Monday, April 06, 2020 - Holy Monday - Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. John 12, 1-11 - Hail, O Christ, our King: Only You have taken pity on our errors.

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Today's Gospel presents us with five characters including : Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary and Judas Iscariot. Of these characters, who do we most resemble? Is it the humble Jesus, who came to save and to raise up? Is it Martha, the one who is concerned about everything and knows how to receive? Is it Mary, the humility personified, the one who anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped them with her hair? Is it to Lazarus, the one who through his experience of the resurrection allowed others to believe and to follow God? Or, is it Judas, the greedy, selfish, felon, profiteer?

Dear Christians! God knows the least of our vices and virtues. On this Holy Monday, let us put our weaknesses, defects and other bad habits at Christ's feet and make a firm resolution to leave them there so that we may progress spiritually in communion with the whole Church and our conduct may be blameless in the eyes of God.

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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