Let us ask Mary to help us fix our eyes intently on Jesus, to follow him always, even when this is demanding.
Interpretation
The quote encourages reliance on Mary for guidance in following Jesus, especially in challenging times.
In this quote, Pope Francis highlights the importance of seeking Maryβs intercession to maintain a focused commitment to Jesus. It emphasizes that steadfastly following Jesus can be demanding, but through the support of Mary, believers can find encouragement and direction in their spiritual journey.
In practice
In a church sermon about faith and devotion.
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.
I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.
One thing I gained in my life is just the need for more Jesus in my life. You never come to a place in your walk with Jesus where you feel like you've had enough. That's a dangerous feeling to have.
I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.
It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.
I am God's wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ's pure bread.
We let ourselves be molded and transformed by Christ and continually pass from the side of one who destroys to that of the one who saves.
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