Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of embracing faith and returning to spirituality regardless of past distance from it.
Pope Francis encourages individuals to accept Jesus into their lives, suggesting that faith is always accessible and welcoming. This quote conveys a message of hope and reconciliation, assuring that no matter how far someone may feel from spirituality, a simple act of returning is met with acceptance and love, symbolized by Jesus' open arms.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon to inspire the congregation to reconnect with their faith.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night?
Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.
Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
And if you don´t commit? I asked. Your choice. But you miss what´s on the other side. What´s on the other side? "Ah" he smiled. "A happiness you cannot find alone
Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.
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