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The Pope called it sad to see the Church operate as if it is just a parliament, when it is really a community of men and women who believe in and proclaim Jesus Christ, guided by the Holy Spirit, not their own reason.
Pope Francis quoted a homily by St. John Chrysostom in which the late fourth-century Church Father wrote: ‘As long as we are lambs, we will conquer, and even if we are surrounded by many wolves, we will overcome them.’
The Pope recommended rereading often chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke, which contains the parable of the lost sheep, to come to truly understand apostolic zeal.
In his weekly series of reflections on spiritual discernment, Pope Francis spoke about detachment and trust in God in his 11th catechesis.
Meeting the Lord in prayer should produce joy, not fear or sadness, which are signs of distance from him.
The Pope explained that humans, unlike animals, can be unwilling to make the right choices.
Magnani, who died in 1973 at the age of 65, is said to have once told her make-up artist: ‘Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.’
On Wednesday, he focused on the relationship between Ruth, a Moabite woman, and Naomi, her elderly Israelite mother-in-law.
The Holy Father said, ‘Let us silence the weapons; let us stop sowing death and destruction.’
Pope Francis said at the end of the general audience that he wanted everyone to pray together in the pain of this war, asking the Lord for forgiveness and asking for peace.
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