The crisis: The failure of activism
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«The transcendence of God, far from crushing man or diminishing him, communicates itself to him and elevates him to a higher level. The God who surpasses man makes him capable of surpassing himself."
by Giovanni Cucci
The person, emotionally mature, is the one who knows how to integrate his reflective and intellectual capacity with the corresponding emotions so that choices are a concrete expression of the ideals cultivated and shared with freedom and gratuitousness.
In a voluntaristic vision, life is above all the work of our efforts; fragilities cannot find space, but in this way we no longer even notice the riches and different gifts that constitute the precious uniqueness of each one. Characteristic of this approach to life is that we have lost the sense of gratuitousness: the Lord has ceased to be the master of the vineyard, he has become a collaborator, at most our "vice president". For this reason it is good that the crisis explodes and shatters this possessive pride. Cardinal Daneels, archbishop of Brussels, confided in this regard: «When I come home after a long day at work, I go to the chapel and pray. I say to the Lord: 'Behold, it is over for today. Now, let's be serious, is this diocese yours or mine?' The Lord says: 'What do you think?' And I reply, 'I think it is yours.' 'It is true, says the Lord, it is mine.' And then I say: 'Then, Lord, it is up to you to take responsibility for the diocese and direct it.
Saint Joseph, merciful man and guardian of Mercy
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by Paolo Antoci
Saint Joseph and mercy. An unusual "combination"; we are used to thinking, instead, of his Bride, invoked many times as Mother or Queen "of Mercy" or "of Mercy". Yet Saint Joseph also has a singular and not secondary aspect that links him to Mercy and in fact distinguishes him as a "merciful man". In this jubilee year on mercy, Pope Francis, in the bull of indiction Misericordiae Vultus invites us to extend our prayer to the saints who "made mercy their life mission" (MV 24). So why not think of Saint Joseph, the greatest of the saints, as he was the husband of the Mother of Mercy and earthly father of Jesus Christ, Infinite Mercy?
In the "guardianship" of Saint Joseph, the alliance of the human with the divine triumphs
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Joseph is a witness of God's faithfulness to our poor humanity
by Tarcisio Stramare
Called to be the Guardian of the Redeemer, "Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his bride with him" (Mt 1,24:XNUMX). In these words we have the compendium of what Saint Joseph is and what Saint Joseph did, that is, the description of the figure and mission of the Guardian of Jesus. The definition revolves around the term Redeemer, that is, Jesus the Redeemer of man, theme central to Christianity and dominant motif of Pope John Paul II's announcement.
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