Pope Audience: Look to Mary, Mother of Hope
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis during his Wednesday General
Audience continued his catechesis on Christian hope, highlighting Mary the
Mother of Hope.
On the eve of his Apostolic visit to Fatima,
Pope Francis on Wednesday, described Mary as the Mother of Hope adding
that she was a woman of courage, perseverance and obedience.
Speaking to the thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St
Peter’s Square, the Pope said that, “Our Lady’s experience of motherhood
models that of so many mothers in our world.” Mothers who have had to confront
the suffering of their children.
He went on to say that she courageously accepted her
vocation and welcomed the new life entrusted to her. The Holy Father also
noted how despite the trials in her life, she remained always obedient to God.
Mary, Pope Francis commented, is with her son until the very
end. Her image, he said “standing at the foot of the cross and grieving the death
of her innocent Son has inspired artists of every age to present her as a model
of persevering hope in God’s promises.”
The hope that Our Lady had, underlined the Pope, was the
fruit of a life of prayer and daily effort to be conformed to God’s will, and
was fulfilled in Jesus’ rising to new life. We are not orphans, Pope
Francis added, “we have a Mother in heaven who is the Holy Mother of God.”
Following his catechesis, the Holy Father, greeting
Portuguese speaking pilgrims asked for prayers for his upcoming visit to
Fatima. He also had words of welcome for a delegation of young Russian priests
of the Patriarchate of Moscow who are being hosted by the Pontifical Council
for the Promotion of Christian unity.
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