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Hello everyone!
Christmas is past and now I can show you all that I produced iregali with my hands, I must say I was glad of all these things, although I have some a bit 'fed up because they are too monotonous, but the important thing was to beautiful picture!
I show the pictures of my new tree, decorated with ornaments made by me with felt pads and cross-stitch patterns with LK!

This is my tip, a little angel made from gauze that gave me very simple but in theme with the rest of the tree! E 'funny right?

And here's the latest effort for the holidays: a shears for a lady friend of the family
I also added a pair of scissors embroidery to complete everything! I xxx 13 on linen thread and finished with white lace and buttons as shown in the diagram!

Here this is a box that I finished in October and was addressed to my best friend, this arrangement is the third oldest of flowers embroidered on linen Renato Parolin newcastle (I think) 16 ecru thread (they are Safe!), I filled with his favorite perfume Omnia by Bulgari and chocolates, just not put the tissue paper usual!

Finally, I show you the gift I made for my friend to hang in the office, if they ever have the courage! It 's a bulletin board with an embroidery of Crickett, a character in the film Disney "Cars" I have xxx on ecru aida 55, once mounted on the bulletin board I put the trimmings and wooden buttons as decoration!

Now that I have stat I've done for others, it will be the next post dedicated to my swap gifts and "Santa Claus Express" organized by way of colors!

xxx Good, stay tuned!

Niky

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While Joseph Maria and sleep, the angel appears to Joseph in a dream

Matthew 1.18-24.

Here's how it was the birth of Jesus Christ: His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, who was right and did not want divorce, decided in secret. But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel appeared in his dream the Lord and said: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, because what is conceived in her is of the Spirit Santo. She will bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. " All this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son who will be called Emmanuel, meaning God with us. He woke up from sleep, Joseph did as the angel of the Lord and took with him his bride.

Dream of Saint Joseph

Museo Civico di Novara

COMMENT

The fear before a son of Joseph. Our own fears in front of us, children of the Son in the womb of Mary Immaculate. In her, we received the form of the Son, the very nature of God yet, we are afraid of ourselves. Of our shadow, the edges of the character of our uncertainties, words and gestures. Lest we are slaves, subject to a master who pulls us by the throat and makes us do what we do not want, it makes us say things we do not even dream of. It makes us think badly of ourselves. And God

Yes, the first fear, the fear of death that makes us slaves from the beginning, is the fear of ourselves. Of our success, our way of being, the refusal of those who we love. The fear of being ourselves. We love, we despise, we idealize in a dream world, we are committed to change and show "edible", acceptable, presentable, pleasant. And the burning of disappointments in clusters and increase the contempt proceedings on ourselves, which inevitably catapulted us about who is next. Fear and the scandal of an infinite distance. The laceration as a constantly open wound between the sublimity of our vocation and the infinite inadequacy of what we think is our being and our way of being in the world. The scandal and the fear of Joseph.

E 'something strange happened, out of the calculations and rules of life, the life of God is where no one expects it. Without warning, without asking permission, beyond any law. Even beyond the very Law of God Pregnant out of wedlock. Mary. Betrothed but not yet married. From a heart attack. The crash of the Incarnation, incident on the side of history. And Joseph rapt, trembling, afraid to seek ways and words to address the imponderable. As we, today, before our lives, our history. At the crumbs of existence that would like to have head and tail, and it failed to find any path logical. Human.

"Joseph, do not fear to take Mary your wife, because what is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit." Your wife . The bride is "already" married, God's Providence has been ahead of time. He has broken the rules of the world, the biology of the cosmos, drawing, from the eternal and the eternal, a path of salvation from the wounds of sinful humanity. Waters will love for Mary. Are the insults, the wry smile. Will be the sword. Even you, Immaculate Conception, has made her sinless sin to give birth to the world God made sin. The crash Incarnation, the path of Mercy in the history of the generations of men of sin. The Mother and the Son without any shadow of sin accused of sin. The Cross for both. The crazy and extreme love of God and total love to sinners free. To save them, and make them God, sin has made the Mother and the Son. And Joseph taking with them what the Holy Spirit had generated, and madly, had implemented.

The arduous journey of love. Jesus in the Jordan, in the ranks of sinners, and Mary pregnant out of wedlock. But there is a hidden truth, the mystery that shakes the earth, you "is" already married in the eyes of God, You are holy, holy You are the Mother of the Son of the saint. God is hidden in human flesh. Only the eyes of God see "beyond" the narrow view of man. The wonder and the fear of Joseph are our amazement, our fear. And the word of the angel addressed to each of us today is a balm of peace and hope: "Fear not, fear not to take with us Mary, the Daughter of Zion, to Donna, our history. In her, we generated, and that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. We are therefore by the breath of God, His life is in our lives. The meat barely holds her, the tent of clay that our members are sinners, those lumps of land that shocked us, block us, we are not scared that the poor stable in Bethlehem where God wanted to take home. Where God chose to be born in the world.

We are not afraid of ourselves, our weaknesses, everything that is wrong in us today, our obscure past, our future uncertain. What is in us, what we create today in this day and every day is the finger of God, the breath of His Spirit gives life to our death. In God we are "already" married with His Son, we are His forever, since before the creation of the world. And 'He is our fate, our weakness is a weakness in most aligned in the family tree of Jesus We are his fate and he is our homeland. Our sky. Our Life. We are precious in His sight. Our eyes see our lives reflected in a mirror, look at the eyes of God, and love, His Son in us. The eyes of God look at us with fatherly love. As Mary watched, of which, today as every day, we are the beloved children. With Mary and Joseph, then, on the streets of the Cross, a sword to pierce the heart and the unshakable certainty of being loved with an everlasting love. to His Son.

Gospel of Matthew 1:18-24.
E ste was the origin of Jesus Christ: His mother Mary was pledged to Joseph, when they still had not lived together, a child conceived by the Holy Ghost.
Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to publicly denounce it, decided to leave in secret.
As I thought about this, the Angel of the Lord appeared in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, fear not to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
She will a son, whom I shall name him Jesus, because He will save His people from all their sins. "
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
The virgin will conceive and bear a son who shall name Emanuel, which translated means "God with us."
Upon waking, Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary to his home.

Giotto, Il sogno di Giuseppe

Cappella degli Scrovegni Padova

COMMENT

The fear of facing a son Joseph. Our own fear against ourselves, sons in the Son, child within Mary Immaculate. In his bowels have received the faces of the Son, the very nature of God. But despite that, we are afraid of ourselves. Of our shadow, corner of nature, our uncertainties, words, gestures. For fear we are slaves, subject to an owner who pulls us by the throat and makes us would not want to comply, we do not utter words that we imagine. It makes us think badly of ourselves. And God.

True, the first fear, terror of death that makes us slaves of the principle is the fear of ourselves. Of our success, our way of life, rejection of those who would like want. The fear of being ourselves. We do not want, we despise what we are and we idealize in a dream world, we strive to change and to teach "food", acceptable, presentable, friendly. And the burns of clusters increase disappointments and trial contempt upon ourselves, which inevitably catapulted about who we are next. Fear and the scandal of a infinite distance. Laceration as a wound always open between the sublimity of our vocation and the infinite inadequacy of what we believe is our being and our way of being the world. The scandal and the fear of Joseph.

Something strange has happened, out of the calculations and rules, the life of God appears where nobody expected. Without warning, without asking permission, beyond every law. Even beyond the Law of God. Pregnant out of wedlock. Maria, promised wife, but no wife. Something to tear your heart . The scandal of the incarnation, unforeseen event in the history summit. And Joseph rapt, trembling, afraid to seek ways and words to remedy the imponderable. As we, today, against our lives, our history. A crumb of an existence that would have head and tail, and is not logical sense in any course, human.

"Joseph, fear not to take with you Maria, your girlfriend, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Ghost." Your girlfriend. The promised wife "and" is his wife, the Providence of God has advanced the time. You have exceeded the rules of the world, the biology of the cosmos, drawing, the eternal and the eternal, a way of salvation from the wounds of sinful humanity. Come the bitter waters to Maria. Come the insults, ironic smiles. Come the sword. She also, Immaculate Conception, without sin has made sin to give birth to the world God made sin. The scandal of the incarnation, the path of Mercy in the history of sin of generations of men. Mother and Son without any shadow of sin branded as sin. Cross both. Extreme and crazy love of God. Total and free love to sinners. To save them, and make God, sin has become the Mother and Son. And Joseph, just entente desubrir the will of God, take it how the Holy Spirit had conceived and acted foolishly.

is the arduous path of love. Jesus in the Jordan, in the row of sinners and Maria pregnant out of wedlock. But there is a hidden truth, the mystery that shakes the earth, she already is "bride in the eyes of God, she is a saint, she is the Mother of the Son holy saint. God has hidden in human flesh. Only the eyes of God are "beyond" the narrow view of man. The amazement and fear of Giuseppe are our amazement, our fear. And the angel's word now returns to each of us is a balm of peace and hope: "Fear not, do not be afraid to take us to Mary, the Daughter of Zion, Women, image and performance of our history. In her, we are begotten, and what has been conceived in her womb is the Holy Spirit. We then play the breath of God, His life is in our life. The underlying flesh with difficulty, the store of clay that are our membros sinners glebe land those shocked us, stop us, scare us, are the poor stable in Bethlehem where God has wanted to put his home. Where God has wanted to be born into the world.

not be afraid of ourselves, our weaknesses, everything that does not fit us today, our last abstruse, of our uncertain future. What belongs to us, without sin, is exactly what we have begotten you this day as every day, is the finger of God, the breath of His Spirit that gives life to our death. In God "and" we are married to His Son, we are from Yours always, since before the creation of the world. He is our lot, our weakness is a weakness aligned in the family tree of Jesus. We are his lot and he is our homeland. Our Heaven. Our Life. We are precious in His sight. Our eyes are our lives reflected in a mirror, look in the eyes of God, and want, His Son in us . The eyes of God look at us with fatherly love. As you have looked at Maria, that, today as every day, are the beloved child. With Mary and Joseph encaminémosnos the way of the cross, a sword to pierce the heart and unwavering certainty of being loved by an eternal love. The love of His Son.

Beato Angelico, Bodas de la Virgen

Pala Cortona [part.] Diocesan Museum in Cortona.

Joseph deserved to be called by God and believed God father

From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot.

was the custom of the Jews from the day of her engagement to the wedding the bride was entrusted to the custody of the groom, all the better because it preserved their modesty as they were loyal to each other. Now, like Thomas in his doubt and then by his encounter with Christ was the tangible witness stubborn resurrection of the Lord, Joseph, who is engaged to Mary, well known during the run-up to the wedding, heads was the most faithful of her modesty. Wonderful convenience of both fact: the doubt of Thomas and Mary's engagement.

It was therefore necessary that Mary was married to Joseph, that holy things should remain hidden from the infidels (cf. Mt 7:6), her virginity was confirmed by the groom and his modesty would remain intact and his fame. Nothing could be wiser and more worthy of divine Providence. With a single act is allowed a witness to the secrets of heaven, is excluded from the enemy, will keep intact the honor of the Virgin. But someone might object: "Joseph, as a man, could not help but doubt the loyalty his wife, but because it was a just man, certainly did not want to live with her because of this suspicion, nor yet (as it was also a pious man) wanted esperia infamy as suspect and therefore he had decided to leave secretly ' .

answer in a few words of doubt that this Joseph was required by God to have the appropriate insurance clarifying: "While he was thinking about these things," to let that secret, "appeared in a dream an angel the Lord and said, "Joseph son of David, king of fears take Mary your wife, because what is conceived in her is of the Spirit Ghost " (Mt 1.20).

For these reasons, therefore, Mary was married to Joseph, or, as the evangelist, "a man named Joseph" (Le 1:27). The evangelist says a man, not because the husband of a woman, but because a man of virtue, that is because, as noted by another evangelist (Mt 1.19), he was not simply a man, but the husband of her: so called because it just so people considered him.

He had, therefore, be said the husband of her, because it necessarily had to be considered, as well as deserved to be considered the father of the Savior, although it had in reality: "Jesus was about thirty when he began his ministry, and was the son, as was supposed of Joseph (Le 3.23).

Joseph, therefore, was neither the husband of the mother nor the father of the child, although, as stated above, given the situation which inevitably was, for a time he called, and as such was considered . From this we deduce: Joseph deserved to be called by God and believed God's father, Joseph was a man absolutely extraordinary. No doubt it was always a good man and true that Joseph, whose wife was the mother of the Savior.

faithful and wise servant, chosen by the Lord to comfort his mother and provide for her livelihood, the only assistant faithful on earth, the grand design of God

Giotto, The Marriage of the Virgin

Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.

John Paul II Redemptoris custos
, 25-26

The primacy of the inner life, in St. Joseph

also at work as a carpenter in the house of Nazareth extends the same aura of silence that goes with everything pertaining to the figure of Joseph. It 's a silent, but revealing in a special way the interior of this figure. The Gospels speak exclusively of what Joseph "did", but allow you to discover in his "actions" shrouded in silence, an atmosphere of deep contemplation. Joseph was in daily contact with the mystery "hidden for ages" (Col 1:26), that "dwelt" (Jn 1:14) under the roof of his house. This explains, for example, why St. Teresa of Jesus, the great reformer of the Carmelites, promoted the renewal of the cult of St. Joseph in western Christendom.

The total sacrifice, Joseph did his entire existence to the demands of the coming of the Messiah in his own home, becomes understandable only in "his profound inner life, from which they are singular commands and consolations to him, and he come to the logic and force, its of simple and clear souls, big decisions, such as immediately put at the disposal of the divine plan his freedom, his legitimate human calling, his marital happiness, accepting the condition of the family, responsibility and weight, and for giving an incomparable virginal love the natural conjugal love which is the foundation and power "(Pope Paul VI).

This submission to God, who will promptly to engage in things pertaining to his service, is nothing but the exercise of devotion, which is one of the expressions of the virtue of religion (cf. St. Thomas Aquinas).

"Doubt of Joseph "

" Antiphonarium de Sanctis, "Min School Bolognese, G Cod, f. 119v,
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San Pedro Crisólogo (to 406-450), bishop of Ravenna, Doctor of the Church
146 Sermon on Matthew 1.18, PL 52, 591

"Mary the mother of Jesus was betrothed to Joseph "

" his mother Mary was betrothed. " It would have been enough to say Mary was betrothed. What does a mother married? If it is mother, is not married, if married, is not yet a mother. "His mother Mary was betrothed 'bride of virginity, fertility mother. She was a mother who had not known man, yet knew motherhood. How not to be a mother before conception, she that, after birth, a virgin and mother? When it was her and mother who gave birth to the founding of the times and gave a beginning to all things? ...

Why the mystery of celestial innocence is intended for a bride not a virgin still free? Why the jealousy of a bridegroom should endanger the bride? Why all under sin and salvation seems eternal danger? ... What is the mystery that we embrace here, brothers? No trace of the pen, or a letter or a syllable or a word or a name, or a character from the Gospel makes no sense divine. It has chosen a bride to be represented as the Church, Bride of Christ, as the prophet Hosea: "I will betroth you to me forever, I will betroth you in righteousness and in justice, in love and compassion I will betroth you in faithfulness "(2.21 to 22). So John says: "He who has the bride is the bridegroom" (Jn 3.29). And St. Paul: "I wanted to wed with one husband, presentándoos Christ as a faithful virgin" (2C 11.2). Oh true bride, the Church, that the virgin birth [of baptism] generates new children in Christ!

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Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ... Oh
last Christmas is almost here and so you start to decorate the house, making the tree and the nativity scene in my house and now you only hear Bocelli Christmas cd, and then it occurred to me to show you some of the decorations in my house, actually they are all hung on the doors of the house.
not I made them all but this year I liked the idea of \u200b\u200bshowing!
This crib is from an old Susanna, still only embroidered on aida and I stitched during a hot summer, it's always the scene and now I wonder what state of grace I was when I did ... oh, well ... .

This panel is newer, I xxx last year and I liked the idea of \u200b\u200bdoing all this and elf hats Lizzie Kate helped me! The stoffina sbrilluccica but not seen .. .

Also this wreath I made last year and actually I made 2, but here I was in a state of grace and I think now adorns the front door! I took verbatim from creative sewing, magazine I love it!

Good with the xxx and the next Christmas tree!

Niky

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God did not think it had too many thousands of years to prepare the world for the coming of his Son. St. John the Baptist says: «The ax is at the root>>, then we put the ax to the root of those defects that separate us from our Lord, let us remember that it is not read many religious books, nor recite long prayers, nor science, nor the wisdom to bring Jesus into our hearts. And 'love is the desire to own it. E 'continuous effort that we put in place the ax to the root. We know what he likes and we know what he's sorry. We ask our Lord to such defects we have to leave so we can prepare our hearts for his coming.

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... Last Thursday another meeting

Yes, I know, it spent some 'time but I could not find a moment for this post!
But better late than never!
Not long ago I enrolled in the Way of the colors on the wave of enthusiasm for the blog and just opened on the ground to find some friends of crosses, here I met Brown who lives near me and where I work, so we have decided 'Meet!
Thursday was the day of the event, a bit 'shaken Riestra and from work, then sfattissima (They always are when I meet new people), I came to the bakery designated for the meeting. Here I found
Bruna and immediately started the chat, without any embarrassment we spent an hour and a half talking about a bit 'of everything. Generous
brought me a beautiful present, the picture as usual is not the best but is difficult to understand, is an angel who is comfortable with the previous post, very well done and which now hangs in the house to decorate for the holidays!


Also at the meeting and I came prepared with this bearing pattern of the frame it fell from my hands to those of my friend! I hope I have made a good impression!

Thanks to Brown, I found it really good!

Good with the xxx and the next shall work!

Niky

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Mt 11 2-11

At that time, John, who was in prison, having heard of the works of Christ, sent to tell him by his disciples, "Art thou he that should come, or we look for another?". Jesus said, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached, and blessed is he who takes no offense at me. "
As they departed, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John: "What did you go to see in the desert? A reed shaken by the wind? What did you go see? A man clothed in soft garments? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses
So, what did you go see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thee, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
In truth I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

COMMENT

John, who has leaped in the womb of his mother on hearing the voice Mary pregnant with Jesus, sees rise in the heart of the question that sums up the dilemma of existence. "Art thou he that should come or do we look for another?". In prison for Truth, John does not Truth is sure of itself. Chained to an ad, ask me about the One who has announced. John, as each of us that we have announced many times the Gospel, he needs to hear again the ad. Even John "faith comes from hearing" (fides ex auditu : Rm 10:17) . Gi ovanni , the envoy, the messenger, the angel of the desert, as is shown by such iconography, the precursor, the preacher needs to hear the preaching. John gave his life to a mission, every inch modeled by his feet, every moment of its existence was made ad. His clothes, his food, his words, the very place of his life, everything has been seized and turned into prophecy. How's life every prophet, an apostle completely coincides with the object of prophecy and proclamation.

But John is in prison because of the prophetic words of truth he had announced. The prison is a metaphor for his own life. Chained to the word is separated from the world. Like St. Paul's experience that even if his life is stripped of all freedom, the word is not chained and the chains are proof. E ' the experience of every apostle, of every Christian martyr of the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ apart from the world, sometimes in chains, crucifix, unable to live like everybody else. Enemy of the world is rejected, condemned and thrown into prison. No covenant between Christ and Belial, between God and the world.

E 'the experience of young Christians who have overcome the evil and some are strong, but they feel pressure on the skin and bones, the weight of the chains, looking at the sky through the bars, and the world seems to run inexorably leaving out their lives rotting in prison. Often, the truth seems to have chained the joys, passions, the poetry of life and existence seized from a proclamation of freedom seems to pay off in a cell. The chains tighten the sexual drives that pushes the world to follow, the door blocks the way for clubs and concerts are crowded with young people, these four walls, remove the air. And grateful that this life seems like a cloistered convent, even the simple things sometimes seem stolen, friendships, sports, entertainment, everything like the sky and narrowly tailored to squares that appear behind the barred window. The world outside running free and happy, and I, Christian, drowned in prayers and celebrations, and everything gets out of hand in a life so different, so gray and insignificant, forgotten in a cell that seems to oppress and steal the most beautiful years.

So is the life of every Christian, like that of John the Baptist. And the question that rises from the heart of bullying. E 'is the truth? It 'really Him, Jesus, the Savior, the Messiah? E 'him the joy, peace, the sense, the fullness of my life? And 'Him to my righteousness, the One who redeems and renews my feelings, thoughts, words and actions? And 'he who awaits my eager heart of freedom and happiness? And 'Him or do I wait for someone else, something else? And if so, if it was not him, if it was all a hoax, a dream, an illusion, drug opium for the people? If so this prison would be a monstrosity, I given my life to the wrong person, I would follow a perverse chimera.

You are the Beloved of my heart, it's you or should I wait? There are times that I can not own, everything seems to be crashing around me, the weight of this imprisoned life becomes unbearable, I do not see the sky, and the hope is taken away if the wind. I prayed, as announced, but now they are here, within these four walls, and nothing makes more sense. And this life of a prophet I have not chosen me, the family, the circumstances, someone has stuck on me and, anyway, nothing will be different. Even choosing to live differently, also according to the flesh and the world, will always carry the mark of intimacy this life, the words I've heard of the signs I've seen. are marked, are not and never shall be free, the weights of this election will not leave me again! And I did not want me in this life, evangelism, Christian living upstream, lost his life for those who may not care at all, just want a quiet life, perhaps even according to the Gospel, but shocked to the point of going to jail and, as happened San Pietro, another to lead me where I do not want , no! I can not. I need to know if it's you or if I should wait for someone else!

The Lord replies to this crucial question exactly how he responded to John. Leave His Church, the witnesses who have seen the Word incarnate in the signs made by him. In Scripture, the Messiah was announced by signs, made, it will identify its presence. There are signs of recognition, fingerprint of the Messiah. They are his own works, because "wisdom is justified of her works." Conventional signs, undeniable and unmistakable, and the signs performed by Jesus, they indicate the Sky, a power that spans the wall of human possibilities, " The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf regained their hearing, the dead are raised. "In the prison of the flesh shining power of the Spirit. In the desert, water, light in darkness, life into death. A love stronger than sin, the flesh of the world. peace, joy , the sense, the fullness in a cramped prison cell .

Then we discover, like John, that those signs are the same made in each of us. We find that the infinite love of God has been with us since the foundation of the world, right into the bosom of our mother. We find that mercy has brought us into the desert to prepare for a mission unavoidable. We discover that forgiveness has snatched from the harsh law of slavery which he had subdued the flesh with its lusts. We discover to be saved a thousand times when we were right in front of a firing squad with rifles loaded and ready to fire. Discovering of having been pardoned and returned to real life. We discover that you have not tasted what it means to live for themselves and the infinite joy of giving life. We find his fingerprints companies in our stories.

But often this is not enough. Miracles and signs are an ad, a passage to something infinitely greater. Stop signs is to rejoice for a gift card and forget about the gift. The signs we are filling, but still have hunger. For this reason it is not uncommon after welcoming the signs of the Messiah, I reject the heart, the essential work and decisive. We cringe. Della Croce. Crucified the flesh, of a love that shakes. The signs are preparing for the advent of the crucified Lord, His Cross, the very real very real in our lives.

And it is the time of the experience of Peter, the apostles, Jonah and Elijah, and the question comes back to visit us arrogant. Slamming on the Cross returns the doubt, and with it the anxiety of having the wrong person. E 'scandal that Jesus had prophesied to all disciples the night he was handed. Shocked and lost. And 'This is the underlying reason for all our suffering. The prison in which it seems our fallen Life is the contrast that highlights certain the outbreak of cancer that is eating us away: the scandal of the Cross. The poison that infects the thoughts and words is the inability to accept the way to Calvary, rejection, suffering, death. And, like Peter, we become outraged scandal, stumbling to understand the work of Peter after Jesus, knowing their hearts to recognize the fact that pasta is the heart of God Jesus loves him and look where it meets. Risen Christ, his face, his hands and his side were wounded signs of a love without limits. A love to smash the heart and mind. A love that shocked.

For this reason, as John, We need someone we love this ad and proclaim again, the cross and the resurrection of the Lord, the only password that can open up your heart and fill it with joy, peace, meaning and hope. We need preaching that the sky opens and it has under the Spirit, which seals the forgiveness of sins, Christ's victory, his eyes pointed straight at the mercy of my heart. " Because it can evangelize and evangelize, the priest, as the church must grow in awareness of its standing in need of evangelization" ( John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation (1992), Pastores Dabo vobis 26.47).

encounter with this love, then we discover the deeper meaning of our life. 'we are waiting for him. And 'Him, we have no wrong. And 'Him the password can open our hearts to welcome the peace and joy. And 'He knows us all the way, who loves us where and how we are: he is reaching down to afratti hidden in our hearts, where lurk the worst thoughts and desires, the ones that come to light if we would be rejected by all like mangy dogs. And 'he who is not offended by us, who forgives, who welcomes us and turns. And 'he who makes our life a prophecy living life stronger than death. And 'he who makes us a sign of Heaven in the night. And 'he who lights up the prison of a pure light that enlightens every chain, every fear, every doubt, every lonely, and as an archaeological buried for thousands of years, it brings to light the forms and the secret meaning. And 'he who opens our eyes, and the prison becomes the most beautiful place, the bed where we love marries his love, the city on the hill, the Glorious Cross, the place where he shines the life in death. We should not wait any more. He, the smallest of the small, smallness has made the place of the Glory of God in him, both small and helpless, chained and oppressed, we are free and happy, the largest the Kingdom of Heaven, the largest the size of the Baptist. Largest of Prophecy fermatasi on the threshold of fulfillment. John Christ announced, we embody announcing Heaven down to Earth, the Kingdom is open to every man .

A child placed in the squalor of a manger. In this we are preparing at this time, to meet the unexpected, like a palace to a prison, because I live by the King of kings. Re A child who is salvation, a child born to the Cross. His manger and His Cross are there in our prisons, in our difficult times, where we play our happiness. Blessed if we do not cringe of a God who loves us more than ever in our bitter tears. Happy are we if we welcome it will go there, there where we may want to erase everything. With him, you do not throw anything, everything is holy. And blessed are our eyes that now meet his love. This Advent is a bliss: Preparing for the Cross.

Gospel of Matthew 11:2-11.
J ohn the Baptist heard in prison the works of Christ, and sent two of his disciples to ask:
"Are you the one to come or should we expect another?".
Jesus replied: "Go and tell John what you hear and see:
the blind see and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead rise and the Good News is preached to the poor.
And happy one for whom I am not a stumbling block! ".
While the messengers of John were leaving, Jesus began to speak him to the crowd, saying: "What went to the desert?" A reed shaken by the wind?
What came to see? a man dressed in refinement? Those who dress this way live in the palaces of kings.
went to see what then? A prophet? I tell you yes, and more than a prophet.
He is the one of whom is written, I send my messenger ahead of you, to prepare the road.
I assure you that no man not born greater than John the Baptist, and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

COMMENT

John, who has jumped into the lap of his mother when he heard the voice of Mary pregnant with Jesus, sees rise in heart the question that sums up the dilemma of existence. "Art thou to come or should we expect someone else? ." In jail for Truth, John is not sure of the truth itself. Bound by a notice on the confirmation question that has been announced. Juan, as each of us that have preached the gospel many times, you need to hear again the ad. Also for John's faith is born of "listening" ("fides ex auditu": Rm 10.17). Giovanni, the messenger, the messenger, the angel of the desert as much iconography is represented by the precursor, the preacher needs to hear the preaching. John has given his life to a mission every inch trodden by his feet, every moment of its existence has been announced. His clothes, his food, his words, the very place of his life, everything has been seized and turned into prophecy. The life of a prophet, an apostle in complete agreement with the object of prophecy and the ad.

But Juan is in jail because of the prophetic words of truth he announced. The prison is a metaphor for life itself. Chained to the Word is from the world. How St Paul's experience that even though his life is stripped of every freedom, the word is not chained. Is the experience of each apostle, of every Christian, martyr of the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ. Separated from the world, sometimes bound, crucifijcado, unable to live like the others. Enemy of this world is rejected, condemned, thrown into prison. No covenant between Christ and Belial, between God and the world.

is the experience of young Christians, who have overcome the evil one and are strong, but feel compress on the skin and bones on the weight of the chains, watch the sky bars, and the world looks like run away, leaving their lives inexorably to rot in prison. Truth often seems have chained the joys, passions, poetry of life, and the existence of catching a free ad seems doomed to fade into a cell. The chains tighten the sexual urges that the world pushes forward, the door seal off the way to clubs and concerts packed with kids, these four walls take the air. And the grid - that life seems a convent - is also sometimes the simple things seem stolen, friends, sports, entertainment, all cut and circumscribed as the sky that appears after Picas barred window. Outside the world is free and careless, and I, Christian, drowned between prayers and celebrations and all escapes hand in a life much different, and gray and insignificant, forgotten in a cell press and steal the years seem more beautiful.

Such is the life of every Christian, identical to that of John the Baptist. And the question that rises arrogant of heart. Is this the truth? Is it really Him, Jesus the Savior, the Messiah? Is he the joy, peace, meaning, the fullness of my life? Is he my righteousness, which rescues and renews my feelings, thoughts, words, actions? Is he waiting for my heart impatient of freedom and happiness? Is he or I have to wait for someone else, something else? And if so, if not him if it was all a hoax, a dream, an illusion, drug opium to the people? If out well, this prison would be a monstrosity, would have given my life to the wrong person, it would have taken a perverse fantasy.

Are you the beloved of my heart are you or I have yet to wait? There are times I can not but everything seems to crumble up, the weight of this prison life becomes unbearable, I see the sky and hope has taken the wind. I have prayed, preached, but now I'm here, within these four walls, and nothing makes sense. And this life of a prophet I have not elected me, the family, the circumstances, someone has pasted above and in any case, nothing could be otherwise. Also, choosing to live differently, also according to flesh and world, forever in the intimate life of this signal, the words I've heard, I've seen the signs. I said, I am not and never will be free, the burden of this election and not let me! And I have absolutely no desire in this life, evangelism, Christian living upstream, who lose their lives may be indifferent to everything, I just want a quiet life, perhaps also with the Gospel, but upset to the point of ending up in jail such as San Pedro, go where I would not, and another to lead me no, I do not want. I have to know if you you or if I have to wait for someone else!

The Lord answers This crucial question has been answered just like John. Send your Church, witnesses who have seen the Word incarnate in the signals observed by him in Scripture the Messiah's arrival is announced by signs that completed, it will identify the presence. There are signs of recognition, fingerprints of the Messiah. Are his own works, because "Wisdom has been returned justice for their deeds." Conventional signals, undeniable and unmistakable signals and are fulfilled by Jesus. They indicate the Sky, a power that exceeds the wall of human potential: "The blind regain their sight, cripples walk, lepers are cured, the deaf ear recover, the dead are raised. "In the prison of the flesh glows the power of the Spirit. In the desert, water, darkness light, death life. A stronger love of sin, the flesh of the world. Peace, joy, meaning, fulfillment in a narrow jail cell.

discovered then, like John, that those signals are the same wrought in every one of us. We found that the infinite love of God has been with us since the foundation of the world, even within the bosom of our mother. discovered that mercy has brought us into the desert to prepare for an unavoidable mission. We discovered that forgiveness has pulled out of the harsh law of slavery which we subdued the flesh with its lusts. Discovered to have been saved a thousand times just as we are before a firing squad with rifles loaded and ready to shoot. Discovered to have been pardoned and recovered to real life. Have liked to discover what it means to not live for ourselves and the infinite joy of giving life. We found your fingerprints companies in our stories.

But too often this is not enough. Miracles and signs are an advertisement, a step to something infinitely larger. Stand to the signals is rejoicing over the role of a gift and forget the gift. The signals we are satisfying, but to be still hungry. So it is not uncommon, having welcomed the signs of the Messiah, we reject them, the heart, the essential and decisive work. We were shocked . De la Cruz. Crucified the flesh, a stirring love. Preparing for the arrival signals crucified the Lord, His concrete cross in our concrete life. His Cross in our life. And it's time to experience Peter, the apostles, Giona and Elia, and the question becomes arrogant to visit. Shaking on the Cross becomes the doubt, and with it the anguish of having the wrong person. It is a scandal that Jesus prophesied to all the disciples the night he was betrayed. Shocked and lost.

This is the real reason in our suffering. The prison where life seems to precipitate the dye which shows with certainty the source of the cancer that consumes us: the scandal of the Cross. The poison that infects thoughts and words is the inability to accept the road to Calvary, rejection, suffering, death. And, like Peter, we become a scandal shocked, stumbling through the work of Jesus. Peter understood then recognize the very heart knowing what stuff is indeed the heart of God. Jesus was looking for and what you want where you are. Risen Christ, his face, hands and hip wound are signs of love without limits. A love of destroying the heart and mind. A love that shocked.

So like John, who told us we need this love, the Cross and Resurrection of the Lord, the only password can open up your heart and fill it with joy, peace, meaning and hope. We need preaching that the sky opened and it lowers the Spirit that seals the forgiveness of sins, Christ's victory, his look of mercy pointed right to my heart.

In the encounter with this love, then discover the deeper meaning of our lives. It is He who we are waiting. He is, not a mistake. It is he who knows us all the way, who wants us where and how we are, is he that goes down to the hidden places of our heart, where their nests worst thoughts and desires, those that come to light if we would be rejected by all like dogs tricky. E He who takes no offense at us, forgiving, welcoming us and transforms. It is He who makes our life a living prophecy of life stronger than death. It is He who makes us signal in the night sky. It is he that illuminates a light prison refines that illuminates every chain, every anguish, every doubt, every lonely, and like a millennia buried archaeological remains, redirects it to light the ways and meaning secret. It is He who opens our eyes, and the prison becomes the most beautiful, the bed of love home where we love the city on the hill, the Glorious Cross, the place where life shines in death. We should not expect any other. He, the smallest among the small, smallness has made place for the Glory of God. In Him, small and helpless, bound and oppressed, we are the largest, we are free and happy in the kingdom of heaven, even larger than the Baptist. Prophecy largest standing on the threshold of compliance. John said Christ, the incarnate announcing Us Heaven down on Earth, the Kingdom open to every man.

A child who was deposed in the squalor of a manger. To this we are preparing at this time, to find the unimaginable, a prison as a royal palace, because inhabited by the King of kings. A child king is salvation, a child born of the Cross. His manger and His Cross are there in our jail, in our difficult times, where our happiness is played. Blessed are we if we were shocked by a God who loves us even within our bitter tears. Blessed are we if we there it goes, where there might want to delete everything. With him not throw anything, everything is holy. And blessed are our eyes today also find their love.

San Cirillo d'Alessandria (380-444), Vescovo e Dottore della Chiesa
Christological dialogue Primo, 706, SC 97, 27

"... The blind see, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached"

"He who comes after me is mightier than me: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire "(Mt 3, 11). We will say perhaps that the work of baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire is similar to our humanity? How could it be? Yet, speaking of a man who has yet to learn fate, John declares that he called "the Holy Spirit and fire." Not transmitting to a spirit that would not be baptized her as a servant could have done any, but as one who is God by nature, and gives it a sovereign power that comes from him and he belongs on his own. For this grace, the divine imprint is imprinted in us.

In fact, Jesus Christ, are changed, similar to the image made divine, not because our bodies were formed again, but because receiving the Holy Spirit, we could just get hold of Christ, to the point you can cry now, in our joy, "My soul rejoices in the Lord, for he has clothed me with garments of salvation" (Is 61:10). In fact, the Apostle Paul says "How many have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ" (Gal 3:27).

Perhaps you were baptized in a man? Silence, you who are only human, maybe you want to lower it to ground our hope? We were baptized in a God made man he freed from their suffering and their sins, who believe in him. "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ ... and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38). Those that bind to untie him ... It's spring in us by nature ... The Spirit properly belong to the Son, who became a man like us. In fact, he la vita è di tutto quanto esiste.

homily attributed to St. Hippolytus of Rome (?-To 235), priest and martyr
Sermon on the Holy Theophany, PG 10, 852

"No one born of woman greater than John the Baptist, although the smallest in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he" revere the

compassion of a God who has come to save and not to judge the world. John, the forerunner of the Master, who had hitherto ignored this mystery, when he heard that Jesus was truly the Lord, loudly told those who came to be baptized, "" brood of vipers "(Mt 3.6), Why look at me so strongly? I am not the Christ. I am a servant and not the Lord. I am a simple subject, not the king. I am a sheep, not the pastor. I am a man, not God. Coming into the world of infertility has been cured of my mother, I have not been fruitful virginity, I have been out of the low, I have not fallen from the heights. I have attached the language of my father (Lk 1.20), I have not displayed the grace of God ... I mean little, but after me comes he who is before me (Jn 1.30). Comes later in time, but before, was inaccessible and ineffable light of divinity. 'He comes who is mightier than I, and not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire "(Mt 3.11). I am a subordinate, he is free. I am subject to sin, he destroys sin. I teach law, he brings the light of grace. I preach as a slave, the legislation as a teacher. I have to layer the sun, it's heaven. I baptize with the baptism of penance, he gives the grace of adoption. 'He will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. " Why I want to revere? I am not the Christ. "