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30 Mar, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Open Letter to Cardinal Sarah
A Sua Eminenza
Card. Robert Sarah
Care Eminenza,
Dolore ed indignazione invadono il mio cuore a sentire certe incredibili notizie: hanno proibito le messe private in S. Pietro!?
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Se non fosse per le restrizioni imposte dalla Coronavirus io prenderei il primo volo per venire a Roma e mettermi in ginocchio davanti alla porta di Santa Marta finchè il Santo Padre faccia ritirare quell’editto.
Era la cosa che più fortificava la mia fede ogni volta che venivo a Roma: alle sette precise si entra in sagrestia (incontravo quasi sempre il sant’uomo, l’Arcivescovo e poi Cardinale Paolo Sardi), un giovane prete si fa avanti e mi aiuta a vestire i paramenti, poi mi portano ad
un altare (in Basilica o nelle grotte non fa differenza per me, siamo nella Basilica di San Pietro!). Penso che sono state le messe che, in vita mia, ho celebrato con più fervore e commozione, qualche volta con le lacrime pregando per i nostri martiri viventi in Cina
(ora abbandonati e spinti nel seno della chiesa scismatica dalla “Santa Sede” (cosi si presentava quel documento del giugno 2020 senza firme e senza la revisione della Congregazione per la Dottrina).
È momento di ridimensionare lo strapotere della Segreteria di Stato.
Via le mani sacrileghe dalla casa commune di tutti i fedeli del mondo! Si accontentino di giuocare la diplomazia mondana con il padre della menzogna.
Facciano pure della Segreteria di Stato “un covo di ladri”, Ma lascino in pace il devoto popolo di Dio!
“Era notte!” (Giovanni 13:30)
suo fratello
Giuseppe Zen, SDB

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30 Mar
Open Letter to Cardinal Sarah

To His Eminence
Card. Robert Sarah
Dear Eminence,
Pain and indignation invade my heart to hear certain incredible news: They have forbidden private masses in St. Peter’s!?

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If it were not for the restrictions imposed by the Coronavirus, I would take the first flight to come to Rome and get on my knees in front of the door of Santa Marta (now the Papal residence) until the Holy Father has this edict withdrawn.
It was the thing that strengthened my faith most every time I came to Rome: at exactly seven o'clock I would enter the sacristy (where I almost always would meet that holy man, the Archbishop, then Cardinal Paolo Sardi); a young priest would come forward and would help me to
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12 Feb
【My heartfelt thanks to them on my 60th anniversary of Priestly Ordination】

It has been 60 years, yes, 60 years have passed.

The memories of some things will become closer and clearer when the time is farther apart. ImageImageImageImage
Every year, I count the years of my ordination to the priesthood, and February 11, 2021 marks the 60th anniversary since I became a priest. 60 years is not easy indeed. Think about it, there are 365 days a year, sometimes 3 or 4 masses will be held in one day.
So, how many masses have been celebrated in 60 years?

When I look at the photos taken on the day of my priestly ordination, I see Father Carlo Braga only but not my parents. Of course, parents must be the happiest when their sons are ordained,
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21 Nov 20
– He says that with engagement you can have your man on the spot to help your people.
Obviously, he doesn’t know that the Papal Nuncio in Budapest needed the permission from the Government to meet any member of the local Church.
– He says again “no agreement would leave the faithful in an unfavorable situation, at the mercy of the Government”.
How can he ignore that everybody in China is at the ‘mercy’ of the Party?
– Finally he describes the firmness in Faith as ‘a comfortable posture of spiritual pride”.
He simply doesn’t know what is faith.
– “Dialogue, not confrontation”!
True dialogue is possible only when the two are on equal ‘sitting”’. If you are on your knees, you are in no position
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21 Nov 20
Let me finish my business with DW News
We are entering the last two weeks of the Liturgical Year, the reading of the book of Revelation brings us to the last days of human history, in which we are living.
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“Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who listen to this prophetic message and heed what is written in it, for the appointed time is near.” (RV. 1:3)
Today (on Nov 16th morning) we read the message St. John transmitted to the angel of the Church in Ephesus:
“I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked, you have tested those who call themselves Apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors.” (RV. 2:2)
Forgive my lack of humility, I am too promptly identifying myself with
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19 Jul 20
也談談梵二的憧憬

恩保德神父一向是我的朋友（這位講廣東話叻過許多上海佬的「鬼佬」，在香港誰不是他的朋友？），他在公教報開始了共五集的一系列文章（我的文章已沒有資格登上公教報，我怎能不眼紅？），那些文章的題目是《第二屆梵蒂岡大公會議》
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（這會議已在五十年前閉幕，但除了聖經還有什麼比這會議的訓導更能光照今天的教徒在亂世中找到方向？）。

恩神父的計劃是除了文章還出錄影，且已出了第一集，教友有福聽他用漂亮的廣東話講論梵二這個重要的題目。
我和恩神父幾乎是同年，我們的生命都和梵二分不開，我們兩個和梵二的關係和看法有許多地方相同，也有不少地方不同，我以為恩神父不會介意我把我的經歷與教內兄弟姊妹分享，來補充一些對梵二的感觀和瞭解。恩神父直至24歲生活在意大利的教會內，那當然是一個大福份。
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6 Jul 20
In the past Thirteenth Week of the Year in the liturgy, we have been praying, in the Collect, to God “who made us children of light, to give us the splendor of Truth”, but for so long time we found ourselves left in confusion, and bewilderment.
Cardinal Parolin says: “This is the beginning of the journey.” No! It’s the end of degradation!

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