3/28/2023 0 Comments When god sends a cardinal![]() ![]() It should bring alive in us ever more the desire that they come to know Christ truly, that in their lives there may awaken, as in the case of human loves, a love that seeks, that finds, that relates, knows and responds. They think that He was a moralist, a prophet, perhaps a visionary, or an invention. But there are others who do not believe that He is God. Evidently there are many, thanks be to God, who have the faith to know that He is the Son of God, God our Father, therefore our Brother. People have their ideas about Christ nowadays too. So the disciples told Him what the people of their time were saying that You are Elijah, one of the prophets. When the Lord makes this question he wishes to test the apostolic vibration of our soul, because we cannot live in tranquility when we see so many people who don’t yet know Christ, who have known Him but have abandoned Him or who follow Him wearily without true love. The Holy Father frequently says that the Evil One, the devil, Father of the Lie, is determined to teach people to live as if Christ hadn’t existed, as if there were no God, who has redeemed us… The apostolic determination consists precisely in bring Christ to the people.įor 2,000 years the disciples of Christ, among whom are included all of you and myself, have lived with determination to communicate to the world the joy of having been redeemed by Christ, the joy of knowing that we are children of a God who is Father. ![]() What does the world think of Christ? The destiny of every person depends upon what he or she thinks about Christ. "Who do people say that I am?" From any point of view it’s an important question. "Who do people say that I am?" Throughout the two thousand years of the Church’s history the Lord has put that question to the disciples who follow Him, us included. Holy Mass, San Girolamo della Caritá, Rome June 20, 2010 ![]()
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