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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | JUNE 10-23, 2017 Vatican Notes Rose P. Wickwire REALTOR ® CNE, CPRES, SRES 303.906.6157 5280 Magazine Five Star Professional Real Estate Specialist for Baby Boomers & Seniors! TOBYMAC with Heart's Remedy FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS AND CONCERTS: KIDS KORAL CARNIVAL SHOPPING JUNE 25 / featuring TOBYMAC with Heart's Remedy Peddle Tractor Races Dog Show Duck Races Petting Zoo Face Painting Stick-Horse Rodeo Balloon Artist Sandbox Play Area AND MORE! FREE ACTIVITES AT THE KIDS KORAL BY CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY O n May 31, Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit has the power to fill us with the hope of Christ, in turn making us Christians vessels that bring hope to others, rather than bit- terness or desperation. "The Holy Spirit makes us not only able to hope, but also to be sowers of hope, that we too are, like him and thanks to him — the 'paraclete' — con- solers and defenders of our brothers, sowers of hope," Pope Francis. "A Christian can sow bitterness, can sow perplexity, and this is not Chris- tian," he said, adding: "whoever does this is not a good Christian. Sow hope: sow the oil of hope, sow the fragrance of hope, and not the vinegar of bitterness and hopelessness." Hope is simultaneously, as St. Paul tells us in his letter to the Hebrews, like an anchor and a sail, the Pope said. "If the anchor is what gives the boat safety and keeps it 'anchored' between the waves of the sea, the sail, instead, is what makes it proceed and advance on the waters." "Hope is really like a sail; it collects the wind of the Holy Spirit and trans- forms it into a driving force pushing the boat, depending on the case, o€shore or to shore," he explained. "The Spirit is the wind that drives us forward, that keeps us on the road, makes us hear pilgrims and strangers, and does not allow us to sit and become a 'sedentary' people." This is why hope does not disappoint: "because there is the Holy Spirit within us that pushes us forward, always!" he said. "The expression 'God of hope' does not just mean that God is the object of our hope, that is, the one we hope to reach one day in eternal life; it also means that God is the one who already makes us hope, indeed, makes us 'happy in hope,'" he said. According to a popular saying, "as long as there is life, there is hope." While this is true, the Pope said that the converse is also true: "As long as there is hope, there is life. Men need hope to live." "We will be, in measure of our capacity, consolers in the image of the Paraclete," the Pope said. "That is, the Holy Spirit, and in all the senses that this word implies: advocates, helpers, comforters. Our words and our counsel, our way of acting, our voice, our gaze, will be gentle and peaceful." Pope: A good Christian spreads hope – not bitterness Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 31, 2017. PHOTO BY DANIEL IBANEZ | CNA

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