(Vatican
Radio) Pope Francis called for an end to armed conflict and clarified
the notion of Franciscan peace during the Mass he presided for the feast
of St. Francis on Friday in Assisi. A few thousand gathered for the late morning Mass in St. Francis Square, before the world-famous shrine dedicated to the patron saint of
the poor.
The Pope celebrated at a simple altar, behind which stood a giant two-bar wooden cross and on which hung a representation of the San Damiano Cross. St. Francis was praying before the San Damiano Cross when Jesus commissioned him to rebuild the Church.
Preaching his homily from the ambo, the Pope underlined the relevant witness St. Francis continues to offer. “His first and most essential witness is this: that being a Christian means having a living relationship with the person of Jesus; it means putting on Christ, being conformed to him,” he said.
“Where did Francis’ journey to Christ begin? It began with the gaze of the crucified Jesus,” he said. “With letting Jesus look at us at the very moment that he gives his life for us and draws us to himself. …When we let the crucified Jesus gaze upon us, we are re-created, we become ‘a new creation’.” Read more: Text from page of the Vatican Radio website
The Pope celebrated at a simple altar, behind which stood a giant two-bar wooden cross and on which hung a representation of the San Damiano Cross. St. Francis was praying before the San Damiano Cross when Jesus commissioned him to rebuild the Church.
Preaching his homily from the ambo, the Pope underlined the relevant witness St. Francis continues to offer. “His first and most essential witness is this: that being a Christian means having a living relationship with the person of Jesus; it means putting on Christ, being conformed to him,” he said.
“Where did Francis’ journey to Christ begin? It began with the gaze of the crucified Jesus,” he said. “With letting Jesus look at us at the very moment that he gives his life for us and draws us to himself. …When we let the crucified Jesus gaze upon us, we are re-created, we become ‘a new creation’.” Read more: Text from page of the Vatican Radio website
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Remember that Pope Francis asked for our prayers when he visited St. Mary Majors
Please say Three “Ave’s” for me!
[After leaving the basilica the Holy Father addressed these words to the many faithful gathered in the piazza outside:]
Brothers and sisters,
Good evening! Thank you for your presence in the house of the mother
of Rome, our Mother. Hurrah (viva) the “Salus Populi Romani.” Hurrah for
Our Lady. She is our Mother. Let us entrust ourselves to her because
she protects us like a good mother. I will pray for you, but I ask you
to pray for me, because I need it. Three “Ave’s” for me. I wish you a
good Sunday tomorrow. Goodbye. Now I will give you the blessing – to you
and to all your families. May the almighty Father bless you. Have a
good Sunday. Read more....
Fatima Message embraces the Pope in Prayer Jacinta’s Vision of the Pope He was Weeping, Insulted and Persecuted Poor Holy Father
We must Pray much for him!
One day, Lucy said, we spent our siesta down by my parents' well. Jacinta
sat on the stone slabs on top of the well. Francisco and I climbed up a
steep bank in search of wild honey among the brambles in a nearby
thicket. After a little while, Jacinta called out to Lucia: "Didn't you
see the Holy Father?" "No I did not see him." Lucia said
"I saw the Holy
Father!" Jacinta continued. "He was in a very big house, kneeling by a
table, with his head buried in his hands, and he was weeping. Outside
the house, there were many people. Some of them were throwing stones,
others were cursing him and using bad language. Poor Holy Father, we
must pray very much for him."
This vision can be applied to all the popes since 1917. See Fatima Message also embraces Benedict XVI in prayer
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