Vatican City, 9 October 2015 (VIS) –
His Beatitude Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the
Chaldeans and head of the Synod of the Chaldean Church offered a
meditation during this morning's prayer before the resumption of the
work of the Synod. The Patriarch commented on the reading from St.
Paul's epistle to the Romans, emphasising the apostle's wish to visit
and bring the Gospel to the Christian community in Rome. In this way
he affirmed that “living the faith in communion brings
consolation”.
“Paul is an apostle who feels that he
is sent by God”, he said. “For him, the Gospel is an act of
worship, and therefore it is praying, being in communion with God,
loving, obeying, and living and bearing witness to the joy of
proclaiming the Gospel in everyday life. So, one is not ashamed of
the Gospel. He does not subordinate his proclamation to human
opportunity or hypocritical respect, but rather considers the Gospel
to be a gift of inestimable value that reveals God's justice and
grace”.
“Faith is the basic condition for
being justified and becoming children of God, as it is faith that
gives meaning to life”, he continued. It is not “a static fact,
or speculation, but rather an inner vision, a profound mystical
relationship, lived in the details of difficult everyday life. Faith,
like love, is a commitment and must grow day by day in the long
journey of life”. On reconciling love and justice, the Patriarch
remarked that “if love does not exceed justice, the Gospel becomes
empty. It is enough to hear of the experience of Iraqi Christians who
left everything they had in one night in order to stay true to their
faith”.
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