Pope Francis asked the Synod participants to reflect on the writings of St. Basil about the Holy Spirit, so that is what I will be reading over the weekend.
The Synod is a path made by the Holy Spirit. We have handed you some sheets with Patristic texts that will help us at the opening of the Synod. They are Saint Basil’s, who wrote that beautiful treatise on the Holy Spirit. Why? Because we need to understand this reality, which isn’t easy.
When on the 50th anniversary of the Synod’s creation, theologians prepared a letter for me, which I signed, it was a good step forward. But now we have to find the explanation of that path. We are not the protagonists of the Synod, it’s the Holy Spirit, and if we let the Holy Spirit act, the Synod will go well. These sheets on Saint Basil have been handed to you in different languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, so that you have it in your hands. I don’t mention these texts, on which I ask you to reflect and meditate later.
The Holy Spirit is the protagonist of the life of the Church: the plan of humanity’s salvation is carried out by the grace of the Spirit. He is the protagonist. If we don’t understand this, we’ll be like those of whom the Acts of the Apostles speak: “Have you received the Holy Spirit?” – “Who is the Holy Spirit? We haven’t even heard talk of Him” (cf. 19:1-2).We must understand that He is the protagonist of the life of the Church, He who takes her forward.
On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil
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