We should have the mentality and the conscience of which the Christian should suffer in order to go to Heaven.

It is impossible to live if I make the mass only a compartment in my life, the Holy Mass never should end in the life of a Christian. The Holy mass is a great moment of encounter, but the world is not able to convert because for many people the mass ends with the final blessing. The mass should not end in our life.

Whomever wants to serve must pick up his cross and follow Christ. There is no Heaven without suffering in life, this is a reality contrasting persons who suffer each day and want to renounce suffering for their whole life. Do not be misled by preaching that promises a Heaven without cross, blessed may you be that experiences the crucible of humiliation. Because only this way the heart of Jesus passes through your heart and our life becomes a permanent mass.

In order to be Christian in these days, we need to be intense men and women.

This vigil cannot be of the moment, we are not Christians for the moment, we are Christians for life.

Father Serginho

The Basilica of Nossa Senhora de Penha (Our Lady of Penha), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Translated from Portuguese