Prayer of the heart. Monday of the thirteenth week of ordinary time, come
Holy Spirit to give me your ever new life. Fill me in the amazement
of a child to admire the world and life that I do not get used
to life that let me surprise every morning, because behind everything is your Love,
my God. Help me to recognize that routine does not exist, because
everything is new every day, because there is always something that is beginning.
Take all my life Holy Spirit and fill with the eternal novelty of your Love
that this day does not pass in vain and I can discover the message and
you have for my life. Come Holy Spirit. Amen today we celebrate St
Esther, biblical character, the Gospel of St Matt chapter, eight verses,
eighteen. At twenty- two, when Jesus saw himself surrounded by the crowd,
he sent over to the other side and a seat approached him and said,
Master, I will follow you wherever you go and Jesus said to him,
the foxes have dens and the birds of the sky nests, but the
son of man has nowhere to lay his head. Another of the disciples told
him," Sir let me go first to bury my father and Jesus tells
him to follow me and let the dead bury his dead" Lord increases my
faith, my hope and my charity. Theoretically, I too want to follow
you have been faithful to the countless gifts of your grace. But you know
my weakness, my attachments today I kneel before you and I beg you to
give me the light and strength of your spirit, holy, see holy spirit
that nothing separates me from the first thing that is my life, which is
in my life, which is God who reads attentively, discover who. The
biadventures are like a veiled inner biography of Jesus, like an account of his
figure. He who has no place to rest his head, is the true
poor, he who can say of himself come to me because I am simple,
humble of heart, he is the really humble. He is truly the
pure of heart and therefore with tempers God without ceasing is the builder of peace.
He is the one who suffers for God' s sake. In the
path of tunanza the mystery of Christ himself is revealed and we are called to
enter into Communion with him, but precisely because of his hidden Christological character.
The beatitudes are signs that indicate the way also to the Church, which must
recognize in it its model guidelines for the follow- up that affects the faithful
face, although in a different way according to the various vocations, Jesus,
being among so many people, passes to the other river of the lake,
not to depart, but to be also with the other side, so that
everyone can listen to him. For when Jesus speaks his heart burns with the
desire to purify his father, he burns to show the love that God has
for us, a love that is not massified, but personal, a love
that is addressed to each one by our first name and surname, as soon
as Jesus arrives on the other side and immediately a dodger tells him I will
follow you wherever you go and Jesus gives him this answer that desperate her.
Surely the dodger was frozen at this answer, for he no longer knew what
to say. Jesus, being God, has no place to reciprocate his head.
Jesus is that he invites, calls, but finds no generosity from those
to whom he is called. Often you find fear, selfishness seeking your own
realizations and projects. That' s why they don' t have where their
heads reign. But he also said don' t be afraid. I'
ve defeated the world. Jesus keeps walking, I said his gaze to a
disciple and still does not ask him the question. In fact, he doesn
' t even say anything. The disciple comes forward telling him. Lord let
me go first to bury my father. It would even seem a little out
of reply. However, Jesus, with that same serene gaze full of peace,
looks at his eyes, puts his hand on his shoulder and tells him
to follow me and let the dead bury his dead. Lord, if you
have words of eternal life, why your voice has made me foolish. Jesus
calls them all. He asks each of you for something. There are those
who call greater love and understanding in marriage, in courtship or others to a
greater concrete commitment to be better Christians, to live the fall in the family
as an expression of their love or to a greater dedication of our life.
Perhaps he asks me to follow him more closely in the religious or consecrated life
or the priesthood, or perhaps it would be the most ordinary thing to form
a Christian family. In short, God is calling us and the Holy Spirit
inspires each one. So let' s do two things each. But first,
reflect on what God asks of me and end this day trying to find
out. Second, ask me how I' m going to answer it,
Lord do it to me as you want Jesus to tell me today. Thank
you for your answer and your generosity. Today I find where to rest my
head. Give you the blessing that blesses your father with the larda of faith
and said with the happiness of forgiveness and mercy and the Holy Spirit with the
father your heart and the blessing of God, father, son and holy spirit,
saying about us and remain always amen