This is why Jesus calls his disciples to check the quality of their listening. “So be careful how you listen, for to him who has, it will be given to him; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him”. social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.
The man, on the contrary, tends to flee the relationship, to turn his back and to “cover his ears” so as not to have to listen. The refusal to listen often ends up becoming an aggression towards the other, as happened to the listeners of Deacon Étienne who, covering their ears... Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.
Listening is God's humble style. It is this action that allows God to reveal himself as the One who, by speaking, creates man in his image, and by listening to him recognizes him as his interlocutor. God loves man: this is why he addresses the Word to him, this is why he “tends his ear” to listen to it. Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.
There are passages in the Bible that teach us that listening is not just "hearing with the ear" as a sense of hearing, but is very much related to communication between God and human beings. Listening comes out of nowhere but by the grace of God. Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.
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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