Dear friends,
For this month I offer you that which I prepared
in my article:
The
Woman Clothed With The Sun In Search Of The Little Ones
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An Experience of Life
When I meet people in search of faith or
those touched by a death or are in irregular marriage situations, I
invitation them to the Meeting on the Gospel, stating that there is
no intention to lead them to a regular religious practice.
There are now about 200 people who meet
in small groups to read the Gospel: over half of them do not
participate in other religious practices, and about a third live in
non regular family situations. They find a special atmosphere of joy
that reassures them at first, then they become more involved.
I remember Anthony, a very righteous man
but not a believer. He cohabitates with Silvia, a divorced women, who
recently approached the faith. There was commented on that day the
Gospel of the sick woman touching Jesus' cloak and was healed.
Antonio said, "I do not know if Jesus is God. But coming here, I
seem to touch his cloak, because I am always cured of my sadness.
Moreover, here I can not feel the difference between those who go to
church and those who do not go. You receive everyone here."
(Don Carlo Malavasi, pastor at Carpi)
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Father Joseph Dwight
