In the great commandment, Christ binds God and neighbour. There is no authentic religious experience that is deaf to the cry of the world. There is no love of God without care and concern for our neighbour. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 22:37-39)
Let us #PrayTogether in the face of the many challenges and difficulties of our age. We should not remain idle spectators. Rather, may we actively engage for a more just and peaceful world. #GeneralAudience
It is not necessary to be wealthy to do good. Rather, it is almost always common people who devote their time, skills and heart to caring for others. #ApostolicJourney#Mongolia
Go forward, meekly and without fear, aware of the closeness and encouragement of the entire Church, and above all of the Lord's tender gaze, who forgets no one and looks with love upon each of his children. #ApostolicJourney#Mongolia
Goodness is hidden, silent; it requires slow and continuous excavation. Because God’s style is discreet. He does not impose himself. He is like the air we breathe - we don't see it but it allows us to live, and we realize it only when it's missing.
"My peace I give you" (Jn 14:27). Jesus knows that on our own we are not able to cultivate peace, that we need help, a gift, the Holy Spirit. It is He who disarms the heart and fills it with serenity. #GospelOftheDay
Beatitude, holiness, is not a life plan made up only of effort and renunciation, but is above all the joyful discovery of being God’s beloved children.
The word of God frees us from self-centeredness, and is able to purify, enlighten and recreate us. So let us listen to that Word, to open us to the vocation that God entrusts to us! #Prayer#Vocations