Saturday Audience: True love is service
(Vatican Radio) As part of
ongoing celebrations of the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis held a special General
Audience on Saturday morning.
The special Saturday
Audiences are being held once each month throughout the Jubilee Year.
During his Audience, Pope
Francis focused on the topic of Mercy and Service, basing his
reflections on the words of Jesus after He washed the feet of His disciples
(John 3:12-14).
Below, please find the
official English-language summary of the Pope’s message at the General Audience
on Saturday, 12 March 2016:
Dear Brothers and Sisters: As
we draw near to Easter in this Holy Year of Divine Mercy, we reflect today on
the Lord’s gesture of washing the feet of His disciples. In this striking act
of humility, Jesus tells them, and us, to do the same for one another. He gave
us a clear example of His new commandment of love. As Saint John says, just as
He laid down His life for us, so we ought to lay down our lives for one another
(cf. 1 Jn 3:16). Jesus shows us that love is service – lowly,
quiet and hidden – of our brothers and sisters, especially those in greatest
need. By bending low to wash His disciples’ feet, Jesus also invites us to
acknowledge our failings, to pray for one another and to forgive each other
from the heart. He shows us that to be “merciful like the Father” means to
follow Jesus daily along the path of humble service.
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