Pope at Audience: Sorrow is
rooted in love for God
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| Pope Francis at the General Audience (ANSA) |
Pope Francis during his weekly General Audience in the Paul
VI hall, reflects on the second Beatitude: “Blessed are those who mourn, for
they shall be comforted”, and he explains that there are two types of sorrow.
By Vatican News
The Pope continued his journey through the Beatitudes on
Wednesday reflecting on the second: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted”.
He explained to those present at the General Audience, that
in the Greek language in which the Gospel is written, such mourning is
described by the desert Fathers with the Greek word “penthos” which he added,
is an interior sorrow that can open us up to an authentic relationship with the
Lord and with each other.
Two types of sorrow
Pope Francis went on to say that the Bible speaks of two
types of sorrow: The first is for “the death or suffering of someone.” Grief,
the Pope pointed out “is a bitter road, but it can be used to open one's eyes
to life and to the sacred and irreplaceable value of each person, and at that
moment one realizes how short time is.”
The other aspect, he highlighted “is tears for sin - for
one's own sin - when one’s heart bleeds for the pain of having offended God and
neighbour. Taking St. Peter as an example of expressing sorrow for sin, the
Pope said, that his sorrow was manifested in his tears after his betrayal of
Jesus which came as a gift from the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
Both types of sorrow, the Pontiff underlined are grounded in
loving concern for others, but above all in love for God.
God’s forgiveness
The Pope stressed that God always forgives even the ugliest
sins. “The problem is in us”, he said “that we get tired of asking for
forgiveness, we shut ourselves up in ourselves and do not ask for pardon. That
is the problem; but He is there to forgive.”
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