There is a lack of wise and just guides
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Today the devastation of
Jerusalem, over which Isaiah weeps. Image of a world where relationships are upset, where young people ask for authoritative teachers, but find none
by Rosanna Virgili
Nn the book of the prophet Isaiah, a period of power vacuum in Jerusalem is portrayed, a condition of anarchy that upsets the city, extending its devastating effects throughout Judea. The strong colors of a society now completely destructured and enervated reach their expressive peak in a scene of desperation: «Seven women will grab a single man, on that day, and will say: We will feed on our own bread and wear our own clothes; only, let us bear your name. Take away our shame" (Is 4, 1).
Swords will be beaten into plowshares
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Isaiah casts a prophetic gaze over Jerusalem and Mount Zion. Here God brings about the transformation of war, here we can and must hope for peace against all hope
by Rosanna Virgili
Cith the beginning of the second chapter of his book, Isaiah projects an eschatological perspective on the city of Jerusalem and Judah; Jerusalem becomes a universal pole,
In the terrible hour: in the company of Saint Joseph
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of Msgr. Silvano Macchi
Joseph's name will be our protection all days
of our life, but above all at the moment of death
Blessed William G. Chaminade
UA (short) journey is what I intend to do with these episodes - between history, theology, spirituality, devotion - around one of the many invocations with which Saint Joseph, the patron saint of the dying, is venerated and prayed for (in the litanies, Patron moriéntium), patron saint of the dying, patron saint of a good death. It is an invocation with which Joseph has been greeted since the 17th century.
The notes of the Church
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of Msgr. Angelo Sceppacerca
The Church expresses itself through
four characteristics.
They can be experienced and invite men to conversion.
Una, holy, catholic and apostolic: there are four essential – “known” – properties of the Church, included in its Creed since the first centuries.