During Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Francis said that in Christ “one day we will find again the things and the people who died and who remained with us in this world… everything we have built and everything we have loved. Nothing”. It will be lost because death is the beginning of a new life.”
Vatican News
Vatican City, Sunday, November 17, 2024 (Rei): On Sunday, November 17, in the courtyard of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with a community of devotees, before which he addressed the faithful in this regard and said: “Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday.
In today’s Gospel liturgy, Jesus describes a great disaster: “The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light.” (Mark 13:24) Faced with this suffering, many people think about the end of the world, but the Lord gives us a different interpretation, saying: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” Mark 13:31)
Let us reflect on what will end and what will not end, the Pope said.
that will end
In certain circumstances in our lives, when we go through a crisis or experience failure, as well as when we see around us the suffering caused by war, violence, natural disasters, we feel as if everything is “going towards the end, and we Date realize that even the most beautiful things happen.”
He said: “Crises and failures, although painful, are important because they teach us to give everything its due importance, not to tie our hearts to the worries of this world, because they will pass: yours will surely come to an end. end.”
what will not end
Furthermore, Jesus tells us what remains. “Everything passes, but his words will not fade: they will remain forever,” the Pope said. “Thus he invites us to trust in the gospel, which contains the promise of salvation and eternity, and to no longer live in the pain of death.”
In fact, Christ will remain even after everything has passed. In them we will one day find again the things and people that have passed and who have been with us during our earthly existence. In light of this promise of resurrection, everything takes on a new meaning: everything dies and we too will die one day, but nothing we have created and loved will be lost, because death is a new life.
Addressing the faithful, the Pope said: “Brothers and sisters, in suffering, in crises, also in failures, the Gospel invites us to look at life and history, without fear of losing what ends, but with joy.” in what never ends, because God prepares for us a future of life and joy.”
contemplation
Then the Pope provoked reflection by saying: “Let us ask ourselves then: Are we attached to earthly things, which will soon pass away, or to the words of the Lord that remain and will give us eternal life?”
Then, calling Our Lady to prayer, he said: “Let us pray to the Virgin Mary: who gave herself completely to the Word of God, intercede for us.”
After saying this, the Holy Father recited the Angelus with the community of devotees and gave everyone his apostolic blessing.
