5th August, 2015
Pope Francis joked on Wednesday while addressing the 10,000 altar servers gathered at St. Peter’s Square, that: “You are more fortunate today than the Prophet Isaiah.”
The Pope said during a service in Vatican City that, Isaiah had a vision of the glory of the Lord, although the Lord revealed himself, he still remained far off.
“In Eucharist and in the other Sacraments, you experience the intimate closeness of Jesus, the sweetness and power of his presence.
“You do not encounter Jesus placed on an inaccessibly high throne, but in the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
“His word does not shake the doorposts but rather caresses the strings of the heart,’’ he said.
Francis said like Isaiah, “you too have experienced that it was always God who takes the lead, because it was he who created you and willed you into being.
“It is he who, in your baptism, has made you into a new creation; he is always patiently waiting for your response to his initiative, offering forgiveness to whoever asks him in humility.”
Pope Francis cautioned that if people did not resist Jesus, he would touch every lip with the flame of His merciful love, as He did to prophet Isaiah.
He said further that this would make everybody worthy to receive Him and to bring Him every soul.
“Dear altar boys and altar girls, the closer you are to the altar, the more you will remember to speak with Jesus in daily prayer and the more you will be nourished by the Word and the Body of the Lord,’’ he said.