Pope Francis The Holy Spirit and Holy Dis Order

Pope Francis in his homily says’ The Holy Spirit is always confusion and disorder ‘ Someone might say ‘Isn’t God a God of Order?’ ‘ Yes but there is the order that man wants and the order of God’ Something in fact many things are in order according to human wisdom. People often say ‘The pastor is perfect he could leave and nothing would change. The parish takes care of himself. Makes me think of something Pope Paul VI says ‘The Church need more Spirit and less organization” The Holy Spirit is a God of order but first He often has to disrupt the plans of men to bring about the plans of God. Pope Francis ‘He took his cue from the Letter of St. Paul to Titus in the day’s Mass, that describes in detail the figure of a bishop, to bring order in the Church.

Church not born in complete order The Pope pointed out that the Church was born amidst zeal and disorder but also “admirable things” were accomplished.  He noted that there is always confusion and disorder with the power of the Holy Spirit but we must not be afraid because it is a beautiful sign.

Speaking in Italian, the Pope explained that the Church was never born with everything in order, in place, without problems, or confusion – never.  However this confusion, this disorder, he said, must be resolved and put in order.  As an example, he pointed to the first Council of Jerusalem where there was a struggle between judaizers and non – judaizers , but the Council finally fixed the problem.  ‘

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