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World Youth Day – 26 July 2024

26 juillet 2024
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, enthusiasm, expérience, faith, the poor, universality, young people

World Youth Day is a global gathering where young people deepen their faith, experience the universality of the Catholic Church, and commit their lives to Christ alongside hundreds of thousands of like-minded peers.

The Archbishop of Seoul, S. Korea invites you to WYD Seoul 2027! See you at WYD Seoul 2027

Today marks the beginning of the Year of Frassati! To prepare for the 100th anniversary of the day Blessed Pier Giorgio entered into eternal life on the 4th of July 1925, the Archbishop of Turin, Italy is inviting all young people to discover the life of “The Man of the 8 Beatitudes,” as Holy Mother Church prepared for the Canonization during the Jubilee of 2025.

« 2025 will mark the centenary of the death of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young man who was born and lived in the city of Turin, venerated by the Church for the great enthusiasm of his Christian faith and for the contagious example of his charity, especially towards those poor. » Msgr. Roberto Repole   (Dario Mobini)

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5th Sunday of the Year, A

2 février 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: comforting, Is.58:7-10, listening, relief, Temptation, the homeless, the hungry, the Lord, the oppressed, the poor, understanding

Have you ever said to yourself: ‘If only I knew what God expects from me!’
The 1st reading of this Sunday (5th of Year A – Is.58:7-10) answers this desire.

The very first line says :
“It is the Lord who speaks…”
The prophet Isaiah, God’s messenger, reveals to us what God wants from us:

“Share your bread with the hungry,
and shelter the homeless poor,
clothe the man you see to be naked,
and give relief to the oppressed.”

It is clear and simple, but very demanding indeed!
Not to try and escape, not to do as if I had not seen, not to pretend I have not noticed.

The temptation is always there: to mind my own business, not to meddle with what concerns other people.

And if ‘what concerns other people’ – their needs, their situation of want, their lack of this or that – should become ‘my own business’!…
This is exactly what these words of the Lord demand of me.

We are inclined to protest: “There are so many people in need, they are always there… “
Their presence annoys us sometimes, their persistence irritates us.

‘We can’t help everybody!’ – ‘No, for sure…’
‘Impossible to come to the aid of everyone!’ – ‘Obviously!… But perhaps… one at a time…’

And beyond the material assistance, there is the understanding look, the attentive listening, the comforting reply…

And the word of the Lord asking that we do something,
this demanding word which exacts what we hesitate to give,
this word bears a promise:

“Cry, and the Lord will answer;
call, and he will say : ‘I am here’!”

Source: Images: colourbox; Daily Mail