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Pina Rabbiosi, missionsecular air of the diocese of Como, on the verbs of the incarnate God: to descend and to lower oneself
(by Pina Rabbiosi)
For us on the outskirts of Salvador, going down means going where the poorest live, on the slippery slopes, where sewer streams flow alongside the shacks or at the bottom where climbing back up becomes a chore under the scorching sun or a feat for climbers during the rainy seasons.
The echoes of the shots, the moans, the screams of this population, victim of so many abuses, are heard by those in Sun's house he always looks in this direction.
Often in the evening, when it gets dark or at certain times on weekends, we go down the slopes to console mothers mourning the continued killing of young people by the police and traffickers, to discreetly and sensitively enter families from which reports of hardship or conflict emerge, to witness the destruction left by bullets or other violence in the homes of residents.
How much need there is in this time, in the places where the world suffers most, for someone to penetrate beyond the waste, beyond the rubble, beyond the destruction, beyond the humanity crushed, devastated, brutalized by hatred and violence.
The verbs of the incarnate God: to descend and to humble himself, must become the daily movements of us Christians.
Pig iron
- “Look towards Him whom they have pierced” – Lenten itinerary 2024 by the Pastoral Office missionair of the diocese of Como, p. 103.
Pina Rabbiosi, missionsecular air of the diocese of Como, on the verbs of the incarnate God: to descend and to lower oneself
(by Pina Rabbiosi)
For us on the outskirts of Salvador, going down means going where the poorest live, on the slippery slopes, where sewer streams flow alongside the shacks or at the bottom where climbing back up becomes a chore under the scorching sun or a feat for climbers during the rainy seasons.
The echoes of the shots, the moans, the screams of this population, victim of so many abuses, are heard by those in Sun's house he always looks in this direction.
Often in the evening, when it gets dark or at certain times on weekends, we go down the slopes to console mothers mourning the continued killing of young people by the police and traffickers, to discreetly and sensitively enter families from which reports of hardship or conflict emerge, to witness the destruction left by bullets or other violence in the homes of residents.
How much need there is in this time, in the places where the world suffers most, for someone to penetrate beyond the waste, beyond the rubble, beyond the destruction, beyond the humanity crushed, devastated, brutalized by hatred and violence.
The verbs of the incarnate God: to descend and to humble himself, must become the daily movements of us Christians.
Pig iron
- “Look towards Him whom they have pierced” – Lenten itinerary 2024 by the Pastoral Office missionair of the diocese of Como, p. 103.
Photo by Anderson Portella (Pexels)
