3. I thank Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline for his words of welcome and I greet H.E.
Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, the brother bishops, the Rector Fathers and
all of you, priests, deacons and seminarians, consecrated persons, who
work in this archdiocese with generosity and dedication to build
a civilization of encounter with God and with neighbor
4. Notre Dame de la Garde - It is the holy, faithful people of God who –
(I use the word) – “anointed” this sanctuary, this place of prayer.
5. God's style is one of closeness, compassion and tenderness – of making
our own “the patient and encouraging kindness of the Good Shepherd
who does not scold the lost sheep, but places the burden on his
shoulders and celebrates his return to the sheepfold (cf. Lc 15, 4-7)
6. You will faithfully echo them, as intercessors, as “angels on earth”,
messengers who place everything “before the glory of God” (Tb 12:12).
7. Mary, we carry the blessing and peace of Jesus
everywhere, in all families and in all hearts.
8. first comes the look of mercy of the Virgin,
this is the look of intercession
9. by a humble, joyful life rich in apostolic zeal, may so
many missionaries who have left this high place, help us to
announce the good news of Jesus Christ to the whole world.
10. MOMENT OF COLLECTION WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS AT THE MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO SAILORS AND MIGRANTS MISSING AT SEA
11. Dear friends, we are also at a crossroads: on the one hand fraternity, which
enriches the human community with goodness; on the other, indifference, which
is staining the Mediterranean with blood. We are at a crossroads of civilizations.
Either the culture of humanity and fraternity, or the culture of indifference
12. At the roots of the three Mediterranean
monotheisms therefore lies hospitality,
love of the stranger in the name of God.
13. “Let no one harbor feelings of hatred for his
neighbor in his heart, but of love, for he who hates
even one man will not be able to remain peaceful
before God. God does not hear his prayer
as long as he keeps anger in his heart”
(S. Caesarius of Arles, Discourse, XIV, 2).
14. Marseille is a model of integration. It is beautiful that here, with various groups that
work with migrants, there is Marseille-Espérance, an example of interreligious
dialogue that promotes fraternity and peaceful coexistence - Jules Isaac
15. we all feel, (believers and lay people), the need
to rebuild this house to continue together to fight
idols, to tear down walls, to build bridges and to
give substanceto a new humanism. –David Sassoli
16. CONCLUSIVE SESSION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MEETINGS
Palais du Pharo, Marseille - Saturday September 23, 2023
17. 1. The Sea. - It has spread throughout the world the high value of the
human being, endowed with freedom, open to the truth and in search of
salvation, who sees the world as a marvel to be discovered and a garden
to inhabit, under the sign of a God who makes an alliance with men.
18. Its’ “five shores” on which you have reflected: North Africa,
the Middle East, the Black-Aegean Sea, the Balkans and Latin Europe.
19. where there is material, educational, professional, cultural, and religious poverty, there
is the ground for mafias and illicit trafficking. The commitment of institutions alone is
not enough. We need a burst of conscience to say "no" to illegality and "yes" to solidarity,
which is not merely a drop in the ocean, but an essential element for purifying the waters.
20. And I think of so many Christians, often forced to leave their land or live in exile
without their rights being recognized, without their enjoying full citizenship.
21. 2. The port of Marseille has for centuries been a wide-open gateway to
the sea, to France and to Europe. - and which should be managed with
wise foresight, with European responsibility,
capable of confronting objective difficulties
22. the Mediterranean is a reflection of the world: the South which
looks towards the North, with many developing countries, prey
to instability, regimes, wars and desertification, which look down
on the wealthiest, in a globalized world, where we are all
connected but where the divisions have never been so deep
23. Pope Montini listed “three duties”
of the most developed nations,
“rooted in human and
supernatural fraternity”
24. “duty of solidarity, that is to say the aid that
rich nations must provide to developing countries;
25. duty of social justice, that is to say the rectification of defective
commercial relations between strong and weak peoples;
26. duty of universal charity, that is to say the promotion of a more
human world for all, where all will have to give and receive, without
the progress of some becoming an obstacle to the development of others”
27. “The family of Nazareth
in exile, Jesus, Mary and
Joseph emigrated to Egypt
[…] are the model, the
example and the support
of all the emigrants and
pilgrims of all times and
all countries, of all the
refugees of any condition
who, driven by persecution
or by need, are forced to
abandon their homeland,
their own people who are
dear to them, […] and go
to a foreign land”
28. Migrants must be welcomed, protected or accompanied,
promoted and integrated.
30. Marseille is also a “gate of faith”. According to
tradition, the saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus
landed here, and sowed the Gospel on these lands
31. the Church finds the safe port in which to dock and from
which to leave to forge links with people of all races,
seeking everywhere the traces of the Spirit and offering
what she has received by grace - Saint Charles de Foucauld
32. Bernanos - "the Church of the saints", added that "all this great apparatus of
wisdom, of strength, of supple discipline, of magnificence and of majesty is nothing
of itself, if charity does not animate it" (Joan of Arc relapse and saint, Paris 1994, p. 74).
33. Saint Caesarius
of Arles said:
“If you have
charity, you have
God; and if
you have God,
what else could
you need?»
(Sermon 22, 2)
35. Saint John Cassian,
who died here,
wrote that
“everything, even
what we consider
useful and
necessary, is worth
less than the good
that is peace
and charity”
(Spiritual Conferences XVI, 6).
36. Saint Paul, the Apostle of the nations who spent a good part of his life crossing
the Mediterranean from one port to another, taught that to fulfill the law of Christ,
we must mutually bear the weight of one another (cf . Ga 6, 2)
38. Where to start building links between cultures, if not through
university? There, young people are not fascinated by the
seductions of power, but by the dream of building the future.
39. May Mediterranean universities be laboratories of dreams and
projects for the future, where young people grow up by meeting
each other, knowing each other and discovering cultures
and contexts that are both close and different.
40. Go forward, be brave! Be a sea of good, to face
today's poverty with synergy of solidarity; be a
welcoming port, to embrace those who seek a
better future; be a beacon of peace, to
annihilate, with a culture of encounter,
the dark abysses and violence and war.
41. VOTIVE MASS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF THE GUARD
Stadio Vélodrome - Saturday September 23, 2023
42. Mary is the Mother who goes up to the mountains of Judah to tell us that God is
on his way towards us, to find us with love and make us exult with joy.
43. With God even the impossible becomes possible,
He generates life, even in sterility
44. The experience of faith provokes a thrill in the face of life.
To tremble is to be “touched inside”, and to feel an inner quiver,
to feel that something is moving in our heart.
45. He who is born to faith, on the other hand, recognizes the presence of
the Lord, like the child in Elizabeth's womb. He recognizes God’s work
in the course of the day and he receives a new perspective on reality.
46. Even in the midst of difficulties,
problems and suffering, he perceives
God's visit daily and feels accompanied
and supported by Him.
47. Faced with the mystery of one’s own life and the challenges of society,
whoever believes, experiences a thrill, a passion, a dream to cultivate,
an interest that pushes one to become personally involved
48. The experience of faith, in addition to a thrill before life,
also causes a thrill before one’s neighbor.
49. Our metropolitan cities, and so many European countries like France
where different cultures and religions coexist, are in this sense a great
challenge against the exacerbations of individualism, against the
selfishness and closures which produce solitude and suffering.
50. Saint, Vincent de Paul,
“we must try to soften
our hearts and make
them susceptible to the
suffering and miseries
of our neighbors,
and pray to God to
give us the true spirit
of mercy, which is
God’s own spirit”
51. France, Europe need this: the grace of a thrill, a new thrill of faith,
charity and hope. We need to rediscover passion and enthusiasm,
to rediscover the taste for commitment to fraternity
52. “I see the church open…
I have nothing to offer
and nothing to ask.
I only come, Mother,to look at you.
Looking at you, crying with
happiness, knowing this:
That I am your son
and you are there. [...]
To be with you, Mary,
in this place where you are
[...]Because you are
there always,
- Paul Claudel:
54. I would like to greet the brothers and sisters who came from
Nice, accompanied by the bishop and the mayor, and who
survived the terrible attack of July 14, 2016
Christian Ertosi
Jean Philippe Nault
55. Jacques Loew, the first worker priest in France, worked in the port of
Marseille. May the dignity of workers be respected, promoted and protected!
56. PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE HOLY FATHER
DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT
Saturday September 23, 2023
58. I expressed myself clearly when he (President Macron) came to
the Vatican. I told him my opinion clearly, clearly: we don't play
with life, neither at the beginning nor at the end
59. ... There is some progress
with regard to the children,
but this war - it seems to me
that there are particular
interests, not only in the
Russian-Ukrainian problem,
but in the sales of weapons.
60. Like yesterday, during the meeting with representatives
of different religions: Muslims, Jews, Christians coexist.
Coexistence occurs. There is a culture of caring. Marseille
is a creative mosaic. It has this creative culture. It is a port
which has a message for Europe; that Marseille welcomes others!
61. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH - Revised 26-8-2023
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community, human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland – world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
San Joaquin and Santa Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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62. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL- Revisado 26-8-2023
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado , Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates
SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno, fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman, dundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
San Zacharias e Isavel, padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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