Vatican City, 19 September 2015 (VIS) –
Yesterday afternoon Pope Francis sent a video message to the
participants in the Meeting of Consecrated Persons in Hungary, an
initiative linked to the Year of Consecrated Life.
“In the various forms of consecrated
life, I think of you as close to the troubles and expectations of the
people; I think of you as committed in the contexts in which you are
inserted, with their difficulties and signs of hope. I encourage you
to rejoice with those who rejoice, and to weep with those who weep;
to ask of God a heart capable of compassion, to tend to the wounds of
the body and the spirit and to bring God's consolation to many
people. I believe that the most beautiful side of a country and a
city is that of the Lord's disciples – the bishops, religious and
lay faithful – who live with simplicity, in their daily lives, in
the style of the Good Samaritan and who are close to the flesh and
the wounds of their brethren, in whom they recognise the flesh and
wounds of Jesus”.
“This charity full of mercy – we
know well – comes from the heart of Christ, and we find this in
prayer, especially in adoration, and in partaking with faith in the
Sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance. May Mary, our Mother, help
us always to be men and women of prayer”.
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