In his homily this Sunday, May 15, Monsignor Silvio Baez He invited the parishioners to be compassionate, denounce injustices and be willing to do good even in “a society where the powerful impose themselves cruelly.”
From the Santa Agatha Church, in Miami, Florida, the auxiliary bishop of Managua in exile stated that «the words of Jesus: “Love one another as I have loved you” constitute a “new” commandment, above all because they imprint novelty on life, the Church, human history. In these words of the Lord, the accent is not placed on the verb, “love each other”, but on the quality of love that he proposes: “as I have loved you”».
The bishop, critical of the Nicaraguan dictatorship, pointed out that “in the culture of indifference”, who loves like Jesus radiates closeness, solidarity and is compassionate.
«In a society where the powerful impose themselves with cruelty, as experts in making people cry and cause pain, those who love like Jesus denounce those who make them suffer, take the side of those who suffer, fight against suffering and introduce consolation and hope. in wounded hearts”, stressed the prelate.
The Catholic leader of Nicaragua, a country suffering from human rights crisis under the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, he motivated believers not to imitate “those who have made cruelty and wickedness a lifestyle.”
“Let us not be discouraged by the apparent triumph of injustice and violence. Let’s not get used to a false normality in which fear reigns and tears abound. Let us never choose resignation. Let us remain at all costs in the love that puts people at the center and dreams and fights for a better world, “he said.
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In a context in which the Nicaraguan authorities declare themselves “Christian” and attack the catholic churchaccusing the priests of committing “crimes” for supporting the victims of the repression, Monsignor Silvio Baez He said that it is not by presenting any “card” or the baptismal certificate that others will know that they are disciples of Jesus.
“Neither do we make ourselves known by the rites that we practice in the Church, nor by the religious speeches that we make. Even less, when they distill aggressiveness and falsify the holy name of God,” he added. Monsignor Silvio Baez,
«The disciples of Jesus make ourselves known by the love with which we love. We make ourselves known because we love as he has loved us », he declared.
