General Audience: English Summary
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday invited Christians
to contemplate the Cross and celebrate the holy days leading to Easter.
Continuing in his catechesis on Christian hope, the Pope was addressing the
crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for the weekly General Audience.
Please find below the English summary of the Pope's
catechesis:
Dear Brothers and Sisters: During this Holy Week, our
continuing catechesis on Christian hope looks to the mystery of the Cross.
Unlike worldly hopes, which fail to bring lasting satisfaction, our
Christian hope is grounded in God’s eternal love, revealed in the mystery of
Christ’s sacrificial death and his rising to new life. Jesus, in speaking
of his imminent passion and death, uses the image of the seed that must fall to
the ground and die, in order to bear fruit. His saving death and
resurrection show that the self-giving love that is God’s very life can
transform darkness into light, sin into forgiveness, apparent defeat into
eternal victory. The Cross of Christ is thus the source of that unfailing
hope which gives meaning and direction to our lives. Beyond the shadow of
the Cross, we glimpse the glory to which we are called. As we celebrate
these holy days leading to Easter, may we contemplate in the crucified Lord the
source of our lasting hope and the inspiration for our efforts to live in
imitation of his undying love.
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