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dim aMenu(20)
dim aSez(20)
cDataBreve = "09/18/2025"
cDataEstera= "Thursday, September 18"
cLingua = "en"
cLinguaCode= "EN"
cTitolo = "Memory of the Church"
cIcona = "chiesa.jpg"
cAlleluia1 = "I am the good shepherd,
my sheep listen to my voice,
and they become
one flock and one fold.
.
"
cAlleluia2 = "I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another.
"
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 = "chiesa"
cSalmo = ""
cVersetti1 = ""
cVersetti2 = ""
cVersettiV = "1 Timothy 4,12-16"
cLettura1 = ""
cLettura2 = ""
cLetturaV = "Let no one disregard you because you are young, but be an example to all the believers in the way you speak and behave, and in your love, your faith and your purity. Until I arrive, devote yourself to reading to the people, encouraging and teaching. You have in you a spiritual gift which was given to you when the prophets spoke and the body of elders laid their hands on you; do not neglect it. Let this be your care and your occupation, and everyone will be able to see your progress. Be conscientious about what you do and what you teach; persevere in this, and in this way you will save both yourself and those who listen to you."
cMemoria = ""
cOmelia = "Paul asks Timothy that no one despise his young age (he was about thirty years old and had been with him for thirteen). Perhaps some, because of his youth, did not hold him into consideration. However, it is all too clear that in the community, authority does not come from years, but from an encounter with the Lord and conversion to the Gospel. Paul therefore exhorts Timothy to be an example "in speech, in conduct, in charity, in faith, in purity." This spiritual stature will give him the necessary authority to lead the community wisely. Paul has already communicated that it was his intention to join him as soon as possible (3:14), but he recommends Timothy that until his arrival he fulfils his service with the 'reading' of Holy Scripture in the church assemblies. Linked to this is the 'exhortation and teaching' that the Apostle asks him to do, so that the Word reaches the heart of the community's life. But to speak with authority, to explain the Gospel in preaching, one needs the Lord's help. And Paul reminds Timothy of the 'gift' of grace he received through the laying on of hands by the apostle himself and the college of elders. The exhortations then become pressing for Timothy to take care of all these things. The apostle exhorts him, "Devote yourself entirely to them." Thus, he will grow in wisdom and testimony and "all will see your progress." Paul exhorts him to deepen his study of Scripture and to live it every day. Growth in the knowledge of the Scriptures and in the love of the Lord will give him the authority he needs to lead the community. His and the community's 'salvation' depends on how he will know how to discipline himself, how he will know how to set a good example, and how he will know how to proclaim the Gospel."
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