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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Blessed Cyprian Tansi
DESCRIPTION:A reading from the homily of Pope St John Paul II \nat the Beatification of Blessed Cyprian Tansi \n◊◊◊ \nThe life and witness of Father Tansi is an inspiration to everyone in the \nNigeria that he loved so much. He was first of all a man of God; his long hours \nbefore the Blessed Sacrament filled his heart with generous and courageous \nlove. Those who knew him testify to his great love of God. Everyone who met \nhim was touched by his personal goodness. \nHe was then a man of the people: he always put others before himself\, and \nwas especially attentive to the pastoral needs of families. He took great care to \nprepare couples well for Holy Matrimony and preached the importance of \nchastity. He tried in every way to promote the dignity of women. In a special \nway\, the education of young people was precious to him. Even when he was sent \nby Bishop Heerey to the Cistercian Abbey of Mount Saint Bernard in England to \npursue his monastic vocation\, with the hope of bringing the contemplative life \nback to Africa\, he did not forget his own people. He did not fail to offer prayers \nand sacrifices for their continuing sanctification. \nFather Tansi knew that there is something of the Prodigal Son in every \nhuman being. He knew that all men and women are tempted to separate \nthemselves from God in order to lead their own independent and selfish \nexistence. He knew that they are then disappointed by the emptiness of the \nillusion which had fascinated them\, and that they eventually find in the depths \nof their heart the road leading back to the Father’s house. \nHe encouraged people to confess their sins and receive God’s forgiveness \nin the Sacrament of Reconciliation. He implored them to forgive one another as \nGod forgives us\, and hand on the gift of the reconciliation\, making it a reality at \nevery level of Nigerian life. Father Tansi tried to imitate the father in the \nparable: he was always available for those searching for reconciliation. He \nspread the joy of restored communion with God. He inspired people to welcome \nthe peace of Christ\, and encouraged them to nourish the life of grace with the \nword of God and with Holy Communion… \nBlessed Cyprian Michael Tansi is a prime example of the fruits of holiness \nwhich have grown and matured in the Church in Nigeria since the Gospel was \nfirst preached in this land. He received the gift of faith through the efforts of the \nmissionaries\, and taking the Christian way of life as his own he made it truly \nAfrican and Nigerian. So too the Nigerians of today — young and old alike — are \ncalled to reap the spiritual fruits which have been planted among them and are \nnow ready for the harvest… Father Tansi’s witness to the Gospel and to \nChristian charity is a spiritual gift which this local Church now offers to the \nUniversal Church… \nWe must be convinced that each of us\, according to our particular state in \nlife\, is called to do no less than what Father Tansi did. Having been reconciled \nwith God\, we must be instruments of reconciliation\, treating all men and \nwomen as brothers and sisters\, called to membership in the one family of God…
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-blessed-cyprian-tansi-2/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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