Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
RIFERIMENTI:
1) Divinum Officium, messale in latino e omnilingua: https://divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
2) Messa online di Don Enrico Roncaglia, su youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYYDj4O4e11cE7XNtngkoJA
Evangelium Matt 25:1-13
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis parábolam hanc: Simile erit regnum cœlórum decem virgínibus: quæ, accipiéntes lámpades suas, exiérunt óbviam sponso et sponsæ. Quinque autem ex eis erant fátuæ, et quinque prudéntes: sed quinque fátuæ, accéptis lampádibus, non sumpsérunt óleum secum: prudéntes vero accepérunt óleum in vasis suis cum lampádibus. Moram autem faciénte sponso, dormitavérunt omnes et dormiérunt. Média autem nocte clamor factus est: Ecce, sponsus venit, exíte óbviam ei. Tunc surrexérunt omnes vírgines illæ, et ornavérunt lámpades suas. Fátuæ autem sapiéntibus dixérunt: Date nobis de óleo vestro: quia lámpades nostræ exstinguúntur. Respondérunt prudéntes, dicéntes: Ne forte non suffíciat nobis et vobis, ite pótius ad vendéntes, et émite vobis. Dum autem irent émere, venit sponsus: et quæ parátæ erant, intravérunt cum eo ad núptias, et clausa est iánua. Novíssime vero véniunt et réliquæ vírgines, dicéntes: Dómine, Dómine, aperi nobis. At ille respóndens, ait: Amen, dico vobis, néscio vos. Vigiláte ítaque, quia néscitis diem neque horam.
Gospel Matt 25:1-13
In that time Jesus said to the people: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. And five of them were foolish, and five wise. But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps. And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not. Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
DALL’OMELIA DI DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA
Abbiamo udito la bellissime lettura sulle 5 vergini savie e delle 5 stolte (prive dell’olio, ovvero della fede) e sulla stoltezza di chi si vanta da se’ (poiché non chi si raccomanda da sé è approvato, bensì colui che il Signore raccomanda).
Oggi ricordiamo, come esempio luminoso delle vergini sagge della parabola, Rosa di Santa Maria, al secolo Isabel Flores de Oliva (Lima, 20 aprile 1586 – Lima, 24 agosto 1617). Religiosa peruviana del terz’ordine domenicano è stata canonizzata nel 1671 da papa Clemente X ed è la santa patrona del Perù, suo paese di origine.
Santa Isabella (detta Rosa di Maria) e’ la prima santa dell’America Latina.
Dedicatasi completamente a Dio con il voto di verginita’ e castita’, era incompresa dai suoi familiari per la sua grandissima fede in Dio. Dormiva con una corona di spine in testa e su un letto coperto di cocci di vetro. La sua vita si consumo’ in breve tempo tra le persecuzioni, ma anche tra le sofferenze che si autoimponeva per Cristo. Ma la sua fede l’ha guidata e l’ha salvata come le vergini savie!
Riguardo alla stoltezza di chi si vanta da se’, non chi raccomanda (ovvero loda) se stesso e’ mandato da Dio. Questa e’ infatti chiara manifestazione di stoltezza, se non addirittura segno di vanita’ e perversione!
Dobbiamo pertanto essere prudenti! Siamo circondati da falsi profeti e falsi maestri che tradiscono le parole delle vere rivelazioni della fede. Dobbiamo portare con noi, come le vergini savie, l’olio della fede per poter discernere i veri profeti e i veri maestri! Solo con la fede (l’olio delle vergini savie), la preghiera e l’ascolto attento delle parole di Cristo possiamo acquisire il discernimento necessario (e cosi evitare il destino delle vergini stolte) !
Sia lodato Gesu Cristo!
FROM THE HOMILY OF DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA
We have heard the beautiful reading on the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins (without oil, or rather of faith) and on the foolishness of those who boast about themselves (since not those who recommend themselves are approved, but the one whom the Lord recommends).
Today we remember, as a shining example of the wise virgins in the parable, Rosa di Santa Maria, born Isabel Flores de Oliva (Lima, April 20, 1586 – Lima, August 24, 1617).
Peruvian religious of the Dominican third order, she was canonized in 1671 by Pope Clement X and is the patron saint of Peru, her country of origin.
Santa Isabella (known as Rosa di Maria) and the first saint of Latin America.
Dedicated completely to God with the vow of virginity and chastity, she was misunderstood by her family. She slept with a crown of thorns on her head and on a bed covered with broken glass.
Her life was consumed in a short time amidst the persecutions, but also due to the sufferings that she imposed on herself for Christ. But her faith guided her and saved her like the wise virgins!
Regarding the foolishness of those who boast about themselves, not he who recommends (i.e., praises) himself is sent by God. This is in fact a clear manifestation of foolishness, if not a sign of vanity and perversion! We must therefore be cautious!
We must be careful. We are surrounded by false prophets and false teachers who betray the words of the true revelations of faith. We must carry with us, like wise virgins, the oil of faith in order to be able to discern true prophets and true teachers! Only with faith (the oil of the wise virgins), prayer and attentive listening to the words of Christ can we acquire the necessary discernment (and thus avoid the end of the foolish virgins)!
Praised be Jesus Christ!