In his homily this Sunday, April 23, from the Santa Agatha Church in Miami, United States, Monsignor Silvio Báez exhorted not to give up, not to get discouraged, not to go back or think about failure.
Basing his homily on the account of the disciples of Emmaus, after Jesus was crucified and that for this reason they were discouraged, the auxiliary bishop of Managua emphasized that when “we allow ourselves to be dominated by hopelessness and sadness or we feel tired of fighting , the great temptation is to return to Emmaus, it is to go back and stop hoping».
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Explaining about the conversation of the disciples, Báez made reference to the social context, affirming that it is good and healthy to talk, share, discuss personal and social life, since he affirms that this “helps us to be honest with reality, for hard, painful or embarrassing (…)».
He indicated that despite the hopelessness that is experienced today, we must be sure that Jesus Christ “does not make us rush the road, but rather accommodates our pace.”
“It doesn’t matter that we walk slowly. For Jesus it is enough that we walk. He likes any path of ours as long as it is path,” she added.
On the other hand, and in allusion to the hate speech against the Catholic Church of Nicaragua by the dictator Daniel Ortega, the monsignor pointed out that what “prevents the presence of Jesus is the hypocritical language, the destructive word and the speech with which we disqualify others”.
“Jesus does not leave us alone”
He also asserted that despite adverse situations “the risen Jesus is the indefatigable walker, full of love and understanding, who always walks with us, never abandoning us.”
“While we walk the paths of this world we are never alone. Humanity walks through history, sometimes with great uncertainty and fatigue, but never in complete solitude. The people walk full of pain and uncertainty, but never abandoned, “he stressed.
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He also insisted that “the presence of the risen Lord in our own personal life and in the history of peoples; It offers us reasons to hope and gives us new strength to continue living and fighting.
Referring to Jesus’ conversation with the disciples of Emmaus, the prelate said that God “is interested in us, in what happens to us, he listens to us attentively. He wants to hear from our lips the afflictions and hopelessness that overwhelm us so that he can comfort us and give us new light and new strength. One must turn one’s life into prayer».
He also urged the parishioners not to be blinded ideologically, because in this way new paths are no longer seen and “we close ourselves to the truth”. He stressed that “Some ideas become so ingrained in us that they lock us up in the past, make us intransigent and prevent us from taking new paths.».
The bishop concluded his homily by encouraging them not to stop invoking Jesus Christ and always telling him “Stay with us, Lord! Stay with us, because we feel alone and everything seems to get dark, problems bend us and we are very weak! Stay with us!”.
