Pope
Francis: God walks with all of us, saints and sinners
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis says God reconciles and
brings peace in the little things and accompanies all of us, saints and
sinners. His comments came during his homily at Mass on Tuesday (8th September)
in the Santa Marta residence.
Noting that Tuesday was the date on which the Church
commemorates the birth of Mary, the Pope’s homily took its cue from this to
underline how all Christians are called to be humble and close to their
neighbours as taught in the Beatitudes. We need, he said, to become like little
children in order to enter the Kingdom of God as “God reconciles and brings
peace in the little things” of everyday life.
“But (He also does this) by accompanying us. Did our Lord want
to bring peace and reconciliation today with a magic wand?: Whoosh! –
That’s done! No! He set out to walk with his people and we heard this
passage from Saint Matthew’s gospel: but it’s a bit boring, isn’t it?
It’s a list: but this is God accompanying us! God walks with humanity,
the good people and the evil people because in this list there are saints and
there are criminal sinners as well. There’s so much sin here. But God is
not frightened by this: He accompanies us. He walks with his people.”
The Pope stressed how by walking with us God helps to increase
the hope of his people and their hope in the Messiah. He also described how God
is dreaming of beautiful things for his people, for each one of us.
“The people were dreaming of freedom. The people of Israel had
this dream because they had been promised that they would obtain freedom, peace
and reconciliation. Joseph dreams. Joseph’s dream is a bit like a summary of
the dreams about all the history of God’s walk with his people. But it’s not
only Joseph who dreams. God has dreams. God our Father has dreams and he is
dreaming about beautiful things for his people, for each of us because He is
our Father and like a Father He is thinking and dreaming about the best for his
children.”
Pope Francis said although God is great and all powerful he
teaches us to carry out great works and bring peace and reconciliation through
the little things. He also teaches us to dream great dreams and to aim high.
The Pope said today when we commemorate the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
“let us implore the grace of unity, reconciliation and peace.”
“But always walking and being close to others, as we were taught
in the Beatitudes, in Chapter 25 of St Matthew’s gospel and with great dreams.
And let us continue, now, commemorating our Lord in the ‘little things’: a little
piece of bread, a little bit of wine … in the little things. But everything is
contained in these little things. There’s God’s dream, there’s his love, his
peace, his reconciliation, there’s Jesus: He is all of this.”
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét