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In
his daily Mass homily Pope Francis touched on the importance of
discerning what comes from God and what is false, emphasizing that the
way of Jesus is always one of “humility.”
“That is the path of Jesus Christ: abasement, humility, humiliation as
well,” the Pope said Jan. 7, “if a thought, if a desire takes you along
the road of humility and abasement, of service to others, is from
Jesus.”
“If a thought, if a desire takes you along the road of humility and
abasement, of service to others, is from Jesus,” noted the Pontiff, “but
if it brings you to the road of sufficiency, of vanity, of pride, along
the path of an abstract thought, it is not from Jesus.”
Recalling the three temptations of Jesus in the wilderness, the Pope
explained that “all three proposals the demon makes to Jesus are
proposals that intended to take Him away from this path, the path of
service, of humility, of humiliation, of charity.”
“But the charity accomplished with His life, no? To the three temptations Jesus says no: ‘No, this is not my path!’”
Inviting those present to question themselves about what is in their own
hearts, the Pontiff asked “Do I test what I think, what I want, what I
desire, or do I accept it all” without discerning?
“So many times, our heart is a road, everything passes there,” he
affirmed, “Put it to the test! Do I always choose the things that come
from God? Do I know which are the things that come from God? Do I know
the true criterion by which to discern my thoughts, my desires?”
Concluding his reflections, Pope Francis encouraged the congregation to
think about these questions, and not to forget “that the criterion is
the Incarnation of the Word.”
“The Word is come in the flesh: this is Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ who
was made man, God made man, who lowered Himself, humbled Himself for
love, in order to serve all of us.”
“May the Apostle John” he prayed, “grant us this grace to know what is
happening in our hearts, and to have the wisdom to discern what is of
God and what is not of God.”
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