PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸

Kulay Rosas ang Buhay. 🌸

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

I just play it on repeat since yesterday:

"Hello Pope Leo XIV, I'm Renzo, I'm six years old.
I'd like to ask you a few questions."

Renzo, a little a boy from the poor neighborhood of Barcelona, stole the show yesterday at St. Augustine's parish, a place where Pope Leo admitted he "feels at home."

Renzo in the sweetest way ever asked those questions to the pope:
Do you like soccer?
When you were little, did you want to be Pope?
Why are my mom and dad worried?
Why does my dad have so many jobs?
Why do bad things happen to some people and not to others? Whose fault is it?
Why are there so many people living on the streets? Does no one see them? Does no one help them?
How can we help if the world is so big?
Does God want there to be poor and rich?
Why are there so many lonely grandparents, if they are so important?
And one last question ... Must we always forgive?

What pope Leo answered the boy was really moving.

"Regarding whether I like football, I confess that I play tennis and I enjoy it very much, but I also appreciate football; in fact, during my years as bishop in Peru, I liked to follow how some local teams were doing; and now, as Pope, I have also received football clubs and sports groups," the pope said, adding that "sport is important because it helps us grow up healthy in body and mind."

He said that as World Cup unfolds, "many will be watching the matches. Football reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off alone, but a path we learn to travel together."

"Whoever doesn't know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, hasn't yet understood the game. And whoever doesn't know how to live with others and for others hasn't yet understood life."

Answering whether he wanted to be Pope when he was little, the pope said: "Well, Renzo, I don't think so. I don't think I ever thought about it."

"But I can tell you something: from a young age, I felt the desire to dedicate my life to God. I didn't yet know exactly how or where the Lord would lead me. Over time, I discovered that Jesus was calling me to follow him as a priest, and that this path led through the Order of Saint Augustine."

"But this isn't just true for me," he said. "Every child is a dream of God. You are too. God desires the happiness of all and wants us, from childhood and throughout our lives, to have a heart like that of children (cf. Mt 18:3): capable of trusting, full of kindness; he wants us to be his friends and not turn away from him. Therefore, more important than asking oneself whether one will be a priest, doctor, teacher, parent, or anything else, is asking oneself whether one wants to be a friend of Jesus. Because friendship with Jesus gives us joy, sets us free, and helps us to see, step by step, the vocation and the path that God has planned for each of us."

Answering the point on injustices in the world, Pope Leo told the boy that "through the life of Jesus Christ, God shows us that, although there is suffering, he never abandons any of his children, because he has prepared for us an eternal joy where there will be no more sadness or pain. Let us have confidence, Jesus is with us, he helps us and accompanies us, and gives us strength to go through the difficult moments we may encounter in life."

Stressing that grandparents play a crucial role in families, the pope said: "Let us not allow loneliness and abandonment to become normalized in the lives of older adults. That is a very sad thing. Let's have our hearts open to all of them."

On forgiveness, he told Renzo and those gathered: "It does not mean forgetting by force, as if nothing had happened. Forgiveness means not letting hatred become the master of our hearts ... our willingness to forgive is a condition for the forgiveness we receive from God."
Video: Vatican Media

[ARROW @phresh_arrow]

Midnight Emergency Numbers:

Can’t Sleep - Psalm 4:8
Overthinking - Proverbs 3:5–6
Feeling Attacked - Isaiah 54:17
Crying - Psalm 56:8
Stress - John 14:27
Need Protection - Psalm 91:1
Heavy Heart - Psalm 55:22
Doubt - Mark 9:24
Impatience - Psalm 27:14
Need Strength - Isaiah 40:31

[Dapsy𓃵 @symplyDAPO]

This photo breaks me every single time I see it.😡😡

Back in 2002, 16-year-old Brian Banks was a straight-up football phenom at Long Beach Poly High School. USC scholarship locked in. NFL dreams right in front of him.

Then a girl named Wanetta Gibson accused him of raping her in a school stairwell. No DNA. No witnesses. Nothing. But they had him facing 41 years to life. His own lawyer pressured him into a no-contest plea. Just like that, his future was gone.

He spent five brutal years locked up and another five on parole as a registered sex offender. All of it was a lie. In 2012, Gibson finally admitted on camera, that she made the whole thing up so she and her family could sue the school district and pocket $1.5 million.

This is a picture of Brian in that courtroom when the judge exonerates him. A grown man collapsing in tears after a decade of hell. And her? Zero jail time. Not one single day. She destroyed an innocent Black kid’s entire life for a payday and walked away like it was nothing.

This is straight-up evil. False accusations like this ruin lives, crush dreams, and the system lets the liars skate every damn time. How many more Brian Banks are out there right now😭

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

HR called a candidate to offer her a role, but she didn’t answer.
Tried again. No response.

Later, the candidate called back crying.
She told the HR, “I’m sorry, I was helping my mother at the hospital. Please tell me it’s not bad news.”

When the HR told her she got the job, she couldn’t speak for a few seconds.
Then HR heard her whisper to her mom, “Mummy, I got the job offer.”

Behind every job offer, there’s a story of patience, pain and prayer.

Let’s never forget the human side of hiring.

[Kapitan Tambay @KapitanTambay]

"I will forever hold your hand."

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“Live happily in your next life”

[Jesus Loves You @John_Matthew_T]

1 Peter 5:7

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

A Chinese proverb says an invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, despite the time, the place, despite the circumstances. The thread can be tightened or tangled, but never be broken.

[Christian Tweets @JesusSavesUs777]

Pray. Don't worry.

[PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸 @kimsavers]

@fgirlwriter_cd I'm sorry pero wala po bang update kay Sasa at Rainiel? Nakaka-miss na kasi sila 🥺

[PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸 @kimsavers]

@fgirlwriter_cd Hindi mo na talaga makikita ang grumpy Rainiel kung Sweet and Godly-Man na 😍

Nakaka-inlove ka gabi-gabi, sir Rainiel 💕

Thank you sa update. Sana bukas ulit please 💕

[PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸 @kimsavers]

@fgirlwriter_cd Pagpaganda ng gabi 😍

Thank you po @fgirlwriter_cd 💕

[PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸 @kimsavers]

@fgirlwriter_cd Nice to know na naghihilom sila Sasa at Rainiel ng sabay 💕

Thank you sa update. Bukas po sana ulit 💕

[Enjoy Wild Moments @EnjoyWildMoment]

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[PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸 @kimsavers]

@fgirlwriter_cd Salamat sa update kahit naiiyak ako para kay Raniel 🤧

[PresidentLeni 🎀 🌸 @kimsavers]

@fgirlwriter_cd Bigla akong lumakas dahil sa update 🤭

Bukas sana ulit please 🥺

Thank youuu 💕