Spiritual accompaniment is a path of personal and community growth that seeks to lead the believer towards a more intimate relationship with God. In this task, the Church invites us to guide and to allow ourselves to be guided with freedom, prudence and love. These twelve biblical quotations offer significant insights.
1) “A wise man listens to counsel” (Prov 12:15).
Let yourself be helped and advise . by good guides and masters of life, in a relationship of trust from the perspective of faith.
Both the counselor and the person being counseled must carefully cultivate the freedom Christianity - without falling into the harmful extremes of infantilism to the point of coercion or lazy omission of duty - in order to achieve the necessary and active responsibility and the maturity personal sanctification.
“Our consciousness has been shaped by the people who are part of our lives; those who were kind to us, those who listened to us with love, those who helped us.” (Leo XIV, Youth Jubilee Vigil. 2/8/2025).
2) “Enter through the narrow gate” (Mt 7:13).
Committing oneself to the task of one's own comprehensive training and permanent, both of the believing reason, as well as of the heart and customs, in order to become Christians of good judgment and right conscience.
Avoid, on the other hand, being governed by the painful law of the comfort and of minimum effort, which leads to lukewarmness and pitiful mediocrity, and sadly leads to adapting to the mentality worldly.
“The fullness of our existence does not depend on what we accumulate or what we possess, rather it is linked to what we know how to welcome and share with joy.” (Leo XIV, Homily at the Youth Jubilee. 3/8/2025).
3) “The righteous proceeds uprightly” (Prov 20:7).
Calmly cultivate inwardly the human virtues or morals, such as: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, chastity, sincerity, industriousness, order, cordiality, kindness, understanding, respect, serenity, good humor, etc.
In this way, the aim is to achieve unity and consistency between faith and works, willpower and an intense and balanced affectivity, without inopportune attachments, are reordered and strengthened.
“We can mention loyalty, sincerity, magnanimity, open-mindedness and open-heartedness, the ability to rejoice with those who rejoice and suffer with those who suffer; and also self-control, gentleness, patience, discretion, a great propensity to listen and to dialogue, availability to service.” (Leo XIV, Address at the Jubilee of Bishops. 25/6/2025).
4) “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” (Jn 15:12).
Growing in the fraternal charity to learn how to give oneself to others through the gift of self same on a day-to-day basis.
Begging the Lord for the grace of a look of mercy to others and to oneself.
“Brothers, sisters, this is the hour of love! Together, as one people, all brothers and sisters, let us walk to meet God and love one another.” (Leo XIV, Inauguration Mass of his pontificate. 18/5/2025).
5) “He who eats me will live because of me” (Jn 6:57).
Acquire the habit of attending regularly to the sources of grace -especially the sacraments of the Eucharist and Reconciliation - in order to grow in the theological virtues and receive supernatural gifts.
Ask the Lord to always live in state of grace sanctifying.
“Let us remain united to Him, let us remain in His friendship, always, cultivating it with prayer, adoration, Eucharistic communion, frequent confession, generous charity.” (Leo XIV, Homily at the Jubilee of Youth. 3/8/2025).
6) “Lord, teach us to pray” (Lk 11:1).
Seek in prayer the grace of a true intimacy and filial treatment with the Lord.
To live with constancy the Christian devotions according to one's state of life: Liturgy of the Hours, Holy Rosary, Stations of the Cross, etc.
“The encounter with Jesus corresponds to the deepest hopes of our heart, because Jesus is the Love of God made man.” (Leo XIV, Youth Jubilee Vigil. 2/8/2025).
7) “Always obey your guides, for they reveal themselves for your good” (Heb 13:17).
Always follow with docility the Magisterium of the Church on faith and morals, according to the sure teaching of Catholic Tradition, without justifications or deceptions, avoiding false interpretations accommodating.
Abide by and obey with respect for the governing directives of the ecclesiastical authority.
“Pastoral prudence allows the bishop to guide the diocesan community by enhancing its traditions and promoting new paths and new initiatives.” (Leo XIV, Speech at the Bishops Jubilee. 25/6/2025).
8) “Each one has his own gift from God, some in one way and some in another” (1 Cor 7:7).
Seconding one's own spirituality, according to the vocation and to persevere with determination to persevere in the maintenance of the fidelity to one's own call, without giving in to discouragement due to difficulties.
Avoiding individualistic isolation, participating in the best possible way in the life of the community. Christian community, with the attitude to learn and to contribute one's talents with initiative.
“Open yourself to this world that scares you! Open yourself to the relationships that have disappointed you! Open yourself to the life you have given up on facing! Closing yourself off, in fact, is never a solution!” (Leo XIV, General Audience. 30/7/2025).
9) “May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly” (1 Thess 5:23).
Transmit serenity and abandonment in divine providence, and help to overcome the various burdens and fears that may arise.
To teach to live with true humility, peace and joy interior.
“This is the peace of the risen Christ, an unarmed peace and a disarming peace, humble and persevering. It comes from God, God who loves us all unconditionally.” (Leo XIV, Greetings from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. 8/5/2025).
10) “I strike my body and bring it into subjection, lest, having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified” (1 Cor 9:27).
To ensure a timely ascetic effort motivated, self-sacrificing and joyful, combining intense demands with tranquility, the commitment to grow in a Christian way without indulging in morbid scruples.
Imitate the testimony of the saints, who followed Christ in the path of the cross with their heroic generosity.
“Grace does not eliminate our freedom but awakens it.” (Leo XIV, General Audience. 6/8/2025).
11) “Well done, good and faithful servant; since you have been faithful in a little, I will give you an important position; enter into the joy of your master” (Mt 25:21-23).
Dreaming of high ideals and vital, for the benefit of the Christian and civil community.
To seriously specify one's own commitments Christian and social.
“Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not be satisfied with less. Then you will see the light of the Gospel grow every day, in yourselves and around you.” (Leo XIV Homily at the Youth Jubilee. 3/8/2025).
12) “Christ loved his Church” (Eph 5:25).
Loving the mother Church without criticizing it with acrimony or separating from it because of the miseries of some of its members.
Encourage the evangelizing zeal, and tenaciously undertaking apostolic actions, according to their own ecclesial mission, as well as promoting and caring for the future with enthusiasm, care and hope. vocations.
“The Lord himself gathers us together to form a community of believers who support one another. How much the world needs missionaries of the Gospel who are witnesses of justice and peace! How much the future needs men and women who are witnesses of hope!” (Leo XIV, Youth Jubilee Vigil. 2/8/2025).
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