Padre Gervan Menezes - 10 de mayo (en español)

St. Philip Catholic Church: My brothers and we have on sixth Sunday of Easter, in this time of great joy, because we live in time of the resurrection of Christ. And it's very interesting because around the world, we talk about Easter, and what? That was six weeks ago. But for us who are Catholics, we are people who like to celebrate. And during these 50 days we the resurrection of Christ. Of we the resurrection of Christ every time we the Mass. But in a more concrete during these 50 days of Easter, of the Paschal we the presence of Christ. That's why we have the Paschal here in front us, so that it reminds us of the living of the light of Christ. Remember that on day of the Paschal the church was dark. And the light of Christ that began outside, this new fire that was blessed, and from this new fire the paschal cyre was lit. And this is our hope. Christ is our hope. And during this time of Easter, we here with the Lord. And we already in the last two weeks of Easter. The next week, in many dioses, the Ascension of Lord takes place on Thursdays, but here Jesus stays with us for three more days. So He stays until Sunday. And there we have the Ascension of the Lord on Sunday. And Jesus calls us, but not the But after this week, we have Pentecost. And there begin the ordinary the common But today, the Lord through His Gospel speaks to about this promise of God, the promise of the Holy We know that each one of us, when do we the Holy When? The day of our baptism. There receive the Holy Three things on day of our baptism. We receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We begin to be part of the Church and And the Lord for our sin. But here we are on the sixth Sunday of Easter, where we hear in the Gospel that the Lord promises us that the Paraclete, that which is the defender, something that is very beautiful in the day of Pentecost, that we have the sequence of Pentecost, and the sequence of Pentecost must be sung. And in the Pentecostal He speaks to about the titles of the Holy the Paraclete, the Advocate, the Defender. What comes next? Because we, the Lord, are leaving. We know that in the Ascension, Jesus, who was for 50 days, now returns to the Father to be seated where? To the right of the Father. But He is a God who is so good. Jesus a God of so love that He does leave us orphans, that He sends us the Holy And remember, the disciples were like when Jesus died, with fear, with the doors closed. And after they receive the Holy That is what we hear in this time of Easter, in the first reading of the of the Apostles, of the disciples who were And the Lord in today's promises us this Spirit that will leave us And know This month of Mary, May is the of Mary. This month, also on this Sunday, we celebrate the day of the Mamas. Mamas that are so special. And in a way, it the living of God among us. Because the love of Mamas is the love of the same love of Jesus Christ. It is a sacrificial It is the love that is given. It is the love that is given. at every moment. And this is the love of a And for us, who are here in this world, and we want to understand how the love of God we can perceive how the love of Mary is, how the love of a mother is. Mothers teach us. And there, like us, begin to who is our first teacher, our mothers, who teach us to speak. So so that the language, when they us, what is your first language, they say, the language called Mat. because it the mother who teaches us. But the mothers also teach us the language of love. And here we are today celebrating Eucharist, which is the greatest of love. And also the mothers, the mothers who teach us how to love. Through this celebration today, we ask God for the grace to always hope in Christ, because Christ is our hope. We of us on this day anxiously for the Holy And while we in Pentecost, in two weekends, two more each of us can experience the love God through our mothers. Happy Mother's to each of the mothers who are here, biological spiritual and grandmothers and so many other ways of being, of having these women in our lives, to be loved and to experience the love of God.