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It can sometimes happen in a person's life that, in a single moment,
the happiness he or she has known is lost in an instant and life becomes
a nightmare. An accident, or sudden death, or natural disaster can
cause this change. Or it can come through an act of injustice - as it did
to Susannah in today's reading from the Book of Daniel. Sometimes you
see this kind of thing in society, where innocent people are "framed" by
evil persons so that the latter can do with them what they will. What happens in you when you witness this? Do you become enraged, like Daniel, and seek ways to rescue the innocent party? Such rage is divine, and you should trust it; for God stirs the human heart against the exploitation of the innocent. If Susannah had had no one on her side through whom God could establish her innocence, the liars and seducers would have triumphed. But she had Daniel, whose heart was in tune with God's, and she was saved. Today's first reading is an encouragement to us to love truth and justice so much that, in their absence, we simply cannot remain silent. Lord, may our hearts discern evil and our tongues utter what is just. |
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That consecrated people, answering the call of their
particular vocation, may radiate the spirit of the Gospel beatitudes in the
present-day world
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In the world of today there is a widespread search for joy, happiness,
serenity, liberty. That is why the consecrated religious is called on
to remind every person that the life of a human being comes from God.
Religious give outstanding and striking testimony that the world cannot
be transformed and offered to God without the spirit of the Beatitudes
which proposes a way of living and for people to relate to each other.
The consecrated life is for all the faithful a luminous sign of the
common vocation to holiness, a model on which to draw inspiration and
courage. Besides, the religious community based on motivations of faith,
on mutual love and on sharing presents itself as a call to the constant
reform of ecclesial communities. The commitment asked of consecrated people needs the support, awareness and prayer of the entire Christian community, so that human weakness may not prevail but may always allow itself to be led and transformed by God's action. In fact, the attitudes indicated by the Beatitudes not only point a sure way towards fulfilment and charity, but also lead directly to the Person of Christ who came so that men and women not only might have life but have it to the full. | |
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