Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time (full) of joyful hope and profound gratitude.
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The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time.
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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.
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But that means that the Eucharist is far more than just a meal it has cost a death to provide it, and the majesty of death is present in it. Whenever we hold it, we should be filled with reverence in the face of this mystery, with awe in the face of this mysterious death the becomes a present reality in our midst.
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