The intimate friendship of the shepherd with his sheep: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me "

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The INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP OF SHEPHERD WITH HIS SHEEP: «MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME "

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Just like in a journey of transhumance, each of us is called to be sheep of the flock of Jesus, namely that we are called to live as believers in the Church of Jesus. As believers, First we hear His Voice: Jesus speaks to us in the Word of God and by the shepherds, in particular it does today through the Catholic official teaching of the Church expressed by the Successor of Peter and the College of the Apostles, called to guard intact and therefore spread the deposit of faith.

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Gabriele Giordano M. Scardocci, o.p.

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Dear brothers and sisters,

Shepherd Sardinian, by the painter Antonio Piras

probably all know poetry Pastors in G. D'Annunzio:

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"September, here we go. It is time to migrate / Now in the land of the Abruzzi my shepherds lascian the pens and go towards the sea / fall wild green Adriatic that is how the mountain pastures ".

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An image of pastoralism, transhumance, that is, the path to the wilderness and into the hills that give serenity, rest and sense of completeness.

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This image towards a much sought peace, maybe we lost: a powder’ because we live in town with lights and sounds that distract us, a powder’ because we do not understand the idea of ​​a journey that, After so many efforts, It may instead give us a lot of satisfaction. But, this sheep, You can make us delve into readings of this Sunday.

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In the Acts of the Apostles [cf. 13, 46] we read how Paul and Barnabas are turning to the Jews:

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"It was necessary that it was proclaimed first of all to you the word of God, Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, there: we turn to the Gentiles ".

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The two Apostles direct the proclamation of eternal life overcoming the Jewish presence and paying attention to the pagans, who were Romans and Greeks, with a culture steeped in Hellenistic philosophy. The message of Christ then comes out of the "fence" Judeo, showing how the Christian message is not related to a single people or nation. The message of Jesus is universal: all we are called to eternal life. This involves entering into a greater love, that of the Father, of the Son and the Holy Spirit, for eternity.

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The call to eternal life awaits a response from us. The Lord also leaves us free to refuse it, as did the Jews in the text of Acts we heard. But if we respond positively, We can now understand how to get to eternal life.

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The Gospel gives us a clear answer on along the path towards this goal. We read in Saint John:

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«My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me " [cf. 10, 27].

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Just like in a journey of transhumance, each of us is called to be sheep of the flock of Jesus, namely that we are called to live as believers in the Church of Jesus. As believers, First we hear His Voice: Jesus speaks to us in the Word of God and by the shepherds, in particular it does today through the Catholic official teaching of the Church expressed by the Successor of Peter and the College of the Apostles, called to guard intact and therefore spread the deposit of faith.

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We hear the voice of Jesus when we intimately our Catholic teaching: believe in the truths of faith, live the precepts of morality or engage in moments of prayer will become a listening experience that will open your heart to His Great Love. God comes into our soul and with Him every moment of daily life will become a joy.

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In second place, As believers we follow Jesus: especially we follow in hard moments of our lives, knowing that the first to have labored for us carrying the Cross on Golgotha. To follow Jesus is to know that even when the miseries of life seem to move deep on the shoulders, He will support us in.

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From listening and following Jesus, is that the fact that we know Him: This word in the original language indicates a profound intimacy, almost hand to hand with God. This body intimate contact to the body we experience whenever we live the Eucharist, which in fact it is a foretaste of eternal life, a great friendship with God. And just about the friendship screated Susanna Tammaro:

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"Friendship is one of the best feelings to live. Suddenly we see ourselves, you choose, it builds a kind of intimacy ".

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May the Lord grant us his friendship to enter into eternal life, in an intimacy that gives endless joy and ability to grasp the deep meaning of every day.

Amen.

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Rome, 12 May 2019

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In defense of state sovereignty: we have a Cardinal-electrician who does not know the Criminal Code of the Italian Republic, together with those who sent him …

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IN DEFENSE OF THE STATE SOVEREIGNTY: WE HAVE A CARDINAL-ELECTRICIAN NOT KNOW THE CRIMINAL CODE, TOGETHER The WHO SENT …

Of one thing, the Cardinal-electrician and whoever for him can be quite certain: with this operation gave to someone at least a million votes, without the need to spend time and energy to do exhausting and expensive election campaigns. And this can even call: farsighted Church of the new course. Indeed, Italian disadvantaged families often pay with decent sacrifice supplies, if anything, wondering at times the rescheduling of the amounts due to suppliers, friends of Tarzan Okkupatore and those who support him, The vote will give him not even to die. Or to put it precisely clear who it was hard to understand: Matteo Salvini, the terrible naughty boy of the so-called populism, Thanks to the Holy See from the heart!

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Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo

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They asked the Pharisees: "Tell us then, what you think: it lawful to give tribute to Caesar?». But Jesus, aware of their malice, He answered: "Hypocrites!, Why tempt ye me? Show me the tax coin ". And they brought him a denarius. He asked them: "Whose is this image and the inscription?». They answered: "Caesar's". Then he said to them: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and to God what is God's"

[Gospel of St. Matthew: 22, 17-21]

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Usually we write about serious things, but every now and then it can happen to deal with things in the balance between the tragic and the comic.

The fact: Konrad Krajewski Polish-born, of years 55, citizen of the Vatican City State and resident there, cardinal profession and papal chaplain, May 11 has committed a crime on the territory of the Italian Republic: tampering with seals affixed by the company supplying the meters light of a whole building Roman, everything after users had accumulated about 300.000 euro debt for unpaid supplies.

The building it is not the property of the ecclesiastical estate [see WHO, WHO] but of’I.N.P.D.A.P (Institute National Social Security and Welfare Administration's Public Employees), and it has been busy over 2013 Project, and the instigation of individuals who turn out to be the employment professionals. At the head of this committee there is San Filippo Blacks but the anarchic anti-system Andrea Alzetta, said Tarzan, reported numerous times for the crime of trespassing, to follow along with the devastation offenses building and resisting [see, WHO].

The fact is narrated in detail the now-official organ of the Holy See, The Republic. We invite you to read the detailed account of this daily, whose reliability is as such, if not higher, to that of The Osservatore Romano [see WHO].

On the territory of the Italian Republic governed by a sovereign state, including Rome its capital, that is no longer the capital of the State governed by the Pontifical er Cardenal Nepotc - having as only merit that of being the grandson of the Supreme Pontiff -, but by a municipal authority elected by the citizens, It applies the following law contemplated by the provisions of article n. 624 of the Criminal Code:

"Whoever takes possession of movable property [c.p. 631] of others, subtracting it from its holder, in order to gain profit for themselves or others, It shall be punished with imprisonment from six months to three years and a fine of € 154 a euro 516 [c.p. 29] (3). For the purposes of criminal law, It shall be deemed movable thing also electricity and any other energy that has an economic value [c.c. 814; c.p. 625, 626, 646, 647, 649; c.n. 510, 593, 1146] (4). The crime is punishable upon complaint by the injured person, unless one or more of the circumstances referred to in articles 61, number 7), e 625 (5) (6)»

We therefore await to know if the public prosecutor of Rome, after having learned from the newspapers the news of crime, will open a file to be paid by Konrad Krajewski, citizen of Vatican City State, asking if necessary for international rogatory his extradition to Italy to meet the crime committed.

If not, in this pleasant country of ours where almost always out of turn and for trivial matters to say the least we shout to secularism, it means we went back to Rome ruled by er Cardenal Nepotc, but especially, starting today, all delinquent in similar situations will be able to break the seal and breaking the law in such a way, without that the Public Prosecutor can proceed against them, all based on the principle that destructive Caesar on his part owes everything, while Caesar, by subsidiaries that form the body of citizens, is not due yet nothing.

Of one thing, the Cardinal-electrician and who for him It can be quite sure: with this operation gave to someone at least a million votes, without the need to spend time and energy to do exhausting and expensive election campaigns. And this can even call: farsighted Church of the new course.

Indeed, Italian disadvantaged families who often pay with decent sacrifice supplies, if anything, wondering at times the rescheduling of the amounts due to suppliers, friends of Tarzan Okkupatore and those who support him, The vote will give him not even to die. Or to put it clear who was just hard to understand: Matteo Salvini, the terrible naughty boy of the so-called populism, Thanks to the Holy See from the heart!

To get out of this yet another poor showing, the Holy See has only one solution: put your hands in your pocket and pay to Caesar about 300.000 euro bills in back by those who Caesar believes not having anything, or, if not, Free give away a million votes to Matteo Salvini.

In short: to Caesar, except by what is due, He takes it back, forever and penalty with interest.

the Island of Patmos, 12 May 2019

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«You will know the truth and the truth will set you free» [GV 8,32],
but bring, spread and defend the truth not only of
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