Missa in coena Domini: Pope calls for acts of
fraternity
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
on Thursday evening celebrated the Missa in coena Domini – the Mass of the Lord’s
Supper – leading the Church of Rome into the great three-day liturgical action
that culminates in the great Easter Vigil. The Holy Father celebrated the
first liturgy of the Triduum at the C.A.R.A. Welcome and Hospitality Centre
operated by the Auxiliumcooperative.
Located a short distance
outside the Rome city limits, in Castelnuovo di Porto, the Centre currently
provides temporary lodging and services to 892 asylum seekers from 25 different
countries.
n his homily, Pope Francis renewed his condemnation of those who
– like Judas Iscariot – sow discord for gain and trade in arms, selling
the tools of bloodshed for profit. “Each of us has a story, each of you has a
story you carry with you. Many crosses, many sorrows: but also an open heart
that wants brotherhood.
The Holy Father also spoke of
the communicative power of concrete actions, saying that gestures of
fraternity, concord and peace among people of different religion and cultural
tradition who truly desire peace and resolve to live as brothers and sisters is
a powerful witness to a world sorely in need of such signs. “Let each, in his
religious language,” concluded Pope Francis, “pray the Lord that this
brotherhood be contagious in the world, that there be no 30 pieces of silver to
purchase a brother’s murder, that there be always brotherhood and goodness.”
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