My brothers and sisters in the
Lord, in one of his last homilies our holy Father Pope Francis reflected on the
Gospel passage that recounts the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus, who did
not immediately grasp how a man can be born again[1].
However, Pope Francis added, that it is a life that has to be developed, it
does not come automatically: we have to do all we can to ensure that our life
develops into new life, which may be a laborious journey but one that depends
chiefly on the Holy Spirit as well as our ability to be open to his breath. And
this, the Pope pointed out, is exactly what happened to the early Christians.
They had new life”, which was expressed in their living with one heart and one
soul. They had, he said, that unity, that unanimity, that harmony of feeling of
love, mutual love… A dimension that needs to be rediscovered. He noted that
today, for example, the aspect of meekness in the community, is a somewhat
forgotten virtue. Meekness is stigmatized; it has many enemies, the first of which
is gossip. Our Holy Father further developed this reflection: «When we prefer to gossip, gossip about others, criticize others- these
are everyday things that happen to everyone, including me – these are the
temptations of the evil one who does not want the Spirit to come to us and
bring about peace and meekness in the Christian community. These struggles
always exist in the parish, in the family, in the neighborhood, among friends.
Instead through the Spirit we are born into a new life, he makes us meek,
charitable. The correct behavior for a Christian, first, is do not judge anyone
because the only Judge is the Lord. Then we must keep quiet, and if you have
something to say, say it to the interested parties, to those who can remedy the
situation, but not to the entire neighborhood. If, by the grace of the Holy
Spirit we succeed in never gossiping, it will be a great step forward and will
do us all good». God grant that these
ideas of our Holy Father Pope Francis really to help us reflect for a moment and
may we take the decision to live charity so far, as the first apostles, whose
life we are hearing these days on the beautiful readings from the Acts of the
apostles ■ Fr. Agustin, pastor.
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