{"id":8109,"date":"2018-02-08T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/infosphere\/in-cammino-per-la-festa-mondiale-del-grazie\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T09:31:31","slug":"journeying-toward-the-world-feast-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/en\/ifma-en\/journeying-toward-the-world-feast-of-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Journeying toward the World Feast of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asunci\u00f3n (Paraguay).<\/strong> The official announcement has been made to the whole Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of the World Feast of Gratitude 2018 through a letter sent by the Vicar General, Sr. Chiara Cazzuola.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy living the response to God\u2019s call with joy and hope, we re-awaken the plan of God in every young person\u201d <\/strong>is the theme of the Feast that will be celebrated on April 26, 2018 in Asunci\u00f3n<\/strong> in the Province of St. Raphael Archangel <\/em><\/strong>(PAR).<\/p>\n

It is a special time of joy for our sisters in Paraguay who with the slogan: \u201cWith the young, let the chords of life vibrate, witnessing to the joy of following Christ\u201d <\/strong>solicit us to give greater visibility to the joy and the beauty of the vocation to be more and more \u201ca response of salvation to the profound hopes of the young people\u201d (C<\/em> 1).<\/p>\n

It is in this climate that we prepare to celebrate, at the world level, the Feast of Gratitude <\/strong>to Mother for the ceaseless gift of herself to the young, the Institute, and the Church.<\/p>\n

The Paraguayan harp was chosen as a symbol of the nation, of their collective historic memory, of the bilingual reality of Guaran\u00ec and Spanish, of the natural panoramas, and of the rich heritage of folkloric traditions. Its melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and poetry, evoke in the listener the values of the Paraguayan people.<\/p>\n

The Harp <\/u><\/strong>contains in itself the most beautiful melodies; its strings, touched by the artist, emit harmonious sounds that recall the response to the call of God who has a dream for each of His children. The harp represents each young person full of possibilities, talents, and gifts waiting to be awakened and involved in educational action.<\/p>\n

The musical <\/u><\/strong>notes which emanate from the instrument are the original and typical melodies of every young person. They represent the plan of God, unique and unrepeatable, for each of them, which is realized thanks to the quality of accompaniment and the openness of the young person. They also represent the joy that flows from the certainty of knowing that one is loved by God, a motivation able to awaken the desire to respond to His plan of love.<\/p>\n

The Harpist<\/u><\/strong> is the one who knows the instrument well – the young person, and is able to draw out from them the best melody as the result of listening and of accompaniment along the paths of discernment in the light of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

Our Sisters in the Paraguayan Province propose that we live the word of Jesus (taken from the passage of John 15: 1-17) “Remain in my love”<\/strong> that translates into the commitment to:<\/p>\n