Newspaper of Palm Sunday to Easter Fra Angelico Noli Me Tangere
(1438-1446 approx)
Convento di San Marco, Florence. The work
The fresco by Fra Angelico in Convento di San Marco, Florence (cell 1) represents the Magdalene kneeling, behind the open grave, and around the garden with trees and flowers painted with great ingenuity and grace. The Risen Lord appears in a white figure, spiritual in his walk, walk touching the ground. Risen Jesus does not reject Magdalene gives her the slight gesture of the hand. "We see the two hands of Mary Magdalene and Jesus' hand that restrains: that is the image that we always took possession of the virginal, which tends to all. But until this is all to strive for a span from the snout of the other, you have really, much more that even if we pounced on the nose "(L. Giussani, Time and the temple).
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silent prayer
Help me, O risen Lord,
smiling at Easter we celebrate, not to think
what I have left,
to be happy with what I found.
Help me, O risen Lord,
not to turn back because yesterday is gone
except as a bit of yeast for bread today.
Help me to smile at life progressed,
always so full of surprises and novelties.
Help me to smile at the poem that sings in the heart To push
looking for open spaces.
Help me, O risen Lord, to smile at the attempts that I make to become and remain
new creature.
Help me, O Lord, I feel alive inside of me,
because now I know that if I come and I'm with you, every day is Easter,
every day is "the first morning of the world."
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RECIPE OF EASTER
ZUCCOTTO PASQUALE
For the zuccotto:
• 1 sponge cake by 24 cm in diameter
· 400 g of fresh cream
· 40 g of dark chocolate
· 40 g mixed candied fruit diced
· water of orange blossom
· Grand Marnier
For the icing and complete:
· 300 g of dark chocolate
almond paste (marzipan): 200 g yellow, 200 g green
· Cut around the pan of Spain in rectangular slices about 1 cm thick, then divide each slice in half, or into two triangles
· Splashes of Grand Marnier, an egg-shaped mold, and then wrap it with slices of sponge cake, arrangement, one after the other, converging with the tips facing the center of the mold. Sprinkle with one wet and then prepared with water and Grand Marnier in equal parts
• To the filling, whip the cream, aromatizzatela with a tablespoon of orange flower water and then mix with the diced candied fruit and chopped dark chocolate hand
° to the stuffing in the prepared loaf pan, cover with more slices of sponge cake, even strokes of these wet, then put in the fridge for at least 4 hours and, meanwhile, tempered chocolate, warm it in a water bath at 45 ° then, mixing, cool them to 27 °, and finally return it to 30 °
• With a blade of tempered chocolate, brought out from a croissant to decorate, garnish with a mesh design just the sweet pudding
Sprinkle a few drops of cold water in the chocolate left, then knead it with a whisk to make it thick and creamy; Gather in a pocket with a broken vent and decorated the center of the egg with a tape often, which will close with a bow of green marzipan.
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FATIMA
On July 13, 1917 three young boys, sons of modest pastors, supported he had spotted and speak with the Holy Virgin Mary, unconsciously giving rise to one of the most discussed and inexplicable mysteries of the Catholic religion.
For a certain period of time, the mysteries were known only to the three shepherd children, but in 1919 due to disturbing events, such as the death of Francisco and his sister Jacinta, who died of the English, the only one with a shadowy secret remained little Lucia.
The first revelation emerged from a summary of the appearances, written by Sister Lucia at the invitation of Monsignor Jose Alves de silva Correra.
Lucia explained that the only secret, revealed to her on July 13 to 24 years earlier, was actually divided into three parts, of which, however, the third has not yet been able to uncover. Consequently
Lucia gave the bishop only the first two parts of the secret, which were published by Pope Pius XII in 1942, during the consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate.
The third part of the secret was written Sister Lucia from January 3, 1944 and entrusted to the Bishop of Leiria, who gave it to Pope Pius XII.
The third secret, on indication of Sister Lucia, was to be revealed after 1960, but John XXIII and his successors, believed should not reveal it publicly because it would create too much fuss.
was John Paul II on May 13
2000 for the beatification of Jacinta and Francisco, say they intend to disclose the secret. In the first vision
experts argue allusion to Hell, a grim and frightening place, inhabited by demons deformed sadistically torture the souls of the damned.
In contrast to the bright and sweet land of Paradise 's "infernus" is a formless sea of \u200b\u200bfire element harmful to every living being.
About the second part of the secret Lucia tells of a conversation between the three children and Madonna, who tells them of a conflict even more ruinous and degrading treatment of what at that time was looming around the world, and to prevent it, in person she will claim the consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart.
He also says that God will send a "great sign," a night illuminated by an unusual unknown light that will begin the epic conflict.
This "great sign" can be traced to an inexplicable glow night described the night of 25 and 26 January 1938 from witnesses of the time.
The third secret, revealed only in 2000, has been interpreted as referring mainly to the persecution of Christians to attempt the killing of a "bishop dressed in white" who the visionaries of Fatima had the impression that it was the Holy Father. How
actually happened to Pope John Paul II, who, during a parade in 1981, was saved by the hijacking of the bullet fired by a fanatic turkish and directed to his heart by Madonna.
The story we all know or at least we have heard or just mention ends with this miracle, but are we really sure?
It is said of scholars based on the diary kept secret by Sister Lucia in the last years of life believe they have uncovered a trail of what actually should be the real third secret.
in its entirety in fact, the messages contain words on the terrible crisis of faith, the betrayal of the hierarchy, catastrophic events facing the Church, and with it, all of humanity.
But these are only theories that some Catholic scholars have personally developed.
Some people like them think that way, but another large part is believed that the latest revelation, the mystery of Fatima has been exhausted. Only
Sister Lucia and her two companions were aware of truth and most likely it was lost with the disappearance.
(Nicholas Irons)
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E 'RISEN .
On Easter night ablaze with lights and churches resound with singing. The light of the paschal candle recalls that Jesus is risen and that he is the true light of our lives. The song of the (Hebrew word meaning "praise God") expresses the fullness of Easter joy, the assembly of Christians sing to God and thanks him because Jesus died and risen for us. The resurrection of Christ is a mystery of faith: only God is more powerful than death, and He alone is master of life. The resurrection of Jesus is an event really happened and we passed by the witnesses of the Risen Lord: the Holy Women (Salome, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James), the eleven apostles (including Thomas), the disciples of Emmaus, and, as he says St. Paul, at least 500 men (1 Cor 15:5).
In the morning, the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the holy women who were going to complete the embalming of the body of Jesus (hastily buried on the evening of Friday due to the onset of the Sabbath, Passover) were the first messengers the resurrection of Christ. "Why do you seek among the dead who is alive? He is not here but has risen "(Lk 24, 5.6). The discovery by the disciples (first Peter and John), is the empty tomb. The absence of the body of Christ was the first step towards the recognition event of the resurrection. The disciple "whom Jesus loved" (Jn 20:2) states that he entered the empty tomb and seeing "the linen cloths lying there" (Jn 20:6), "saw and believed." This presupposes that he has established in the state it was in the empty tomb, that the absence of Jesus' body could not be human work and that Jesus was not simply returned to earthly life as had happened to Lazarus.
The faith of the first community of believers is based on the testimonies of all that has happened in those days of Easter. This experience of the risen Lord builds our faith, our hope is in fact a person: Jesus, the Crucified, the Risen One. He loves us and his crucifixion is the measure of his love for us. We remember what he said through his prophet, "the palm of my hands I have written your name ... You are mine." For each of us, human history and all creation life is transformed, in Christ, who after his resurrection will always be with us, there is the expectation of that new world which will be won and eternal pain, violence, death and creation, will shine in its extraordinary beauty. We Christians today want to live according to these promises and show the design of a renewed humanity, in which everything appears to be transformed. In this light, we want to live with him and the family as a sign of God's love, work and party like moments of a life fulfilled, the solidarity that bends over the poor and sull'ammalato as an expression of brotherhood, the relationship inter-generational dialogue on how to leave the deep energies that each contains within itself, directing them to the truth and goodness.
(LR)
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STORY OF A HOLY
In this issue, I would like to talk about a saint that we have all seen many times. Who does not recall the austere image of an "old", that a sign of the cross, save a little boy who had a fishbone stuck in my throat? Yes, I know, is from the December 23 that we do not see, but we would not have forgotten.
San Biagio is always in its place, erect, alert, with the usual thoughtful look of one who knows that he can heal.
addition to the image, however, let me give you some more detailed news about who was and his life.
Blaise, bishop of Sabastiano in Armenia (atlas tells me that the area between Turkey and Russia), died a martyr in the early '300.
Without doubt, he had a gift from God the charism of healing: working miracles is invoked in many cases of disease, but especially for those on the throat.
I like to remember a very special miracle: A widow was robbed by a wolf, one of his pig. The Holy interceding for her and the little animal returned safely from his mistress. The woman recovered his beast as a sign of gratitude, brought food and candles to the saint, moved that said, "offer a candle in the church every year to be raised in my name and you very well and you'll miss nothing. "
As would be nice, that we do so with great faith the same small donation to our church. I tell you that the Holy
would soon to hear us, because we are Mamiano and knows himself to be our protector.
What love, what health, what could give us peace, but first we need the church, therefore, we young people from this issue until we have restored the building, we will dedicate a special space just for this request.
WITH FAITH, YOU ASK A NEW CHURCH SAN BIAGIO Give us
The saint is remembered in Germany as a protector of the animals' water San Biagio "was given to poultry, because it was not slaughtered by foxes, that is engaged in the Holy of France because, on the day of his memory on February 3, the girls asked for his intercession to find a husband.
We're just so lucky to have a patron, intercede for our faith, heals us, gives us food, and leads us to the wedding, think about it are the strong points for happiness.
(GB)
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EVERY DAY THE SAME TRAVEL
Every day the same journey, return, Mamiano Traversetolo Traversetolo Mamiano.
Usual route, usually landscape, same faces.
Nothing special, but something essential.
still sleep when the morning is the host, long silences.
accompany the way, you look out the window the day begins. It is thought a bit 'confused the first lesson, he reviewed in mind matters, program a little' day.
You see the street almost always the same people, who stop for a bus, who in front of a bar, who until the opening of a shop or factory. The countries are beginning to move. Within minutes we arrive at
Traversetolo, we only exchanged a few jokes with our neighbor, and the appointment ' for the return journey.
that moment comes after a few hours, environment far, far climate inside the van was already worn by many kilometers.
Laughter, joking, talking. The silence of the morning and 'a memory.
The ride back you would never end, and 'happy company.
countries finding themselves in a bit 'look like us, and the day' in
full activity 'and also traffic
' greatly increased, we are in broad daylight.
start slowly and gradually to lose passengers, we arrived in
destination, the noise and the noise is becoming less intense. We get off me now it's almost a little sorry if they went a part of my day, now that I have left the studio on your own.
shame, but I will not regret much, and tomorrow we start again, if ever equal, will always be fun.
(Martina Mazza)
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL
