{"id":102589,"date":"2023-12-21T19:15:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/infoesfera\/auguri-visitatoria-rmc-e-noviziati-internazionali-natale-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T21:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:29:05","slug":"greetings-from-the-preprovince-rmc-and-international-novitiates-christmas-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/es\/ifma-es\/greetings-from-the-preprovince-rmc-and-international-novitiates-christmas-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from the Preprovince RMC and International Novitiates – Christmas 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rome (Italy).<\/strong> On 17 December 2023, at the Generalate of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, the Communities of Rome of the Preprovince Mary Mother of the Church<\/strong> (RMC) expressed Christmas Greetings to Mother, Sister Chiara Cazzuola, and to the General Councilors.<\/p>\n

Joyful faith in the Incarnation of the Son of God, who renews the meaning of human life and of the whole of creation, united to the tension towards the condition of so many brothers and sisters \u00abtormented by violence and misery, surrounded by the ruins of homes, families and dreams destroyed,\u00bb<\/em> and the incessant request for the gift of peace, were the background for the reflection.<\/p>\n

\u00abMany of us come from countries tormented by violence and instability, which affect families and young people. Can it make sense to talk about joy and peace at such a difficult time?\u00bb This is the question raised by the leading voice, and then converted to hope. \u00abWe women, allied with the God of life, want to harmonize anxiety and hope, to listen to some voices of poets who interpret the nostalgia for a gift that is here among us, but that not everyone is able to recognize.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

The reading of three poems – by Salvatore Quasimodo, Alda Merini, Dietrich Bonhoeffer – was followed by the singing \u00abKing of Kings\u00bb, performed by the great choir composed of all the communities, and the presentation, by the Superior of Preprovince, Sister Jessica Salva\u00f1a, of their compositions and realities of commitment. \u00abGathered around you, who carry in your heart all the communities of the Institute, in our daily internationality, we seek to grow in the culture of encounter, to be credible peacemakers,\u00bb<\/em> was the wish.<\/p>\n

In her words Mother Chiara, without losing sight of the dramatic nature of the present time, nourished hope. <\/em>\u00abOur hope in these moments is rekindled because the Mystery of Christmas surprises us once again; it reminds us that the Lord is near. The liturgy of this Gaudete Sunday calls us to joy, not because we do not notice the misfortunes around us, but because we are Christians and have put all our faith in the Lord Jesus. Moreover, we are Salesians and, in our identity, joy is a fundamental element, because it comes from the fact of always feeling we are in the hands of the Lord, never alone, and this gives us the strength to look ahead.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

She then urged them to accept Him with two attitudes in particular: the sincere humility of the shepherds \u00abthat makes the heart open to the Mystery\u00bb and the true wisdom of the Magi, \u00abthe taste for the things of God,\u00bb that leads them to follow the star until it rests next to the Mystery. Finally, she expressed the hope of \u00abbeing able to give peace, disarming the heart,\u00bb as Pope Francis suggests.<\/p>\n\r\n