Be close to those 'abandoned' like Christ, pope says
"Christ, in his abandonment, stirs us to seek him and to love him and those who are themselves abandoned, for in them we see Jesus himself."
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"Christ, in his abandonment, stirs us to seek him and to love him and those who are themselves abandoned, for in them we see Jesus himself."
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The unborn, migrants, the elderly and the disabled are 'living icons' of Jesus that call Christians to draw close to those who feel abandoned just as Christ did on the cross, Pope Francis said. In his homily for Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square April 2, the pope reflected on the phrase Jesus uttered on the cross in St. Matthew's Gospel, and which echoed through the square when sung in the responsorial psalm: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' 'Christ, in hi
The unborn, migrants, the elderly and the disabled are "living icons" of Jesus that call Christians to draw close to those who feel abandoned...
In his homily for Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square April 2, the pope reflected on the phrase Jesus uttered on the cross in St. Matthew’s Gospel: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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