2JP2 100 (57)

Pope Saint John Paul II. the Great

(Saint Karol Józef  Wojtyła)

/1920-2005/

Photo credit:

https://www.facebook.com/PCross83/

(PL) „W chwilach trudniejszych, gdy będzie wam źle, drogie dzieci [...], popatrzcie na Chrystusa, na Chrystusa ukrzyżowanego, który zmartwychwstał.”

(HU) „A legnehezebb időszakokban, amikor rosszul, nagyon rosszul érzitek magatokat [...], vessétek tekintetetket.”

(EN) “In the most difficult moments, when you will feel bad, very bad [...], look to Christ, the crucified Christ who is risen.”

(IT) „Nei momenti più difficili, quando vi sentirete male, molto male [...], guardate a Cristo, Cristo crocifisso che è risorto.”

(Kraków/Krakkó/Cracov/Cracovia, 13. 08. 1991. 08. 13.)

2JP2 100 (30)

 Pope Saint John Paul II. the Great

(Saint Karol Józef  Wojtyła)

/1920-2005/

Photo credit:

https://www.facebook.com/PCross83/

(HU) „A betegség olyan állapot, amely egyrészt korlátozza az embert, és ráébreszti saját esendőségére, másrészt közvetlen kapcsolatba hozza Krisztus keresztjével, így új lehetőségekkel gazdagítja őt. Amikor a beteg felajánlja szenvedéseit Krisztusnak, személyesen is bekapcsolódik az Ő megváltó művébe.”

(IT) „Quella della malattia è una condizione ambivalente: da una parte, impedendo in vario modo la persona, la conduce a sperimentare il proprio limite e la propria fragilità; dall’altra, mettendola a più diretto contatto con la Croce di Cristo, l’arricchisce di possibilità nuove. Con l’offerta a Cristo delle proprie sofferenze, la persona malata può recare un personale contributo alla sua opera redentiva.”

(EN) “Illness is a condition which in part limits people and makes them realize their one frailness, on the other hand connects them with the cross of Christ, enriching them with new possibilities. When the ill person offers his sufferings to Christ, the person participates in His  redemptive work.”

(RO) „Boala este o condiție, care în parte limiteză omul și îl face să-și realizeze propria fragilitate, în altă parte îl conectează în mod direct la crucea lui Hristos, îmbogățindu-l astfel cu noi posibilități. Când bolnavul Îi oferă suferința lui Hristos, acesta participă personal în opera Lui mântuitoare.”

(Pannonhalma, 06. 09. 1996. 09. 06.)

Way of the Cross - Seventh station

Mario Girotti alias Terence Hill as Pietro (Un passo dal cielo),
on his character's personal Way of the Cross (S01 E12-  La lacrima del gigante)
Source of the photo: https://www.facebook.com/TerenceHilltelefilm2000oggi/

Seventh station: Jesus falls for the second time

“The tradition that Jesus fell three times beneath the weight of the Cross evokes the fall of Adam – the state of fallen humanity – and the mystery of Jesus’ own sharing in our fall. Throughout history the fall of man constantly takes on new forms. In his First Letter, Saint John speaks of a threefold fall: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. He thus interprets the fall of man and humanity against the backdrop of the vices of his own time, with all its excesses and perversions. But we can also think, in more recent times, of how a Christianity which has grown weary of faith has abandoned the Lord: the great ideologies, and the banal existence of those who, no longer believing in anything, simply drift through life, have built a new and worse paganism, which in its attempt to do away with God once and for all, have ended up doing away with man. And so man lies fallen in the dust. The Lord bears this burden and falls, over and over again, in order to meet us. He gazes on us, he touches our hearts; he falls in order to raise us up.”

(Joseph Ratzinger’s Way of the Cross meditation, Colosseum, 2005)

Source of the text:
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2005/documents/ns_lit_doc_20050325_via-crucis_en.html

Tony Meléndez

Tony Meléndez,
Nicaraguan-born armless American singer-songwriter.
Pictured with Saint Karol Józef Wojtyła (JP2 the Great)
on the Pope’s visit to the United States of America (USA) in 1987.
Source of the photo:
http://jceworld.blogspot.ro/2014/01/wow-man-without-arms-plays-guitar-for.html

„Mert nem a félelemnek lelkét adta nekünk az Isten, hanem az erő, a szeretet, és a józanság lelkét.” (2Tim 1, 7)

“For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of strength and of love and of temperance.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

„Căci Dumnezeu nu ne-a dat un duh de frică, ci de putere, de dragoste și de chibzuință.” (2 Timotei 1: 7)

„Denn Gott hat uns nicht gegeben den Geist der Furcht, sondern der Kraft und der Liebe und der Zucht.” (2. Timotheus 1: 7)