To pray for enemies, for those who make us suffer, the Pope continued, “is not
easy.” But we are “defeated Christians” if we do not forgive enemies, and if we
do not pray for them. And “we find so many sad, discouraged Christians,” he
exclaimed, because “they did not have this grace of enduring with patience and
overcoming with love”:
“Therefore, we ask Our Lady to give us the grace to endure with patience and overcome with love. How many people – so many old men and women - have taken this path! And it is beautiful to see them: they have that beautiful countenance, that serene happiness. They do not say much, but have a patient heart, a heart filled with love. They know what forgiveness of enemies is, they know what it is to pray for enemies. So many Christians are like that!” - Vatican Radio
Pope Francis is a gift! His homilies have helped to give me some life.
ReplyDeletePatrick - I feel the same way about him.
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