Pope Leo XIV has met with the cardinals for the extraordinary Consistory to decide future matters of the Church.
At 7:30 in the morning, the Pope presided over the Holy Mass for the future of the Church on the second and final day of the meeting.
POPE LEO XIV
The word Consistory, Consistorium, “assembly,” can be read in the light of the root of the verb consistere, that is, “to stop” or “to stand still.” Indeed, all of us have “stopped.”
In fact, we are not here to promote “agendas”—personal or group—but to entrust our projects and inspirations to the scrutiny of a discernment that surpasses us, as heaven rises above the earth, and that can come only from the Lord.
This is the second time the Pope has met face to face with all the cardinals since he was elected as the successor of St. Peter. During his time with them, he reminded them of their primary mission as the College of Cardinals
POPE LEO XIV
Our College, although rich in many abilities and remarkable gifts, is not called, first and foremost, to be a team of experts, but a community of faith, in which the gifts that each one brings—offered to the Lord and returned by Him according to His Providence—produce the greatest fruit.
Before concluding, Pope Leo also reminded the cardinals of the need for mutual support within the college.
POPE LEO XIV
In fact, we will not always be able to find immediate solutions to the problems we must face. However, always, in every place and circumstance, we will be able to help one another—and in particular to help the Pope—to find the “five loaves and the two fish” that Providence never fails to provide when its children ask for help.
The Pope concluded his homily by entrusting the work of all those present to God with words from St. Augustine: “Give what you command, and command what you will.”
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