It was not Jesus' act of dying that saved us from our sins. But it was because of His great love for us which was manifested on the cross that liberated us from the captivity of sinfulness.
It goes the same way with our human existence, we exist because God loves us! We exist out of love. We exist because God wanted to share with us the things He is experiencing!
Pharisees and Sadducees saw Jesus as a mere threat to them because He was able to persuade and gather a huge number of followers and for them His teachings were not in congruent to the Jewish traditions and teachings.
We follow God’s will and all of His commandments not because we have something to prove to God nor others but because we love God with all our hearts and we wish to follow Him because we don’t want to pierce His heart!
The “gospel” of save yourself is not the Gospel of salvation. It is the falsest of the apocryphal gospels, making others carry the cross. Whereas the true Gospel bids us take up the cross of others. #Peaceandfraternity
“Enough!” says Jesus (Lk 22:38), when his disciples produce two swords before the Passion. “Enough!” That single word of Jesus echoes through the centuries and reaches us forcefully in our own time: enough of swords, weapons, violence and war!
Belonging to Christ, and the resulting way of life, do not isolate the believer from the world, but rather make him or her the protagonist in a service of love for the common good.
Today and tomorrow, one million children around the world pray the Rosary. May we confidently recite the #Rosary every day. It is a weapon that protects us from evil and temptation. #ChildrenPraying
Oh Heavenly Father, your blood has been our only refuge and our effective weapon against the snares of the devil. Your blood has been the perfect symbol of what does truly love means. Because by your blood you have redeemed the world where the night of darkness vanish before you!
Tenderness is love that draws near and becomes real. A movement that starts from our heart and reaches the eyes, the ears and the hands. Tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women. #FratelliTutti
Every person has the right to live with dignity and to develop him or herself completely, even if they were born with or grew up with limitations. For the immense dignity of the human person is not based on circumstances but on the intrinsic worth of their being. #FratelliTutti
All Christians and people of good will are today called to work not only for the abolition of the death penalty in all its forms, but also to work for the improvement of prison conditions, out of respect for the human dignity of persons deprived of their freedom.
#SaintFrancisofAssisi, faithful to Scripture, invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness. #SeasonOfCreation