Pope Francis has sent the faithful to pray for his upcoming trip to the Holy Land . "Next Saturday - said the Pope - begin the journey to the Holy Land, the land of Jesus will be a strictly religious journey. First, to meet my brother, Bartholomew I, on the occasion of the anniversary of Paul VI's 50.mo with Athenagoras I. Peter and Andrew will meet again and this is very nice! And second, pray for peace in the land cha suffers so much. Please pray for this trip. "
SCIENCE AND AMAZING. general audience, Pope Francis has continued teaching on the gifts of the Spirit. Today we talked about the gift of knowledge. "When we talk about science - he said - our thoughts go immediately to the human capacity to learn more about the reality that surrounds him and to discover the laws that govern nature and the universe. The science that comes from the Holy Spirit, however, is not limited to human knowledge: it is a special gift, which brings us to grasp, through creation, the greatness and love of God and his profound relationship with every creature. When our eyes are enlightened by the Spirit opens to contemplation of God in the beauty of nature and the grandeur of the cosmos, and lead us to find out how everything speaks of Him, and everything speaks to us of his love. All this arouses in us astonishment and a deep sense of gratitude! It is the feeling we experience when we admire a work of art or any marvel that is the result of ingenuity and creativity of man: the face of all this, the Spirit leads us to praise the Lord from the depths of our hearts and recognize, in all that we have and are a priceless gift from God and a sign of His infinite love for us. "
LOVE AND CREATED. As God was surprised to have created a something "good", so today we said Pope Francis, "we have to have this attitude: to see that creation is good and beautiful. Here is the gift of knowledge, of this beauty: we praise God, we thank God for giving us such beauty. And this is the way. And when God finished creating man, he does not say: "He saw that it was good," said it was "very good." It brings us closer to Him! In God's eyes we are the greatest thing, greatest, most good of creation. "
"The gift of knowledge - continued Bergoglio - puts us in profound harmony with the Creator and makes us participate in the clarity of his gaze and the his judgment. And it is in this perspective that we can grasp in man and woman the crown of creation, as the fulfillment of a plan of love that is imprinted in each of us and that makes us recognize as brothers and sisters. "
"The gift of knowledge - continued Bergoglio - puts us in profound harmony with the Creator and makes us participate in the clarity of his gaze and the his judgment. And it is in this perspective that we can grasp in man and woman the crown of creation, as the fulfillment of a plan of love that is imprinted in each of us and that makes us recognize as brothers and sisters. "
WE ARE NOT THE OWNERS. 's not only amazement. The gift of knowledge also allows us a balanced judgment on things. "It helps us to not fall into some attitudes excessive or wrong. The first is the risk of consider ourselves masters of creation. But creation is not a property, which we can rule the roost at will; or, even less, is a property of only some few: creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift that God has given us, because we care and we use it for the benefit of all, always with great respect and gratitude. The second wrong attitude is represented in the temptation to stop the creatures, as if they can provide the answer to all our expectations. "
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