Vatican City, 4 April 2014 (VIS) –
During the Sunday Angelus, and on various other occasions, Pope
Francis has urged the faithful to carry a pocket-sized book of the
Gospels and to read it often to meditate on Jesus' words and deeds,
especially those referred to in the day's liturgy, on which Pope
Francis himself has commented.
To help put this suggestion into
practice, and communicating a clear message, next Sunday during the
Angelus in St. Peter's Square, several thousand pocket-sized copies
of the Gospel will be distributed free as a gift to the faithful at
the behest of the Pope.
The initiative, similar to the
distribution of the “Misericordinas” some months ago, will be
implemented by the Almoner of His Holiness, with the collaboration of
a number of volunteers: 150 scouts, seminarians from the Roman
Seminary, the Sisters of Mother Teresa and other religious, and
individuals. Indeed, it is the role of the Almoner to distribute
charity, not only material but also spiritual, on behalf of the Pope.
The book, printed by the Vatican
Typography (in a special edition for this occasion, which will not be
available for sale), contains the four Gospels and the Acts of the
Apostles, and begins with the Pope's words from the Apostolic
Exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium”: “The joy of the Gospel fills
the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus”. On the inner
cover leaf there are instructions on how to recite the “chaplet of
Mercy” and it ends, on the inner back cover, with Blessed Cardinal
John H. Newman's prayer: “Dear Jesus...”, that Mother Teresa
advised her nuns to recite every day.
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