In his homily for the Feast of St. George this past Tuesday, Pope Francis reflected on the
first reading from Acts of
the Apostles, emphasizing the importance of moving forward for our Mother the
Church:
Think
of this Mother Church that grows, grows with new children to whom She gives the
identity of the faith, because you cannot believe in Jesus without the Church.
Jesus Himself says in the Gospel: "But you do not believe, because you
are not among my sheep." If we are not "sheep of Jesus," faith
does not come to us. It is a rosewater faith, a faith without substance. And let
us think of the consolation that Barnabas felt, which is "the sweet and
comforting joy of evangelizing." And let us ask the Lord for this
"parresia," this apostolic fervor that impels us to move forward, as
brothers, all of us forward! Forward, bringing the name of Jesus in the bosom
of Holy Mother Church, and, as St. Ignatius said, "hierarchical and
Catholic." So be it.
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