“We must build Her and preserve Her. Above all, purify her, starting from oneself. All this must be done to the Church, which, among other things, if she is “uniform”, she is no Church. Each one must “build according to the gift that God has given”. These are the indications given by the Pope in this morning’s Mass, 9 November 2017, at Casa Santa Marta, as reported by Vatican Radio.

First of all, it is necessary to “build the Church”, starting of course from her foundation, Jesus Christ, “He is the cornerstone, in this building. Without Jesus Christ, there is no Church. Why? Because there is no foundation. And if you build a church - think of a material church - without foundation, what happens then? She breakdowns. Everything breakdowns. If Jesus Christ is not “living in the Church, she breakdowns.

The Pope asks himself, “And we, what are we? We are “living stones”, not the same, each one of us is different:” this is “the richness of the Church. Each one of us builds according to the gift that God has given. We cannot think of a uniform Church: for that is not a Church.”

Therefore, it is necessary to “guard the Church” with the awareness and conscience of the Holy Spirit who lives in every person.

Francis goes on, “How many Christians today know who Jesus Christ is, who the Father is- and why they pray to Our Father? But when you speak of the Holy Spirit...” Yes, yes, yes... ah, it is the dove, yes, the dove”, and they end it there. But the Holy Spirit is the life of the Church, it is your life, my life...”; and” we are the temple of the Holy Spirit and we must guard the Holy Spirit, so much that Paul advises Christians not to “sadden the Holy Spirit”, that is to say not to have a conduct contrary to the harmony that the Holy Spirit makes within us and in the Church. It is harmony, It gives harmony to this building.

Finally, it is necessary to “purify the Church”, starting from oneself: in fact, “we are all sinners: everyone. All of us. If some of you are not, raise your hand, because it would be something new. We are all sinners. That is why we must continually purify ourselves. And also purify the community: the diocesan community, the Christian community, the universal community of the Church. To make it grow”.

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