Wednesday, July 21 (RV) .- The history of the twelve apostles and St. Paul told the children is the theme of Benedict's new book, as reported The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. " The volume includes excerpts from their audiences Wednesday general. The roads of Galilee are the backdrop for the events narrated in the book, 48 pages, whose introduction has been written English priest Julian Carron, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation.
"There was once a small group of men that one day, two thousand years ago, he met a young man who walked the roads of Galilee. Each one had his job and his family, but in a moment their lives changed . Their names were Andrew, John, Peter, Matthew, Thomas ... were twelve and today known as the "apostles." In Jerusalem everyone knew they were 'friends of Jesus,' "writes Father Carron.
The priest in the Vatican newspaper said that this book Benedict XVI "takes us by the hand" and accompanies us to discover who were the first companions of Christ, how they met and how they were conquered by him, to decide not never abandon. The Pope, "says Father Carron, takes us back two thousand years and makes us witnesses of what Jesus said and did to those men, and takes us to the banks of the River Jordan with John the Baptist on the shore of Lake Tiberias where Jesus asked Peter: "Do you love me" and he replied "Lord, you know I love you." The book, which has been Rich with illustrations by Franco Vignazia, is published by San Giuliano Milanese and costs 12 euros.
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