The Pope in the Angelus: "To surrender to the Lord, is to live in grace"

Cristiane Murray – Vatican City

Despite the rainy Sunday of the Roman winter, the Pope drew on St. Peter's Square thousands of people to listen to it and to pray with him the Marian prayer of the Angelus

Francis appeared on the balcony of his office and after greeting the faithful, he reflected at the beginning of the public mission of Jesus, who characterizes the "ordinary" liturgical time.

Humanity

The Gospel of the day tells the first miracle of Jesus, his first "sign" – as the evangelist John says – which occurred at the wedding of Cana in Galilee. And it was not a wedding, said the Pope, because at this ceremony, God married humanity: it is the Good News, even if those who invited him do not know yet that the Son of God is sitting at his table, and the real husband is himself.

"In fact, all the mystery of the sign of Cana is based on the presence of this divine husband who begins to reveal himself.

The pope continued with the story of the feast, and when the wine came to an end, the wine was finished and the wine was finished! "Mary said to the Son," They have no wine. "L & # 39; Water is needed to live, but the wine expresses the abundance of the holiday and the joy of the holiday. to celebrate the wedding and feast on what is missing from the prophets as a typical messianic banquet element?

Jesus turns water into wine

Jesus then said to the servants, "Fill the amphorae with water, and they filled them to the brim." He said to them again, "Now take some of them and bring them to the one who leads the banquet. "Mary addresses the maidservants and her words crown the nuptial image of Cana:" Do what he tells you. "

– Remember Mary the Pope today repeats the same thing to us:" Do what he tells you. "His words are a precious heritage that our Mother has left us [19659005MaryreliesonthewordsoftheMasterandintercedesforus[19659006] "To serve the Lord is to listen and practice his word. It is the simple and essential recommendation of the Mother of Jesus, it is the program of the life of the Christian. "For each of us, to drink of this amphora returns to"

Finally, the pope improvised a few words, highlighting an experience that many have surely experienced:

"When we are in difficult situations, when problems arise we do not know how When we often feel anxiety and anguish, when we lack joy, let's go to Mary and say, "We do not have wine. The wine is finished: look how I am; look at my heart, look at my soul. "Say it to the mother, and she will go to Jesus and say," Look at him, look at her, they have no wine. "Then she will come to us and say: Whatever he tells you, do it."

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Square of rain but taken by the faithful