Prayer of the heart Tuesday of the tenths, this week of ordinary time.
Oh, Holy Spirit, love of father and son, always 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, sell souls and my own sanctification. Holy Spirit Give me,
Audacity to understand, ability, to retain, method and faculty to learn,
subtlety to interpret, grace and effectiveness to speak. Give me, right
at the start, direction, progressing and perfection at the end. Today we
celebrate Saint Bridget of Sweden religious, the Gospel is Saint John, chapter fifteen
verses one through eight. At that time Jesus said to his disciples. I
am the true vine, and my father, the husbandman, to every branch
of mine that does not bear fruit, plucks it up, and to every
one that bears fruit, that he may bear more fruit. You are already
cleansed by the words I have spoken to you. You remain in me and
I in you. As the samento cannot bear fruit on its own unless it
abides in the vine, neither can you. If you don' t stay
in me. I am the vine, for others the branches that remain in
me and in him the abundant fruit, for if you cannot do anything to
me, he who does not abide in me, throw him out like the
branch and dry up, then gather him up and throw them into the fire
and burn. If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask what you desire and it will be done. With this he receives glory
to my father, with whom you bear abundant fruit. Thus shall ye be
my disciples, said St John Palo II. To accomplish this you must remain
united to Christ. His words are the basis of your effectiveness. I am
David you branches, for without me you can do nothing. He also calls
you today to one greater love, because he invites you to a permanent conversion
of the heart. He calls you a greater union with him in the Church,
for that is where you will find him, and union with Christ in
his Church is the essential condition for all your apostolic effectiveness. And he goes
on to say, among all the opportunities that you have open for the exercise
of the individual apostolate. The family occupies a place of paramount importance. The
family can provide an effective response to the secularization of the world. The family
has a special charism to transmit faith earth and to stimulate in its development an
initial evangelization within the intimacy of the family, which the individual can find the
opportunity to give a personal witness to the love of Christ. Parents have the
right and duty to chant their children. They have the immense privilege of being
the first to teach children to pray. In the words of my predecessor John
Paul I added. I would like to encourage parents in their role as educators
of children. They are the first acantechists and the best. What a great
task they have and what a challenge it is to teach their children to love
God, to make love a reality of their lives. And, by the
grace of God that some families are easily right to fulfill the mission of being
a prime seminarium, the germ of a vocation to leisure is nourished through family
prayer, the example of faith and support, also the support of love.
I hope a shake- up vocation comes out of the realm of your family,
a son, a grandson, a nephew, etcetera. Do not stop
praying for that which is imperative the need for priests, flights, saints,
joyful sages, merciful, etcetera. In the Church Jesus is the vine and
through it, like the lymph in the tree, brings to the saltings the
love of God himself, the Holy Spirit. That' s right, we
' re the branches. Through that parable, Jesus wants to make us understand
the importance of the United States with him. The branches are not self-
sufficient, but depend entirely on the vine in which the spring of their life
is found. Thus it is for us Christians inserted with baptism in Christ,
we have received from him freely the gift of new life and we can remain
in vital communion with Christ. Christ wants me to be united with him,
not only so that I may remain alive, that is, in a life
of grace, but also so that my witness as a Christian may be true
and coherent. My prayer must be a will in the arm of God so
that later I can transmit the current cultural context. On the other hand,
there is a man model of man without vocation. The future of children,
adolescents and young people is reduced in most cases to the lesson of a profession
or to the economic situation or emotional affective satisfaction, without any openness to the
mystery of one' s own life goodbye or probutism. In this situation it
is not so easy to speak of vocation or even less of vocations to the
priesthood or to the side, when we make an indication or a vocational proposal,
we often encounter indifference, even the rejection not only of children or young
people, but of the same parents. Being a priest does not normally enter
his plans. This situation should not concern us all. Forgiveness must concern us
all without exception, because, in view of our existence with eyes of faith,
we all have a call, a vocation. God calls each one to
life, a call that contains a concrete plan of God for each one.
The new life received in gothism also implies a call in a concrete project of
God for each one. In the church and in the world, vocation is
the thought by the provident of God about each one, it is his idea,
project. It' s like a dream that' s in God'
s heart because he loves us alive. Vocation is the divine response to be
realized. According to this image and the call is unique, unique and repeatable
that discovers and welcomes it. He finds in the treasure of his life,
the way to be happy in God' s call also finds his name and
identity, which affirms and assures his freedom, his originality and his happiness.
This task of the parents, the first educators of their children, help them
to discover and take freely and generously the gift of their own vocation. It
is very difficult for us to let God enter into our plans with regard to
his children, to have their lives raised from God to follow his ways.
The Christian family, if respectful and grateful for God’ s gift and for
the good of the children, will help their children discover their unique and unrepeatable
life project. According to God' s plan. This is the best service
you can give your children to their development, to their own identity, to
their freedom and to their happiness. Make Jesus not afraid to be authentic Christian,
knowing that all you ask me is to live always fleeing to YOU and
that the reward you give me is yourself, that you do not want to
flee from sacrifice and renunciation, provided that it is more and more similar.
To You I gave the blessing, may the goodness and mercy of God,
Father, fill your heart, may the gaze of love of God, Son,
penetrate into your soul and purify you from any uneasiness and lack that can
separate 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 make of St Joseph,
our father and lord lead you to heaven and the blessing of God, father,
son and holy spirit decide upon you and abide always amen