More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
Pope FrancisIn this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule.
Pope FrancisOne cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of oneโs life. Those who listen to us and observe us must be able to see in our actions what they hear from our lips, and so give glory to God!
Pope FrancisWe live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that the truth is given by consent or by what we want. The question arises: does "the" truth really exist? What is "the" truth? Can we know it? Can we find it?
Pope FrancisWe 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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