Pope at Mass prays for media
workers
During Mass at the Casa Santa Marta Pope Francis prays for
all those who work in the media in this time of pandemic and reflects on Jesus
as the light who brings us out of darkness.
By Lydia O'Kane
At the beginning of Mass at the Casa Santa Marta on
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter, Pope Francis prayed for those who work
in the media.
“We pray for the men and women who work in the media. In
this time of pandemic they risk a lot and work a lot. May the Lord help them to
always transmit the truth.”
In his homily, the Pope reflected on Wednesday’s Gospel (Jn
12:44-50) in which Jesus says: “I came into the world
as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness”.
Jesus light of the world
Pope Francis explained that Jesus's mission is to enlighten
because “He is the light of the world.”
He continued saying that the mission of the apostles was
also to bring this light, the light of Jesus, “because the world is in
darkness.”
But the drama of Jesus's light, stressed the Pope, “is that
it was rejected; His people did not welcome him. They loved darkness more than
light; they were slaves to darkness.”
Pope Francis described how the light makes us see things as
they are; it makes us see the truth.
Darkness to light
Dwelling on Saint Paul, the Pope said that he too had this
experience of the passage from darkness to light and “it is a passage to which
we are also called.”
Jesus brings the light to His people but they reject Him,
noted Pope Francis.
He went on to say, that our sin is what blinds us and we
cannot tolerate the light, because our eyes are sick.
Blinded by sin
We are blinded, the Pope said, by vices, pride and the
worldly spirit. “It is not easy to live in the light because it makes us see
the ugly things inside that we do not want to see: our sins.”
But if we think of these things, Pope Francis added,
"we will not find a wall, no, we will find an exit", because Jesus
himself says that He is the light.
Pope Francis underlined that Jesus came into the world not
to condemn but to save, and “we must let ourselves be enlightened in our daily
darkness”.
Courage to be enlightened
Have courage, the Pope emphasized, “let yourself be enlightened,
let yourself be seen for what you have inside”, because it is Jesus who leads
you forward; who saves you.
It is "the Lord who saves us from the darkness that we
have inside, from the darkness of daily life, of social life, of political
life, of national and international life”, Pope Francis said.
Conversion, he highlighted, “is passing from darkness to
light.”
“The Lord saves us, but He asks us to see the darkness
first... The Lord is good, He is gentle, He is near to us. He came to save us.
Let’s not be afraid of the light of Jesus.”
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