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Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of JesusMatthew 11:25-30"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for I am meek and humble of heart;and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

Memorial of Saint Barnabas, ApostleMatthew 10:7-13"As you enter a house, wish it peace.If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it;if not, let your peace return to you."

Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 5:17-19Jesus said to his disciples:"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."

Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 5:13-16Jesus said to his disciples:“You are the salt of the earth.But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?It is no longer good for anythingbut to be thrown out and trampled underfoot."

Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 5:1-12“Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they who mourn,for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the land.Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be satisfied."

Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and MartyrJohn 10:11-16Jesus said:"I am the good shepherd.A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.A hired man, who is not a shepherdand whose sheep are not his own,sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,and the wolf catches and scatters them."

Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary TimeMark 12:28-34One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,"Which is the first of all the commandments?"Jesus replied, "The first is this:Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.The second is this:You shall love your neighbor as yourself.There is no other commandment greater than these."

Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, MartyrsMatthew 5:1-12aWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.He began to teach them, saying:"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜ https://www.bastabugie.it/8561TRUMP RICORDA A XI JINPING L'INGIUSTO ARRESTO DI JIMMY LAIdi Roberto de Mattei Durante il suo viaggio in Cina, il presidente americano Trump ha sollevato con il presidente comunista cinese Xi Jinping la questione di Jimmy Lai, detenuto dal 2020 in una prigione di Hong Kong. Trump ha riferito così l'esito del colloquio: "Direi che la risposta non è stata positiva. Ha detto che è stato una specie di incubo per lui". Ma chi è Jimmy Lai?Jimmy Lai, pseudonimo di Chee-Ying Lai, è nato a Canton nel 1947 in una famiglia poverissima e conobbe fin dall'infanzia le privazioni e le violenze della Cina comunista. Ancora adolescente riuscì a fuggire clandestinamente a Hong Kong, allora colonia britannica, dove iniziò a lavorare come operaio tessile. Grazie a una straordinaria capacità imprenditoriale, costruì in pochi decenni un vero impero economico nel settore dell'abbigliamento e dell'editoria, diventando uno degli uomini più noti della città. Convertitosi al cattolicesimo, Jimmy Lai maturò progressivamente la convinzione che la libertà economica dovesse accompagnarsi alla libertà politica e religiosa. Per questo motivo mise la propria ricchezza, la propria influenza e i suoi giornali al servizio della difesa delle libertà civili di Hong Kong, minacciate dall'espansione del controllo del regime comunista cinese. Dopo l'imposizione della legge sulla sicurezza nazionale da parte della Cina, Lai divenne uno dei simboli della resistenza democratica di Hong Kong. Arrestato più volte dalla polizia locale, ormai strettamente subordinata al potere di Pechino, subì processi sempre più duri e restrizioni crescenti della libertà personale. Nonostante l'età avanzata e la possibilità di lasciare il Paese, rifiutò di abbandonare Hong Kong, scegliendo di condividere il destino del suo popolo.Nel febbraio 2026 è stato condannato a vent'anni di reclusione per "sedizione" e "cospirazione" contro il regime comunista.IL REGIME MAOISTALa sua vicenda si inserisce nella lunga storia delle persecuzioni in Cina, che inizia fin da quando il regime maoista ha conquistato il potere nel 1949, imponendo un controllo totale sulla società attraverso il terrore ideologico e la repressione. Nel caso del cattolicesimo, il problema principale per il regime era la fedeltà al Papa, considerata incompatibile con la sovranità ideologica dello Stato socialista. Per questo negli anni Cinquanta Pechino creò la "Associazione Patriottica" cinese, una struttura controllata dal Partito destinata a costruire una Chiesa "indipendente" da Roma. I vescovi e i sacerdoti che rifiutarono di aderire alla nuova organizzazione furono accusati di essere "controrivoluzionari" o "agenti imperialisti". Molti finirono, senza processo, nei laogai, i campi di lavoro forzato del sistema repressivo cinese.Tra le figure simbolo della persecuzione vi è Ignatius Kung Pin-mei, vescovo di Shanghai, arrestato nel 1955 insieme a centinaia di sacerdoti e fedeli. Trascorse oltre trent'anni tra carcere e isolamento per essersi rifiutato di rompere la comunione con il Papa. Un'altra figura emblematica fu Fan Xueyan, vescovo clandestino di Baoding, arrestato ripetutamente e morto nel 1992 in circostanze mai chiarite dopo anni di torture e detenzione. Gerolamo Fazzini nel suo Libro rosso dei martiri cinesi (Edizioni San Paolo, 2006) raccoglie la testimonianza di quattro cattolici esemplari: Gaetano Pollio, arcivescovo di Kaifeng, arrestato e mandato ai lavori forzati per sei mesi; Domenico Tang, gesuita, arcivescovo di Canton, detenuto per 22 anni, dato già per morto anche dalla sua famiglia; padre Leone Chan, 4 anni e mezzo di carcere, uno dei primi sacerdoti a far conoscere in Occidente l'incubo comunista cinese per essere riuscito a fuggire nel 1962; Giovanni Liao Shouji giovane catechista cinese anche egli internato per oltre 22 anni nei laogai, Condannati con procedimenti farsa sulla base di crimini mai compiuti furono costretti a torture e umiliazioni di ogni genere mentre in Europa, negli anni Sessanta - annota Fazzini - il verbo del maoismo veniva propagandato come il "volto buono" del comunismo, arruolando simpatizzanti anche in casa cattolica. UNA TESTIMONIANZARobert W. Greene (1911- 2003) un missionario americano in Cina, della congregazione di Maryknoll, ha raccontato a sua volta la sua testimonianza di fede durante la persecuzione comunista in Cina negli anni Cinquanta. Dopo la vittoria dei comunisti di Mao Zedong, padre Greene fu arrestato dalle autorità comuniste, accusato di essere una "spia americana" e sottoposto a lunghi interrogatori, umiliazioni e torture. Rimase prigioniero e arrivò persino a essere condannato a morte e destinato alla decapitazione durante la persecuzione anticristiana del 1952, ma venne improvvisamente liberato e deportato a Hong Kong. Una delle immagini più ricordate della sua prigionia è quella del sacerdote che, privo del rosario, utilizzava fiammiferi spezzati per contare le Ave Maria nella cella. Dopo il ritorno negli Stati Uniti, Robert Greene continuò a testimoniare pubblicamente la situazione della Chiesa perseguitata in Cina attraverso conferenze e scritti. La sua autobiografia Calvario in Cina, L'ultimo parroco di Tong'an, è stata pubblicata lo scorso anno in italiano dalla casa editrice Ares. In un articolo sul quotidiano "Libero" (Quando il comunismo cinese cominciò a conquistare il mondo, 7 dicembre 2025), attraverso le testimonianze drammatiche di padre Greene, Antonio Socci ha ricordato come funzionava la macchina infernale del maoismo: bambini trasformati in delatori, famiglie distrutte dalla propaganda e persecuzioni contro i cristiani e gli oppositori. Per decenni, migliaia di cristiani hanno subito arresti, torture, lavori forzati e morte nei campi di rieducazione. Secondo gli studi del PIME, il Pontificio Istituto per le Missioni Straniere, migliaia di sacerdoti e religiosi scomparvero durante le campagne maoiste, specialmente nel periodo della Rivoluzione culturale (1966-1976), quando chiese, monasteri e seminari vennero devastati dalle Guardie Rosse. Molte delle loro storie sono rimaste nascoste dietro la censura del regime, ma missionari, storici e testimoni hanno progressivamente ricostruito il dramma della Chiesa perseguitata in Cina che purtroppo sembra dimenticata dalla Ostpolitik della Santa Sede, mentre il dittatore comunista Xi Jinping continua a proclamarsi discepolo di Mao Zedong.

Memorial of Saint Justin, MartyrMatthew 5:13-19"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letterwill pass from the law,until all things have taken place."

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary TimeMark 12:13-17Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them,“Why are you testing me?Bring me a denarius to look at.”They brought one to him and he said to them,“Whose image and inscription is this?”They replied to him, “Caesar's.”So Jesus said to them,“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesarand to God what belongs to God.”They were utterly amazed at him.

Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary TimeMark 11:11-26Early in the morning, as they were walking along,they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look!The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”Jesus said to them in reply, “Have faith in God."

Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary TimeMark 10:46-52Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?”The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.”Immediately he received his sightand followed him on the way.

Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary TimeMark 10:32-45The disciples were on the way, going up to Jerusalem,and Jesus went ahead of them.They were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell themwhat was going to happen to him."Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Manwill be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to deathand hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him,spit upon him, scourge him, and put him to death,but after three days he will rise."

Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, PriestJohn 17:20-26Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:"Holy Father, I pray not only for these,but also for those who will believe in me through their word,so that they may all be one,as you, Father, are in me and I in you,that they also may be in us,that the world may believe that you sent me."

Friday of the Seventh Week of EasterJohn 21:15-19After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter,"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Thursday of the Seventh Week of EasterJohn 17:20-26Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:"I pray not only for these,but also for those who will believe in me through their word,so that they may all be one,as you, Father, are in me and I in you,that they also may be in us,that the world may believe that you sent me."

Wednesday of the Seventh Week of EasterJohn 17:11b-19"Your word is truth.As you sent me into the world,so I sent them into the world.And I consecrate myself for them,so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of EasterJohn 17:1-11aJesus raised his eyes to heaven and said,"Father, the hour has come.Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you,just as you gave him authority over all people,so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him."

Monday of the Seventh Week of EasterJohn 16:29-33"Behold, the hour is coming and has arrivedwhen each of you will be scattered to his own homeand you will leave me alone.But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.In the world you will have trouble,but take courage, I have conquered the world.”

Friday of the Sixth Week of EasterJohn 16:20-23"So you also are now in anguish.But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice,and no one will take your joy away from you.On that day you will not question me about anything.Amen, amen, I say to you,whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you."

Feast of Saint Matthias, ApostleJohn 15:9-17Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,just as I have kept my Father's commandmentsand remain in his love."

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of EasterJohn 16:12-15Jesus said to his disciples:"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,he will guide you to all truth."

Tuesday of the Sixth Week of EasterJohn 16:5-11Jesus said to his disciples:"Now I am going to the one who sent me,and not one of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.But if I go, I will send him to you."

Monday of the Sixth Week of EasterJohn 15:26—16:4aJesus said to his disciples: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father,the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,he will testify to me.And you also testify,because you have been with me from the beginning."

Friday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 15:12-17Jesus said to his disciples:“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.No one has greater love than this,to lay down one's life for one's friends."

Thursday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 15:9-11Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,just as I have kept my Father's commandmentsand remain in his love."

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 15:1-8Jesus said to his disciples:“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.Remain in me, as I remain in you."

Tuesday of Fifth Week of EasterJohn 14:27-31aJesus said to his disciples:"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.Not as the world gives do I give it to you.Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."

Monday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 14:21-26“I have told you this while I am with you.The Advocate, the Holy Spiritwhom the Father will send in my name --he will teach you everythingand remind you of all that I told you.”

Friday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 14:1-6Thomas said to him,“Master, we do not know where you are going;how can we know the way?”Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life.No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Thursday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 13:16-20"From now on I am telling you before it happens,so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I sendreceives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchMatthew 11:25-30At that time Jesus responded:"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,for although you have hidden these thingsfrom the wise and the learnedyou have revealed them to the childlike."

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 10:22-30So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,“How long are you going to keep us in suspense?If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe.The works I do in my Father's name testify to me.But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.My sheep hear my voice;I know them, and they follow me."

Monday of the Fourth Week of EasterJohn 10:11-18Jesus said:“I am the good shepherd.A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.A hired man, who is not a shepherdand whose sheep are not his own,sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,and the wolf catches and scatters them."

Friday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:52-59The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,“How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”Jesus said to them,“Amen, amen, I say to you,unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood,you do not have life within you.Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Bloodhas eternal life,and I will raise him on the last day."

Thursday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:44-51"I am the bread of life.Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;this is the bread that comes down from heavenso that one may eat it and not die."

Wednesday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:35-40Jesus said to the crowds,"I am the bread of life;whoever comes to me will never hunger,and whoever believes in me will never thirst."

Tuesday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:30-35So they said to Jesus,“Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;whoever comes to me will never hunger,and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

Monday of the Third Week of EasterJohn 6:22-29"What can we do to accomplish the works of God?"Jesus answered and said to them,"This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent."

Friday of the Second Week of EasterJohn 6:1-15Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,and distributed them to those who were reclining,and also as much of the fish as they wanted.When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,"Gather the fragments left over,so that nothing will be wasted."

Thursday of the Second Week of EasterJohn 3:31-36The one who comes from above is above all.The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.But the one who comes from heaven is above all.

Wednesday of the Second Week of EasterJohn 3:16-21God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,so that everyone who believes in him might not perishbut might have eternal life.

Tuesday of the Second Week of EasterJohn 3:7b-15"No one has gone up to heavenexcept the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,so must the Son of Man be lifted up,so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

Monday of the Second Week of EasterJohn 3:1-8There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.He came to Jesus at night and said to him,"Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God,for no one can do these signs that you are doingunless God is with him."

Friday in the Octave of EasterJohn 21:1-14Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast."And none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?"because they realized it was the Lord.Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,and in like manner the fish.This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciplesafter being raised from the dead.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Father Tom Brosnan. Fr. Tom is a retired priest from the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn on June 6, 1981. Fr. Tom served as a parochial vicar and pastor in parishes in Brooklyn and Queens from 1981 until his retirement in 2021. From 1984 to 1989, Fr. Tom studied language in the Archdiocese of Korea with the MaryKnoll fathers and served in parishes in Seoul. He was also the coordinator for the Korean Apostolate in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Fr. Tom talks about his life, his family, his vocation and his adoption journey.Support the show

Thursday in the Octave of EasterLuke 24:35-48He said to them,"These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,that everything written about me in the law of Mosesand in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.And he said to them,"Thus it is written that the Christ would sufferand rise from the dead on the third dayand that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,would be preached in his nameto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.You are witnesses of these things."

Wednesday in the Octave of EasterLuke 24:13-35Then they said to each other,“Were not our hearts burning within uswhile he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalemwhere they found gathered togetherthe Eleven and those with them who were saying,“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”Then the two recounted what had taken place on the wayand how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Tuesday in the Octave of EasterJohn 20:11-18Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,for I have not yet ascended to the Father.But go to my brothers and tell them,‘I am going to my Father and your Father,to my God and your God.'”Mary went and announced to the disciples,“I have seen the Lord,”and then reported what he had told her.