On the other hand, we are aware of our limitations because we are daily in touch with how difficult it is to be docile to the Spirit, to surrender to his beneficial action.
Then tiredness can set it that dampens enthusiasm. We feel discouraged, weak, sometimes marginalised with respect to a worldly life-style. Saint Augustine, referring to the Gospel episode of the storm on the lake, suggests how to react in this situation.
You hear insults, you wear yourself out, you are upset, and Christ sleeps. Wake Christ up, rouse your faith! Even in tribulation you can do something. Rouse your faith. Saint Augustine says here that in difficult moments it is like we are in the boat at the moment of the storm.
And what did the apostles do? They woke Christ up. Wake up Christ who sleeps and you are in the storm, but He is present. This is the only thing we can do in terrible moments: wake up Christ who is within us, but sleeps like [he did] in the boat.
It is exactly like this. We must rouse Christ in our hearts and only then will we be able to contemplate things with his eyes for He sees beyond the storm. Through that serene gaze, we can see a panorama that is not even conceivable on our own. In this challenging but captivating journey, the Apostle reminds us that we cannot let ourselves tire when it comes to doing good.
We must trust that the Spirit always comes to assist us in our weakness and grants us the support we need. Let us, therefore, learn to invoke the Holy Spirit more often! I know how to pray to the Father with the Our Father. I know how to pray to Mary with the Hail Mary. But to the Spirit… What is the prayer to the Holy Spirit? The key word is this: come. But you need to say it yourself in your own words. Come, because I find myself in difficulty. Come, because I am in the dark.
Come, because I am about to fall. Let us learn to invoke the Holy Spirit often. We can do this with simple words at various moments during the day. They were alone in the Upper Room begging: Come, that the Spirit would come. It would be good for us to pray it often. Come, Holy Spirit. And with the presence of the Spirit, we will protect our freedom. We are free, free Christians, not attached to the past in the bad sense of the word, not chained to practices. Christian freedom is what makes us grow.
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