"Ve y repara la Iglesia" / "Go and repair my house" / "Vai e reconstrói a minha Igreja"

• Muchos de nosotros sabemos que nuestro Papa eligió llamarse "Francisco", por San Francisco de Asis. ¿Porque eligió este nombre? San Francisco recibió un llamado a "reparar la iglesia", que es lo que nuestro Papa quiere lograr. Les dejo el llamado :

“Salió un día Francisco al campo a meditar, y al pasear junto a la iglesia de San Damián, cuya vetusta fábrica amenazaba ruina, entró en ella, movido por el Espíritu, a hacer oración; y mientras oraba postrado ante la imagen del Crucificado, de pronto se sintió inundado de una gran consolación espiritual. Fijó sus ojos, arrasados en lágrimas, en la cruz del Señor, y he aquí que oyó con sus oídos corporales una voz procedente de la misma cruz que le dijo tres veces: “¡Francisco, vete y repara mi casa, que, como ves, está a punto de arruinarse toda ella!”. Quedó estremecido Francisco, pues estaba solo en la iglesia, al percibir voz tan maravillosa, y, sintiendo en su corazón el poder de la palabra divina, fue arrebatado en éxtasis. Vuelto en sí, se dispone a obedecer, y concentra todo su esfuerzo en la decisión de reparar materialmente la iglesia, aunque la voz divina se refería principalmente a la reparación de la Iglesia que Cristo adquirió con su sangre”.

• We all know that our Pope chose the name ´Francis´, because of Saint Francis of Assisi. Why did he choose that name? Saint Francis was called to "repair the church", and that is what Francis want to do. Here is the call:

“One day when Francis went out to meditate in the fields he was passing by the church of San Damiano which was threatening to collapse because of extreme age. Inspired by the Spirit, he went inside to pray.Kneeling before an image of the Crucified, he was filled with great fervor and consolation as he prayed. While his tear-filled eyes were gazing at the Lord's cross, he heard with his bodily ears a voice coming from the cross, telling him three times: 'Francis, go and repair my house which, as you see, is falling into ruin.'Trembling with fear, Francis was amazed at the sound of this astonishing voice, since he was alone in the church; and as he received in his heart the power of the divine words, he fell into a state of ecstasy. Returning finally to his senses, he prepared to put his whole heart into obeying the command he had received. He began zealously to repair the church materially, although the principle intention of the words referred to that Church which Christ purchased with his own blood, as the Holy Spirit afterward made him realize....”

• Muitos de nós sabemos que nosso Papa escolheu chamar-se "Francisco", pelo Sao Francisco de Assis. Por que ele escolho ese nome? Sao Francisco recebeu um chamado a "arrumar a igreja", o que nosso papa quer facer. Aqui está o chamado:

"Pouco depois, entrou para rezar e meditar na pequena capela de São Damião, semidestruída pelo abandono. Estava ajoelhado em oração aos pés de um crucifixo bizantino, que a piedade popular ali venerava, quando uma voz, saída do crucifixo, lhe falou: "Francisco, vai e reconstrói a minha Igreja que está em ruínas". Não percebendo o alcance desse chamado e vendo que aquela Igrejinha estava precisando de urgente reforma, Francisco regressou a Assis, tomou da loja paterna um grande fardo de fina fazenda e vendeu-a. Retornando, colocou o dinheiro nas mãos do sacerdote de São Damião, oferecendo-se para ajudá-lo na reconstrução da capela com suas próprias mãos."