Vatican City, 8 March 2015 (VIS) – At
midday today, Pope Francis appeared at the window of his study in the
Vatican Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with the faithful and
pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square. Francis' meditation focused
on the meaning of the episode of the expulsion of the money changers
from the temple, and he remarked that this prophetic gesture made a
powerful impression on the people and on the disciples. “We have
here, according to John, the first announcement of the death and
Resurrection of Christ”, said the Pope; “His body, destroyed by
the violence of sin on the Cross, in the Resurrection, will become
the meeting place between God and men. … His humanity is the true
temple, where God is revealed, speaks, meets; and the true
worshippers of God are not the guardians of the material temple, the
holders of power and religious knowledge, but are those who worship
God 'in spirit and truth'”.
“In this Lenten period”, he
continued, “we are preparing to celebrate Easter, when we renew the
promises of our Baptism. Let us walk the world like Jesus and make of
our existence We walk into the world as Jesus did and we make of our
entire existence a sign of His love for our brothers, especially the
weakest and the poorest. We build a temple to God in our lives. And
in this way, we make Him 'encounterable' to the many people we find
along our path. If we are witnesses to this living Christ, many
people will encounter Jesus in us, in our testimony”.
The Pontiff encouraged those present to
“let the Lord enter with His mercy, to bring cleanliness to our
hearts”. He added, “every Eucharist we celebrate with faith makes
us grow as a living temple to the Lord, thanks to the communion with
His crucified and risen Body. … May Mary Most Holy, the privileged
dwelling of the Son of God, accompany and sustain us on this Lenten
path, so that we may rediscover the beauty of the encounter with
Christ, Who will free us and save us”.
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