He Pope francesco He reappeared in public this Saturday to preside over the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, after the cold the day before had prevented him from participating in the night procession to the Colosseum.
In his homily, Francisco once again launched a message with a strong social content to the world: “Sometimes we have simply experienced the difficulty of carrying on with everyday life, tired of exposing ourselves personally to the indifference of a world in where the laws of the smartest and the strongest always seem to prevail,” he said.
The evening service began in darkness, but then the cavernous interior of the basilica was illuminated to reflect Christian beliefs that Jesus rose from the dead after dying on the cross and that good can triumph over evil.
The Pope, who is 86 years old, is recovering from bronchitis which kept him in hospital for three days. On Sunday, tens of thousands of faithful are expected at Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square and at the Pope’s “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) speech on conflicts in the world after Holy Week.
At the beginning of the Easter Vigil, Francisco – who arrived in a wheelchair due to a knee problem – engraved a cross in the wax of a candle, as well as the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet (alpha and omega). and the anus. A cleric carried the lit candle along the central nave of the basilica, among the dark pews occupied by the faithful. Dozens of cardinals and other prelates followed carrying candles.
“The Church calls her sons and daughters, scattered throughout the world, to unite in contemplation and prayer,” Francis declared at the beginning of the service.
the message
In his homily, the Pope recalled how “on other occasions we have felt helpless and discouraged in the face of the power of evil, in the face of conflicts that damage relationships, in the face of the logic of calculation and indifference that seems to govern society, in the face of cancer of corruption, before the spread of injustice, before the icy winds of war”.
With a strong theological tonethe Pope dedicated this Saturday’s homily to encouraging believers to remember the moment they turned to the Catholic religion.
“Sometimes we also think that the joy of meeting Jesus belongs to the past, while in the present we see above all sealed tombs: those of our disappointments, our bitterness and our distrust”, he said.
Thus the Pope listed among these situations “those where there is nothing else to do, things never change, it is better to live from day to day because there is no certainty of tomorrow”.
After this Saturday’s Vigil, Francis plans to preside at Mass on Sunday for the so-called Resurrection Day starting at 10 local time (5 pm in Argentina) and then, at noon, he will give the Urbi et dal Basilica San Pedro Blessing Orbi (In Rome and the world), in which he will refer to the various conflicts open in the world.
In this context, the Via Crucis on Friday focused on “voices of peace in a world of war”, which revealed the Vatican’s main concerns regarding conflicts around the world.
Mass on the eve of the most important day in Christianity has become an occasion for the popes to baptize adults from different parts of the world. Eight have been selected this year, from Albania, the United States, Nigeria, Italy and Venezuela, the Holy See said.
Source: agencies
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