In one of his homilies, Pope Francis emphasized the leading role of the Holy Spirit. The Eucharist was celebrated on May 28th in the Chapel of the Casa Santa Marta.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn his farewell discourse to his disciples before ascending to Heaven, Jesus gives us a true catechesis on the Holy Spirit. Jesus explains who He is. The disciples were saddened to hear that Jesus would leave them, and he rebukes them for it,\u201d says Francis. \u201dNo, sadness is not Christian behavior.\u201c But how can we avoid sadness? \u201dAgainst sadness, in prayer, we ask the Lord to keep within us the renewed youthfulness of the spirit.\u201c Here, the Holy Spirit comes into play because it is He who brings about in us this youthfulness that always renews us.<\/p>\n
The Pope quoted a saint who said: \u201cA sad saint is a sorry saint.\u201d \u201cTherefore, a sad Christian is a sorry Christian, and that is not good. Sadness does not enter the heart of a Christian, because he is young,\u201d Francis continued. The Holy Spirit is the one who makes us capable of carrying our crosses. The Pontiff cited the example of Paul and Silas who, in prison, sang hymns to God, as in the first reading, taken from the Book of Acts of the Apostles.<\/p>\n
The Holy Spirit renews all things. \u201cThe Holy Spirit is the one who accompanies us in life, who sustains us. He is the Paraclete,\u201d the Pope emphasized. \u201cBut what a strange name,\u201d said Francis, recalling that at a Mass for children on Pentecost Sunday, he asked if they knew who the Holy Spirit was. And a boy answered him: the paralytic. Many times we think that the Holy Spirit is a paralytic, that he does nothing\u2026 On the contrary, He is the One who sustains us. The word Paraclete means \u201cthe one who is at my side to support me,\u201d so that I do not fall, so that I go forward, so that I preserve this youthfulness of the Spirit. The Christian is always young. When the heart of the Christian begins to age, his Christian vocation begins to diminish. Either you are young in heart and soul or you are not a Christian.<\/p>\n
Even though we are sinners, the Spirit helps us to repent and makes us look forward. \u201cSpeak to the Spirit,\u201d the Pope said. \u201cHe will support you and give you youth again.\u201d Sin, on the other hand, ages: \u201cIt ages the soul, it ages everything.\u201d Francis further emphasized: \u201cNever this pagan sadness.\u201d In life there are difficult moments, but in those moments \u201cwe feel that the Spirit helps us to move forward (\u2026) and to overcome difficulties. Even martyrdom.\u201d And the Pope concluded: Let us ask the Lord not to lose this renewed youth, not to be retired Christians who have lost their joy and let themselves be led\u2026 A Christian never retires, a Christian lives, lives because he is young, when he is a true Christian.<\/p>\n
Source: Vatican News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Em uma de suas homilias, o Papa Francisco ressaltou o protagonismo do Esp\u00edrito Santo. A Eucaristia foi celebrada no dia 28 de maio, na Capela da Casa Santa Marta. \u201cNo discurso de despedida aos disc\u00edpulos antes de subir aos C\u00e9us, Jesus nos faz uma verdadeira catequese sobre o Esp\u00edrito Santo\u201d. Jesus nos explica quem ele \u00e9. Os disc\u00edpulos ficaram tristes ao ouvir que Jesus os deixar\u00e1 e ele os repreende por isso,\u201d afirma Francisco. \u201cN\u00e3o, a tristeza n\u00e3o \u00e9 um comportamento crist\u00e3o\u201d. Mas como n\u00e3o ficar triste? \u201cContra a tristeza, na ora\u00e7\u00e3o, pedimos ao Senhor para que guarde em n\u00f3s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n