The pope asked his priests to flee the habriaqueísmos

The pope met priests, religious, consecrated men and seminarians at Saint Michelle College in Antananarivo (Madagascar). He asked them to defeat "the evil spirit on their own ground". "Where we are invited to cling to economic security, spaces of power and human glory, respond with the availability and evangelical poverty that lead us to give our lives for mission," he advised. .

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In this sense, he warned that it is often possible to "fall into the temptation" to spend hours talking about "successes" or "failures", of "usefulness" of actions or of "the influence" that they can have.

And this, as he has said, often leads to dreaming of apostolic plans "expansionist, meticulous and well drawn, but typical of vanquished generals" who end up denying their history, as well as that of their people, which is glorious to be a story of sacrifices, hope, daily struggle, life tapered service and perseverance in a job that tires. "

The pontiff also asked to flee the "habriaqueísmos" (focus on what should be done) through the praise that makes the taste of the mission and to be with people, so that the Missionary activity sometimes has no flavor of the gospel. "Thus, during the last speech planned in Madagascar, the second leg of his trip to Africa, he asked them not to

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turn into "professionals of the sacred". "Please, do not let us steal the joy of the missionaries," he exclaimed.

In addition, he urged to overcome the evil in the name of Jesus through small battles such as teaching to praise God or simply the Gospel and the catechism; visit a sick person and badist or offer the comfort of reconciliation. "It is so that, on their behalf, they overcome their problems by feeding a child, saving a mother from despair of being alone for everything or looking for a job with a parent." It's a winning fight that fights ignorance by educating "; It's also bringing the presence of God when someone helps to respect, in his own order and his perfection

all creatures avoiding their use or exploitation; and also the signs of his victory when they plant a tree or bring clean water to a family, "he summed up.

In short, he reminded them of the simple "go listen" which, as he pointed out, neither the wise, nor the prophets, nor kings can see or hear: "the presence of God in the patients and the afflicted, those who are hungry and thirsty for justice The merciful "Blessed church blessed of the poor and for the poor," he said.

This church, as it has concluded, is the one who lives permeated with the perfume of God and lives happily in announcing the good news to the abandoned people of the earth, to those who "are the favorites of God".

Thus, all religious were invited to continue to be, with their communities, signs of the living presence of God.