Through prayer, charity and humility before God, people receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of prayer, charity, and humility in fostering a compassionate heart that cares for others.
Pope Francis highlights that through spiritual practices such as prayer, acts of charity, and maintaining humility before God, individuals can cultivate a heart that is both strong and merciful. This heart is characterized by attentiveness and generosity, opposing the tendency towards indifference that can arise in a globalized society where compassion is often overlooked.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of community service.
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.
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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.
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This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
Well, I try my best to be just like I am, But everybody wants you to be just like them, They sing while you slave and I just get bored
A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
For the developed world, there is a choice to be made: to promote economic policies that despoil indigenous lands or to support cultures and the remaining biological sanctuaries.
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It is at a fair that man can be drunk forever on liquor, love, or fights; at a fair that your front pocket can be picked by a trotting horse looking for sugar, and your hind pocket by a thief looking for his fortune.
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