Carmina is a high school teacher. Testifying about her depression she told Pope Leo, with her voice breaking, that she "struggled to overcome this illness in silence for years." "I am here," she said, because "God gave me a second chance," when she wanted to give up.
"But there are many others who continue to face this darkness. That is why I ask you with all my heart: Where can we see God when the darkness is absolute and we
cannot take it anymore?"
Pope Leo said he was "moved" that she was "able to speak about it, that you are here among us and that you have found the strength to embrace this second chance that the Lord has given you."
"Through contact with Jesus, even those who feel lost regain confidence in life; healed of their illness, they can rise to live again."
Speaking about depression, Pope Leo said: "there is something deeply wrong with a certain notion of
progress that subjects people to pressures, expectations and tensions that compromise healthy
balances. For this reason, we need a healthcare system that prioritizes this invisible and widespread malaise, which also affects young people."
"There are moments of darkness and suffering that our society silences," Pope Leo said, because "certain cultural norms demand that we always be victorious and perfect, and so our limitations, fragility and pain must be eliminated, confined to the deafening silence of loneliness or even shame."
And in these moments, we may instinctively think that "God has abandoned us as well," he admitted. "However, the cross of Jesus tells us that God does not abandon us, that he is at our side, crucified with us in moments of pain and extreme loneliness, that he gathers not only our tears but also the cry of our suffering that others do not hear."
"When God seems absent, we must entrust to him once again the burdens we carry in our hearts, even crying out to him, even protesting like Job, confident that in some way he is present and near even when he appears to be silent. But I believe we cannot do this alone. In times of pain, at least as much as possible, we must open ourselves to someone who can help us utter a
simple prayer, who can accompany us with discretion without rushing to explain that pain, who can take us by the hand and lead us out of that cry."
Video: Vatican Media
Esta joya de Rodrigo Cuevas 💎
🎤 "MUNDO FELIZ"
🎤 "LA BLZA”, con la Mala Rodríguez
🎤“SACAME A BAILAR", con Ana Belén.
Gracias a Banda de música de Getafe 🎺
Gracias a Samantha y a Paco por venir a bailar
Y, por supuesto, gracias a nuestros amigos del BRINDIS karaoke 👏
Viva la música en directo y viva Rodrigo ❤️
Cuando un lugar ya no forma parte de tu propósito, el mismo Espíritu Santo permite que sientas incomodidad hasta que entiendas que es tiempo de moverte. Y aunque todo parezca caos o pérdida, muchas veces solo es una transición corta, porque delante de ti hay algo mayor preparado.
Aprende a reconocer la voz de Dios incluso cuando te saca de donde estabas cómodo, porque si Él te mueve, no es para destruirte, sino para posicionarte donde realmente debes estar.
Los jugadores cantando con la grada.
Aficionados del Albacete llorando.
Qué bonito, joder.
Lo de esta noche ha sido histórico.
Se recordará durante mucho tiempo.
Tres cosas ayer del público.
Más de la mitad del estadio lleno una hora antes.
Nadie celebrando los goles del Madrid, nadie.
Marcador vacilando a los de seguridad con un balón de playa que pidieron entregar e iba rulando por toda la grada.
Ayer ganó el fútbol auténtico
Se sabe: el mejor libro es el que no sabíamos que queríamos leer. Los encuentros más trascendentales son con personas que conocimos por azar. Las ciudades que nos conquistan son aquellas a las que llegamos por error, sin saber ubicarlas en el mapa. En un mundo cada vez más planificado, reglamentado y con océanos de información, cada vez queda menos lugar para lo inesperado. Y allí, en el difuso territorio del azar, es donde nos espera por lo que vale la pena estar.
Una mañana cualquiera suena la alarma del móvil, la apagas mecánicamente y medio dormido todavía descubres un montón de mensajes que aseguran que ha muerto tu cantante favorito.
(Hilo).
Día 1. Capítulo I. “La Fe”.
“La verdadera fe no necesita de templos, ni de iconos, ni de salmos, ni de reuniones multitudinarias. Al contrario,
la verdadera fe entra en el corazón únicamente en el silencio y la soledad.”