ABP PIERO MARINIS HOMILY

CONSTANT AND RENEWED CONVERSION TO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE READING OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLE IS AN IMPORTANT
MESSAGE FOR CHRISTIANS, FOR OUR JOURNEY OF FAITH.
ST PAUL HAD NEVER MET JESUS, AS A DISCIPLE, HE HAD TO LEARN
FROM JESUS
ST PAUL CAME TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND TO LOVE HIM, EVEN IF HE
HAD PREVIOUSLY MET HIM, HE SPENT DAYS LEARNING ABOUT THE
SCRIPTURES
ST PAUL LEARNED THAT JESUS WAS THE ONE FORETOLD BY THE
PROPHETS
IT IS TRUE THAT FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN- THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
EUCHARISTIC MEMORIAL-THAT ONE BECOMES CHRISTIAN THROUGH
THE LIVES OF THE CHRISTIANS THAT PRECEDED US AND LED US TO
THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD.
ST PAUL BECOME AN APOSTLE PAR EXCELLANCE. HIS LIFE BECAME AN
EMBODIMENT OF THE RISEN CHRIST.
ST PAUL WAS READY TO ENDURE SACRIFICES OF EVERY KIND-ALL FOR
THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
WE AS CHRISTIANS CARRY THE MARKS ON OUR BODY (SAME AS
CHRISTS MARKS). SIGNS OF JESUS SEEN IN OUR DAILY ACTIONS. SIGN
OF OUR CONFORMITY TO CHRIST-UNDERSTOOD BY ALL.
THE GOSPEL IS NOT ENTRUSTED TO A BOOK OR ANY MEDIUM OF
COMMUNICATION, IT IS IN OUR DAILY ACTIONS, IT IS IN HOW WE
PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.

THE CELEBRATION OF THIS ENTIRE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IS AN

INVITATION OF CHURCH TO LIVE CHRISTS PASCHAL MYSTERY, A
CELEBRATION OF GLORYCHRIST IS LIVING IN ME! IT IS A LIFE OF
FAITH, WITH THE SON OF GOD WHO GAVE HIMSELF TO ME.