The virtue of humility explained by the Pope with the Virgin Mary - ZENIT - English
The virtue of humility explained by the Pope with the Virgin Mary - ZENIT - English: Pope's General Audience, May 2, 2024 on humility
The theme I (Pope Francis) have chosen for this year’s World Mission Day
Dear brothers and sisters! The theme I have chosen for this year’s World Mission Day is taken from the Gospel parable of the wedding banquet (cf. Mt 22:1-14). After the guests refused his invitation, the king, the main character in the story, tells his servants: “Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find” (v. 9). Reflecting on this key passage in the context of the parable and of Jesus’ own life, we can discern several important aspects of evangelization. These appear particularly timely for all of us, as missionary disciples of Christ, during this final stage of the synodal journey that, in the words of its motto, “Communion, Participation, Mission”, seeks to refocus the Church on her primary task, which is the preaching of the Gospel in today’s world. 1. “Go and invite!” Mission as a tireless going out to invite others to the Lord’s banquet In the king’s command to his servants we find two words that express the heart of the mission: th
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