Jubilee audience: Mercy and mission
(Vatican Radio) In the first
monthly Jubilee audience during this Year of Mercy, the Holy Father on Saturday
spoke about the close relationship between mercy and mission.
Recalling the words of Saint
John Paul II, the Pope said that his predecessor “reminded us that the
Church lives an authentic life when she professes and proclaims mercy, and
leads people to the source of mercy.”
As Christians, Pope Francis
said, “we are called to be missionaries of the Gospel.”
He went on to say that just
as we naturally seek to share with others the beautiful moments of our lives,
we are called also and especially to share the joy of encountering Jesus
Christ.
The Pope explained to those
gathered in St Peter’s Square that to encounter Jesus was to experience his
love, which transforms us and compels us, in turn, to share this love.
The Holy Father stressed that
every Christian was the “bearer of Christ” and said that the mercy we receive
from the Father is not given solely for our benefit, but for the good of all,
by transforming us into instruments, missionaries of mercy.
The mercy that we receive
from the Father, the Pope noted, was given to us as a private consolation, but
it also makes us tools so that others can receive the same gift.
“Let us never tire of feeling
the need of His forgiveness”, Pope Francis said, “because when we are weak, his
proximity makes us strong and enables us to live with greater joy our faith.”
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