Dear friends of Gethsemane, peace be with you.
The photo we have chosen is quite explanatory to introduce us to this Holy Week that we are preparing to live in a totally new way. To raise the chalice can have various theological meanings, referring to the Chalice of the new and eternal Covenant, raised by the Lord at the Last Supper (Lk 22:20), mentioned in the agonizing prayer of Jesus HERE in Gethsemane (Lk 22:42). In this time when Gethsemane is more than ever present in the whole world, we wish to invite each of you, in spite of everything, to raise together our prayer to the Lord to "give him thanks". We think it is limiting to say that this "bitter chalice" has been known by the Lord, almost in search of pietistic consolation. Though ministers of the Lord, therefore called to be His ‘mediation', it would still be restricted and too human to tell you that we bring you into this Chalice (it would still be our merit!). God’s action is much greater and he calls each of us to pray to him in a new way in "spirit and truth" (Jn 4:24). For this reason, as children, grateful for the Gift that our Saviour is for every man, let's repeat together our need of Him.Let's raise our THANKS for the gift that the Lord has given to all of us with his immortal Life: his Passover!
Best wishes in the Lord’s Passover.
