Sunday, January 20, 2008

Congregación General 35: 20 Jan: Thanksgiving Mass / Misa de Acción de Gracias

Cuando el nuevo General subió al púlpito a predicar, en la Iglesia se hizo el silencio más absoluto a la espera de sus primeras palabras. "Hoy quiero ser un simple cristiano más," comenzó diciendo, "y voy a comentar las lecturas de la Eucaristía".


Desarmados quienes esperaban un discurso programático del nuevo General, el Padre Adolfo Nicolás desgranó una preciosa homilía tan honda como concreta. Con poderosas imágenes e historias de su propia experiencia se centró en el profeta Isaías para hablar de la centralidad del servicio como lo que "place" a Dios. "En esto me gusta más el italiano piace" a la traducción española: "Tú eres mi Siervo, de quien estoy orgulloso (Is 49,3)".



When he took the pulpit to preach, the church became silent, wondering what he would say. He showed his pastoral skills by beginning with a disarming avowal that he would speak not as head of a religious order giving his first major address but just as a Christian commenting on the readings of the Mass. Of course, he is a theologian but his homily was very concrete. He emphasized the call of Isaiah in the first reading that we be servants and he made an interesting distinction between the Spanish translation that the Lord was ?proud? of his servants and the Italian translation that the Lord was ?pleased? with his servants. Father Nicolás said that the Italian was closer to the truth, and that we should aim to please God in all that we do.

PHOTO 1]. El nuevo General de la Compañía, el Padre Adolfo Nicolás, en un momento de la homilía.

Foto de Don Doll sj

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