Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.
Interpretation
True power comes from serving others, exemplified by the sacrificial love demonstrated on the Cross.
In this quote, Pope Francis emphasizes that genuine power is not about exerting control or dominance but rather about selflessly serving others. He uses the symbol of the Cross to illustrate the ultimate expression of service, which is seen in the act of sacrifice and love for humanity, encouraging us to embody this spirit of service in our lives.
In practice
During a speech about community service, one might quote this to highlight the significance of helping others.
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.
War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.
Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.
Man proposes, but God blocks the game.
A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.
Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.
The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events.
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