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The holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say

20 OCTOBER (Lk 12,8-12)

The man of God is invited to recognize his Lord through the examination of history. From a careful observation of facts and events starts in the heart of a man the true science of his God and Lord. History is a true way for the faith in the God, Savior, Redeemer, Lord, and Deliverer. History is entrusted to the intelligence of every man.

It was not because you are the largest of all nations that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you, for you are really the smallest of all nations. It was because the Lord loved you and because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn to your fathers, that he brought you out with his strong hand from the place of slavery, and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Understand, then, that the Lord, your God, is God indeed, the faithful God who keeps his merciful covenant down to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments, but who repays with destruction the person who hates him; he does not dally with such a one, but makes him personally pay for it. You shall therefore carefully observe the commandments, the statutes and the decrees which I enjoin on you today” (Dt 7,7-11). “Love the Lord, your God, therefore, and always heed his charge: his statutes, decrees and commandments. It is not your children, who have not known it from experience, but you yourselves who must now understand the discipline of the Lord, your God; his majesty, his strong hand and outstretched arm; the signs and deeds he wrought among the Egyptians, on Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and on all his land; what he did to the Egyptian army and to their horses and chariots, engulfing them in the water of the Red Sea as they pursued you, and bringing ruin upon them even to this day; what he did for you in the desert until you arrived in this place; and what he did to the Reubenites Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, when the ground opened its mouth and swallowed them up out of the midst of Israel, with their families and tents and every living thing that belonged to them. With your own eyes you have seen all these great deeds that the Lord has done(Dt 11,1-7).

When Israel will forget its history, but also its science of God is lost, it will surely be lost and the Lord is no longer recognized as the Lord. In this very moment, Israel will be with no real hope, real charity and true faith.
“Today, as you see, I am going the way of all men. So now acknowledge with your whole heart and soul that not one of all the promises the Lord, your God, made to you has remained unfulfilled. Every promise has been fulfilled for you, with not one single exception (Joshua 23, 14). Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord, Selah. To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice. Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel And His strength is in the skies. O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! (Psalm 68 (67) 33-36). Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For the LORD is good; His loving-kindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations. (Psalm 100 (99) 1-5).

If also the Christian loses the science of Jesus, he loses his truth. Acknowledging Jesus must have only one meaning for him: living his true new humanity. He was made to share in the divine nature; and he must always live, always work, always relate with the whole world according to this new essence. It’s a matter of essence, nature, fruit, not of a word or a gesture out of us. The testimony is revealing what one is. Never might he reveal himself, if he is not.

I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. “Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.”

Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redemption, Angels, and Saints make us true witnesses of Jesus.