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Your fasten
becomes food for the poor
 The
most appropriate and
characteristic feature of charity is this:
It does not seek its own
interests
[1 Co 13:5] In fact,
whoever loves someone with true
friendship must always seek the benefit of his friend. But, the
person who seeks in his friend his own benefit and pleasure, does not
love his friend, but himself.
Which one of us is disposed not to give his life out of love for his
neighbor, as the saints do, but to give freely the surplus of those
riches which so often are squandered, to help his brother who sometimes
languishes from hunger? It
would not be other than the simple commandment!
Who is one of them, then, who through zeal for the salvation of
others takes care to
help his neighbor according to
his own possibility [Si 29:27] with the discreet use of
fraternal correction, at least by good example and prayer?
It would not be anything else,
without by any means surpassing it, than the rigorous precept with which
God
has charged each one of us to the
care of our neighbor [Si 17:12].
Let us
therefore move forward. Let us propose to ourselves, insofar as these
charges oblige us by precept, to begin living that charity which is
principally characterized by the fact that we do not seek our own good,
but whatever is useful for our neighbor.
(Source: 'La Grammatica di Don Gaspare Bertoni' -
Rev. Ignazio Bonetti, CSS)
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March 19th: Solemnity of
St. Joseph, Patron of the Church
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When God chooses someone for a specific
service, He grants this person also special
graces and gifts, in order to each may carry
out that particular mission. It was eminent
with St. Joseph, who was chosen to be the adoptive
father of Jesus, and truly, the husband of
the Virgin Mary. To him God entrusted the
great mission to be the faithful and
provident guardian of the two greatest
treasures of the eternal Father: the Son of
God and the Virgin Mary. The most important
aspect of this is that St. Joseph, in his
humility, dignity and silence, carried out
his task with the maximum fidelity,
deserving of God a brilliant prize in
eternity.
St. Joseph, even though he has no words of
his own recorded in Sacred Scripture, he
speaks out loudly and eloquently with his
life and his example. He was considered the
authentic and faithful servant and truly he
serves as model to the fathers of families,
in the carrying out of their duties, as head
of the Christian family.
Our
holy Founder had great devotion to St. Joseph, and has chosen
him, together with Mary, as Patrons of his
Congregation. For our honor and joy,
St. Joseph is also the patron of
one of the Stigmatine Provinces in
Brazil. We hope all of us, as Stigmatine religious,
come to see in him a model of humility,
honesty, silence, commitment and fidelity,
in meeting the commitments we have assumed
with God.
(Source:
"Um
Modelo para Todos Nós", by Fr.
Rubens Sodré Miranda, CSS - translated into
English)
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