After the Angelus the Holy Father continued: Dear brothers and sisters, there has been worrying news of conflicts in the area of the Caucasus. With this simple example, Jesus wants to go beyond a religion understood only as an external and habitual practice, which does not affect people’s lives and attitudes, a superficial religiosity, merely “ritual”, in the ugly sense of the word. The pandemic has harshly struck this sector that is so important to many countries. And I wish you all a happy Sunday, a peaceful Sunday. Each one of us is ground on which the seed of the Word falls; no one is excluded! How the Lord always waits for us; he is always beside us to help us; but he respects our freedom. Arrivederci. Grace. Saint Peter's SquareSunday, 27 September 2020. In today’s Gospel, the one who makes the best impression is the first brother, not because he said “no” to his father, but because after his “no” he converted to “yes”, he repented. L’Angelus è una preghiera recitata in ricordo del Mistero perenne dell’Incarnazione tre volte al giorno: alle 6 della mattina, a mezzogiorno e alla sera verso le 18, momento nel quale viene suonata la campana dell’Angelus. It is already present in our heart, but making it fruitful depends on us; it depends on the embrace that we reserve for this seed. Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 25 October 2020 . Often one is distracted by too many interests, by too many enticements, and it is difficult to distinguish, among the many voices and many words, that of the Lord, the only one that makes us free. The seed fallen upon this fertile soil represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, safeguard it in their heart and put it into practice in everyday life. Thank you for what you have done, and for what you are doing. “Like Jesus, forced to flee”, likewise the displaced, migrants. Today’s Gospel passage calls into question the way of living a Christian life, which is not made up of dreams and beautiful aspirations, but of concrete commitments, in order to always open ourselves to God’s will and to love for our brothers and sisters. Thank you! I greet all of you, the faithful from Rome and pilgrims from various countries, in particular, the families from the Focolari Movement. Today the Church celebrates the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Enjoy your lunch. Please, do not forget to pray for me. Battling for good; battling so as not to fall into temptation; doing for our part what we can, to arrive at living in the peace and joy of the Beatitudes. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Such is the heart of God! There are so many different flags! A grace that God offers to anyone who opens up and converts to him. He also demonstrates this with the parable of the two sons, which is offered to us in the Gospel of Matthew (cf. Faith in God asks us to renew every day the choice of good over evil, the choice of the truth rather than lies, the choice of love for our neighbour over selfishness. Embracing the Word of God therefore, means embracing the personage of Christ; of Christ himself. But conversion, changing the heart, is a process, a process that purifies us from moral encrustations. The Word of God, symbolized by the seeds, is not an abstract Word, but rather Christ himself, the Word of the Father who became flesh in Mary's womb. Saint Matthew, who was a publican, a traitor to his homeland. Beset by lots of small talk, by many ideologies, by continuous opportunities for distraction inside and outside the home, we can lose our zest for silence, for reflection, for dialogue with the Lord, to the point that we risk losing our faith, not receiving the Word of God, as we are seeing everything, distracted by everything, by worldly things. There, the Word grows a little, but becomes choked, it is not strong, and it dies or does not bear fruit. I pray for peace in the Caucasus and I ask the parties in conflict to perform concrete acts of good will and brotherhood that may lead to resolve the problems, not with the use of force and arms, but through dialogue and negotiation. ANGELUS. The name comes from the Latin word for Angel and the prayer itself reminds us of how Jesus Christ assumed our human nature through the Mystery of the Incarnation. v. 31). I pray for peace in the Caucasus and I ask the parties in conflict to perform concrete acts of good will and brotherhood that may lead to resolve the problems, not with the use of force and arms, but through dialogue and negotiation. I offer a special thought to women and to all the people committed in the fight against breast cancer. There the seeds spring up quickly, but they also soon wither away, because they are unable to sink roots to any depth. I hope that everyone may soon pick themselves up again from the current difficulties. It reminds us that the Word of God is a seed which in itself is fruitful and effective; and God scatters it everywhere, paying no mind to waste. Today is also World Tourism Day. I greet with gratitude the representatives of the Pastoral Ministry for Health from the Diocese of Rome, thinking of the many priests, women and men religious and lay people who have been, and remain, beside the sick, in this time of pandemic. In this way, at the first difficulty, such as a discomfort or disturbance in life, that still-feeble faith dissolves, as the seed that falls among the rocks withers. Our remembrance and our prayer go to them, in a particular way, and to those who assist them. After praying the Angelus, the Holy Father continued: Dear brothers and sisters, the International Day of the Sea falls on this second Sunday in July. I think of Hagia Sophia, and I am very saddened. This affirmation must not lead us to think that those who do not follow God’s commandments, those who do not follow morality, saying, “In any case, those who go to Church are worse than us”, do well. In this Sunday's Gospel passage (cf. This is the image of those who receive the Word of God with momentary enthusiasm, which however, remains superficial; it does not assimilate the Word of God. We can also — a third possibility that Jesus mentions in the parable — receive the Word of God like ground where thorny bushes grow.
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