{"id":27591,"date":"2013-11-14T10:54:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=27591"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:59:45","slug":"did-the-pope-reference-medjugorge-in-todays-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/11\/did-the-pope-reference-medjugorge-in-todays-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the pope reference Medjugorge in today’s homily?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sounds that way:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The spirit of curiosity generates confusion and distances a person from the Spirit of wisdom, which brings peace, said Pope Francis in his homily during Thursday morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Pope began his homily by commenting on the first reading from the Book of Wisdom, which describes \u201cthe state of the soul of the spiritual man and woman\u201d, of true Christians, who live \u201cin the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. And this wisdom carries them forward with this intelligent, holy, single, manifold and subtle spirit\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is journeying in life with this spirit: the spirit of God, which helps us to judge, to make decisions according to the heart of God. And this spirit gives us peace, always! It is the spirit of peace, the spirit of love, the spirit of fraternity. And holiness is exactly this. That which God asked of Abraham\u2014\u2018Walk in my presence and be irreproachable\u2019\u2014is this: this peace. To follow the movement of the Spirit of God and of this wisdom. And the man and woman who walk this path, we can say they are wise men and women\u2026 because they follow the movement of God\u2019s patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Gospel, the Pope underlined, \u201cwe find ourselves before another spirit, contrary to the wisdom of God: the spirit of curiosity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when we want to be the masters of the projects of God, of the future, of things, to know everything, to have everything in hand\u2026 the Pharisees asked Jesus, \u2018When will the Kingdom of God come?\u2019 Curious! They wanted to know the date, the day\u2026 The spirit of curiosity distances us from the Spirit of wisdom because all that interests us is the details, the news, the little stories of the day. Oh, how will this come about? It is the how: it is the spirit of the how! And the spirit of curiosity is not a good spirit. It is the spirit of dispersion, of distancing oneself from God, the spirit of talking too much. And Jesus also tells us something interesting: this spirit of curiosity, which is worldly, leads us to confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curiosity, the Pope continued, impels us to want to feel that the Lord is here or rather there, or leads us to say: \u201cBut I know a visionary, who receives letters from Our Lady, messages from Our Lady\u201d. And the Pope commented: \u201cBut, look, Our Lady is the Mother of everyone! And she loves all of us. She is not a postmaster, sending messages every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such responses to these situations, he affirmed, \u201cdistance us from the Gospel, from the Holy Spirit, from peace and wisdom, from the glory of God, from the beauty of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus says that the Kingdom of God does not come in a way that attracts attention: it comes by wisdom.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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