In his homily on the first day of his pilgrimage of peace to Iraq last month, Pope Francis told those gathered that “Jesus does not want our hearts to be places of turmoil, disorder, and confusion.”
As Bishop Rojas did last week, Francis offers some advice on how to keep our hearts spiritually healthy. His focus, as he spoke, was on “falsehoods and hypocritical duplicity” that not only harm our ability to have compassion but also “soils our lives and makes them insincere.”
To keep our hearts spiritually healthy we need to “get our hands dirty.” We do this by interrupting our behavior that looks more to “temporary advantages” than it does to concern for our brothers and sisters who are suffering.
To do this the Pope first anchors us in Jesus who gives us a “share in his own power and wisdom.” Then, grounded with this “[Jesus] liberates us from narrow and divisive notions of family, faith, and community that oppose and exclude.” Freed of these we build bonds that unite our families and communities.
When we conquer the evil of disunity we are filled with the “balm of God’s merciful love” and become “instruments of God’s mercy and peace.”
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God bless,
Mrs. Alhadef
Campus Minister
4th Grade Aide
Jr. High ELA Aide