Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Pope Francisis the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III, who died in 741...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth17 December 1936
CityBuenos Aires, Argentina
Where there is truth, there is also light, but don't confuse light with the flash.
The question of truth is really a question of memory, deep memory, for it deals with something prior to ourselves and can succeed in uniting us in a way that transcends our petty and limited individual consciousness. It is a question about the origin of all that is, in whose light we can glimpse the goal and thus the meaning of our common path.
And with a little sense of humor we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light of the presence of the Lord.
Yet only when we come to understand, in the light of the Cross, the evil we are capable of, and have even been a part of, can we experience true remorse and true repentance.
We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.
We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.
We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence, and we are able share it with others
It is horrific even to think that there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.
Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as 'unnecessary.' For example, it is frightful even to think there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day; children being used as soldiers, abused and killed in armed conflicts; and children being bought and sold in that terrible form of modern slavery which is human trafficking, which is a crime against humanity.
Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.
Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. He is our peace.
This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.
Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man.