

Matt 11:2-10
Ecce, ego mitto Angelum meum ante fáciem tuam, qui præparábit viam tuam ante te.
La liturgia di oggi ci parla dei due grandi profeti, Isaia (di cui parla San Paolo) e l’altro e’ Giovanni Battista (che e’ il messaggero, l’angelo, inviato innanzi al Messia).
Isaia e altri profeti hanno annunciato la venuta del Messia anche parecchi secoli prima del suo arrivo.
Giovanni Battista ha avuto il privilegio di annunciare Gesu’ presente. E’ quindi il Messaggero annunciato da Malachia.
E’ forse una canna al vento? Anche noi abbiamo questa tentazione. Ma come persone di fede dobbiamo essere certi nella fede, nel fondamento dello Spirito Santo.
Non dobbiamo essere in morbide vesti, come persone vanitose, orgogliose e piene e di se’ e della propria vanita’.
Ad imitazione di San Giovanni Evangelista dobbiamo invece essere testimoni.
La liturgia di oggi e’ piena di speranza. Serve perche’ annuncia l’arrivo di Cristo! Dio non si dimentica di noi mai! Non dobbiamo avere timore. Nonostante la situazione drammatica che si sta realizzando, siamo certi che tra poco il Signore arrivera’.
Lo riceveranno i poveri, non solo quelli in senso materiale (sarebbe un grave errore pensarlo ingenuamente). Si tratta infatti dei poveri di spirito.
Nessuno infatti puo’ essere sufficiente a se stesso. La preghiera e la fede salvano chi lo prega!
Anche San Giovanni ha chiesto conferma. Gesu’ compie miracoli! E questo rianima San Giovanni!
Anche noi dobbiamo seguire lo stesso cammino di speranza!
Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo! Sempre sia lodato!
__________________________
(*) Questo commento e’ scritto in tempo reale durante l’omelia. Mi scuso per l’eventuale misinterpretazione delle parole di Don Enrico.
Matt 11:2-10
‘Behold, I send my messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You.’
Today’s liturgy speaks to us of the two great prophets, Isaiah (of whom St. Paul speaks) and the other is John the Baptist (who is the messenger, the angel, sent before the Messiah).
Isaiah and other prophets announced the coming of the Messiah even several centuries before his arrival. John the Baptists had the privilege of announcing Jesus present.
He is therefore the Messenger announced by Malachi. Is it perhaps a reed in the wind? We too have this temptation.
But as people of faith we need to be confident in faith, in the foundation of the Holy Spirit.
We must not be in soft clothes, like vain people, proud and full of themselves and their vanity.
Instead, in imitation of St. John the Evangelist we must be witnesses.
Today’s liturgy is full of hope. It is needed because it announces the arrival of Christ! God never forgets us!
We must not be afraid. Despite the dramatic situation that is unfolding, we are sure that the Lord will soon arrive.
The poor will receive it, not only those in the material sense (it would be a grave mistake to think so naively). It is in fact the poor in spirit. In fact, no one can be self-sufficient.
Prayer and faith save those who pray!
San Giovanni also asked for confirmation. Jesus performs miracles! And this revives St. John! We too must follow the same path of hope!
Praised be Jesus Christ! Always be praised!
__________________________
(*) This comment is written in real time during the homily. I apologize for any misinterpretation of Don Enrico’s words.
Evangelium Matt 11:2-10
In illo tempore: Cum audísset Ioánnes in vínculis ópera Christi, mittens duos de discípulis suis, ait illi: Tu es, qui ventúrus es, an alium exspectámus? Et respóndens Iesus, ait illis: Eúntes renuntiáte Ioánni, quæ audístis et vidístis. Cæci vident, claudi ámbulant, leprósi mundántur, surdi áudiunt, mórtui resúrgunt, páuperes evangelizántur: et beátus est, qui non fúerit scandalizátus in me. Illis autem abeúntibus, cœpit Iesus dícere ad turbas de Ioánne: Quid exístis in desértum vidére? arúndinem vento agitátam? Sed quid exístis videre? hóminem móllibus vestitum? Ecce, qui móllibus vestiúntur, in dómibus regum sunt. Sed quid exístis vidére? Prophétam? Etiam dico vobis, et plus quam Prophétam. Hic est enim, de quo scriptum est: Ecce, ego mitto Angelum meum ante fáciem tuam, qui præparábit viam tuam ante te.
Gospel Matt 11:2-10
At that time, when John had heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples to say to Him, Are You He Who is to come, or shall we look for another? And Jesus answering said to them, Go and report to John what you have heard and seen: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise, the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not scandalized in Me. Then, as they went away, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft garments are in the houses of kings. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You.’
Matt 11:2-10
Ecce, ego mitto Angelum meum ante fáciem tuam, qui præparábit viam tuam ante te.
La liturgia di oggi ci parla dei due grandi profeti, Isaia (di cui parla San Paolo) e l’altro e’ Giovanni Battista (che e’ il messaggero, l’angelo, inviato innanzi al Messia).
Isaia e altri profeti hanno annunciato la venuta del Messia anche parecchi secoli prima del suo arrivo.
Giovanni Battista ha avuto il privilegio di annunciare Gesu’ presente. E’ quindi il Messaggero annunciato da Malachia.
E’ forse una canna al vento? Anche noi abbiamo questa tentazione. Ma come persone di fede dobbiamo essere certi nella fede, nel fondamento dello Spirito Santo.
Non dobbiamo essere in morbide vesti, come persone vanitose, orgogliose e piene e di se’ e della propria vanita’.
Ad imitazione di San Giovanni Evangelista dobbiamo invece essere testimoni.
La liturgia di oggi e’ piena di speranza. Serve perche’ annuncia l’arrivo di Cristo! Dio non si dimentica di noi mai! Non dobbiamo avere timore. Nonostante la situazione drammatica che si sta realizzando, siamo certi che tra poco il Signore arrivera’.
Lo riceveranno i poveri, non solo quelli in senso materiale (sarebbe un grave errore pensarlo ingenuamente). Si tratta infatti dei poveri di spirito.
Nessuno infatti puo’ essere sufficiente a se stesso. La preghiera e la fede salvano chi lo prega!
Anche San Giovanni ha chiesto conferma. Gesu’ compie miracoli! E questo rianima San Giovanni!
Anche noi dobbiamo seguire lo stesso cammino di speranza!
Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo! Sempre sia lodato!
__________________________
(*) Questo commento e’ scritto in tempo reale durante l’omelia. Mi scuso per l’eventuale misinterpretazione delle parole di Don Enrico.
Matt 11:2-10
‘Behold, I send my messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You.’
Today’s liturgy speaks to us of the two great prophets, Isaiah (of whom St. Paul speaks) and the other is John the Baptist (who is the messenger, the angel, sent before the Messiah).
Isaiah and other prophets announced the coming of the Messiah even several centuries before his arrival. John the Baptists had the privilege of announcing Jesus present.
He is therefore the Messenger announced by Malachi. Is it perhaps a reed in the wind? We too have this temptation.
But as people of faith we need to be confident in faith, in the foundation of the Holy Spirit.
We must not be in soft clothes, like vain people, proud and full of themselves and their vanity.
Instead, in imitation of St. John the Evangelist we must be witnesses.
Today’s liturgy is full of hope. It is needed because it announces the arrival of Christ! God never forgets us!
We must not be afraid. Despite the dramatic situation that is unfolding, we are sure that the Lord will soon arrive.
The poor will receive it, not only those in the material sense (it would be a grave mistake to think so naively). It is in fact the poor in spirit. In fact, no one can be self-sufficient.
Prayer and faith save those who pray!
San Giovanni also asked for confirmation. Jesus performs miracles! And this revives St. John! We too must follow the same path of hope!
Praised be Jesus Christ! Always be praised!
__________________________
(*) This comment is written in real time during the homily. I apologize for any misinterpretation of Don Enrico’s words.
Fri Dec 3, 2021 – 8:06 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Tens of thousands of serious adverse events and more than 1,200 deaths were reported in the first three months after Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab was approved under emergency use authorization (EUA), newly released documents indicate.
The data had been reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before it granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (BNT162b2) shots over the summer but had not been released to the public until last month.
The FDA released the documents on November 19, months after the governmental agency was hit with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by attorney Aaron Siri on behalf of a group of some 30 scientists, academics, and researchers who demanded transparency about the information that had been used to assess the safety profile of the injections.
In response, the FDA moved to challenge the group’s request in court, raising eyebrows when it asked a federal judge to grant it 55 years to fully release the documents it reviewed before ultimately granting full approval for the Pfizer shots for people age 16 and up in August.
Now the FDA has made public some 91 pages of the documents it reviewed before authorizing the Pfizer shots, a fraction of the roughly 329,000 pages still in its possession.
“Two months and one day after it was sued, and close to three months since it licensed Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, the FDA released the first round of documents it reviewed before licensing this product,” Aaron Siri wrote in a November 19 substack post.
While the released documents consist of only a tiny percentage of the massive amount of data still withheld, the information revealed in the documents has given cause for serious concerns about the true safety of the increasingly mandated drugs.
Tens of thousands of serious adverse events in only three months
Among the documents released is a 38-page document entitled “CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS,” detailing a bevy of serious adverse events connected with the double-shot mRNA jabs in only the first three months after the FDA granted an EUA for the drugs in December.
According to the report, between December 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021, some 42,086 case reports were recorded in Pfizer’s safety database, of which 25,379 were medically confirmed and 16,707 non-medically confirmed. The reports contained a total of 158,893 serious adverse events after vaccination in dozens of countries around the world.
“Most cases (34,762) were received from United States (13,739), United Kingdom (13,404), Italy (2,578), Germany (1913), France (1506), Portugal (866) and Spain (756); the remaining 7,324 were distributed among 56 other countries,” the document states.
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Citing “large numbers of spontaneous adverse event reports received for the product,” the document includes only serious reported adverse events.
It’s unclear how many reports considered “non-serious” were made during that period.
According to the data, the vast majority of the events occurred in women (29,914) compared with men (9,182). The largest proportion of adverse events based on age occurred in people age 31-50 (13,886), an age range generally at low risk of serious effects from the virus the drug is designed to treat.
Among reported adverse events were some 25,957 cases of nervous system disorders, 17,283 musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders, 14,096 gastrointestinal disorders, 8,848 respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders, 8,476 skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders, and 4,610 infections and infestations.
Full or ongoing recovery was reported in 19,582 cases, with 520 having recovered with sequelae (a chronic condition), while at the time of the report some 11,361 cases had not recovered. The status of another 9,400 was unknown.
Troublingly, 1,223 cases were reported to have ended fatally.
While direct causality is unclear, the data raise concerns about the safety of the shots
It’s unclear how many of the reported deaths and injuries were directly attributable to Pfizer’s COVID-19 injections.
The document states that its database contains descriptions of adverse events “reported spontaneously to Pfizer, cases reported by the health authorities, cases published in the medical literature, cases from Pfizer-sponsored marketing programs, non-interventional studies, and cases of serious AEs reported from clinical studies regardless of causality assessment.”
Additionally, the document notes that “[a]n accumulation of adverse event reports (AERs) does not necessarily indicate that a particular AE was caused by the drug; rather, the event may be due to an underlying disease or some other factor(s) such as past medical history or concomitant medication.”
For example, “[t]here were four individuals in the anaphylaxis evaluation who died on the same day they were vaccinated. Although these patients experienced adverse events that are potential symptoms of anaphylaxis, they all had serious underlying medical conditions, and one individual appeared to also have COVID-19 pneumonia that likely contributed to their deaths.”
While it’s unclear to what extent the injections themselves caused the severe adverse events found in the report, the sheer number and severity of the events and fatalities reported in connection with the shots should have been cause for deep concern. At least a temporary halt to the injections pending further investigation has been a normal response when that level of possible negative harmful reactions are experienced with new vaccines. But for some reason that did not happen in this case.
Moveover, the reported fatalities and serious adverse events align with a growing body of data submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) — the U.S. government’s passive reporting system to log reactions to vaccines — which indicate a serious spike in vaccine adverse events since the rollout of the COVID-19 injections from Pfizer and the other major drug manufacturers, including Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
As of November 19, some 664,744 reports of adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination have been made to VAERS in the United States alone, including 8,898 deaths and 41,501 hospitalizations. If the scope is expanded to include non-domestic VAERS reports, there have been 913,266 total reported adverse events, including 19,249 deaths and 97,561 hospitalizations.
While causation is not explicitly confirmed through the VAERS reporting system, neither can it be presumed that all side effects are reported. One study in 2010 found that “fewer than 1% of vaccine injuries” are reported to VAERS, suggesting the actual numbers of deaths and injuries may be significantly higher.
Despite the potential for harm, Pfizer is completely protected from liability
News of the serious adverse events and even deaths connected with the jabs in the first three months after being granted an EUA comes as the U.S. government has granted complete immunity from liability to Pfizer and the other COVID-19 jab manufacturers whose drugs have been increasingly mandated by governments and employers.
Under the March 2020 Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 (PREP) pursuant to section 319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act, COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers are shielded from all liability, including “from suit and liability under federal and state law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the administration to or use by an individual of a covered countermeasure [COVID-19 vaccine].”
“The federal government has given complete immunity to Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J for any injury caused by their Covid-19 vaccines,” wrote Siri in another Substack post on October 27. “That’s right: you cannot sue them if you are injured by their Covid-19 vaccine.”
“So while their product may not give you immunity, they are guaranteed immunity,” the attorney remarked. https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1466439708154777606&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifesitenews.com%2Fnews%2Ffda-releases-documents-showing-over-150000-serious-adverse-events-in-first-3-months-of-pfizer-jab-authorization%2F&sessionId=71a418c7de0e9d0b1282ef15264dee09334923b3&siteScreenName=LifeSite&theme=light&widgetsVersion=9fd78d5%3A1638479056965&width=550px
Siri went on to explain that the pharmaceutical companies manufacturing COVID jabs are even protected from lawsuits for alleged “willful misconduct,” noting that under Title 42 [42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d(c)(5)] individuals “can only sue [the companies] for willful misconduct if the federal government first sues them for such conduct.”
“And what are the odds the federal government will do so after wildly promoting the vaccine?” Siri continued, suggesting the likelihood of federal litigation is “[a]bout as likely as the FDA ever admitting they promoted a vaccine that caused widespread harm.”
Pfizer’s complete immunity from lawsuits related to its COVID-19 injections comes in spite of the fact that the company has a storied history of civil and criminal liability for other drugs.
In 2009, in the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice at the time, Pfizer was forced to pay out $2.3 billion “to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products.”
For Siri, the lesson to be learned as the FDA slowly releases the data it reviewed before approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 jabs “is that civil and individual rights should never be contingent upon a medical procedure.”
“It is the last and final backstop to the dangerous authoritarianism that results when we permit the government to decide what must be injected or placed into or onto our bodies,” Siri said, adding, “Whatever your views are on the Covid-19 vaccine itself, every American should reject letting the government decide what medical procedures they must engage in to have a job.”
2 Tim 4:1-8
Prædica verbum, insta opportúne, importúne: árgue, óbsecra, íncrepa in omni patiéntia, et doctrína.
Matt 5:13-19
Qui autem fécerit et docúerit, hic magnus vocábitur in regno cœlórum.
In questo avvento e giorno di sabato dedicato all’Immacolata (a pochi giorni dalla festa) celebriamo San Pietro Crisologo (Imola, fine IV secolo – Imola, 2 dicembre 450), gia’ vescovo di Ravenna. Per disposizione divina fu scelto all’episcopato.
Grande e acuto predicatore (soprannominato Crisologo, dal greco, “dalle parole d’oro”), ci ha lasciato i testi di molte sue omelie. Sono commenti concisi dei testi biblici. Per quersto nel 1729 fu proclamato dottore della Chiesa da papa Benedetto XIII.
Sono importanti gli esempi, la vita, ma anche l’insegnamento.
Anche in questi tempi difficili in cui la parola del Vangelo viene rifiutata.
Cerchiamo di seminare. Il Signore vuole che siamo come la luce del candelabro, il sale. Non dobbiamo perdere il sapore ne’ la luce.
La nostra testimonianza deve essere incisiva, cioe’ portare le persone a riflettere.
Fa Signore che la nostra fede si accresca affinche’ possiamo portare
la tua parola con efficacia!
Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo! Sempre sia lodato!
__________________________
(*) Questo commento e’ scritto in tempo reale durante l’omelia. Mi scuso per l’eventuale misinterpretazione delle parole di Don Enrico.
2 Tim. 4:1-8
Preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, entreat, rebuke with all patience and teaching.
Matt 5:13-19
But whoever carries them out and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
On this advent and Saturday dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (a few days before the feast) we celebrate St. Peter Crisologo (Imola, late 4th century – Imola, 2 December 450), former bishop of Ravenna.
By divine arrangement he was chosen to the episcopate.
A great and acute preacher (nicknamed Chrysologist, from the Greek, “with the golden words”), he left us the texts of many of his homilies. They are concise comments of the biblical texts. For this reason in 1729 he was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII.
Examples of life, and also teaching are important.
Even in these difficult times when the word of the Gospel is rejected. We try to sow.
he Lord wants us to be like the light of the candlestick, the salt. We must not lose the flavor or the light.
Our testimony must be incisive, that is, lead people to reflect.
May our faith grow so that we can carry your word effectively!
Praised be Jesus Christ! Always be praised!
__________________________
(*) This comment is written in real time during the homily. I apologize for any misinterpretation of Don Enrico’s words.
Evangelium Matt 5:13-19
In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis: Vos estis sal terræ. Quod si sal evanúerit, in quo saliétur? Ad níhilum valet ultra, nisi ut mittátur foras, et conculcétur ab homínibus. Vos estis lux mundi. Non potest cívitas abscóndi supra montem pósita. Neque accéndunt lucérnam, et ponunt eam sub módio, sed super candelábrum, ut lúceat ómnibus qui in domo sunt. Sic lúceat lux vestra coram homínibus, ut vídeant ópera vestra bona, et gloríficent Patrem vestrum, qui in cœlis est. Nolíte putáre, quóniam veni sólvere legem aut prophétas: non veni sólvere, sed adimplére. Amen, quippe dico vobis, donec tránseat cœlum et terra, iota unum aut unus apex non præteríbit a lege, donec ómnia fiant. Qui ergo solvent unum de mandátis istis mínimis, et docúerit sic hómines, mínimus vocábitur in regno cœlórum: qui autem fécerit et docúerit, hic magnus vocábitur in regno cœlórum.
Gospel Matt 5:13-19
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its strength, what shall it be salted with? It is no longer of any use but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Neither do men light a lamp and put it under the measure, but upon the lampstand, so as to give light to all in the house. Even so let your light shine before men, in order that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall be lost from the Law till all things have been accomplished. Therefore whoever does away with one of these least commandments, and so teaches men, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever carries them out and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
2 Tim 4:1-8
Prædica verbum, insta opportúne, importúne: árgue, óbsecra, íncrepa in omni patiéntia, et doctrína.
Matt 5:13-19
Qui autem fécerit et docúerit, hic magnus vocábitur in regno cœlórum.
In questo avvento e giorno di sabato dedicato all’Immacolata (a pochi giorni dalla festa) celebriamo San Pietro Crisologo (Imola, fine IV secolo – Imola, 2 dicembre 450), gia’ vescovo di Ravenna. Per disposizione divina fu scelto all’episcopato.
Grande e acuto predicatore (soprannominato Crisologo, dal greco, “dalle parole d’oro”), ci ha lasciato i testi di molte sue omelie. Sono commenti concisi dei testi biblici. Per quersto nel 1729 fu proclamato dottore della Chiesa da papa Benedetto XIII.
Sono importanti gli esempi, la vita, ma anche l’insegnamento.
Anche in questi tempi difficili in cui la parola del Vangelo viene rifiutata.
Cerchiamo di seminare. Il Signore vuole che siamo come la luce del candelabro, il sale. Non dobbiamo perdere il sapore ne’ la luce.
La nostra testimonianza deve essere incisiva, cioe’ portare le persone a riflettere.
Fa Signore che la nostra fede si accresca affinche’ possiamo portare
la tua parola con efficacia!
Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo! Sempre sia lodato!
__________________________
(*) Questo commento e’ scritto in tempo reale durante l’omelia. Mi scuso per l’eventuale misinterpretazione delle parole di Don Enrico.
2 Tim. 4:1-8
Preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, entreat, rebuke with all patience and teaching.
Matt 5:13-19
But whoever carries them out and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
On this advent and Saturday dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (a few days before the feast) we celebrate St. Peter Crisologo (Imola, late 4th century – Imola, 2 December 450), former bishop of Ravenna.
By divine arrangement he was chosen to the episcopate.
A great and acute preacher (nicknamed Chrysologist, from the Greek, “with the golden words”), he left us the texts of many of his homilies. They are concise comments of the biblical texts. For this reason in 1729 he was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII.
Examples of life, and also teaching are important.
Even in these difficult times when the word of the Gospel is rejected. We try to sow.
he Lord wants us to be like the light of the candlestick, the salt. We must not lose the flavor or the light.
Our testimony must be incisive, that is, lead people to reflect.
May our faith grow so that we can carry your word effectively!
Praised be Jesus Christ! Always be praised!
__________________________
(*) This comment is written in real time during the homily. I apologize for any misinterpretation of Don Enrico’s words.