Pope at Sunday Mass: The tongue
is touchstone of knowing our love
Pope Francis visited the Most Holy Sacrament parish of Rome's suburb of Tor de Schiavi on May 6, 2018.- AFP |
Pope Francis celebrated Sunday Mass for the parishioners of
the Most Blessed Sacrament Church in the Tor de’ Schiavi neighbourhood, on the
eastern periphery of Rome.
By Robin Gomes
Try not to talk ill of others. And the remedy is easy
and within everyone’s reach. Bite your tongue. It will swell up but
surely it will prevent us from speaking badly about others. Pope Francis
offered the advice to the faithful of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in
Rome’s suburb of Tor de’ Schiavi, which he visited Sunday afternoon
“Remain in my love”
Speaking in his homily at Mass, the Pope reflected on
Christ’s words, “Remain in my love”, in John’s Gospel, saying it is an
invitation to love like Jesus did - serving and taking care of others.
This love, the Pope said, is shown not in words but in
concrete action. It’s like a mother who breastfeeds her babies and
changes their diapers when they cry. Likewise, each one, the Holy Father
said, should think about taking care of others in the family, the
neighborhood and the work place.
In this regard, the Pope expressed satisfaction for the
“Casa della Gioia”, or the “House of Joy” for disabled children that he
inaugurated earlier in the parish, saying it could called the “House of Love”
as well.
During the Mass the Pope administered the sacrament of
Confirmation to Maya, a 12-year old girl suffering from a degenerative
mitochondrial disease, and her mother Paola Desideri.
Tongue – touchstone of love
Pope Francis drew attention to the words of Jesus who said
it is not we but God who loved us first, by sending his Son into the
world. Likewise, we too should be the first to love.
One way of doing this, he said, is by avoiding gossip or speaking
ill of others, which, he said, is not love. And the “touchstone” of
judging love, the Pope said, is the tongue. The “thermometer” of knowing the
temperature of my love is the tongue,” the Pope added.
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