Anno quintodécimo impérii Tibérii Cǽsaris, procuránte Póntio Piláto Iudǽam

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea

ORARI S.MESSA DI OGGI GIOVEDI 23 DICEMBRE ORE 8.00/TIMETABLE OF THE HOLY MASS OF TODAY THURSDAY DECEMBER 23 – Feria V infra Hebdomadam IV Adventus ~ II. classis

S.MESSA ONLINE DI DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA, su youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYYDj4O4e11cE7XNtngkoJA

E QUI:

LITURGIA IN LATINO\ENGLISH:
https://divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

COMMUNIO PREGHIERE\PRAYERS:
https://www.proselitismodellascienza.it/2021/10/25/communio-e-comunione-spirituale/

EVANGELIUM E OMELIA\GOSPEL AND HOMILY:

Evangelium Luc 3:1-6

Anno quintodécimo impérii Tibérii Cǽsaris, procuránte Póntio Piláto Iudǽam, tetrárcha autem Galilǽæ Heróde, Philíppo autem fratre eius tetrárcha Iturǽæ et Trachonítidis regionis, et Lysánia Abilínæ tetrárcha, sub princípibus sacerdotum Anna et Cáipha: factum est verbum Domini super Ioannem, Zacharíæ filium, in deserto. Et venit in omnem regiónem Iordánis, prǽdicans baptísmum pæniténtiæ in remissiónem peccatórum, sicut scriptum est in libro sermónum Isaíæ Prophétæ: Vox clamántis in desérto: Paráte viam Dómini: rectas fácite sémitas eius: omnis vallis implébitur: et omnis mons et collis humiliábitur: et erunt prava in dirécta, et áspera in vias planas: et vidébit omnis caro salutáre Dei.

Gospel Luke 3:1-6
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of the district of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the desert, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, make straight His paths. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; and all mankind shall see the salvation of God.’

believed. Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.

DALL’OMELIA DI (FROM THE HOMILY BY) DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA – GIOVEDI 23 DICEMBRE, ORE 8.00 / THURSDAY DECEMBER 23, TIME 8.00 a.m.

DALL’OMELIA DI DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA (*)

Antivigilia del Santo Natale di Gesu’ Cristo Nostro Signore. Annunciamo con San Giovanni Battista, voce di uno che grida nel deserto, la venuta del Signore! Appianate i suoi sentieri: saranno colmate tutte le valli, e i monti e i colli saranno abbassati: i sentieri tortuosi saranno rettificati e quelli scabrosi appianati: e ogni uomo vedrà la salvezza di Dio.

Siamo giunti in prossimita’ del Santo Natale. Che e’ diverso da tutti gli altri. Gli eventi sono peggiorati e l’oscurita’ sta scendendo sul mondo.

Ma la nostra certezza e’ nell’arrivo del Signore. Molte persone, e anche noi., forse pensiamo, in fondo, che gli eventi attuali siano la normalita’.

Ma non e’ cosi’. Anche al tempo di San Giovanni Battista pochi ebrei hanno accolto e creduto al suo messaggio!

Anche ora dobbiamo ascoltare gli appelli che il cielo ci rivolge. Ma adesso e’ il momento di metterli in pratica! Dobbiamno abbassare il colle, cioe’ il nostro orgoglio. Ognuno di noi si consideri servo del Signore! Chiediamo perdono di tutti i nostri peccati, le nostre lacune saranno colmate dal Signore.

Trascorriamo serenamente le ore che ci separano dal Natale!

Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo! Sempre sia lodato!

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(*) Questo commento e’ scritto in tempo reale durante l’omelia. Mi scuso per l’eventuale misinterpretazione delle parole di Don Enrico.

FROM THE HOMILY BY DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA (**)

Antivigil of the Holy Birth of Jesus Christ Our Lord. We announce with St. John the Baptist, the voice of one crying in the desert, the coming of the Lord! Make its paths smooth: all valleys will be filled, and the mountains and hills will be lowered: the winding paths will be straightened and the rough ones smoothed: and every man will see the salvation of God.

We have come close to Holy Christmas. Which is different from all the others.

Events have worsened and darkness is falling over the world. But our certainty is in the arrival of the Lord.

Many people, and we too, perhaps think, deep down, that current events are normal. But is not so’. Even at the time of St. John the Baptist few Jews accepted and believed his message!

Even now we must listen to the appeals that heaven addresses to us. But now it’s time to put them into practice!

We must lower the hill, that is, our pride. Each of us consider himself servant of the Lord!

We ask forgiveness of all our sins, our gaps will be filled by the Lord.

Let’s spend the hours that separate us from Christmas peacefully!

Praised be Jesus Christ! Always be praised!