Pope Francis General Audience: English summary
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catechesis on
Christian hope at his Wednesday General Audience in the Paul VI Hall.
Please find below the official English-language summary:
Dear Brothers and Sisters: As we continue to explore the
virtue of Christian hope, we discover in the final pages of the Bible that the
ultimate destination of our Christian pilgrimage will be the heavenly
Jerusalem. And on this pilgrimage we encounter the God of surprises who
treats us with infinite tenderness, like a father welcoming his children home
after a long and difficult journey. Even if many experience life as a
prolonged period of suffering – think of the fearful faces of those haunted by
violence and war – still there is a Father who weeps with infinite compassion
for his children, and who waits to console them with a very different
future. We believe that neither death nor hatred have the last word, for
we Christians see, with great hope, a larger horizon: the Kingdom of God, where
all evil is banished forever. It is Jesus himself who is the light of
this new future, and who even now accompanies us on our way. Creation did
not stop on the sixth day of Genesis, because God is continually looking after
us, always ready to pronounce his blessing: “Behold, I make all things new!
(Rev 21:5)”.
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