

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It follows that, Also from the Mass celebrated privately by a priest "it comes in great detail thanks, to the benefit of the priest himself, both the faithful and of the whole Church, indeed around the world, thanks that you can not get in equal measure by virtue of one Communion » [The mystery of faith 33].

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Not being able to participate in the Holy Mass, having to give Holy Communion are the biggest hardships that Christians suffer in the current conditions. But behind the open doors of the deserted churches, all the priests continue to celebrate the Eucharistic Sacrifice, that is the greatest prayer of supplication and intercession will ascend to God for the spiritual and physical welfare of men.

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All are called to join spiritually priests which individually celebrate Masses in so many hours of the day, all they are called to spiritual Communion. A spiritually unite the priests who celebrate Mass alone, help us various media, by which we can follow the national and local commentary of Masses celebrated in many places, Also of our Diocese.

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In these difficult days the churches will be empty, but they are not empty and the men are not alone and abandoned in the face to the epidemic: by the priests who continue to celebrate Mass, Eucharistic Jesus is among us to comfort us and to save us.

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LENT AND MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THAT IN THE WAY OF FAITH AND PURIFICATION BECOMES POSSIBLE

Lent is thus an invitation to rediscover a little mission that the Lord has given us. To rediscover the vocation to which all of us addressed, each in a different way, but according to a holy vocation.

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I do not know if you remember the Tom Cruise movie, the famous Mission Impossible the 1996. In the movie, the main character Ethan Hunt has just mission impossible: an anti terrorist mission. A tal fine, calls with him of trusted colleagues, which he gives important and difficult assignments.

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Lent It is therefore an invitation to rediscover a little mission that the Lord has given us. To rediscover the vocation to which all of us addressed, each in a different way, but according to a holy vocation.

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The three readings of this second Sunday of Lent They speak to us of this, text from the Old testament [see the text of the Liturgy of the Word, WHO]:

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"In those days, the Lord said to Abram: "Get thee out of thy country, from your kindred and your father's house, to the land that I will show you ' "

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That "go away" It is not intended as a kick away Abram by God. And yes, an imperative, but literally it sounds more like a military command. And so the mission has a mandate that Abram did not invent it has received from the Lord. A warrant designed and intended exclusively for Abram, Abraham will become and will begin the great mission of leading the people of Israel.

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This also applies to us: we try to reflect on the origins of the mandate that we have received. Whatever the state of life to which we are called, behold, the Lord has called us by name, inviting us to come out of ourselves, from our land, our security and serenity to open ourselves to a greater mission. And he has not left us alone. We read in St. Paul when he writes:

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"My son, by the power of God, suffer with me for the Gospel. Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his plan and his grace ".

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Here Saint Paul writes Timothy beloved in the time of captivity. At the time of his assignment as a preacher and an apostle is really put to the test. But Paul knows well that he received grace. Grace is the power that God gives us to be able to participate in the best to our mission together with Him, and with him and put it into practice.

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We too, so, we have received grace for our vocation. It means we can invigorate the life of grace, of prayer and in this period of some penance. Even in this time of national distress, we know we have the help of the Lord near.

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This announcement Have your Lord, We are given to us from the Gospel of this Sunday:

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"As they descended from the mountain, Jesus commanded them: "Tell no one the vision, before the Son of Man has risen from the dead ' ".

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Jesus was transfigured. The apostles knew the Father that teaches, lives and speaks with them is the beloved Son; is the Son of God. It also reveals to them, for what it is, after that at Christmas it was shown to the shepherds through the angelic announcement. He says that phrase. He asks the messianic secret: Jesus went from terrible suffering, then rise again. From those terrible moments, that the apostles present can not understand, It will grace. It will be our joy and our liberation.

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In this time of Lent let's start right now to reflect on the Passion events as events that prepare the New Era of grace: in which each of us will have his personal Easter, and the transition to an authentic life.

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He wrote Jean-Paul Sartre:

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"Who is authentic, responsible for what, and you recognize free to be what it is'.

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The Lord always give us the courage to embrace our vocation, to live more and more with the authenticity and the courage of God's children.

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