Prayer of the heart. Thursday we say this week of ordinary time. Come
Holy Spirit so that I may find wisdom in the midst of my limits,
discomfort and weariness, for the sun that sets is as beautiful when I am
healthy as when I am sick. Help me to appreciate the beauty of things
beyond my moods. Help me enjoy what you give me in the middle of
my troubles. Come Holy Spirit, teach me to live, because many times
I can only look at what worries me, what I lack, what I
dislike, as if there was nothing more than that. Today we are happy
to close the Solemnity of Santiago, the Chief Apostle of Spain. The Gospel
kills twenty verses twenty to twenty- eight. At that time he approached Jesus,
the mother of the cebedians, with his sons, and fell down to
make a petition, and he asked what you would like. She answered and
ordered that these two sons of mine sit in your kingdom, one on your
right and the other on your left. But Jesus replied,“ You do
not know what you ask. He' s not able to see the chalice
I should see. They answered what we are, he said and Chalice you
will drink it, but the post to my right or to my left does
not touch me. Granting it is for those who have it on Saturday.
To my father and the ten others who had heard him, they came against
two brothers, but Jesus rum told them you know that the leaders of the
peoples are tyrannizing them and that the great are oppressing them. It will not
be like this among you, who wants to be great, among you,
who is your servant and who wants to be first, among you, who
is your slave, like the son of man, has not come to serve
him, but to serve and give his life as a ransom for all,
for many, Pope Francis rightly said. There is the danger of not understanding
the truth, the true vision, the mission of the Lord. This happens
when he takes advantage of Jesus by weighing on power. This attitude is repeated
in the Gospels. Many follow Jesus out of interest, even among his apostles,
the sons of cebedee who is to be one Prime Minister and the other.
Let' s say Minister of Economy wanted in power that grace to bring
good news to the poor, the freedom of the captives and the sight of
the blind, the freedom of the oppressed, and proclaim a year of grace.
It gets dark, it gets lost, and it becomes wanting something,
wanting some power. There was always that temptation of power and hypocrisy, of
passing from a religious stupor that Jesus is not when he does not find himself
wanting to pull out once personal. This was also the devil' s proposal
to Jesus. In temptations, one of bread, the other of spectacle.
Let' s do a great show. So all people, all people who
see that they will believe in YOU and the third, apostasy, that is,
idol worship. And this is a daily temptation of our Christians of all
those who are of the Church, the temptation not of power, of power,
of spirit, but the temptation of worldly power. They did not understand
the ordinary way in which Christ began the preparation of God’ s Kingdom.
Perhaps they too, like the other disciples, imagined that sooner or later,
Christ would claim power over men and then administer it in that infinite wisdom and
compassion that he demonstrated with the many kings and religions the many regions of Israel.
But once again, after the rare intercession of the mother of the sons
of Acebereus, Jesus speaks of a cup to drink yes, the one who
has created the universe has assumed the nature of his own creatures to want to
serve them and save them by humiliating them until the death of the cross.
And, in the same way, whoever chooses to follow the teacher' s
footsteps will have to learn to serve, to let the power of the world
measure it and despise it. Whoever truly wants to drink the Cup of Christ,
accompany him to bear the cross of pain or of the world or of
this world and to bear the sufferings of his brothers, must know what it
really means to suffer and serve generously. We' re ready to do our
part, too. We believe in God' s sincere supplication before we face
a small, great cross. It serves with joy and love, especially those
who need your attention the most It is the preference of so many pilgrims to
help you to be strong and reach the goal. Says thus, Most Holy
James, light of Europe, star, graceful, draw us along the path
of truth, Most Holy James, you who leave everything to follow the master.
Unleashing the bonds that keep us away from their paths, Blessed James,
ardent missionary, makes your pilgrims and protect us from the dangers of the road.
Most Holy James, First Apostle Martyr give us boldness and strength to go
ever further to announce that Jesus is alive beyond. You know that it is
greeting this word among pilgrims of the Way of Saint James of Latin ultra beyond
and it means moving beyond, moving forward. Today it is also used a
good way. Lord my vocation as disciple and apostle is a vocation in service.
Help me to pray, to speak, to sacrifice myself so that you
may be loved more. Give me your grace so that I may be characterized
by the denied and effective service of one' s neighbor, live in fullness,
in depth, making sure that all my works are characterized by generous service.
I gave you the blessing, may the goodness and mercy of God,
Father, give you the heart that makes me of the love of God,
son, enter into your soul and purify you from any uneasiness and lack that
can prepare you from God, may the love of God the Holy Spirit grant
you the peace you need and may the tenderness of Mary, mother of God
and our mother caress and protect you, and the strength and simplicity of Saint
Joseph, our father, Lord Thee, lead to heaven and the blessing of
God, father, son and holy spirit descend upon you and accompany you always amen