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<\/p>\n3 de septiembre del 2020<\/p>\n
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PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY<\/p>\n
Saint Mary of Charity, Mother of the Lord
\nJesus, we venerate you with special affection and
\nLove.
\nWe praise you, Mother and Patron of the people
\nCuban, because you’ve been present at
\nall the struggles, sorrows and joys of your
\nPeople.
\nVirgin Mambisa, proclaimed and revered
\nby our veterans, we ask you to
\ntoday, as yesterday, be present in life
\nof your beloved people: this town you are looking for
\nlove, understanding and sincere union
\nof all Cubans.
\nWe offer you; the efforts of our
\nChristians, the work of our workers and
\npeasants, the study of our young people,
\nthe smile of our children, the pain of
\nour sick, the watchful and
\nquiet of all our mothers, the
\nloneliness of so many brothers, widows and
\norphans the generous delivery of our
\nmartyrs and the deceased, the noble and
\nsimple from our village
\nMother of Charity, reach your altar
\nCopper, so beloved and revered, the
\npleas we present to you.
\nAmen<\/p>\n
Maria, learn to grow up as your child’s disciple<\/p>\n
The Blessed Virgin, in fact, who, by a singular gift of God, was the mother of Christ, was also, for a very special reason, her “first and most perfect (…) discipleship” (MK 35).<\/p>\n
In the Virgin Mary, the voice of Christ resounds in a certain way, who, to the praise of that anonymous woman (“Blessed the womb that carried you and the breasts that raised you”) replied: “Better, blessed are those who hear the word of God and fulfill it” (Lk 11:27-28); it is also like an echo of St Augustine’s phrase in commenting on that place of the Gospel “Who is my mother?” (Mk 3:33): “Certainly, St Mary fulfilled, with all perfection, the will of the Father, and for this reason her status as a disciple of Christ is more important than that of Christ’s mother, she is more blessed because she is a disciple of Christ than because she is the mother of Christ” (Sermo 25:7: PL 46, 937).<\/p>\n
In the context of the Gospel of Luke, the mention of the noble and generous heart, which hears and keeps the Word, is an implicit portrait of the faith of the Virgin Mary. The evangelist himself speaks of the memory of Mary, who kept in her heart everything she heard and saw, so that the Word would bear fruit in her life. The Mother of the Lord is a perfect icon of faith, as St Elizabeth says: “Blessed is she who believed” (Lk 1:45).<\/p>\n
In her life, Mary has made the pilgrimage of faith, following her Son. Thus, in Mary, the path of faith of the Old Testament is assumed in the follow-up of Jesus and is transformed by him, becoming part of the unique gaze of the Son of God incarnate.<\/p>\n
To make pilgrimage in faith, to grow as disciples of the Lord, is to walk every day on the path of holiness. The Second Vatican Council strongly emphasized this: “All the faithful, Christians, of any condition and state, strengthened by so many powerful means of salvation, are called by the Lord, each on his way, to the perfection of that holiness with which the Father himself is perfect”. What is of interest is that each believer discerns his own path and brings to light the best of himself, that which God has put in him (cf. 1:12:7), and not that he wears off trying to imitate something that has not been thought of for him. (Apostolic Exhortation “Rejoice and Rejoice” Pope Francis)<\/p>\n
Mary with her faith becomes the first member of the community of believers in Christ, and also becomes a collaborator in the spiritual rebirth of the disciples. From the Gospel emerges her figure of free and strong woman, consciously oriented to the true follow-up of Christ. She has lived entirely throughout the pilgrimage of faith as the mother of Christ and after the disciples, without saving her the misunderstanding and constant search for the Father’s project.<\/p>\n
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Decena del Rosario<\/p>\n
Right now think about
\nsilence that
\ngrace you want to ask God
\nthrough the intercession of Our Lady of the
\nCharity during this
\nninth (Brief silence).
\nWe offer this
\ndozen of the rosary for all
\nus who have
\naccompanied to Our Lady,
\nasking us to be disciples
\nand missionaries who live the faith,
\nin our families and in the middle
\nof our people, let’s take the
\nGospel of Jesus to all.<\/p>\n
FINAL PRAYER<\/p>\n
Virgin of Copper Charity “You have come
\nto visit our village and
\nyou wanted to stay with us as
\nMother and Lady of Cuba, throughout her
\npilgrimage along the paths of history.”
\n\u2013 “Your name and image are sculpted
\nin the mind and heart of all
\nCubans, inside and outside the Homeland, as
\nsign of hope and center of communion
\nfraternal”.
\n\u2013 “Mother of Reconciliation! Gathers
\nto your people scattered around the world. Make the
\nCuban nation a home of brothers and sisters
\nsisters, so that this people may open wide
\nin pair his mind, his heart and his life to
\nChrist, the only Savior and Redeemer”.<\/p>\n
Personal commitment<\/p>\n
What do I commit to living on this day?
\nI think of something concrete I can do to manifest love and faith in the Lord.<\/p>\n
Blessing<\/p>\n
The Lord Almighty, bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to eternal life. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"