The Pope and the school, his prayer today for teachers and students
2020-04-24T06:46:19.309Z
A special thought for students and teachers who in this period have to carry out their work in a different and sometimes difficult way. Today Pope Francis in his daily Mass from Santa Marta prayed for them: "We pray for the teachers, who must work hard to do lessons via the Internet and other media," said the Pope at the beginning of the Mass in Santa Marta, " and for students who have to take exams in a way they are not used to. Let's accompany them with prayer ". The pope also sent a message to the priests: "May the Lord speak to us, tell him how things are, teach him not to be afraid of the people of God, but to be close to the people". Pope Francis reminds the "pastors of the Church" what their place, with the people, is "to look after" even if "the tired people always ask for concrete things and things". Never a circle, an aristocracy. The Gospel read today in Santa Marta tells the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. After the miracle, the crowd wants to acclaim King Christ, who then retires to the mountains. "Perhaps one of the apostles might have said to him 'Let's take advantage of the moment and take power'", Bergoglio imagines, "but this is not the way. The power of the pastor is service, otherwise the vocation is ruined" and becomes a simple manager "." The structure does not make the shepherd ", he added. And if the people of God are distressed, the shepherd gives consolation. If he is lost, give him the way out. If he is wrong, give him the way to solve the problem. It was no coincidence that Christ "liked being with the crowd", which was not for his apostles. In the case of the multiplication of the loaves, then, the crowd had ruined a day of rest, a party away from the city "La Pasquetta", summarizes Francis. This is because the apostles "felt a circle, a privileged class, an aristocracy". And then Christ tests them, "to teach them" to be shepherds, to teach "the closeness to the People of God. "Because the pastor who forgets that he must be at the service I ruin my vocation ".
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April 24, 2020 A special thought for students and teachers who in this period have to do their work in a different and sometimes difficult way. Today Pope Francis in his daily Mass from Santa Marta prayed for them: "We pray for the teachers, who must work hard to do lessons via the Internet and other media," said the Pope at the beginning of the Mass in Santa Marta, " and for students who have to take exams in a way they are not used to. Let's accompany them with prayer ". The pope also sent a message to the priests: "May the Lord speak to us, tell him how things are, teach him not to be afraid of the people of God, but to be close to the people". Pope Francis reminds the "pastors of the Church" what their place, with the people, is "to look after" even if "the tired people always ask for concrete things and things". Never a circle, an aristocracy. The Gospel read today in Santa Marta tells the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. After the miracle, the crowd wants to acclaim King Christ, who then retires to the mountains. "Perhaps one of the apostles might have said to him 'Let's take advantage of the moment and take power'", Bergoglio imagines, "but this is not the way. The power of the pastor is service, otherwise the vocation is ruined" and becomes a simple manager "." The structure does not make the shepherd ", he added. And if the people of God are distressed, the shepherd gives consolation. If he is lost, give him the way out. If he is wrong, give him the way to solve the problem. It was no coincidence that Christ "liked being with the crowd", which was not for his apostles. In the case of the multiplication of the loaves, then, the crowd had ruined a day of rest, a party away from the city "La Pasquetta", summarizes Francis. This is because the apostles "felt a circle, a privileged class, an aristocracy". And then Christ tests them, "to teach them" to be shepherds, to teach "the closeness to the People of God. "Because the pastor who forgets that he must be at the service I ruin my vocation ".
