Pope Angelus: look to the light of Christ
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday during the Angelus in
a sunny St Peter’s Square took inspiration from the Gospel reading in which
Jesus restores the sight of the blind man.
With this miracle the Holy Father explained, “Jesus reveals
himself as light of the world”. Each of us, the Pope said, is blind from birth,
in that, “we were created to know God, but because of sin we are like the
blind, we need a new light, that of faith, that Jesus has given us.”
In fact, Pope Francis went on to say, “the blind man of the
Gospel regaining his vision is opened up to the mystery of Christ.”
This man represents us when we do not realize that Jesus is
"the light of the world" and when we look elsewhere when we prefer to
rely on small lights when fumbling in the dark,” the Pope said.
We too, he continued, have been "enlightened" to
Christ in baptism, and then we are called to behave as children of light.”
Posing the question, “What does it mean to have true light
and to walk in the light?, the Holy Father answered by saying, “it means first
of all to abandon false lights.” Another false light, Pope Francis noted, is
self-interest: “if we evaluate people and things based on the criterion of our
profit, our pleasure, our prestige, we are not being truthful in relationships
and situations.”
Following the recitation of the Marian prayer the Pope
remembered José Álvarez-Benavides y de la Torre, and one hundred and fourteen
companion martyrs who were beatified on Saturday in Spain. He said, “these
priests, religious and lay people have been heroic witnesses of Christ and his
Gospel of peace and fraternal reconciliation. Their example and their
intercession sustain the Church's involvement in building a civilization of
love.”
Pope Francis also recalled his one day pastoral visit to
Milan on Saturday expressing his thanks to the organisers and those who took
part, both believers and non-believers, adding, it felt home.
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