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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 95
DATE 16-05-2012
Summary:
- Prayer in the Letters of St. Paul
- Benedict XVI:Work Should not be an Obstacle to the Family
- Audiences
- Notice
___________________________________________________________
Prayer in the Letters of St. Paul
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - After having examined prayer in the Acts of
the Apostles, Benedict XVI announced that he will dedicate his next series of
catechesis to prayer in the Letters of St. Paul, which always begin and end
with an expression of
prayer and which have given us a rich range of forms of prayer.
In Wednesday's general audience, celebrated in St. Peter's Square before more
than 11,000 people, the Pope explained that the Apostle to the Gentiles wants
us to understand that prayer "should not be seen as a simple good deed made to
God, an action of
our own. It is above all a gift, fruit of the living [and] revitalizing
presence of the Father and of Jesus Christ in us".
When we pray we feel "our weakness ... our creatureliness, because we find
ourselves before God's omnipotence and transcendence ... and we perceive our
limitations ... and the necessity to trust ever more in Him". This then is
when "the Holy Spirit
helps us in our incapacity ... and guides us to turn toward God". Prayer,
therefore, is mainly "the action of the Holy Spirit in our humanity that takes
charge of our weakness and transforms us from persons who are bound to
material reality into
spiritual persons".
Among the effects of the action of the Spirit of Christ as the internal
principle of all our acts, the Holy Father observed first that "prayer
inspired by the Spirit gives us the possibility to abandon and overcome all
forms of fear or slavery, living
the true freedom of the children of God". Another consequence is that "our
relationship with God becomes so deep that it is no longer affected by deeds
or situations. We understand that prayer doesn't free us from trials or
tribulations but we can live
them in union with Christ, with His suffering, in view of also participating
in His glory".
THERE IS NO HUMAN CRY THAT GOD DOES NOT HEAR
"Many times", the Pope said, "we ask God to deliver us from physical and
spiritual evil ... however, we often have the impression that He doesn't hear
us and we run the risk of becoming discouraged and of not persevering. In
reality, there is no human
cry that God does not hear. ... God the Father's answer to His son was not the
immediate freedom from suffering, from the cross, or from death: through the
cross and His death, God answered with the Resurrection".
Finally, "a believer's prayer, if open to the human dimension and to creation
as a whole ...does not remain locked in on itself. It opens itself to share in
the suffering of our time. It is thus converted into ... the channel of hope
for all of creation
and an expression of God's love that is poured into our hearts by means of the
Spirit".
The apostle, the Holy Father concluded, teaches us that when we pray "we have
to open ourselves to the presence and the action of the Holy Spirit ... in
order to turn ourselves to God with our whole heart and our whole being.
Christ's Spirit becomes the
strength of our our 'weak' prayer, the light of our 'dim' prayer, ... teaching
us to live while facing the trials of existence, in the certainty that we are
not alone, opening ourselves to the horizons of humanity and the creation that
'is groaning in
labour pains'".
___________________________________________________________
Benedict XVI:Work Should not be an Obstacle to the Family
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - "Work should not be an obstacle to the
family, but should rather sustain and unite it", affirmed Benedict XVI in an
appeal made at the end of today's general audience.
After recalling that yesterday was the celebration of the International Day of
Families that the UN dedicated this year to the relationship between family
and work, the Pope noted that work should favour the family, "helping it to be
open to life and to
enter into relationship with society and with the Church". At the same time,
the pontiff expressed his wish that Sunday, "the Lord's day and a weekly
Easter, be a day of rest and an occasion to strengthen family ties".
Also during the traditional greetings in different languages to the more than
11,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, Benedict XVI highlighted that
tomorrow celebrates the Solemnity of the Lord's Ascension. This feastday
"invites us to look to
Jesus who, ascending to heaven, entrusts the apostles with the mandate of
carrying His message of salvation to the entire world... The Lord has prepared
a place for each of us and it is waiting for us. May our thoughts and our
deeds be directed toward
our heavenly homeland".
___________________________________________________________
Audiences
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - After today's general audience, the Holy
Father received Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller of Regensburg, Germany.
___________________________________________________________
Notice
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - We inform our readers that no VIS bulletin
will be transmitted tomorrow, Thursday 17 May, on the Solemnity of the Lord's
Ascension, a feastday in the Vatican. Service will be resumed on Friday, 18
May.
___________________________________________________________
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va
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VISnews120516
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 95DATE 16-05-2012
Summary: - Prayer in the Letters of St.
Paul - Benedict XVI:Work
Should not be an Obstacle to the Family - Audiences - Notice ___________________________________________________________
Prayer in the Letters of St. Paul
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - After having examined prayer in the Acts
of the Apostles, Benedict XVI announced that he will dedicate his next series
of catechesis to prayer in the Letters of St. Paul, which always begin and end
with an expression
of prayer and which have given us a rich range of forms of prayer.
In Wednesday's general audience, celebrated in St. Peter's Square before
more than 11,000 people, the Pope explained that the Apostle to the Gentiles
wants us to understand that prayer "should not be seen as a simple good deed
made to God, an action
of our own. It is above all a gift, fruit of the living [and] revitalizing
presence of the Father and of Jesus Christ in us".
When we pray we feel "our weakness ... our creatureliness, because we find
ourselves before God's omnipotence and transcendence ... and we perceive our
limitations ... and the necessity to trust ever more in Him". This then is
when "the Holy Spirit
helps us in our incapacity ... and guides us to turn toward God". Prayer,
therefore, is mainly "the action of the Holy Spirit in our humanity that takes
charge of our weakness and transforms us from persons who are bound to
material reality into
spiritual persons".
Among the effects of the action of the Spirit of Christ as the internal
principle of all our acts, the Holy Father observed first that "prayer
inspired by the Spirit gives us the possibility to abandon and overcome all
forms of fear or slavery,
living the true freedom of the children of God". Another consequence is that
"our relationship with God becomes so deep that it is no longer affected by
deeds or situations. We understand that prayer doesn't free us from trials or
tribulations but we
can live them in union with Christ, with His suffering, in view of also
participating in His glory".
THERE IS NO HUMAN CRY THAT GOD DOES NOT HEAR
"Many times", the Pope said, "we ask God to deliver us from physical and
spiritual evil ... however, we often have the impression that He doesn't hear
us and we run the risk of becoming discouraged and of not persevering. In
reality, there is no
human cry that God does not hear. ... God the Father's answer to His son was
not the immediate freedom from suffering, from the cross, or from death:
through the cross and His death, God answered with the Resurrection".
Finally, "a believer's prayer, if open to the human dimension and to
creation as a whole ...does not remain locked in on itself. It opens itself to
share in the suffering of our time. It is thus converted into ... the channel
of hope for all of
creation and an expression of God's love that is poured into our hearts by
means of the Spirit".
The apostle, the Holy Father concluded, teaches us that when we pray "we
have to open ourselves to the presence and the action of the Holy Spirit ...
in order to turn ourselves to God with our whole heart and our whole being.
Christ's Spirit becomes
the strength of our our 'weak' prayer, the light of our 'dim' prayer, ...
teaching us to live while facing the trials of existence, in the certainty
that we are not alone, opening ourselves to the horizons of humanity and the
creation that 'is groaning in labour pains'".
Benedict XVI:Work Should not be an Obstacle to the Family
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - "Work should not be an obstacle to the
family, but should rather sustain and unite it", affirmed Benedict XVI in an
appeal made at the end of today's general audience.
After recalling that yesterday was the celebration of the International Day
of Families that the UN dedicated this year to the relationship between family
and work, the Pope noted that work should favour the family, "helping it to be
open to life and
to enter into relationship with society and with the Church". At the same
time, the pontiff expressed his wish that Sunday, "the Lord's day and a weekly
Easter, be a day of rest and an occasion to strengthen family ties".
Also during the traditional greetings in different languages to the more
than 11,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, Benedict XVI highlighted
that tomorrow celebrates the Solemnity of the Lord's Ascension. This feastday
"invites us to look
to Jesus who, ascending to heaven, entrusts the apostles with the mandate of
carrying His message of salvation to the entire world... The Lord has prepared
a place for each of us and it is waiting for us. May our thoughts and our
deeds be directed
toward our heavenly homeland".
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) - We inform our readers that no VIS
bulletin will be transmitted tomorrow, Thursday 17 May, on the Solemnity of
the Lord's Ascension, a feastday in the Vatican. Service will be resumed on
Friday, 18 May.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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