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dim aMenu(20)
dim aSez(20)
cDataBreve = "07/23/2024"
cDataEstera= "Tuesday, July 23"
cLingua = "en"
cLinguaCode= "EN"
cTitolo = "Memory of the Mother of the Lord"
cIcona = "maria.jpg"
cAlleluia1 = "The Spirit of the Lord is upon you.
The child you shall bear will be holy.
"
cAlleluia2 = "Look down, O Lord, on your servants.
Be it unto us according to your word.
"
aMenu(1) = Array("Reading of the Word of God","")
aMenu(2) = Array("Reading of the Word of God","")
aMenu(3) = Array("Reading of the Word of God","")
aMenu(4) = Array("Reading of the Word of God","")
aMenu(5) = Array("Reading of the Word of God","")
aMenu(6) = Array("Reading of the Word of God","")
aMenu(7) = Array("The Prayer","../index.htm")
aMenu(8) = Array("Home page","../../index.html")
aSez(1) = Array("=GetMemoria", "=GetLettura", "=GetCommento")
aSez(2) = Array("=GetMemoria", "=GetLettura", "=GetCommento")
aSez(3) = Array("=GetMemoria", "=GetLettura", "=GetCommento")
aSez(4) = Array("=GetMemoria", "=GetLettura", "=GetCommento")
aSez(5) = Array("=GetMemoria", "=GetLettura", "=GetCommento")
aSez(6) = Array("=GetMemoria", "=GetLettura", "=GetCommento")
nVociMenu = 8
cTempo = "ORDINARIO"
cPreghiera = "maria"
cSalmo = ""
cVersetti1 = ""
cVersetti2 = ""
cVersettiV = "Matthew 12,46-50"
cLettura1 = ""
cLettura2 = ""
cLetturaV = "He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?' And stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.'"
cMemoria = "Memorial of St. Anthony (+1073) and Theodosius (+1074) founders of the Monastery of the lavra of Caves, the great monastery of Kiev, and fathers of eastern Slavic monasticism. We remember Christians in Ukraine."
cOmelia = "It is an episode reported by all the Synoptics and this marks its importance in the first Christian community. Jesus is still speaking to the crowd when his mother and his brothers arrive and seek to meet him. The large crowd hinders the relatives from getting near Jesus. The evangelist notes that the relatives remained "outside;" they are not among those who were listening to him. It is not merely a spatial observation. The evangelist underlines that faith does not pass through blood, but through the listening of the Word of God. To those who tell Jesus that "outside" are his mother and brothers waiting for him, he responds that his mother and his relatives are those who listen to him, precisely those who are "inside" in order to hear the preaching of the Gospel. Jesus wants to clearly indicate his new family, which is the one made up of his disciples, of those who trust him, and the poor who entrust themselves to him. The Word of God refines "natural" relations and recreates them through the work of the Spirit poured out in our hearts. From listening to the Word of God is born a new family, much broader and firmer than the natural one. The bonds of fraternity that Jesus came to establish are not founded on ourselves and our worldly belongings but on the listening of the Word of God. The Christian community gathered by the Gospel is a blessing for the entire society and especially for those who are alone, poor, abandoned, afflicted, persecuted. For all of them the community of disciples is often the only family who welcomes and takes care of them."
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