Prayer of heart Saturday of the second week of Easter. Oh, Holy Spirit,
love of father and son, always inspire me what I must think,
what I must say, as I must say, what I must silence,
how I must act, what I must do for the glory of God and
good of souls and my own sanctification. Holy Spirit Give me, keenness to
understand, ability to retain, method and faculty to learn, subtlety to interpret,
grace and effectiveness to speak. Make me right at the start, make
the most of it and perfect it when it' s over. Aman today
we celebrate St Herme by choosing a martyr to the Gospel of St John.
Chapter six, verse sixteen to twenty- one. As the disciples of John
of Jesus were darkened they went down to the sea and began the journey to
Caparraun was already closed at night and Jesus had not yet reached them. The
wind was so lucky and the lake had become sour. They had rowed about
twenty- five or thirty furlongs when they saw Jesus approaching the boat walking on
the sea and were frightened, but he said to him I am not afraid.
They wanted to pick him up on board, but the boat immediately landed
at the place where duc in altum went inland. Let' s walk with
hope. A new millennium opens before the Church as an immense ocean in which
one must venture with the help of Christ. In this very hopeful context,
he began with this very hopeful context and made the conclusion of the Apostolic Letter
Nobo millenium and neunte that Pope John Paul II served at the beginning of the
twenty- first century and what a similarity to today' s Gospel. The
apostles also ventured to sail in the Sea of Capernaum without having the slightest idea
of the surprise that Christ was waiting for them, a surprise that would help
them to grow in their faith in the son of Dark God. The sea
was frizzy and, in addition, the harsh wind was blowing. Who doesn
' t get scared in front of a station like that. Obviously, the
apostles were fishermen and, as such, knew how to act. But to
see someone walking on the waters, who is used to seeing such. What
an act Today we would only see it in Hollywood movies and with well-
founded reasons. We could tell Christ, but, Mr Look, how the
sea is in the dark and you present yourself to them this way, don
' t scare them like that. But Christ, Christ mm but Christ told
you he wanted to teach us to look for him in the midst of trials.
Even though the evil of our lives is dark and the crespado, we
must not be afraid, because it is between him, it is among us
Christians, we also venture into this immense sea. Our boat is also covered
and the darkness frightens us. But in spite of the storm, there is
no need to fear, because we have Christ, as captain of the ship,
Let us trust in him in the hope that we will come to earth.
You smile saved. Let' s just let ourselves be guided. Let
us not be afraid of what he may ask us to do, in fact,
if he asks us to do so, it is to be the one
who gives us the strength to do so. Let us not be afraid of
a generous surrender of all our hearts, with all our souls. Don'
t be afraid of the truth, even if the truth complicates you. Do
not be afraid of the manifest faith by what you speak, by how you
defend what you believe, that you are sure that any of these situations,
he who asks you more, will not leave you, simply because you are
a child. I wonder, I' m giving everything I can give or
could give more. I look at Jesus, I look at his face that
looks at me, restless his silent voice with that silence that disturbs me.
I look at him and I' m afraid I' ll be empty.
I' m afraid I' ll forget your step, your presence, your
voice. He' s coming to stay with me and I don' t
take him seriously. I' m still long or I feel like I'
m an older son who judges everything again. One person prayed like that.
You know that I have not been as generous as in my dedication, that
I have also sought to admire and envy St Augustine, St Francis, St
Mary Magdalene or St Paul, not only for knowing how to be so loved
and for his great holiness, but because once rescued, they never looked back.
They always ran forward one life, before another later, but I,
once saved, come back over and over again about the same thing. That
' s why I always worry about the sinner. I have discovered a new
sin. I' ve felt like the older brother, besides feeling bad.
That' s why I wanted to thank you, Jesus, because you'
ve made me grow by seeing me planted there has saved me again. I
know who I' ll forget, but he' ll fall back, but
at least now I thank you. I would like to have that honesty to
look at in this way in my life is the temptation to feel like that
older brother than Judah, who is never happy, who always expects more recognition,
more awards, more praises, as if life consisted of endless applause,
a cascade of congratulations. I' m afraid to look for myself every day
to feel that someone owes me something and that many of the things that happen
to me are not fair to say, Father Francis, how I can embrace
Christ if I think only of myself. I cannot enjoy the beauty of the
Church, if my only concern is to save myself, protect myself and escape
from every circumstance. How can I get excited about the adventure of building God
’ s Kingdom if every enthusiasm is slowed down by the fear of losing something
of mine, fear of losing, fear of not receiving the desire to always
get out well standing, the anointing of never suffering any harm. Jesus suffers
defenselessness, loneliness, forgetfulness, abandonment, carelessness and I want to be cared
for, remembered, saved and feel, as he is an older brother,
so forgotten that I am not taken seriously. I think then that Jesus is
not born for me, is born for others, for those who succeed and
stand out, for those who put themselves in life and I need conversion again
to not think so much about me, about my security. God comes to
take me out of my comfort, out of my world to make me food
for others, home. For many, that mighty God has become poor and
powerless, as I have put himself in my place, in my shoes.
You' ve felt my fears, you' ve made up my voids,
loved in my life, caressed my desires. Jesus empathizes me for others.
Only he makes me capable of an impossible love that gives life for others,
without fear, without seeking. So I want to live with that impossible generosity,
without fear of loss, without suffering from emptiness. I give you the
blessing that God, Father, will accompany you in your heart, take care
of you, make you strong, joyful and faithful, that God, son,
will make you feel his tenderness and mercy and take you out of your
heart. Any concern you may make you suffer that God, Holy Spirit You,
deduce intelligence, strength in the heart renewed spirit and decision of love.
With all of him, may Mary Most Holy make you feel a warmth of
mother and her embrace morose and buried and St Joseph take care of you with
his father' s heart in the name of father, son and Holy Spirit amen