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Libri sulla venerabile Mariangela Virgili presentati a Ronciglione, la sua città nataleL’8 marzo nella chiesa di S. Mari...
16/03/2026

Libri sulla venerabile Mariangela Virgili presentati a Ronciglione, la sua città natale

L’8 marzo nella chiesa di S. Maria della Provvidenza a Ronciglione, a partire dalle ore 16, sono stati presentati i due libri su “Mariangela Virgili Terziaria carmelitana (1661-1734) tra Devozione e Santificazione”, 2025 di Franca Fedeli Bernardini. Il primo volume è stato pubblicato dalle Edizioni Carmelitane, la casa editrice della Curia generale dell'Ordine Carmelitano e dell'Institutum Carmelitanum, ed è disponibile sul sito web https://edizionicarmelitane.org/

La chiesa del “Borgo di Sotto”, particolarmente rilevante per la Virgili che è nata e morta in questo rione, era affollata data l’importanza della venerabile ancora oggi considerata una presenza identitaria forte e commovente per i miracoli che ha operato in vita e dopo la sua morte, analizzati nel secondo volume che illustra le testimonianze e gli ex voto ancora oggi presenti nella sua casa che, per l’importante culto extraliturgico presente, diviene quasi una sorta di “santuario” oggi musealizzato sempre visitato da devoti e turisti attenti.

La data della presentazione, particolarmente significativa per le donne, è stata scelta già nel 2025 dall’Assessore alla Cultura del Comune, Avv. Alessandra Ortenzi, come momento da ricordare attraverso la figura più significativa del paese che ha operato per il benessere delle donne chiamando tra l’altro Rosa Venerini che fonda in paese la prima scuola femminile. L’iniziativa oltre che dal Comune di Ronciglione è stata patrocinata e promossa da Mons. Silvio Iacomi, parroco di Ronciglione, dall’Associazione Culturale Mariangela Virgili, dall’Associazione Nazionale Centri Sociali Comitati Anziani, dal Centro Culturale Polivalente Città di Ronciglione e dall’Unicoop Etruria.

Hanno preso la parola Maria Cangani, organizzatrice dell’iniziativa con Daniele Trappolini, Presidente dell’Associazione Culturale Mariangela Virgili, seguiti da interventi di Franca Fedeli Bernardini, di Sarina Aletta che ha recitato brani del volume che rimandavano a fatti prodigiosi tramandati dalla tradizione orale molto commoventi, di Claudio Canonici, Docente universitario e Direttore dell’Archivio Storico Diocesano di Civita Castellana e di Don Silvio Iacomi e Alessandra Ortenzi che hanno ricordato momenti particolarmente intensi che li hanno coinvolti come parroco e insegnante e come famiglia in guerra oggi molto devota. Prima della conclusione a cura del Coro di Ronciglione che ha eseguito tre brani di musica sacra ha fatto un breve intervento Alessio de Angelis che ha ricordato come la Croce Rossa abbia apposto lo Scudo Blu, bandiera per la pace per la protezione dei beni culturali, sui luoghi frequentati da Maria Mariangela Virgili a partire dalla sua casa.

In relazione alle circostanze del progetto “Ronciglione un Borgo di Pace”, in collaborazione con l’istituto scolastico Mariangela Virgili, e alle particolari, attuali, contingenze è stata evidenziata, dai relatori, e poi dai presenti che si sono fermati a discutere a lungo, la figura di Mariangela Virgili portatrice di pace e dispensatrice di salvezza ai soldati in guerra che la ringraziavano riconoscenti. È stata evidenziata chiaramente l’importanza che la sua figura di povera illetterata assume nella promozione della parità in una società piena di contraddizioni sociali, fortemente centralizzata e gerarchizzata. Con alcune persone d’avanguardia, come Rosa Venerini che chiama a Ronciglione per fondare una scuola femminile, Mariangela Virgili comprende come le donne povere, ignoranti, vedove, malate, immigrate e malviventi necessitino di un’elevazione spirituale e sociale attraverso la riduzione del bisogno che genera soggezione, partendo dall’educazione, la formazione, lo studio e infine l’inserimento sociale delle classi più povere, fornendole di un bagaglio di conoscenze necessarie dove l’insegnamento va di pari passo con l’educazione morale. Il rinnovato processo di femminilizzazione della “santità sociale” e ricomposizione della società cristiana affronta un complesso assestamento che porta a scelte differenziate, ma coraggiose di donne “al di fuori del chiostro”, ma profondamente inserite nella realtà sociale, o “dentro il chiostro” per scelta ragionata, ma estremamente partecipi dei diversi contesti territoriali tesi all’educazione in particolare di fanciulle e ragazze. Dotata di doni prodigiosi e di sorprendenti capacità guaritorie, spesso realizzate con semplicità utilizzando quanto a portata di mano, le persone di tutti i ceti sociali, compresi i carcerati che scontano la “vendicazione necessaria per la pace nel mondo”, ricorrono a lei per aiuti, e previsioni, la circondano e si affollano nel suo “tugurio” dove consiglia, ospita, accoglie, risana e ridistribuisce secondo le necessità dei richiedenti.

Come donna religiosa, ma laica, esternalizza, nonostante la povertà e attraverso la condivisione dei beni donati, il suo agire caritatevole a vicini, malati, carcerati, donne, neonati che contribuisce a far nascere e che porta sotto la veste negli ospedali cittadini preposti e la sua attività volontaria s’affianca e implementa quella sussidiaria delle istituzioni finanziate. La propria abitazione diviene un ricetto di persone accolte e, al piano terra dello stesso palazzo, un appartamento viene da lei affittato per accogliere malati non accettati per la gravità negli ospedali cittadini (come rognosi o lebbrosi) e lungodegenti già dimessi.

Particolarmente attenta agli aspetti sociali che generano povertà afferma la necessità della giustizia commutativa e morale nel dare al venditore il giusto e al lavoratore il dovuto necessario, fattore che può farla sembrare sciocca nonostante l’onestà e la ca**tà divengano una sorta di necessità da espletare con semplici e continui “fatti comuni”.

L’importanza della venerabile è tale che viene ancora oggi interiorizzata e sentita come protettrice e santa indipendentemente dall’esito della causa di beatificazione E se i santi sono figli e figure che parlano ai loro tempi, come evidenziato da Caludio Canonici, l’attualità di questa “donnina vestita di nero”, come scaturito dalla discussione e dai temi proposti in questa sede, è ancora capace di parlare a persone oggi quando si ripetono e ripropongono modelli del passato e crisi delle acquisite certezze.

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St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church15 October | FeastFrom the “Works” of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin(...
14/10/2025

St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

15 October | Feast

From the “Works” of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin
(book “The Book of Life,” chapter 22, 6-7, 14)

Let Us Always Remember the Love of Christ

Those who have Christ Jesus as their friend and follow such a magnanimous captain as he certainly can endure anything; for Jesus helps and gives strength, never fails, and loves sincerely. In fact, I have always recognized and still see clearly that we cannot please God and receive great graces from him except through the hands of the most sacred humanity of Christ, in which he said he was pleased.
I have experienced this many times, and the Lord himself has told me so. I have clearly seen that we must pass through this door if we desire that the supreme Majesty show us his great secrets. We must not seek another way, even if we have reached the summit of contemplation, because this way is sure. It is from him, our Lord, that all good things come to us. He will instruct us.
Meditating on his life, you will find no more perfect model. What more could we desire when we have such a good friend at our side who never abandons us in tribulations and misfortunes, as the friends of the world do? Blessed is he who truly loves him and always has him with him! Let us look at the glorious apostle Paul, who could not help but always have the name of Jesus on his lips, because he had it firmly fixed in his heart. Knowing this truth, I have considered and learned that some very contemplative saints, such as Francis, Anthony of Padua, Bernard, and Catherine of Siena, followed no other path. We must walk this path with great freedom, abandoning ourselves into God's hands. If he wishes to raise us up among the princes of his court, let us willingly accept this grace.
Every time we think of Christ, let us remember the love that prompted him to grant us so many graces and the ardent charity that God has shown us by giving us in him a pledge of the tenderness with which he follows us: for love demands love. Therefore, let us strive to consider this truth and inspire ourselves to love. If the Lord were to grant us the grace, once, to imprint this love in our hearts, everything would become easy for us and we would accomplish much, quickly and without effort.

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has published A Spirituality of Truth: Philosophical Explorations of St. Teresa of Jesus by renowned Philippino author Macario Ofilada Mina. It is available at: https://edizionicarmelitane.org/.../a-spirituality-of...

We also offer a number of other books on the life of St. Teresa, her work, and legacy.

We suggest reading the following books, from : The Heirs of St. Teresa of Avila. It is available at: https://tinyurl.com/37hvnzab and "I Consider the Labor Well Spent" A Mini-Course on the Interior Castle, available at: https://tinyurl.com/2cwdd36u

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St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 1 | FeastSaint Thérèse was born...
30/09/2025

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
October 1 | Feast

Saint Thérèse was born at Alençon in France on 2nd January 1873. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin. Following her death on September 30, 1897, of tuberculosis at the age of 24, she became known around the world as St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face through the publication of her autobiography now known as Story of a Soul.
In 2025, the Church celebrates the 100th anniversary of St. Thérèse's canonization. During his homily at the canonization, the Pope Pius, “If everyone follows this path of spiritual childhood, everyone will see how easily reformation of human society can be achieved, which we have proposed since the beginning of our pontificate. On the wall of the niche in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica where Pius XI is buried, there is a mosaic of the saint.
Thérèse’s simple yet powerful spirituality has captured the imagination of Catholics and non-Catholics alike for the last century. Her sense of commitment led her to a profound experience of the love of God and of neighbor. She never had an easy life, but she did live with a great sense of peace and joy.

published a book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of her birth in 1873 and the 100th anniversary of her beatification as well as the 100th anniversary of her canonization in 2025: Singing the Mercies of the Lord Writings on Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.

More information is available here: https://t.ly/KcoUR This book is also available as an ebook.

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IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELOFlos Carmeli, vitis florigera,splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis.Mate...
16/07/2025

IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO

Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera,
splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis.
Mater mitis, sed viri nescia,
Carmelitis esto propitia,
stella maris.

MÍCEÁL PRIOR GENERALIS
DOMUSQUE GENERALIS COMMUNITAS

16.VII.2025

A Video Message Of The Prior General On The Occasion Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel In The Jubilee Year 2025Si...
16/07/2025

A Video Message Of The Prior General On The Occasion Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel In The Jubilee Year 2025

Sisters and Brothers in Carmel,

Once again, we have the joy of celebrating the solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a celebration of the Church and of the whole Carmelite Family throughout the world.
We do so this year as part of the Jubilee celebrations and this gives added significance to our novenas, processions and liturgical celebrations because this year the late Pope Francis asked us to look at the hope that is in our lives and at the foundations of that hope, Jesus Christ and Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Because of them and what they represent we are able to live in hope with a hope that cannot disappoint. Jesus is the Incarnate Word of God. Mary is the handmaid of the Lord, ever obedient to his Word. Jesus, hanging on the Cross is the promise of resurrection, the victory over all that could hold us back. Mary stood and understood and without knowing what was happening, remained in hope and did not turn away as she saw her Son dying of crucifixion.
For Carmelites who read John’s account of that moment every year in our celebration, the message is very clear. We are not alone. Our hope is in Jesus Christ and in Mary. Our hope is also in our brothers and sisters. We must not lose hope in one another. While there are many things that are bound to disappoint us in what is happening at this time in the world, our hope in one another can still flourish as we recognise the work of God and the tenderness of Mary in those with whom we live. When we pray for peace we think of the thousands and thousands of people who are praying with us. When Elijah thought that he was alone, he soon discovered that there were seven thousand other prophets who had not bent their knee to Baal. (I Kg 19,18) Heaven’s gates are open, we are flanked by sisters and brothers like us, and we stand on the earth blessed by the feet of Jesus and Mary. We look down at the earth touched by our feet as pilgrims of hope and workers in the vineyard, walking in the direction of hope, moving away from all that speaks of death into a realm of hope through fraternity, prayer and service in the way that Carmel understands these three words. They say to us that a Carmelite life lived well, will always offer reason for hope for those who are willing to accept it.
I pray that our celebrations may increase our joy and our hope and lead many others to find that hope and joy in Jesus the Incarnate Word, in Mary the Mother of Jesus ever obedient to his word, and in the people who adorn each day of our lives, as brothers and sisters, pilgrims of hope.

Rome, July 5, 2025

Míċeál O'Neill, O. Carm.
Prior General

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Message Of The Prior General On The Occasion Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel In The Jubilee Year 2025Mary, Moth...
16/07/2025

Message Of The Prior General On The Occasion Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel In The Jubilee Year 2025

Mary, Mother Of Hope

To all members of the Carmelite Family

Brothers and Sisters,
Once again, we have the great joy of celebrating the solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a celebration of the Church and of the whole Carmelite Family throughout the world.
We do so this year as part of the Jubilee Year, an event that gives added significance to our novenas, processions and liturgical celebrations because this year, the late Pope Francis asked us to look at the hope that is in our lives and at the foundations of that hope, Jesus Christ and Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Because of them and what they represent we are able to live in hope with a hope that cannot disappoint. Jesus is the Incarnate Word of God. Mary is the handmaid of the Lord, ever obedient to his Word. Jesus, hanging on the Cross is the promise of resurrection, the victory over all that could hold us back. Mary stood and understood and without knowing what was happening, remained in hope and did not turn away as she saw her Son dying of crucifixion.
In this Jubilee Year, that sees us all as pilgrims of hope, our faith and hope are being tested. Each day we hear news of war in different places. The news from Gaza each day tells of 20, 30, 60 or even 90 people, men, women and children who can die in one attack. Each attack is the result of careful thought and planning and uses the best of human talent to make the attack possible.
I think of what it must be like to begin the day in Gaza, or in Kiev. It is hard to think that the people have slept but even so the new day has to begin. What will the new day bring, more death, more destruction, more rubble, and again the cry, when and how will it all end? What does one do when surrounded by rubble, when the home that was there yesterday is now a total ruin and the blood of one’s family has turned the stones to red? How often people must feel, we are lost, we have no hope, there is no one to save us?
The tragedy of war saddens us. News of natural disasters also saddens us. While we speak of natural disasters, we know that in many cases, so-called natural disasters can be prevented, or if not prevented, their consequences can be less severe. We believe that because of our advances in science there is a lot more we can do.
While the human heart must suffer deeply seeing what is happening, we still have hope and that hope does not disappoint. The Jubilee is an occasion for giving thanks to God, the author of life, listening deeply to his Word and putting things right in our relationships with God, with one another and with the earth that is our home, a home made for every child of God, and child of Mary.
Today we can give thanks because we have reason to hope. Every time we turn to the Gospel we discover again the reason for our hope and we give thanks. The Gospel speaks of Jesus revealing the love and mercy of the Father. The Gospel speaks of Mary receiving that word and putting it into practice. The Gospel speaks of a way of life that is all about love and treating every other human being as our brother and our sister.
This is the world that the Gospel offers to us. It is not just a pious thought. It is not merely an unreachable dream. It is a reality that we are able to achieve and it has been achieved by people who put their faith in Jesus Christ as Mary did, and sought to live a simple life of love and service to others. This is the life that millions of people strive to obtain, for themselves and for their families, but something has gone wrong. There is a part of our society that has let us down. It is that part that does not see human beings as brothers and sisters to one another, does not see other people as their sisters and brothers but rather as rivals, competitors, servants of their ambition, fodder for their greed. People with that mentality, preaching their gospel of power and exclusion of opulence and greed, have somehow convinced, captivated or corrupted too many leaders in this world, giving them permission to make laws that serve themselves and to turn away, exclude, and punish the masses who are the victims of this power game and who begin to feel there is no use in opposing this power and therefore the only thing to do is to accept it and become part of it. “If you cannot beat them, join them”.
In the days of the prophets the situation was much the same. Again and again true prophets had to rise up and condemn the oppressive ways of the bad shepherds and restore the hope of the people in the shepherds who were dedicated to their people. Elijah arose like a fire. He abhorred what the idolatry of Ahab and Jezebel was doing to the people, removing the identity of the people, taking away their reason for hope and taking the food out of their mouths to feed it to the horses. Elijah rose like a fire. Elijah was there to defend the dignity of the human person and the true image of God. How often today the name of God is used to support the most inhumane of causes!
In her time Mary could see the same truths. She saw that God raised up the lowly and removed the mighty from their thrones. She saw that God fed the starving and sent the rich away empty. She saw that God is faithful to his promises, as the small community began to take shape around her and she treasured the words spoken by Jesus from the cross, “Woman, behold your son”. She knew that all that her Son had said was true, because all his words were words of salvation.
When he spoke of how blessed are the poor, the peace makers, the pure in heart, the prophets of justice, all of those words were words of salvation and they were true for that reason. When He spoke about building our house on a rock and not on sand all of that was true and when He spoke of coming to serve and not to be served that too was true and when He spoke of loving God with our whole heart and soul and strength and our neighbour as ourselves, that too was true. All of these words are true because they are words of salvation. Now, today, we are deceived and disorientated by many words, spoken to defend causes that should not be defended because they offend the dignity of the human person and are not words of salvation.
The psalmist has a word for us, “My soul is waiting for the Lord, I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord, more than watchman for daybreak” (Ps 130). Do we find this confidence in ourselves, in the way that Mary found it, and does it give us the kind of hope that is as sure and safe and reliable as the dawn that will surely follow the night, as every watchman knows?
Where then is our hope, that sure hope that will not fail us and that we are encouraged to discover in this Jubilee year? That hope is in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, in Mary, the Mother of the Incarnate Word, always obedient to that word. That hope is also in our sisters and brothers who have believed in that Word. We are not alone. As we ponder each year that story of Mary standing at the foot of the cross, we can think of the generations of people who received Mary as their mother and took Mary into their lives and their homes as her Children. We are not alone. When we pray for peace we are in union with thousands and thousands of people around the world, whose humanity is still alive and well, who have not bent the knee to Baal or any other cruel and hard hearted idol. We are not alone. Elijah once thought that he was all alone, that all the prophets had been killed and he alone was left and they wanted to kill him too (I Kg 19,18). Then he had to discover that no, he was not alone, there were seven thousand other prophets who had not bent their knee to Baal. Today we have to look around us in this Jubilee Year and see the vast array of people, of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, who cherish the humanity they have received from the Creator and long only to live in peace and harmony with their neighbour, have space and dignity for their families and play their part in building a world where there is space and dignity for all.
What must it be like to be homeless, to have small children that you cannot protect, to hear the sound of the enemy in the sky and seconds later see the destruction that one bomb, not mind a thousand, can wreak in a matter of seconds. What words, ideas, messages, ambitions, obligations are in the minds of the men and women who give the instructions, and the men and women, who carry them out? The Jubilee year comes to us as a time to give thanks for God and to God, and to build new relationships where the former relationships were not built on being brothers and sisters to one another. There is no limit to the number of sons and daughters that Mary received at the foot of the cross and there is no limit to the men and women who can accept Mary into their home as her children. Here we create a new humanity in which we recognise that the mother and brothers and sisters of Jesus, in life, on the cross and in the resurrection are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice. These are the people who hear words of salvation, cherish those words and make them their own. They are able to filter out and reject the words of violence and destruction, words of hatred and revenge, words of greed and ambitions to lord it over others.
Now in the world we hear some of our leaders saying that we must be prepared for war, that it would be naive to think otherwise. We hear again that so-called wisdom that says, “If you want peace, prepare for war”. We hear words that say to us, you have to bully others into peace: peace comes through strength, there is no other way. Peace through strength is true, but what kind of strength? Our faith in Jesus Christ will always say, our real strength is in our ability to rely on God’s word and to reach out with that same word to touch the hearts of men and women who themselves have been touched by the love of God and long in the depths of their heart, there where the cry of humanity is loud and clear, to forgive one another and build new relationships of sisterhood and brotherhood for the good of all.
Now we must pause and see, what hope can do for us today. Our hope is in Christ Jesus and that hope does not disappoint but is it right to lose hope in humankind, in our sisters and brothers. The Psalmist tells us (Ps 117), “do not put your trust in princes, put your trust in the Lord and he will save you”. Yet it cannot be right not to hope in our brothers and sisters, in human beings. If we did that we would be playing the game of those who would take away from us our vision of God and our understanding of the dignity of the human person, only to replace it with a very poor and sometimes disgusting image of the human person. God has put so much of God into humanity that we can see one another are true children of God, brothers and sisters to one another.
Our way of understanding is based on the Gospel, on the law of love, on the revelation of God and of God’s love that has been given to us as exemplified in Mary and our saints, as exemplified in the Prophets Elijah and Elisha and given to us from the moment that we were called to live in allegiance to Jesus Christ.
Is there any way we can share that message with the world in a way that will convince minds and change hears, so that those who have all the power will use it to serve and not to be served and those who
do not have power will give that power to one another by receiving all that comes from God, and sharing it freely, so that that no one is left in need.
No one should be left in need of anything that is necessary for the human person to live a life of dignity in a world in which the dignity of every person is respected to the full. “Woman, behold your son, Son behold your mother”. It is in these words coming from the mouth of the Son of God hanging dying on the cross we learn to hope in God and in one another, because of the truth of these words, because they are words of salvation. From these words we learn how much God has done for us and how much more he will do for those who turn to him and learn what it is to be meek and humble of heart. It is the same Son of God who says, blessed are the peacemakers, blessed are those who work for justice, blessed are the meek.
I pray that our celebrations of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in this Jubilee Year, may renew our hope, increase our joy and lead many others to find that hope and joy in Jesus the Incarnate Word, in Mary the Mother of Jesus ever obedient to his word, and in the people who adorn each day of our lives, as brothers and sisters, pilgrims of hope.

Rome, 7 July 2025

Míceál O’Neill, O.Carm.
Prior General

To read more go to ocarm.org
English: https://t.ly/EI9S5
Italian: https://t.ly/ib24p
Spanish: https://t.ly/7Fmf5

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Celebrating At Home - The Most Holy Body And Blood Of ChristThe real presence of Jesus in us (Luke 9:11-17)Today’s feast...
17/06/2025

Celebrating At Home - The Most Holy Body And Blood Of Christ

The real presence of Jesus in us (Luke 9:11-17)

Today’s feast celebrates the enduring sign of Christ’s presence with us in the Bread and Wine of the Eucharist.
It also celebrates Christ’s presence with us in the community of the Church. The Eucharist is our sacrament of communion, not only with Christ and God, but also with all those called into the Christian community. Our communion binds us to one another in a sacred union of mind and heart with Jesus.
The word ‘communion’ means to share in common. In Holy Communion what we share in common with God and each other is Jesus Christ present in the Bread and the Wine. Another meaning of ‘communion’ is to be of one mind and heart. It is the Holy Spirit who keeps us in communion of mind and heart with God, with Christ and with each other.
We are very used to thinking about the Real Presence of Jesus being in the Blessed Sacrament. But the real presence of Christ is also in the community when it gathers in his name to feast on the Word of Scripture, to recall what Jesus said and did at the Last Supper (not only the words over bread and wine, but also the washing of the feet), when it shares the food of the Eucharist together, when it goes out and continues to break and pour out that food in acts of loving kindness, in soothing and nourishing words which brings others to life.
The Eucharist is not only an object to be looked at, but an action to be done so that the living presence of Jesus continues to touch and heal.
Maybe we need to think more deeply about the real presence of Jesus being in real, living human beings. Bread and Wine have no eyes to gaze with love, no face with which to smile, no mouth to speak soothing words, no arms to hold the grieving and the sick, or to lend a hand, no ears to hear the pain. But we do.
So we are called to become the Eucharist that feeds those around us with the nourishment of breadth of heart and vision, respect, love, compassion, hope and forgiveness.
May we become what we receive. (St Augustine)

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