Pope Benedict XVI Sunday, June 20 in ' Eucharist homily in which they were ordained 14 new priests for the Diocese of Rome has offered considerable insights that go beyond the mere characterization of the spirit that should animate a priest and involving every Christian who wants to be such.
In particular I was struck by the following thought:
" Who wants to realize their own ambitions above all, achieve their success will always be a slave to himself and the public. To be considered, you must flatter; will say what they like people, must adjust to changing fashions and opinions, and so, you deprive it of the vital relationship with the truth, reducing to order tomorrow what will be praised today. A man who laid his life as a priest to see their ministry in these terms, do not truly love God and others, only himself and, paradoxically, ends up losing himself. The priesthood - let us remember always - is based on the courage to say yes to another will, in the awareness, to grow every day, that their compliance with the will of God, "immersed" in this desire, not only will not be canceled our originality, but on the contrary, we enter deeper into the truth of our being and our ministry. .
You can really live like this? Certainly yes! The secret, Benedict XVI reminds us, is "to stay with Jesus."
Christianity is not a philosophy, knowledge is primarily a meeting with the living person of Jesus and remain in this vital relationship, " Only those who have an intimate relationship with the Lord is grasped by him, may lead to others, can be sent. This is a "stay with him that" must always accompany the exercise of priestly ministry must be the central part, and above all in difficult times when it seems that the 'things to do "should take priority. Wherever we are, whatever we do, we must always remain with him ".
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