“BE PATIENT A LITTLE LONGER” (Rev 6,11)
Dear ones, peace be with you from Jerusalem!
These days, we are witnessing political rallies and secular and religious demonstrations, in which people protest injustice and call for peace. We realize that in the face of so many words the only one that remains is the Word of the Lord, capable of keeping his promise of belonging even beyond the condition in which we find ourselves. There remain people who don't give up to be peace for their neighbors. This is powerful. The situation is serious and increasingly seems to be entering a vortex of violence. From a human point of view we can say that the thing we are certain of is that we are in uncertainty! But we cannot stop at this observation alone. We must return to God and his Gospel. From a point of view of faith, one of the pages in which we meet is the crucifixion of the Lord: we seem to be at the foot of the Cross! How much innocent blood! There is nothing new under the sun, and history does not seem to exercise its magisterium of life. In the book of Revelation a cry is heard: “How long, Sovereign, you who are holy and true, will you not do justice and avenge our blood upon the inhabitants of the earth? Then each of them was given a white robe and told to be patient a little longer…” (Rev 6,10-11).
Pray and be patient, knowing that it is the most powerful act we can do now. For those who have been HERE in the Holy Land, they know that Calvary is located exactly 40 meters away from the empty Tomb, place of the Resurrection of the Lord. When we celebrate the great and unique Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, the Holy Mass, it sometimes happens that we hear the solemn Alleluia that comes from the place of the Resurrection being sung. So it is for us at this moment in history, we are under the Cross, we need there to be someone who sings the Easter Alleluia for us! This gives us hope, because it helps us perceive the temporariness of suffering, comparable to the pangs of childbirth. Evil, death, is not the last word. In the light of Easter, God is capable of extracting a greater good from evil.
Together with Mary Most Holy Queen of Peace, and our dear father Saint Francis, a man rich in humanity and reconciliation, let us not stop interceding with God, for those who truly find themselves under the Cross, let us pray for the salvation of the whole world.
Let's pray without getting tired
