Prayer of the heart Friday of the fourteenth week of ordinary time come Holy Spirit.
Today I want to give you my future until the last day of my
life. I want to walk enlightened by your divine light to know where I
am going, so as not to wear out energies in things that are not
worth it. I don' t want to obsess over the future, and
that' s why I' d rather deliver it in your presence and let
myself be driven by your impulse. Holy Spirit, settle my anxiety so that
I accept that everything comes to your feeling, your time and your moment.
We very much celebrate Saints, Louis Martin and Saint Celia Gerin, parents of
Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, and also St John Oa Albert, the
Gospel Samarte chapter ten verses, sixteen to twenty- three. At that time
Jesus said to his apostles," See that I command you as sheep among
wolves for these is shrewd, like serpents and simple, as for more.
But do not be of the people, for they will deliver you up to
the courts, they will scourge the synagogues and bring you before governors and kings
for my sake. Thus shall ye testimulate them, and among the Gentiles,
when they drag you away. Don' t worry about what you' re
going to say or how you' re going to say it. In due
course, he' ll suggest to you what you have to say. It
will not be you who speak at the time. Your father' s spirit
will speak for you. The brothers will bring their brothers and sisters to be
killed by their parents. The children will be relieved against the parents and killed.
Everyone will hate you by my name. Whoever perseveres to the end will
be saved. When you are fast pursued, flee to another, believe me,
you will not become known to Israel before the son of man returns.
The Gospel shows us a part of Jesus' discourse to his disciples when they
send him to the mission, says, among other things, you will be
hated by everyone because of my name, but whoever perseveres to the end will
be saved. These words of the Lord make us understand that in the trials
accepted because of faith, violence is defeated by love, death for life.
To take Jesus seriously in our existence and prolong our joy, the way is
precisely that which this Gospel indicates, that is, to witness Jesus in humility,
in silent service, without fear of going against the current and paying in
person. And if not all of us are called as martyrs, to shed
our own blood. Every Christian is asked, however, to be consistent in
every circumstance with the faith he processes. It is Christian coherence. It is
a grace that we must ask the Lord to be consistent, to live as
Christians and not to say that I am a Christian and to live as a
pagan. It' s a grace to ask for. Today Christ calls us
to be his witnesses in front of the world, he invites us to leave
the petty horizon, to be evangelizers in our home, work and family.
We will be able, we can carry a cross upon men, despite the
weak we are. Yes, since Christ asks every man for the cross that
is in his measure, how much confidence he gives us to prove that we
do not walk alone on this path. Jesus toured him first and left us
his kind body in the Eucharist to fulfill his promise. You worry us about
how you will speak or what you will say what you should say will cause
you to know in this name moment, for it will not be you who
will speak, but the spirit of your father will speak to us in you.
I think of everyone that we all check throughout the day the good that
our example does. He doesn' t treat lessons or be street preachers.
Perhaps in different situations it is up to us to do so, because the
ordinary thing is that we know how to make out of our daily prose said
St Joseph Mary with his words, that is, that we know how to
convert into true heroic verses. The ordinary, the work, the family life,
the punctuality to the smile in never saying, enough, etcetera. But
we will see ourselves postulated and witnessed with our censored friendship, not only to
save ourselves, but also to learn one more flame in this slowly paying world.
Every baptized person has in his soul the apostolic and Christ mandate, by
his words, instills in us the encouragement we need. It is clear that
the road has misunderstandings from those around us, even those closest to us,
but in it we are strong. Jesus passed through the cross and then rose
again. Let' s go the same way. But notice that it makes
us look in the face of the Christian martyrs of the 21st century are anonymous
people who give their lives in distant countries with whom we feel little identified.
Far away leads us to think that their murders are inconsequential to us and that
they are far away. But it' s not like that. Where charity
comes from. If you want, I' ll show you where he comes
from. Ask the guardian of the Lord' s reiners if there is in
you the charity of God, you will participate in the pains of Christ and
you will be a true martyr. These are the words of St Augustine.
The least we could do is share in the pain of so many Christian families
who feel in their own flesh, repression, contempt, and indifference. No
one helps them because they are simply Christians. It seems that the hammer is
part of the fact that we are a Christian and that we cannot complain to
others about those who hate us. It reaches unspeakable points, as if charity
were an evil and our peaceful attitude the most terrible attack their interests. No
doubt the enemy is inside all these. Madness in front of behind in two
different ways, encouraging criminals and making insensitivity fall to those we could do something
about. Hatred of Christians is the same hatred that Christ received and that carried
him the cross. Hypocrisy hates those who point to the appearances that cover the
immense emptiness of those who think they are superior to others. Power hates those
who offer true freedom or who serve in infinity, in affinity with golden calves
that we have created, where it comes from the charity of God himself that
opens its way in our hearts and makes us brave. Charity leads us to
stop the chain of sin in ourselves makes us accept the pain and walk the
way, the way of holiness of hope. What would become of us.
Without the Lord we would be nothing and there would be nothing worth paying with
his blood our ransom, which fills us with joy and hope. Lord you
know everything you know how weak and miserable I am give me your hand on
this day not to be afraid to say that I am Catholic to witness your
love to men and be able to love you a little more. Give me
your heart to speak well of others and embark on charity. Give me your
eyes to see the one who suffers and, above all, give me the
grace to be a better son every day. Yours I give you the blessing,
may it be in your heart, gentlemen, that you may know how
to love with all of him, that your lips may be, that you
may speak with strength and faith of his resurrection, that you may be in
your arms, that you may walk without fail for his sake, that he
may spread his kingdom, that he may be on your feet, that you
may walk the paths of peace that the Lord will show you. May it
be in your clean gaze so that your eyes may see Jesus in others,
may it be in your joy that you never lose it, even if you
have reason and can give it to others in the name of father and son
and holy spirit amen