Wednesday, 11/12/14
In eating alone two nights ago, and looking through things I
had forgotten about after copying them onto my Kindle, I came upon a sermon of
Pope Francis. It was one he gave two years ago at the beginning of an official
Year of Faith. In it he urged us
to open our doors to faith, he made the following comments.
Among the most
striking experiences of the past few decades is that of encountering locked
doors. Little by little, increasing insecurity has driven us to bolt our doors.
The bolted door of my house,
which is the setting of my intimate life, of my dreams, hopes, and moments of
happiness, is now locked against others. And it is not only a matter of my
physical house, it is also my whole life, my heart. These locked doors guard
the insecurity of life that is becoming more fragile, less open. But faith challenges
us to open those doors.
Faith challenges us to
discover that the sad reality around us can change.
Faith challenges us to
have the hearts of children.
Faith challenges us to
trust in the power of the Holy Spirit who is present in the Church and visible
in the signs of the times.
Faith challenged us to
join the constant movement of life, and of history; without falling into the
paralyzing defeatism of believing everything in the past was better.
Faith is an urgency to
think in new ways, to offer new suggestions and express a new creativity. It is
urging us toward, kneading our lives with the new leaven of sincerity and
truth.
Faith challenges us to
forgive and to know how to bring out a smile.
Fsoith challenges us
to approach every person who lives on the margin of existence and calling him
or her by name.
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