SAINT CARLO BORROMEO PATRON OF MILAN AND THE CARDINALITY OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF NAPLES
The appointment of the Neapolitan prelate as cardinal was announced on 4 November, day on which the Church commemorates San Carlo Borromeo, who was cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, city of which he is co-patron together with the main patron Sant'Ambrogio.
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The cardinal nomination of the Neapolitan Prelate was announced on 4 November, day on which the Church commemorates San Carlo Borromeo, who was cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, city of which he is co-patron together with the main patron Sant'Ambrogio.
There are things that many people miss, busy as I am jumping from one blog to another to quickly scroll through half the news, most of which fake news or gossip offered by social media.
Not surprising that the conferral of cardinal dignity on the Metropolitan Archbishop of Naples was suddenly announced. Something else is perplexing: the cardinal nomination of Neapolitan prelate was announced on 4 November, day on which the Church commemorates Saint Charles Borromeo, who was cardinal and archbishop of Milan, city of which he is co-patron together with the main patron Sant'Ambrogio.
Coincidence, inadvertence or malice? Nobody is allowed to know, Only God can read the intentions hidden in man's conscience.
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JESUS TO THE GOOD SCRIBE: «YOU ARE NOT FAR FROM KINGDOM OF GOD»
«One of the scribes asked him: “Which is the first of all commandments?”. Jesus replied: “The first is: Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord; you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength". The second is this: "You will love your neighbor as yourself". There is no other commandment greater than these ".
Before this Sunday's Gospel passage Jesus had to face several groups of adversaries: priests, scribes and elders of the people (Mc 11,27ss.); Pharisees and Herodians (Mc 12,13ss.) finally the Sadducees (Mc 12,18ss.).
Reggio Calabria: Jesus and the scribe, Metropolitan Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assunta
Now, But, He approaches him, alone, a single member of one of these groups. It has no preventions, nor a prejudicially negative disposition towards Jesus. He has just listened to the last discussion with the Sadducees on the Resurrection and must have appreciated its wisdom. In fact, a sincere consonance is established between the two. Let's read the passage:
"During that time, one of the scribes approached Jesus and asked him: “Which is the first of all commandments?”. Jesus replied: “The first is: Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord; you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength". The second is this: "You will love your neighbor as yourself". There is no other commandment greater than these”. The scribe told him: “You said it right, Maestro, and according to truth, that He is unique and there is no other but Him; love him with all my heart, with all the intelligence and with all the strength and loving one's neighbor as oneself is worth more than all the holocausts and sacrifices”. Seeing that he had responded wisely, Jesus told him: “You are not far from the kingdom of God”. And no one had the courage to question him anymore.". (MC 12,28-34).
The question asked by the scribe: «Which is the first of all commandments?», was born from a widespread need among industry experts Torah: there is a commandment, a summary of God's precepts, on which all others depend? The rabbis will count 613 commands in the Babylonian Talmud and this search for the essential, of the commandment on which everything else "was hung" is not new. In the Old Testament there were already several formulations of precepts in synthetic form. In Shall 15 are listed 11, in Is 33,15-16 hello beautiful 6 and so on. Later elaborated by the wise men of Israel, were divided, particularly from the school of Rabbi Hillel, in «heavy» or «light». Even Jesus seems to accept this approach and recognizes that there are "minimal" precepts (Mt 5,19), which however cannot be overlooked.
Jesus responds citing the beginning of the as the first commandment Shema, the profession of faith in the Lord God repeated three times a day by every Jewish believer, central to the entire rabbinic tradition:
«Listen, Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. You will love the Lord, your god, with all my heart, with all my soul and with all my strength" (Dt 6,4-5).
According to this prayer listening has absolute primacy and is man's decisive relationship with God. Obedient listening is then the basis of love towards God and beyond, as we'll see. Looking closely at the words of Deuteronomy, taken from Jesus, outline a theological path, spiritual and emotional starting from listening, «Listen, Israel", It leads to the faith, "The Lord is our God"; from faith to his intimate knowledge, «The Lord is one», and from knowledge to love: «You will love the Lord». This increasingly penetrating knowledge that distinguishes Jewish monotheism and which influenced Christianity and then Islam is something original and unique in the cultural and religious panorama of the time. It is not born from an idea, from a philosophical reflection, as could happen in Greece, but from the experience that God has acted in history in favor of his people, saving it and making an alliance with it. From this revelation which requires recognition we arrive at a relationship of love for God, therefore we are His and He is for us. One and only God who loves each other with all the powers of the human soul.
But there's more. While the scribe asks Jesus for just one commandment, here He advances a second one, citing that of love for others: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Lv 19,18). The full version of the Leviticus verse reads:
«You shall not take revenge or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord ".
Love for others even in the tradition preceding Jesus it was considered a fundamental precept, that, together with the precept of love for God, it condensed the whole Torah. But Jesus connects the two commands, indissolubly combining the love of God with that of others. For Jesus the two precepts unite heaven and earth; man to God and man to man: "vertical" love which implies loving God and "horizontal" love which requires loving one's neighbor can no longer be separated. From this answer, therefore, it seems that love for God cannot exist without love for others. The first commandment implies the second and the second presupposes the first.
It is important to reflect on the new, at the level of the contents of faith, that this combination of biblical passages brings with it. There is no doubt that Jesus establishes a precise hierarchy between the two precepts, placing love for God above all else. At the same time, But, going back to the will of the Legislator, he discerns that love of God and neighbor are in close connection with each other: the Law and the Prophets are summarized and depend on the love of God and neighbor, never one without the other. It is no coincidence that in Matthew's version the second commandment is defined as similar to the first (Mt 22,39), while the evangelist Luke even unites them in one great commandment: «You will love the Lord your God […] and your next one" (LC 10,27). In other words, if it is true that every human being is created by God in his image (Gen 1,26-27), it is not possible to claim to love God and, at the same time, despise his image on earth.
The Christian tradition he expressed his love for God in different ways, expressing it as a movement of research, longing or desire. Or the love for Him was perceived as obeying, in the true sense of listening to his word and responding to it. It is the love that seeks to carry out God's will and to live as He wants. Anyhow, despite what the world thinks, world that curiously is linked to many gods and idols, until you become a slave to it, Christian love is liberating because it is inscribed in this relationship with God who exalts and strengthens it and like a pole attracts towards itself every type of love that man can build on earth.
In the end, in the Gospel of John, Jesus will take a further step when he affirms: “Love one another as I have loved you” (GV 13,34; 15,12), that is, without measure, "until the end" (GV 13,1). In this bold synthesis, Jesus does not even make explicit the request to love God, because he knows well that when people love each other, in doing this they already experience the love of God. This mutual love also becomes the recognizable sign of Jesus' disciples:
«From this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another" (GV 13,35).
At this point everyone stops, as satisfied, and they don't go any further. After all, what topic is more engaging and all-encompassing than love, especially if it is aimed at God. I like, instead, conclude by still remembering this scribe who provoked Jesus' answers. The fact, for instance, that he waited for the right moment to approach him. In conclusion, after all those discussions with those who wanted to test him, Jesus could also decline and say enough. Instead, the Lord must have found his question pertinent and took inspiration from it for a new teaching that we still find inexhaustible today.. This scribe replies to Jesus that he spoke well, repeat his words, unifying them in a single commandment that summarizes them. Finally he recognizes that this commandment even surpasses the system of sacrifices and burnt offerings, in that moment, it represented an important article of Jewish belief and worship. He therefore richly deserves that praise of Jesus which will remain forever: «You are not far from the kingdom of God».
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ABOUT THE MINISTER OF CULTURE. THE LACK OF DEGREES IS PERHAPS A SIGN OF GREAT GENIALITY ON THE LEFT AND A REASON FOR GREAT TASTE ON THE RIGHT?
The "party comedians" sent on the attack to make fun of the “poor” Minister of Culture because he does not graduate, then to follow because he graduated at almost fifty years old, by chance they also intend to make fun of certain flagship authors celebrated as undisputed icons of the Left, some of whom did not even finish high school or high school?
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The current minister of culture Alessandro Giulihe was the subject of criticism and ridicule because he did not have a degree, then because he only recently obtained his degree on the threshold of 50 year old.
Alberto Pincherle, aka Alberto Moravia (1907 – 1990)
On the left side they indulged themselves in giving the best of themselves. Personally I think the Minister deserves criticism, even severe if desired, but otherwise, not for the lack of a degree, which has never constituted a guarantee of intelligence for anyone, wisdom, preparation and competence.
Let's take just a few of those authors considered untouchable intellectuals as well as flags of the Left of yesterday and today:
Italo Calvino (Santiago de Las Vegas 1923 – Siena 1985) who was a lazy and mediocre student since his adolescence, enrolled in the faculty of agriculture where he only took a few exams and then withdrew from his studies, today he is considered one of the most significant narrators of the twentieth century (cf.. WHO).
Elio Vittorini (Syracuse, 1908 – Milano, 1966) who, far from ever having graduated, did not even manage to obtain a diploma from the accounting institute, today he is included in the Olympus of twentieth-century Italian writers (cf.. WHO).
Alberto Moravia (Rome, 1907 - Rome, 1990) who didn't even finish classical high school, interrupting his studies after the first two years of high school, he is the author of a novel (The indifferent, 1929) considered “capital work” of twentieth-century literature (cf.. WHO).
These authors had something in common with each other who were several times editorialists of The Unity, official organ of the Italian Communist Party, and for years, the Third Page of the communist newspaper The Manifesto, he dedicated every kind of exaggerated celebratory criticism to them.
The "party comedians" sent to attack to mock the “poor” Minister of Culture because he does not graduate, then to follow because he graduated at almost fifty years old, by chance they also intend to make fun of certain flagship authors celebrated as undisputed icons of the Left, some of whom did not even finish high school or high school?
Velletri of Rome, 30 October 2024
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THANK YOU AND THE LOVE OF GOD ? IT IS OUT OF DISCUSSION L’GODS LOVE, WHILE ON FREE IT IS WELL TO EVALUATE AND AVOID IF APPROPRIATE. A NEW LOOK OF THE ISLAND OF PATMOS
Many just need a mobile phone in their hands and an Internet connection to believe that culture and knowledge should be free, if not worse: that they are due. Like this, everything that doesn't have a cost risks becoming entertainment, if not worse, a source of quarrel and aggression on the part of serial haters and internet brawlers.
the 20 October this magazinehe accomplished 10 years of journalistic activity. I Editorial Fathers they would have liked to all get together to celebrate, but commitments of various kinds in different parts of Italy did not allow this. They have been ten very beautiful years, of continuous growth and increase, without ever knowing bending. From 1 January 2024 to date we have already exceeded the 30 millions of visits.
«I thank you and I will read your book, but I'll give you some advice: don't give away your works left and right, what is given as a gift is often not appreciated. Writing certain books takes effort, study and sacrifices of various kinds. Some books can take years of work, if anyone wants to read them, if you buy them".
I treasured that wise teaching also thinking about other implications, perhaps ignored by that elderly man, like the way in which certain writings and works are despised and criticized with insults by more or less anonymous subjects who go crazy for the social media and that they have only read the title of certain articles, at most the subtitle.
Today Michelangelo's Pietà it is placed sheltered behind glass, in order to avoid that some other madman can vandalize it with a hammer like happened in 1972.
To prevent our monumental cathedrals continued to be assaulted by barbarian hordes interested only in getting high selfies, not infrequently even damage, since it didn't cost anything to get in and out, an entrance fee was imposed to overcome such problems.
For many, a cell phone in their hands is enough and an Internet connection to believe that culture and knowledge should be free, if not worse: that they are due. Like this, everything that doesn't have a cost risks becoming entertainment, if not worse, a source of quarrel and aggression on the part of serial haters and internet brawlers.
The Fathers of the Island of Patmos they have thus decided to put a "ticket" in the form of an annual subscription to access all those theological and current affairs articles that require particular work, time and dedication. The cost of the subscription is 5 € per month, for a total of 60 euro per year. The proceeds will be used to pay the living expenses of this magazine of ours which annually amount to 5.200 Euro.
It is usual to say free the amor Dei. It is out of the question L'amor Dei, while on the free it is best to evaluate and avoid if necessary, especially when it is not appropriate, less than ever due. On gratitude, instead, it's better to overlook...
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THAT LIGHT OF FAITH WHICH RESTORES SIGHT TO THE BLIND
The disciples must finally open their eyes, especially those of the heart and faith, to see clearly what is about to happen, and that is the scandal of the defeated Messiah, grasping all its meaning and salvific value.
There are many stories in the Gospels, in which the care and concern with which Jesus takes care of the sick is highlighted: he takes care of them in body and spirit and recommends his disciples to do the same.
the surgeon Grazia Pertile (To the right) during retinal surgery in Negrar Hospital (Verona)
When John the Baptist he sends two of his disciples to ask for a sign of the Messiah, Jesus affirms his identity with words: "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are resurrected" (LC 7, 22). In this Sunday, thirtieth of ordinary time, we hear about the healing of a blind man.
"During that time, while Jesus was leaving Jericho together with his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, who was blind, He sat by the roadside begging. Hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry and to say: "Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!». Many scolded him to keep quiet, but he shouted even louder: "Son of David, have mercy on me!». Jesus stopped and said: «Call him!». They called the blind man, telling him: "Courage! get up, calling you!». They, thrown away his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him: "What do you want me to do for you?». And the blind man answered him: "Rabboni, that I see again!». And Jesus said to him: "We ', your faith has saved you ". And immediately he saw again and followed him along the road." (MC 10,46-52).
Today's Gospel tells us about the last miracle performed by Jesus during his earthly life, if we do not take into account the mention of Matthew: «The blind and lame approached him in the temple, and he healed them" (Mt 21,14); and the episode, narrated by Luke in the story of the passion, when Jesus heals the ear of the high priest's servant who was struck by one of his men (LC 22, 51).
This healing of blind Bartimaeus is emblematic, since in the narrative plan of the second Gospel, right after saying: "your faith has saved you", Jesus quickly resumes his journey. The complete opening verse he recites: «And they came to Jericho. As he left Jericho together with his disciples and a large crowd" (v. 46) in fact, it expresses all the haste of Jesus to complete his journey which will take him to Jerusalem where his human destiny and his mission will be fulfilled. There is still a short uphill stretch to go (cf. LC 10,30) and the blind man now healed: "started following him down the street" (v. 52).
Thus keeping these hints in mind e, in particular, that healing occurs at this point in Jesus' ministry, close to his passion, we understand that for Marco it may have a significant symbolic value. As if to say that the disciples must finally open their eyes, especially those of the heart and faith, to see clearly what is about to happen, and that is the scandal of the defeated Messiah, grasping all its meaning and salvific value. The main intention of Mark's account of Jesus' journey was to show who he isThe one we are talking about. It is no coincidence that the writing of the second Gospel is intimately oriented towards the moment in which the Roman centurion, faced with the death on the cross of Jesus Christ, dice: «Truly this man was the Son of God!» (MC 15,39). It is at the Cross that the mystery of Jesus Christ is revealed. According to Mark's narrative intentions, the identity of that "Hidden One" who was Jesus (see the «messianic secret) and that only in particular moments, like the Transfiguration, had revealed itself to the eyes of a few disciples, now, at the time of the crucifixion, it is revealed through the words of a pagan.
Who has read the Gospel of Mark up to this point we remember that at the beginning of his journey to Jerusalem Jesus had healed another blind man. An episode that has been reproduced several times by painters over the centuries, together with that of the man born blind of GV 9. That time the healing was quite cumbersome and twice the Lord had to lay his hands on the eyes of the blind man who was slowly starting to see.. In fact, instead of seeing people he saw "walking trees" (MC 8,24). Now, almost at the gates of the holy city, to heal Bartimaeus the gesture of the laying on of hands is no longer needed, but only faith is necessary.
Thus we understand that Marco he doesn't just want to narrate a usual act of power on the part of Jesus, ma, especially at this time, make it a catechesis on the true faith, hidden between the folds of the text and valid for believers of every generation. Bartimaeus crying out to Jesus, who calls out to him loudly: "Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!», while the others told him to shut up, it is the example of the disciple who insistently seeks salvation from Jesus, showing trust in Him. This faith of Bartimaeus forces Jesus to stop, «Jesus stopped and said: «Call him!», and it's so strong, like his voice, that Jesus doesn't need to touch him, but this alone is enough for the miracle to happen: «And Jesus said to him: "We ', your faith has saved you ". Along the journey described in MC 8,22-10,52 Jesus taught his disciples who He is, what awaits him in Jerusalem and what it means to follow him. But those closest to Jesus did not understand this, they sought rather honors and primacies. This blind man who calls Jesus with the messianic title of Son of David and who, when asked, addresses Him with that Aramaic variant, Rabbi my master, preserved only here by Mark and then by John when Magdalene recognizes the Risen Jesus (GV 20, 16), in this way he expresses the desire of every believer to lift his gaze from the ground, to see again, to raise your sight; the view at this point of faith. This is how we can interpret that verb (look up, anablepso) used by Mark to express the will of the blind man: "Rabboni, that I see again!».
Bartimaeus received the gift of sight and of faith he sets out on the path of Jesus, the one that leads to Jerusalem. It becomes the emblem of the disciple who has recognized who Jesus is and is not scandalized if his path leads him to suffering and death at the hands of the Jewish and Roman authorities, because thanks to faith he glimpses the salvific mystery hidden in them.
And finally, a note now recognized by several exegetes. This blind man bears a curious name that we do not find in any list of names from the time of Jesus. A half-Aramaic name (bar) and half Greek: the son of Timaeus. If the Gospel of Mark, as an ancient tradition reports, it was written in Rome, several educated and cultured readers of the time could not help but think of Timaeus, one of Plato's most important dialogues. It is possible that this too, in Marco's intent, is a veiled hint. It is no coincidence that Bartimaeus is called that, like a Greek, disguised as a blind beggar through whom Greek culture seeks contact with Jesus.
We thus discover that it is hidden among the folds of what initially might have appeared as yet another story of a miracle, the testimony of an authentic faith and the sincere search for contact between cultures is hidden. After all, Marco had already accustomed us to the encounter of Christianity with different worlds. Let us think of the demoniac Legion in the land of the Gerasenes (MC 5, 1) and to the Greek-speaking woman who asks Jesus for healing for her daughter (MC 7, 24-30).
Marco's work, as can be seen from the data within the text, such as knowledge of several Latin words, it is traditionally believed to be the Gospel brought into the heart of paganism, Rome, and emanation of Peter's preaching in that city. In the figure of that poor blind man on the side of the road between Jericho and Jerusalem there is perhaps contained the hope of men and women from all over who wish to see and believe in Jesus to follow him.
From the Hermitage, 27 October 2024
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DEAR TUCHO I'M WRITING TO YOU, SO I DISTRACTED MYSELF A LITTLE BIT
However, we really like colloquial speaking, like between old friends, goes a long way A lot nice. Also because behind that Italian is a bit like that, which is found in official documents, we always perceive those South American cadences that immediately make us "fiesta", or as the late Raffaella Carrà sang: «How fantastic is this party?»
You don't mind, vero, if I address you like this? It's that you - you and the Big Boss - have cleared the colloquial style outside the box and the precision to which that other guy had accustomed us. That, what was his name? The one who left before his due time. However, we really like colloquial speaking, like between old friends, also because it does a lot A lot nice. Also because behind that Italian is a bit like that, which is found in official documents, we always perceive those South American cadences that immediately make us "fiesta", or as the late Raffaella Carrà sang: How fantastic is this party?.
They also remind us Speedy Gonzalez when he shouted: "Above, Above!»; or the Argentine song: Boys, tonight I'm getting drunk.
It's just that we read your letter sent to the Synod on abandoning the question of the ordination of women deacons. It is the Grand Chief who said that the matter is not mature. Like pears or kiwis. All right. If he says it, he obeys.
But what a great excuse you made at the beginning. It reminds me of when they called me to the interview and I wasn't prepared. I think I made my grandmother die I don't know how many times, poor woman! But it did her good, because she left at a good age. How do you write in an official document addressed precisely to that "Group 5" that was supposed to debate the issue, than the group coordinator, The Doctrinal Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was absent because he had to go to the doctor? And since they were expecting you, then you sent two other people to write down the proposals. Come on. It wasn't better to say, like you do now: Let it go. If anything, let them know the day before: "Day off tomorrow", as Ancelotti said to the Real Madrid players the day they won the Champion.
However, a lot knit also the reasons why it can't be done. The first. Since the ministry of catechists, proposed by the Grand Chief, the bishops did not accept it, except for a very few, then deaconesses are no good. A compelling logic. How to say: Since aspirin does not cure cancer, then let's forget about those drugs that cure this evil. Optimal. You say: But not even the bishops of the Amazon did it, that women and catechists find themselves leading communities without a priest. Grace to the cabbage. They asked for the ordination of married people, what do they do with aspirin, to return to the example.
The second is also strong. The acolyte for women has been accepted to a small extent in the dioceses and priests are often the first to not propose anyone. Another logic that puts you in a corner. So since a product doesn't sell, or is hindered by someone, let's close the factory or send another supply chain to hell that could bring in good money instead. Extraordinary.
But the nail it is touched upon in the last motivation which is really from Feline thrill. Especially if you consider that it comes from someone who presides over a Dicastery of the Holy See:
«The diaconate for males: in how many dioceses of the world has he been welcomed. And where they were welcomed, how often are they just ordained altar boys?».
Now, if I were a permanent deacon I would feel offended, but a lot eh, that such a vulgar caricature of the diaconate comes from the place you occupy. Then, felt, I can say that all priests are pedophiles? That you in the Vatican live the good life and that you are in the richest state in the world, as the speakers of black legends say? Of course I can say that, because this is the logic you use, touch, similarly to the speakers of the black legends.
Sorry huh, if I told you so directly. If you get angry I'm sorry, I take everything back. Because I would also have some on the Big Chief. Oh yeah. You say that He would have chosen that the Commission established during the year should continue to work on the issue 2020. Four years that «trabajan», cabbage. How long does it take them? And there are twelve of them, like the Apostles. Oh well, you know how things go over there. Forty years to say something about Medjugorje. By the way, It's not like that talkative Lady could tell us anything precise about these matters, even eavesdropping at the Principal's door? Instead of all these secrets to be revealed?
However, what I wanted to give you is a suggestion. Next time instead of taking us for fools, tell us: «It is done, or, it's not done". If anything adding: «Because it's a hard thing for everyone to digest». It's better. That we have no time to waste, not even to delude ourselves.
Always yours most devoted, Kind regards from a concerned hermit.
From the Hermitage, 24 October 2024
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For those who will read: the writing is not in favor of women deacons, nor married priests. These are debated theories, no? He is only interested in the way of communicating currently in force in those parts, in the Vatican. I beg you: don't be Tucho too.
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NOTHING BUT BLACK LEGENDS ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES, THANKSGIVING DAY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE CRUSADES AND THE CRUSADERS
The very blonde one naked maja which on the Rai television networks speaks with arrogant and ignorant disdain about certain historical events using the term Middle Ages in a negative sense, today he would wearabaya on the body and head the chador, in the best and most liberal of hypotheses thehijab nero, if the crusades had failed and the crusaders had lost some delicate battles.
– The briefs of the Fathers of the Isle of Patmos –
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Among the black legends about the Middle Ages Crusades and crusaders are all the rage, the witch hunt follows which we will talk about in another Brief.
In Egypt where i “bad” Crusaders did not win and these were the consequences
To those who doacculturano between social media e talk show it should be explained that the Mohammedans destroyed all the oldest Christian communities in North Africa in the 7th century, mother land of the greatest fathers and doctors of the Church. To name just one: Aurelio, who later became Agostino, he was originally from Tagaste, the current one Souk Ahras, he was later Bishop of Hippo, the current one Annaba, both cities of today's Algeria.
If it weren't for the Crusades and the Crusaders today the Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran it would be a large mosque like the former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia a Istanbul. I know Lepanto “Holy League” had not defeated the Mohammedans in 1571, with two hops they would have reached Rome, and today, many of our women wandering the steep streets, low-cut and with bare bellies, they would wear dresses down to their ankles and walk with their heads down.
The very blonde one naked maja which on the Rai television networks speaks with arrogant and ignorant disdain about certain historical events using the term Middle Ages in a negative sense, today he would wear it’abayaon the body and head the chador, in the best and most liberal of hypotheses l’hijab nero, if the crusades had failed and the crusaders had lost some delicate battles.
Velletri of Rome, 24 October 2024
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NO CRITICISM FOR ITSELF'S END ON BALLETS INSIDE ROMAN BASILICAS, ONLY FOUR SHORT THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS TO THE BISHOPS
It must be the local ethnic particularity that submits to Catholic universality or rather the Catholic universality that instead submits to the local ethnic particularity?
— The Briefs of the Fathers of The Island of Patmos —
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Author Simone Pifizzi
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First question: it was necessary to stage these ethnic dances in the Papal Archbasilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura on the occasion of the canonization of the holy missionary priest Giuseppe Allamano, founder of Consolata Missionaries?
Second question: these ethnic ballets are part of our Latin culture and liturgical tradition?
Third question: it must be the local ethnic particularity that submits to Catholic universality or rather the Catholic universality that instead submits to the local ethnic particularity?
These are three purely theological questions, no harsh criticism, no ill will towards the ethnic dances of the Black Continent, which I and all the other brothers on this island of Patmos have always liked very much, but which we find out of place inside the ancient Roman basilicas.
Let us ask these three questions to our Bishops not for us Presbyters who perhaps also know the answer, but for our Catholic faithful, increasingly disoriented and lost.
Florence, 23 October 2024
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SOME "DREAM BOYFRIENDS" OF OUR PEERS AND A LEGITIMATE POSTHUMUS QUESTION
«The unforgettable Mia Martini, in his song “Gli men” he sang: “Women's patience begins at that age”. With hindsight today I have to tell you that I feel like paraphrasing: “The irrationality of us women begins at that age”»
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I'm old now and distant memories come back to my mind, starting from those of adolescence.
I present to you some of the numerous womanizers, chosen at random, idolized by our companions, at the time we had between 16 e i 20 year old, men of dreams and their undisputed male and erotic models. And when any of us, perhaps a little more intuitive and introspective, he said he smelled a certain vegetable - today unmentionable, except being accused of so-called homophobia — the crazy lovers rose up and, good that it went, they called us envious, because with some there was a real risk of lynching, especially if they were in a group.
Recently, to a childhood friend of mine, going over certain memories together I asked: «If you had married one of these womanizers and undisputed male and erotic models, you would have had a satisfying love life, a fulfilling sex life, of children...?».
He smiled at me and answered: «The unforgettable Mia Martini, in his song The men he sang: “Women's patience begins at that age”. With hindsight today I have to tell you that I feel like paraphrasing: “The irrationality of us women begins at that age”».
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THE VERY SMALL REQUEST OF GIACOMO AND GIOVANNI: "LORD, ALLOW US TO SIT, IN YOUR GLORY, ONE ON YOUR RIGHT AND ONE ON YOUR LEFT"
Many things could be highlighted about this Sunday's Gospel passage, also important, ranging from the mention of saving death such as drinking a cup or receiving a Baptism, to Jesus' response: «But among you it is not like that; but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all".
From the Gospel according to Mark: "During that time, James and John approached Jesus, the sons of Zebedee, telling him: “Maestro, we want you to do for us what we ask of you". He told them: “What do you want me to do for you?”. They answered: “Allow us to sit, in your glory, one on your right and one on your left”. Jesus said to them,: “You don't know what you're asking. You can drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized in the baptism in which I am baptized?”. They answered: “We can”. And Jesus said to them,: “The cup that I drink, you too will drink it, and in the baptism with which I am baptized you also will be baptized. But sitting on my right or my left is not up to me to grant it; it is for those for whom it was prepared”». The other ten, having heard, they began to get indignant with James and John. Then Jesus called them to him and said to them: ""You know that those who are considered the rulers of the nations rule over them and their leaders oppress them. However, this is not the case among you; but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all. In fact, even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and give one's life as a ransom for many." (MC 10,35-45).
Andrea Mantegna, Crucifixion (1457-1459), Louvre Museum, Paris
To understand the well-known scene that today's Gospel presents us we will have to take a step back and reread the three verses that precede it: «While they were on the road to go up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them and they were dismayed; those who followed him were afraid. I took the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them what was about to happen to him: "Here you are, we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes; they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the pagans, they will laugh at him, they will spit on him, they will scourge him and kill him, and after three days he will rise again"" (MC 10, 32-34).
This is the third prediction of his Passion from Jesus as he proceeds walking towards Jerusalem and these words, introduction to today's text, highlight a narrative pattern: a) announcement of the Passion; b) misunderstanding on the part of the disciples; (c)) further teaching of Jesus on being his disciples. They also allow us to understand the theological value of Jesus' words remembered in the evangelical passage. In it it stands out how totally the disciples are aligned with what the world is, even today, that is, he prefers honor, respect and a high social position. The two responses of Jesus (MC 9, 33-37 e 10, 41-45) they highlight on the one hand how far these disciples were from the way of understanding the mission for which He had been sent and how grossly they had misunderstood it. On the other hand, in a positive sense, the disciples' blunder favored the memory and transmission of a very significant saying of Jesus on the way of understanding power in the Church, valid for all times.
In particular it is highlighted from the Lord his example which becomes paradigmatic for the community of believers, a special way of serving that benefits many (anti-pollution, instead of many) described as "giving one's life as a ransom for many" (v. 45). This term used by Jesus, «ransom» (in Greek: lytron), it is singular and needs to be explained a little to avoid misunderstandings with the current way of interpreting it, i.e. as a payment in money for the purpose of freeing a kidnapped person to get him out of the prison in which he is being held. On the lips of Jesus it has a theological meaning. It is also found in the parallel passage in Matthew: «And whoever wants to be first among you, he will be your slave. Like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and give one's life as a ransom for many" (Mt 20,27-28).
«Ransom», scriptural and theological background of this word, he is the figure of the "Suffering Servant" of which the prophet Isaiah speaks. In this Sunday's First Reading we read: «My righteous servant will justify many (my lordin Hebrew), he will bear their iniquities" (Is 53,11). A concept that will also be taken up by the First Letter of Peter: «He bore our sins in his body on the wood of the cross, Why, no longer living for sin, we lived for justice" (2,24). So too wrote Isaiah: «He took on our sufferings, he took on our pains and we judged him to be punished, beaten by God and humiliated. He was pierced for our crimes, crushed for our iniquities;. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with his stripes we are healed " (Is 53,4-5). When Christians, after the death of Jesus, they attempted in various ways to interpret that tragic event in a salvific sense, they used different languages. Among the various types, that of sacrifice, of the atonement, of satisfaction or merit, there is also that of "ransom". This “means that the work of liberation was burdensome for Christ; not that he paid the price to God as to an greedy creditor. Indeed, the initiative starts precisely from the love of God and is absolutely free, like the liberation from Egypt" (Catechism for adults, the, no. 254). That language, that Jesus used by comparing himself to the suffering Servant, in fact it expresses a great love, the one for whom the Father sent the Son, to the point of allowing him to die for us: «For God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son, because anyone who believes in him is not lost, but have eternal life " (GV 3,16).
From this Sunday's evangelical page many things could be highlighted, also important, ranging from the mention of saving death such as drinking a cup or receiving a Baptism, to Jesus' response: «But among you it is not like that; but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all". However, I would like to conclude by highlighting a significant detail that becomes exemplary for us, because it shows us how from a wrong position we can instead move to a right one. Unlike Marco, Matthew has the mother of Zebedee's sons ask Jesus the offending question (Mt 20,20), a woman who remained anonymous. Several interpreters have dwelt on this inclusion to talk about the statussociety of women at that time or to say that the first evangelist perhaps wanted to avoid putting the two important apostles in a bad light. But when it comes to describing the scene of passion, the moment when almost everyone abandoned Jesus, even his disciples, for Matteo, however, she is present: «… Mary Magdalene was there, Mary mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons" (Mt 27,56). Marco, instead, shows that he doesn't know her, because he places a certain Salome in his position: «There were also some women, who watched from afar, including Mary Magdalene, Mary, mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome" (MC 15,40). In the symphony of the Gospels this woman performs a fundamental function for us. In fact, if Matteo is aware of Mc 15,40, the replacement of Salome with "the mother of Zebedee's children" is desired and serves precisely to complete the definition of her role and the process that began in the chapter 20 of his Gospel, mentioned before, when he asked Jesus the question. That is, it becomes a symbol: he followed, with other women, Jesus, since Galilee, and is now preparing to go with him to Jerusalem. To his request for primacy for his children, Jesus also addresses her, together with their children, and invites her to drink the cup he is about to drink. However, the children won't do it, «lei, surprisingly, that he had inappropriately made that request, in the end he will drink that cup, standing at Jesus' side, to its execution" (A.J. Saldarini).
From the Hermitage, 20 October 2024
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