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Lord, we pray that we can rediscover the concreteness of little things, small gestures of attention that we can offer those close to us, our family, our friends.
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“During these difficult days we can find small, concrete gestures expressing closeness and concreteness towards the people closest to us, a caress for our grandparents, a kiss for our children, for the people we love,” the pope said during an interview published Wednesday in La Repubblica. “These are important, decisive gestures. If we live these days like this, they won’t be wasted.”

The pontiff suggested that the period of isolation that many are experiencing because of the coronavirus can serve to bring people closer together, replacing “virtual communication” with the real thing.

“In their homes, families often eat together in great silence, but not as a result of listening to each other, but because the parents watch television while they eat, and children are on their mobile phones,” Francis said. “They look like monks, all isolated from each other. Here there is no communication, whereas listening to each other is important because that’s how we can understand the needs, efforts, desires of the other. . .

“I asked the Lord to stop the epidemic: Lord, stop it with your hand. That’s what I prayed for,” he said.

The key to living these days well, Francis said, is to “understand that in small things lies our treasure.”

“These gestures of tenderness, affection, compassion, are minimal and tend to be lost in the anonymity of everyday life, but they are nonetheless decisive, important,” he said. “For example, a hot meal, a caress, a hug, a phone call… They are familiar gestures of attention to the details of everyday life that make life meaningful and that create communion and communication among us.”

“We must rediscover the concreteness of little things, small gestures of attention we can offer those close to us, our family, our friends,” he said.

The pope also had words of encouragement for nonbelievers, insisting that they can find hope in the love of those around them, even if they do not believe in God.

“They are all God’s children and are looked upon by Him,” Francis said. “Even those who have not yet met God, those who do not have the gift of faith, can find their way through this, in the good things they believe in: they can find strength in love for their children, for their family, for their brothers and sisters.”

“One can say: ‘I cannot pray because I do not believe.’ But at the same time, he can believe in the love of the people around him, and thus find hope,” he said.

(Excerpt from Breitbart. Article by Thomas D. Williams PH.D.)

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Leslie
March 23, 2020

Disappointed that IFA would repost an article regarding Pope Francis; the Jesuit Pontiff who is so NOT the Vicar of Christ on earth. Pope Francis is a godless communist who calls for open borders while he himself lives behind a huge wall with 24/7 armed security. What a repugnant hypocrite he is. Pope Francis calls truth seekers & truth tellers “shit eaters” (coprophagia, 12/16). Why would he be afraid of the truth re: all matters being exposed? Pope Francis is an imposter & does not pass the sniff test w/ me. I suspect he’s a pervert. If Intercessors for America promote Pope Francis it calls your orginization’s credibility into question. Who gave your organization money in exchange for giving Jorge Bergoglio positive press?

Carol Vigo
March 22, 2020

It saddens me greatly to see this man, who can influence so many, speaks not one word about salvation through Christ.

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