Teresa Girolami
Teresa Girolami è laureata in Materie letterarie e Teologia. Ha pubblicato vari testi, fra cui: "Pellegrinaggio del cuore" (Ed. Piemme); "I Fiammiferi di Maria - La Madre di Dio in prosa e poesia"; "Tenerezza Scalza - Natura di donna"; co-autrice di "Dialogo e Solstizio".
Chapter eleven of Luke continues by highlighting how confident and persevering prayer not only obtains what is asked for, but even more: the great gift of the Holy Spirit.
In the Sources, Francis is a magnificent example.
Poor in worldly goods but rich in the Spirit of God, the Poverello considered the Lord as the Great Almsgiver who gives generously to those who trust in Him.
In the Sources we find a telling episode:
"The servant of God, who had become very ill, was brought back to Assisi from Nocera by an escort of ambassadors sent by the devout people of Assisi.
The escorts, together with the servant of God, arrived at a poor village called Satriano.
As the hour and hunger made them feel the need for food, they went to look for it in the village. But, finding nothing to buy, they returned empty-handed.
Then the Saint said to these men:
"If you have found nothing, it is because you have more faith in your flies than in God (by the term 'flies' he meant money).
But go back to the houses you passed by and humbly ask for alms, offering God's love as payment.
And do not think that this is a shameful and humiliating gesture: that is a mistaken idea, because the Great Almsgiver, after sin, has made all goods available to the worthy and the unworthy, with most generous goodness."
The knights put aside their embarrassment, went spontaneously to ask for alms and managed to buy with the love of God what they had not obtained with money.
In fact, those poor inhabitants, moved and inspired by God, generously offered not only their possessions, but also themselves.
And so it came to pass that Francis' poverty made up for the poverty that money had been unable to alleviate" (FF 1130).
On the other hand, the Servant of the Lord had always believed throughout his life that God offers much more than we think, giving us the Holy Spirit - the sum of all good things.
In fact, in the Regola bollata (1223), Francis states that we must "desire above all else [...] to have the Spirit of the Lord and his holy working" (FF 104), which rests on those who live the Gospel faithfully.
The Poor Man of Christ, in fact, considered Him the Minister of the Order.
And he said:
"With God [...] there is no preference of persons, and the Holy Spirit, the general minister of the Order, rests equally on the poor and the simple" (FF 779).
«How much more will the Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him» (Lk 11:13b)
Thursday of the 27th wk. in Ordinary Time (Lk 11:5-13)
Dishonest administrator, and recovered wealth
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Franciscan Sumptuousness, of the last places
Franciscan Transfiguration: without applause
"Too bad! What a pity!" “Sin! What a shame!” - it is said of a missed opportunity: it is the bending of the unicum that we are inside, which every day surrenders its exceptionality to the normalizing and prim outline of common opinion. Divine Appeal of every moment directed Mary's dreams and her innate knowledge - antechamber of her trust, elsewhere
“Peccato!” - si dice di una occasione persa: è la flessione dell’unicum che siamo dentro, che tutti i giorni cede la sua eccezionalità al contorno normalizzante e affettato dell’opinione comune. L’appello divino d’ogni istante orientava altrove i sogni di Maria e il suo sapere innato - anticamera della fiducia
It is a question of leaving behind the comfortable but misleading ways of the idols of this world: success at all costs; power to the detriment of the weak; the desire for wealth; pleasure at any price. And instead, preparing the way of the Lord: this does not take away our freedom (Pope Francis)
Si tratta di lasciare le strade, comode ma fuorvianti, degli idoli di questo mondo: il successo a tutti i costi, il potere a scapito dei più deboli, la sete di ricchezze, il piacere a qualsiasi prezzo. E di aprire invece la strada al Signore che viene: Egli non toglie la nostra libertà (Papa Francesco)
Inside each woman and man resides a volcano of potential energies which are not to be smothered and aligned. The Lord doesn’t level the character; he doesn’t wear out the creatures. He doesn't make them desolate. The Kingdom is Near: it reinstates the imbalances. It does not mortify them, it convert them and enhances them
Dentro ciascuna donna e uomo risiede un vulcano di energie potenziali che non devono essere soffocate e allineate. Il Signore non livella il carattere; non sfianca le creature. Non le rende desolate. Il Regno è Vicino: reintegra gli squilibri. Non li mortifica, li tramuta e valorizza
The Person of Christ opens up another panorama to the perception of the two short-sighted (because ambitious) disciples. But sometimes it is necessary to take a leap in the dark, to contact one's vocational Seed; heal the gaze of the soul, recognize himself, flourish; make true Communion
La Persona di Cristo spalanca alla percezione dei due discepoli miopi (perché ambiziosi) un altro panorama. Ma talora bisogna fare un salto nel buio, per contattare il proprio Seme vocazionale; guarire lo sguardo dell’anima, riconoscersi, fiorire; fare vera Comunione
«Too pure water has no fish». Accepting ourselves will complete us: it will make us recover the co-present, opposite and shadowed sides. It’s the leap of profound Faith. And seems incredible, but the Rock on which we build the way of being believers is Freedom
«L’acqua troppo pura non ha pesci». Accettarsi ci completerà: farà recuperare i lati compresenti, opposti e in ombra. È il balzo della Fede profonda. Sembra incredibile, ma la Roccia sulla quale edifichiamo il modo di essere credenti è la Libertà
Our shortages make us attentive, and unique. They should not be despised, but assumed and dynamized in communion - with recoveries that renew relationships. Falls are therefore also a precious signal: perhaps we are not using and investing our resources in the best possible way. So the collapses can quickly turn into (different) climbs even for those who have no self-esteem
Le nostre carenze ci rendono attenti, e unici. Anche le cadute sono dunque un segnale prezioso: forse non stiamo utilizzando e investendo al meglio le nostre risorse
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