Pope Audience: Exercise patience with others
(Vatican Radio) During his last General Audience before the
close of the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis drew inspiration from the spiritual
work of mercy, to bear wrongs patiently, telling the faithful in St Peter’s
Square during his catechesis that exercising patience was a virtue.
He said that, “in showing patience to those who wrong us
and, by extension, to those we find irritating, we imitate God’s own patience
with us sinners.”
The Pope added, “it also happens at times that annoying
people are the ones closest to us…” Among relatives there is “always someone”,
he said. “There are also people who irritate us in the workplace and even in our
spare time.”
Pope Francis went on to say that in the Bible there are many
examples of God’s patience and recalled the patience Jesus had during the three
years of his public life.
Exercising patience with others, the Pope said, “challenges
us to reflect on our own conduct and failings. He also noted, the
patience shown by the many parents, catechists and teachers who, he said,
“quietly help young people to grow in faith and knowledge of the important
things in life.”
At the end of his Audience Pope Francis remembered the
victims of the recent earthquake in Central Italy, saying, “we pray for them
and the families and continue to offer our solidarity to those who have
sustained damage.”
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