Antoni
BigCuore *
Sp.sp.
14/15,
02.2013, 5 Mondays, at 16.41 hrs.)At
any time in human history, the struggle for power has always been. Be
a higher grade or even in the simplest cases, it has always been coveted by
people not usually prepared to exercise it.Says an old adage. You want to really know a person?
Then give him a job!. It's true. As
people become facing a charge however small.
See
the most recent case which shocked the world, especially the Catholic Christian
world: a WAIVER OF POPE!Why he resigned? This
is the big question hanging in the air, and he alone, Papa, you can tell the
real reasons for his resignation.He
hinted some things on Ash Wednesday, in his homily in the Sistine
Chapel.
It
suggests that, inside the Vatican, there are cardinals who exerted great
resistance to the ideas and decisions of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
It is
the internal power struggle! Some
speculate that journalists would be Italian cardinals seeking regain power in
Rome. Other
measures that were thwarted by the Pope took on the problems of pedophilia in
the Church; others attribute the scandal Butler, others to their state of
health, etc..Finally,
a range of speculations that only the depths of His Holiness, could clarify the
naked truth. History will tell us in a few
years.
By
way of illustration, we cite some ideas which have been entered in his homily
for Ash Wednesday in Rome, as fully published in the Official THE STATE OF SÃO
PAULO, on 14 February 2013, at pages A-13.
Quoting
the Prophet Joshua, the Pope says: "... Joshua led the people of Israel:" Thus
saith the Lord: come back to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping
and wailing "(2.12). It
must be underlined the phrase "with all my heart," which means the center of our
thoughts and feelings, the roots of our decisions, choices, actions, with a
gesture of radical and total freedom. ""But is this possible with God?
Yes,
because there is not a force that resides in our hearts, but that is freed from
the heart of God himself. It is the
power of his mercy. He
also says the prophet: "Voltais the Lord, your God, because He is merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, great in love, ready to correct themselves over to
evil." (V. 13).
"The
Lord's return is possible as" grace "because it is the work of God and fruit of
faith we repositioned in his mercy. This
return to God becomes a reality in our life only when God's grace penetrates
deep down and shakes them, giving us the strength to "pierce the heart."
It
also echoes the prophet from God these words: "Dilacerai the heart and not the
clothes" (v.13). In
fact, even in our day, many are ready to smash their clothes before scandals and
injustices - naturally committed by others - but few seem willing to act on
their own "heart" on their conscience and on their intentions, let the
Lord transform, renew and convert. "
Later
he says: "I think particularly in blows against the unity of the church, the
divisions in the ecclesial body. Living
Lent in a more clear and intense ecclesial communion, overcoming individualism
and rivalries, a signal is humble and precious to those who are far from faith
or indifferent. " (My italics).
He
cites the "return to God with all my heart," implies adopting the spirit of
Lent, as already provided in the Mosaic Law, which Jesus followed to the letter:
almsgiving, prayer and fasting. "Then
he gives a "wink" to the cardinals that "fried" in the Vatican, saying, "So He
(Jesus in this case) denounces religious hypocrisy, the behavior that you want
appears, habits seeking approval and applause. The
true disciple does not serve himself or to "public", but your Lord, in
simplicity and generosity. "I,
your Father, who sees in secret will reward you." (Mt 6, 4,6,18). (My italics).Prophetic
words and hard against "those Christians" who use the church for their personal
interests and often unmentionable!.
COMPLETION OF A.BIGCUORE.
Was
yesterday, meditating the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 2 and
3, verse 7: "We teach something hidden and mysterious: the wisdom of God, that
he designed from the beginning of the world to take us to their gloria. No
authority in the world knew this wisdom, because if they had they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. ""Vs. 10: For the
Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. Who
knows deeply the intimate life of man is the spirit of man which is in him.
Likewise, only the
Spirit of God knows what is in God. As
for us, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from
God, to know the gifts of God's grace. " (12)"V.14:
Closed in himself, the man refuses to accept what comes from the Spirit of
God."
See now the power struggle
which I spoke above. Chapter 3, vol. 4:
"When someone says," I follow Paul, "and another says," I am of Apollos, "are
not you behaving like anyone?".VS.
6:
"I planted, Apollos watered, but God had made to grow."
Paul
speaks of conflicts in the communities of Corinth so many years ago and now,
confronted with the words of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, we see that the
context of today repeats.Scenario
vanities, selfishness, egotism, exhibitionism, even our senior
pastors!What
can this Lent, we Catholic Christians, to reflect on the true DISCIPLESHIP OF
JESUS CHRIST!Humility above all!.
God
searches our hearts. So
there is no need to speak of the work we do on behalf of others, like charity,
for example. God
knows the innermost of each of us and reward us far from our
labors!
May
the Holy Spirit of God, inspire our cardinals to choose a pope prepared for the
new era.ALL POWER IS
THE GRACE OF GOD! And MUST only be
used for the promotion of COMMON GOOD!. Outside
of that, it is missing the truth of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ!Jesus
Christ, yesterday, today and forever shall REIGN in our hearts and not petty
vanities!Praise God for
ever! Amen!
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