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Report of the tenth day of the Chapter: Wednesday 14th of July
This morning's Mass was presided by Fr. Seweryn Lubecki, a newly nominated member of the Discretorium of the Holy Land and a much loved professor of medieval and Franciscan philosophy of the Studium Theologicum Jerosolymitanum. Commenting on today's Gospel reading, the celebrant spoke about the importance of acknowledging ones own fragility and limits before God. To be small in the Gospel sense, means to be humble.
In the evening the Chapter Fathers traveled to the newly renovated St. Clare's Monastery where the Poor Clare Sisters of Jerusalem had lovingly organized a time of Eucharistic adoration in the chapel.
Today brought the formal Chapter activity to a close. Officially the program will end tomorrow (Thursday), but the central work has been completed. Tomorrow will be a day dedicated to various liturgical celebrations for the Chapter fathers.
For St. Anthony of Padua, humility is what allows us to know ourselves and to know God. Humility allows us to know God and His mystery: the more we grow small and humble ourselves in our hearts, the greater God grows within us.
After the Eucharistic celebration, the President of the Chapter, Fr. Francesco Bravi and the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, shared the joy of welcoming the Minister General, Fr. Jose Rodriguez Carballo, who has arrived especially for the conclusion of the Chapter. The entire morning was dedicated to meeting with the Minister General and the proceedings evolved in an atmosphere of fraternity and familiarity. The Minister General spent some years of his formation in the Holy Land and rightly considers St. Savior's as his second home. The afternoon activity was left open for a time of discussion regarding the central issues dealt with thus far in the Chapter.
The day finished with a joyful time of friendship in the picturesque setting of the garden in front of the church, where a barbeque was prepared among the trees.
SM
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