And or actually I was surprised when I saw this article always courageous P. Aldo Trento. This time especially because I am one of the protagonists of the article he has written and I feel complentamente concerned: I am one of those ordained in the ceremony that he mentions.
thank P. Trent always supported us and always has been for all the seminarians of Ciudad del Este, though he never could have imagined, such as a priest, strength and faith.
"While many bishops and pastors only speak ... in Ciudad del Este, the bishop ordered ten new priests."
"Contra factum non valet argumentum" claimed Latinos. And the miracle is that many were able to attend on Sunday October 3 at the Cathedral of Ciudad del Este, when Monsignor Livieres Plano conferred the Order of priests and ten deacons (in addition to the 5 already ordained priests this year and another to be ordered October 9, in his homeland of Haiti.) This is a unique event that unusual, considering that today the world's largest diocese, the Milan, scarcely reach this number, when in the 60's, the archbishop of that metropolis ordered about a hundred priests each year. Lo de Ciudad del Este is an absolute novelty in Paraguay in recent decades and perhaps unique in the history of our country. We have no data, however, we do not have existed in the country a diocese that has had in one year sixteen new priests. We all know how much criticism and, sometimes, accusations, has been Bishop Livieres. However, the facts, the stones talk. "For the fruit tree is known," said Jesus.
We, friends of Monsignor Livieres always, we welcome infinitely grateful the Lord once more, because although it is clear that the vocation depends on God and human freedom, the bishop is crucial in this decision. Saints bishops, priests new saints. And holiness is not to be functional to what most people think, not even a large pastoral capacity, much less the social or political prominence nor the temperament buenista "vai-vai that characterizes so many pastors.
The sanctity of a bishop agrees with the clear awareness of the baptismal identity and the passion that Christ lives, their personal relationship with Christ, made a life of prayer, meditation, authentic sacramental life Communion afectiva y efectiva, hasta el martirio, con el magisterio del Santo Padre, sin la cual un obispo no sólo no tiene ningún valor vinculante en lo que enseña, sino que daña al rebaño puesto a su cuidado por la Iglesia.
Monseñor Livieres, un hombre de Dios que tiene un gran “sensus eclesiae”, tiene la bella satisfacción de ver hoy en su Iglesia particular quince nuevos sacerdotes destinados a cambiar el clima de aquella diócesis, porque el sacerdote en el silencio de su vida cotidiana, viviendo quizás en el monte, es el único punto de referencia auténtico para la gente que recurre a él en cualquier circunstancia.
What better way to commemorate the sixth anniversary Livieres Episcopal Bishop Roger (he was appointed diocesan bishop by Pope John Paul II on July 12, 2004, and took office on Oct. 3 that year) to celebrate this ordination.
So we rejoice with Bishop Livieres, having understood, as I said the great philosopher and priest, Blessed Antonio Rosmini, the first concern of a bishop is the seminar. Already in the nineteenth century, this holy priest philosopher singled as one of the five wounds of the Church to move away from the bishops of their seminarians. How think a bishop can lead a diocese if, above all, not living with his seminarians, does not share the life, problems, not the protagonist of his training? The first concern of a bishop is the seminar, which should be the bishop's house.
But beyond these issues are fundamental, Paraguay enjoys today the fifteen new ministers of the Eucharist and Confession. Our responsibility is to accompany them with prayer, with our love and recommend to the Virgin to protect them. It will not be easy for them to the mission, also because they are surrounded by many priests who have been and are not exactly a role model for them. However, we believe that being faithful to their vocation, which is nothing other than being "alter Christus" by a life of prayer, meditation, faithful every day to the breviary, the Holy Mass, the Holy Rosary, and well rooted in fidelity to the Pope and Bishop inside, too, the gifts of the movements to which they may belong, they will be the true protagonists of the country.
Our country is sick of the priests and bishops, politicians, with or without permission, and requires priests after the Heart of Christ. Wonderful! After so much suffering by developments in the last two years, finally the Holy Spirit through the Virgin, has given us sixteen new "alter Christus." EDITORIAL
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