Pope
Francis at Mass in Turin: 'Found yourselves on the rock of God’s love'
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Piazza Vittorio
during his Apostolic Visit to Turin on Sunday, reminding all to found their
lives upon the ‘rock’ which is Christ.
The Holy Father based his Sunday homily to the faithful of Turin
on the Collect: “you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon
the sure foundation of the rock of your love”, saying that three important
aspects of the love of God are that it is ‘faithful’, it ‘recreates all
things’, and is ‘stable and sure’.
Recalling the Psalm 'His love endures forever', Pope Francis
said that Jesus embodies the faithfulness of God’s love without limits or
measure, since he is indeed 'the face of God’s mercy'.
The love of God recreates all things and renews them. The
concrete expression of this is the recognition of one’s limits and weaknesses,
which is the 'door to pardon which renews us'. The sure sign of our
transformation by God’s love is the ability to divest ourselves of rancor and
hatred by putting on 'the vest of service and kindness to others'.
'The love of God', Pope Francis said, 'is stable and secure', as
Jesus shows in the Gospel. He calms the storm of our lives by commanding
the winds and sea. For the person at the point of surrender, the Lord
'comes to him and offers him the Rock of His Love'.
The Holy Father also encouraged the residents of Turin to 'not
be paralyzed by fear of the future and to search for security in passing things
or in a closed model of society which tends to exclude rather than
include'.
Concluding his homily, Pope Francis asked the Holy Spirit 'to
help us be always mindful of this ‘rocky’ love which makes us stable and strong
in the little and great sufferings' and 'to look to the future with
hope'.
(Devin Sean Watkins)
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