Regina Coeli: May our hearts be open to gift of the
Spirit
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
focused on the Feast of Pentecost during his remarks before the Regina Coeli
prayer on Sunday.
The day’s liturgy, he said,
“invites us to open our minds and our hearts to the gift of the Holy Spirit . .
. the first and principle gift that He has obtained with His Resurrection and
Ascension into Heaven.”
In the Gospel, Jesus says to
His disciples, “If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the
Father, and He will give you another Paraclete to be with you always.” These
words, the Pope said, “remind us above all that love for a person, and also for
the Lord, is shown not with words but with facts.” The command to keep and
observe the commandments must likewise be understood in such a way that they affect
our whole life. In fact, the Pope said, “being Christians does not primarily
mean pertaining to a certain culture or adhering to a certain doctrine, but
rather, joining one’s very life, in every aspect, to the person of Jesus, and,
through Him, to the Father.” It is precisely for this reason that Jesus
promises to send the Holy Spirit: it is through the gift of the Spirit, “the
love which unites the Father and the Son, and proceeds from them,” that we are
able to live the very life of Jesus.
But “the Holy Spirit also
exercises a function of teaching and memory.” Pope Francis explained that the
Holy Spirit does not bring a teaching different from that of Jesus, but helps
make Jesus’ teaching present and active in our lives.
The Holy Father concluded his
remarks with the prayer that the Blessed Virgin Mary “might obtain for us the
grace of being strongly animated by the Holy Spirit, that we might bear witness
to Christ with evangelical frankness, and open ourselves more and more to the
fullness of His love.”
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