About the European Court ruling on crucifixes
A PRESENCE IRREDUCIBLE
The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against the
crucifixes in classrooms has caused a stir of protest rightly
almost all Italians - 84% according to a survey delCorriere della Sera - have outraged
decision.
"And who do you say I am?". This question of Jesus to his disciples
reaches us from the past and challenges us now.
That Christ on the crucifix is \u200b\u200bnot a relic of popular piety to which you can feed
, almassimo, a devout recollection.
Nor is it a general symbol of our tradition of social and cultural
.
Christ is a living man, which led nelmondo an opinion, a new experience
, which has to do with all: to study and work, with the affections and desires
, with life and Lamorte. Experience of humanity accomplished.
crucifixes can be removed, but can not be removed from reality
a living man. Except for the kill, as it happened, but then it is more
live before! It
deceive those who want to remove the crucifixes, if they think they contribute so
to erase from the "public space" Christianity as
experience and opinion: if it is in their power-but is yet to be verified and we are confident that
denied - remove the crosses, it is not in loromani
removed from the real Christians live.
But there is a drawback that we Christians can not be ourselves,
forgetting what Christianity is, then it would defend the crucifix
a losing battle, because the man would not say anything to our lives.
The European verdict is a challenge to our faith. To
we can not return quietly to the usual things, after outraged protests,
avoiding the fundamental question: yes crucified, crucified no, where is the event
diCristo today? Or in the words diDostoevskij: "A man
Read, a European of today may believe, really believe,
the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ? ".
Communion and Liberation
November 2009.
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