Prayer of the heart Friday of the fourth week of Easter. Oh, Holy
Spirit and the love of the father and sonn Inspire me what I must think,
what I must say, how I must say, what I must silence,
how I must act, what I must do for the Glory of God
and good of the Souls and for my own sanctification. Holy Spirit, Give
me, sharpness to attend, to understand, ability, to retain, method
and faculty, to learn, subtlety to interpret, after efficiency, to speak.
Give me right, at the beginning, direction, as I progress and
perception for amen face. Today without bouquets to San Isidoro de Sevilla. Then
we' ll say something about him. The Gospel is amethyst chapter five shekels
thirteen to sixteen. At that time Jesus said to his disciples. You are
the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes alone, with which
you will salt it. It' s no use but to throw it out
and get people to step on it. But this is the light of the
world. You can' t hide a city high above a mountain. Nor
is a lamp lit to put it under the celemin, but to put it
in the lampstand and to light all those in the house, lights and your
light to men so that we may see good works and give glory to your
father, who is in heaven. The truth itself will always be beyond our
reach. We can look for it and approach it, but we cannot possess
it completely any more. It is she who possesses us and motivates us in
the intellectual and teaching exercise. Humility is to itself an indispensable virtue that protects
from the vanity that holds access to the truth. We should not bring our
friends, ourselves, but lead them to that truth that we all seek.
To this will help the Lord who proposes us to be simple and effective,
like salt or collect lamp that gives light without making noise. All this invites
us to always look back at Christ, on whose face the truth that enlightens
us is taking us, but it is also the way that leads to lasting
fullness, being walking with us and sustaining us with his love rooted in him.
We have good morning and companions of others. The saints have always been
and are men and women who have enlightened us with the I of God and
seasoned the life of the Church with the salt of their holiness. Today the
Church celebrates St Isidore, the last Father of the Church in the West,
whom I have a special affection for, perhaps because he had the opportunity to
study his works during the bachelor' s degree. Isidoro nation Seville, in
the year five hundred and fifty- six. He was the youngest of four
brothers, all Santos San Leandro, San Fulgencio and Santa Florentina, all his
older brother, San Leandro, the bishop of Seville, and took care of
his education, getting Isidoro to acquire the habit of spending a lot of time
studying and reading, which was of great benefit throughout his life. When he
died, Leandro replaced him and isidoro as bishop of Seville. His episcopal ministry
lasted thirty- eight years of great brilliance and remarkable successes. He was the
wisest bishop of his time in Spain. He owned the best library in the
nation. He wrote several books that became famous and were widely read for several
centuries, such as the etymologies that can be called the first dictionary that was
made in Europe. He also wrote of this from the Visigoths and biographies of
illustrious men. He was very concerned that zeal was well- formed and for
that he worked hard because in each diocese there was a college to prepare future
priests, which was like an antecedent of seminaries that centuries. Later, the
Council of Trent was going to found everywhere you said of Alfonso that the ease
of speech was so admirable to Isidoro that the crowds were shaking everywhere to listen
to him and they were all amazed at his wisdom and the great good obtained
when they heard his teachings. His love for the poor was immense and because
his lemons were so generous, his palace was continually visited by needy people who
came to ask for and receive help from all sciences. The one he liked
most and recommended most was the study of sacred writing. When he felt he
was going to die, he publicly apologized for all his fruits of his past
life and begged the people to beg for him goodbye at the age of eighty.
The four thousand in the year six hundred and thirty- six died.
Those whom we call Saints, achieved the highest danuta in their lives, because
they dedicated themselves to serving because they gave themselves without limits to their brothers.
I' m still talking about the Gospel, but I wanted to tell you
something about Sali Isidoro. The Christian' s joy is one of true,
profound idea that is called to be salt from the earth. It cannot remain
hidden being what it is must be expensive and must motivate us to transmit it,
to give it, to know others. This happiness is found in the
personal encounter with Christ. We must live the personal encounter with God or Jesus.
In this way, he only took us more smiles to convey to God
going to give and to be overflowing with him. They say that one day,
Saint Francis of Assisi asked one of his co- founder friars to prepare
himself to go out preaching with him. They went out and they were walking
and wandering all over Assisi for an hour and a half. At one point,
the friar accompanying him asked San Francisco. Father Francis, you told me
that we are going to preach to us Now we have only walked and traveled
the whole town. San Francisco answered them, Brother. We' ve been
applying for an hour and a half. There is no better preaching than the
smile and witness of an authentically Christian life. May we, too, preach
the message of the happiness of the smile. Smile of Christian fullness that we
are salt and light for our family and friends. Those who have truly met
Jesus cannot be silent, cannot shut themselves up. You should share it with
everyone. Jesus calls me to be salt and light to others. This implies
that my testimony of life for graduations must be a reflection of your love,
of your infinite divine mercy. You Grace are the source for happiness. Help
me, Lord, to lead me in all things by the holy spirit,
that it may be he who builds me the true witness of love. The
blessing, may the goodness and mercy of God the Father fill your heart,
may the gaze of love of God, son, perish in your soul and
publish you of any uneasiness and lack that can separate you from God, may
the love of the Holy Spirit grant you to the peace you need, may
the sifting of Mary, mother of God and mother of Our Thee, caress
and protect, and may the strength and simplicity of Joseph, his father,
Lord Thee, lead to heaven and the blessing of God. Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, come down upon thee, and accompany thee always Amen.