Every human person is sacred and inviolable. To ensure that a society has a future, it is necessary that a sense of respect be matured for the dignity of every person, no matter in what condition they find themselves.
PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH
In his Apostolic Letter Patris Corde on St. Joseph, Pope Francis shared a special prayer to St. Joseph which he has been praying daily after morning prayer.
God does not love us in word but in deed; not from “on high”, from far away, but “up close”, from within our flesh, because in Mary, the Word was made flesh, because in Christ's chest a heart of flesh continues to beat, it beats for each and every of us!
When we have strong feelings of doubt and fear, and we seem to be sinking, we must not be ashamed to cry out like Peter: “Lord, save me” (Mt 14:30). This is a beautiful prayer! And Jesus immediately stretches out his hand.
I urge everyone to persevere in demonstrating through closeness and solidarity to the battered people of Ukraine who are suffering very much, asking for the gift of the peace for them.
Jesus, Crucified and Risen, the Living One and the Lord, was the destination to which Pope Benedict led us, taking us by the hand. May he help us rediscover in Christ the joy of believing and the hope of living.
Discernment is an art that can be learned and has its own rules. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to place on our path people who can accompany us on our journey toward God.
The divine motherhood of Mary reveals God’s utmost respect for our freedom. God could have come into the world in a thousand ways manifesting his power and, instead, willed to be conceived in full freedom in Mary’s womb.
Let us ask Mary, the Virgin of Sweet Expectation, to teach us how to "watch and pray" so we do not get distracted in our following of her Son, and to discover His saving presence in the events of our daily lives. #Advent
#Pope Francis Recommends Witness of #Martyrs saying "The cross of Jesus is the cross of all and it is the cross of the Church as the body of Christ, which follows him to the point of sacrifice." FULL TEXT
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May we never grow weary of bearing witness to the newness of Jesus, to the newness that is Jesus! Faith is not a lovely exhibit of artefacts from the past, but an ever-present event, an encounter with Christ that takes place in the here and now of our lives!