"Dear brothers and sisters, dear children of God! I introduce myself to you as a messenger of the Lord, God ours, and bring to you my message, which is a prayer that you know well, but I want to revisit with you, my brothers. I am
Francis of Assisi, humble servant of God and the Kingdom. Here I am again here to dictate to us, to put your land, a message that this time is a prayer: a prayer that I hope many of you know and to act in this period, so full and beautiful, which is the commemoration of the birth Jesus, Son of God, but also, usually, as a profession of faith.
To make it clear to everyone, even the devil, you know - yes, yes, even to him - who we are and what we believe. To understand the world that we Christians peacemakers and love, and that if we err, one God and Father will judge us, and not the righteousness of that fear, but the one divine.
Sorry this preface, but you know, when I pray, I feel so lucky and special, so privileged and happy to talk to God the Father, that I seem real, like a dream! Think, dear brothers sisters: I, you, who are nothing before God, we can freely talk to him in prayer and in our hearts. What a wonderful thing! Do not you think?
The prayer that I present today is the Creed, the Apostles' Creed; recite together and ponder together
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
brothers and sisters, what you said before here it is contained in these few but powerful words that signify and showing everyone that I am a Christian and I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator God in the world of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and even ourselves. God created us, God gave us life, a place to live, God the Father Almighty, and no other! And in professing my faith I am proud to be one of his slaves in the life and faith, and to serve Jesus Christ, Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Here, brothers and sisters, the test the power of God that has led to his Son, Jesus, our Lord was born of a virgin, without sin, through the Holy Spirit, divine breath that anything can even conceive of a life in the womb! This is the great glory of God to give his life! What that man, with nothing of material, he could never do. But God can.
And here Jesus our Lord, the Son of God who comes to earth for us. We are nothing. He can do anything, but was born in humility and poverty is no sin, and is the Son of God
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried, descended into hell.
of these children, in those days, they spoke the nations, and the voice of the birth of this king, without title or crown, but the people who moved well, had suffered from fear of the powerful who ruled at that time, and did everything to kill this baby before it grew, coming to kill all male babies. Despite this, Jesus is able to grow and become a man, and reach out to its cruel and terrible fate. To free man from sin, to save her children, God made the ultimate sacrifice of letting Jesus be sentenced by a court and found a man who, being afraid of him, judged him to death. After suffering tremendous torture, Jesus the Son of God, was crucified to death, sacrificing himself so for all of us, his brothers, and thus defeating sin and evil, that man carries within himself. Jesus dies on the cross and was buried, and descends into hell, realizing where it will go bad and wicked man, where will those who hate, and serve evil, will be his reason for living. But God Almighty, who until now had left to do, as a sign of great humility and love for his people, spoke, and here
the third day he rose again and ascended into heaven, the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
He will come to judge the living and the dead.
God intervenes, by resurrecting the Son from the dead, conquering death, and making him go to his side to judge us all. This God, that seemed so cruel to leave the judge and kill his own son, now gives in this act of extreme love, letting him win the death and took it with him in heaven.
Brethren, God has for us in Serbia the same thing: he wants to take us to heaven with her Son. It does not pretend to suffer from us so much pain and suffering of the crucifixion. Although all of us give up our cross, believe me, is less than that brought by her Son, Jesus we too can conquer death and go into eternal life, as his Son. Do not think it's a great thing that God who can do everything, we reserve the same treatment as the Son? It is true, as the Son we can go to hell. With one difference: that we will be eternal, for he who deserves the death penalty for him, the verdict will be eternal. It depends always and only by us, by how we play this life that God has given us: that is our test or not to deserve heaven.
So why, with force, we must profess our beliefs and say: Yes, my God,
I believe in the Holy Spirit, our guide and adviser, who enlightens us and guides us in our lives. I believe in the Holy Catholic Church.
Yes, brothers and sisters, the Church is God's house! The priests are enlightened by God, and so all the rulers of the Church. Do not waver in front of strange notions and prejudices, do not judge: the priest who is wrong but always a man, do not judge the Church for the mistakes of the men who govern. And remember that man can make mistakes, but God no!
I believe in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and - once that our sins are forgiven, and once I atoned for my sins - the great joy of the resurrection of the flesh, and eternal life.
Dear faithful, brothers and sisters, let God into your daily life, please do so with joy, because God is love and joy. What a merciful God have mercy on you, and that one day you can meet in heaven, praise and love God together!
With brotherly love, your Francis, the servant of God
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