22/12/2013
The Pope’s Angelus
“Do not be afraid of losing what we care about,” Francis preaches. To hear there is also a group which is protesting against the government and the political class in general: “We are here because we do not know to whom to turn, there remained only the saints.”
was supposed to be on Sunday of “Pitchforks” in St. Peter’s Square and the Angelus instead offered the usual glance of Christmas pilgrimage in which the faithful around the world embrace Francis. For the fourth Sunday of Advent, the Pope pastor appeared at the window of the study in the Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with his flock. From the devotion to St. Joseph Bergoglio which consecrated the Vatican in the day when he signed his first encyclical.
“The Gospel tells us about the events that preceded the birth of Jesus, the Evangelist Matthew presents them from the point of view of St. Joseph, the betrothed of the Virgin Mary – says Francis-Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, not still lived together, because the marriage was not yet finished. ” In the meantime, Mary, after welcoming the announcement, became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. “When Joseph realizes this fact, it remains baffled-highlights-the Pope.’s Gospel does not explain what were his thoughts, but it tells us what is essential: he tries to do the will of God and is ready to renounce the most radical . Instead of defending themselves and assert their rights, Joseph chooses a solution that represents a huge sacrifice for him: because he was a righteous man and did not want to accuse her publicly, decided to put her away secretly. “
This short phrase emphasizes Better World, summarizes a real inner drama, “if we love Joseph had for Mary.” But even in such a circumstance, “Joseph intends to do the will of God and decide, no doubt with great pain, to dismiss Mary in secret.” Therefore, the Pope urges us to meditate on these words, to understand what was the evidence that Joseph had to bear in the days that preceded the birth of Jesus A test similar to the sacrifice of Abraham, when God asked him his son Isaac. It means “giving up the most precious thing, the most beloved person.”
However, as in the case of Abraham, the Lord intervened: he found the faith that opens and tried a different way, a way of love and happiness. “Joseph – he says – do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife. Fact that the child is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” This passage from the Gospel, the Pope points out, “shows us the greatness of soul of St. Joseph.” He was following a good plan of life, but God reserved for him another design, a larger mission. “Joseph was a man who always gave listen to the voice of God, deeply sensitive to his secret will, a man attentive to the messages that came from the heart and from the top-support-Bergoglio .Non has persistently pursue that his project of life, did not allow resentment to poison the soul, but was ready to make themselves available to the news that, disconcertingly, he was presented. ” And so it has become even more free and great. In fact, “accept each according to the plan of the Lord, Joseph finds himself fully, beyond itself.” This freedom to give up what is his, holding on his own existence, and that its full availability to the inner will of God, “challenge us and show us the way.”
must be arranged to celebrate Christmas “contemplating Mary and Joseph, Mary, full of grace, the woman who had the courage to rely totally on the Word of God, Joseph, the faithful and righteous man who preferred to believe in the Lord instead of listening to the voices of doubt and of human pride. ” Why “with them, we walk together toward Bethlehem.”
After the Angelus, Francis greeted families, church groups and associations. “In these days of Christmas – said Francesco – invite all persons, entities and social authorities to do everything possible to ensure that every family can have a home. I read there great written: `The poor can not wait ‘- a banner of Pitchforks whose placement has been authorized by the Vatican -. It’s nice. ” “And that makes me think – he continued – that Jesus was born in a stable, was not born in a house. After you have run away, to go to Egypt to save his life. Eventually he returned to his home in Nazareth. “
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