Sunday, 24th May, the Catholic church marked the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the apostles on Pentecost day. During his homily in St. Peters Square, Pope Francis said that the church is open to all, even to the most sinful.
Read his words below:
The gift of the Spirit restores harmony of languages that
had been lost in Babel and prefigures the universal
dimension of the mission of the Apostles. The
universal Church is born, one, Catholic, with a
precise, but open identity, that embraces the whole
world, without exception. To nobody does
the Mother Church closes the door in the face, to
no one! Not even to the most sinful, to no one!
And this is out of the strength, the grace of the
Holy Spirit. The Mother Church opens, opens its
doors to everyone because it is Mother.
Speaking further about Pentecost, the Pope added:
The Holy Spirit poured out at Pentecost in the
hearts of the disciples is the beginning of a new
season: the season of the testimony and fraternity.
It is a season that comes from above, from God,
like flames of fire that came to rest on the head of
each disciple. It was the flame of love burning
away all bitterness; it was the language of the
Gospel that crosses the boundaries put into
place by men and touches the hearts of everyone,
without distinction of language, race or nationality.
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit is poured
out continuously, even today, on the Church and
on all of us because we go out of our mediocrity
and our closing off of ourselves and communicate
to the world the merciful love of the Lord. This is
our mission! We too are given the gift of the
'language' of the Gospel and the 'fire' of the Holy
Spirit, in order for us to proclaim the risen Jesus,
alive and present in our midst, and warm the
hearts of people, bringing them closer to Him, the
Way, the Truth and the Life.
Source: Zenit
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