Let Jesus preach to you, and and let Jesus heal you. We are all wounded. Everyone.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the universal need for healing and guidance from a higher power.
Pope Francis reminds us that everyone carries wounds, whether they are emotional, spiritual, or physical. By inviting Jesus to preach and heal us, we acknowledge our vulnerabilities and open ourselves to the transformative power of faith and love that can heal our deepest pains.
In practice
In a church sermon discussing the power of faith in overcoming life's challenges.
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.
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
Simple questions can be profound, and answering them requires us to make stark and honest - and sometimes painful - self-assessments.
Take care what words you speak that follow βI am.β In so speaking you create your life.
I think it's easy to stop smoking; it's just hard not to commit a felony after you stop.
When everything seems to be set to show me off as intelligent, the fool I always keep hidden takes over all that I say.
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