May, what a great month!
Here we are at the last week of the month of May.
A
month in which we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus and the gift of the
Holy Spirit, at Pentecost. Two great feasts that help us to remember
how beautiful the Church is, that is filled with the Holy Spirit, who
speaks the language of Jesus, which, beyond its structures, is made up
of men and women loved by God.
I was thinking about this on
Sunday, the feast of Pentecost, as I celebrated Mass in Balembe, a
village where the Christian community is small and fragile. The church
is a canopy covered (at least in part!) with leaves, but where God's
love has the same power as the great cathedrals. Where faith is the
foundation of life, even if the church has no foundation! Where the
simple liturgy, with the songs a little out of tune, are however "felt"
by everyone: from the grandmother to the 5-month-old baby, who is
already dancing to the rhythm of the drums (sometimes replaced by two
empty tanks).
On Tuesday I quickly went to Bozoum, because the mother of a confrere, Fr Dieudonné, had passed away.
In the meantime, the end of the school year is coming near for our schools, including kindergarten and mechanical school.
May, what a great month! Today, 32 years ago, together with Fr Roberto Nava I became a priest. The very day of my birthday!
The gift of life and the gift of life!
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| Scuola meccanica école mécanique |
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| Matrimonio a Baoro Mariage à Baoro |
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| Balembe |
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| Bozoum |
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| 27 MAGGIO 1989 - Ordinazione sacerdotale 27 mai 1989: le jour de mon ordination sacerdotale |
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