Eleventh station

The Risen Christ entrusts to the disciples the universal mission 

P  We adore, O Risen Christ, and we bless you.
A  Because by your resurrection you have given life to the world.

R From the Gospel according to Matthew (Mt 28,16-20)
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."

G1 The Risen Christ is the Lord of history. The power, which the Father gives him, he passes on to his disciples. On the mountains of Galilee and that of the beatitudes he inaugurates the new history. He has pointed out the new genetic code: today, on the mountain of Galilee, the carnal men who put on the Spirit, they receive the task to transform the world by baptising and making divine a man and every fragile creature. To teach is to cast the light on the new destination of the world. To make disciples of all the people means to insert them into the Easter community, the Church, without distinction of race and culture. This community is a house and a sign of the love of the Trinity. It is a house into which all are called. It is an enormous task, that of the commission and that of mission: it involves a total devotion to the to the Good News. With Easter, the dynamism doesn't end, but starts. The whole world up to the end of the centuries is her place of work - it is God's vineyard.

G2 People of today live in the immense field of the world. A world that becomes more and more complex with its demands and problems, with its risks of nuclear conflict, with its fear of violence and nonsense. But how to go to the world? How to announce the Good News? How to transform it without forcing it? How to be faithful to the God of the history and the history of God? The risen one is with us, until the end of the world.

A  Rejoice, O Virgin Mother Mary:
    Christ is risen, Alleluia.

P  Risen Jesus, may your promise: "I am with you always" (Mt 28,20) be comforting. By ourselves we are unable to persevere in carrying the smallest burden. So much less can we hold up on our weak shoulders the weight of the world. We are weakness, You are strength. We are inconstancy, You are perseverance. We are fear, You are courage. We are sadness, You are joy. We are night, You are light. We are stagnation, You are Resurrection.
A  Amen.

A  O Mary, temple  of the Holy Spirit
    guide us, the witnesses to the Risen Christ
    on the path of light.