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April 05, 2020 "The drama we are going through pushes us to take seriously what is serious, not to get lost in trivial things; to rediscover that life is useless if it is not served. Because life is measured by love" . So Pope Francis, during the solemn liturgical celebration of Palm Sunday and the Passion of the Lord, streaming from the deserted St. Peter's Basilica for the Covid-19 emergency. "We are in the world to love Him and others. The rest passes, this remains," he added. Then expressly addressing young people (on the 35th World Day dedicated to them), the Holy Father stresses that the real heroes are not the rich and those who have a splendid life, but "those who are not afraid of spending themselves for others". These are the "real heroes who come to light these days".Pope Francis continues: "In these holy days at home, we stand before the Crucifix, a measure of God's love for us. Before God who serves us to the point of giving our lives, we ask for the grace to live to serve. We try to contact those those who are alone and in need suffer. We do not think only of what we are missing, but of the good we can do. "
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- Vatican News (@vaticannews_it) April 5, 2020"How many falsehoods, hypocrisy and duplicity"
"Let's look inside. If we are sincere with ourselves, we will see our infidelities. How many falsehoods, hypocrisies and duplicity! How many good intentions betrayed! How many promises not kept! How many intentions left to fade!". The Pontiff draws from the words of the apostle Paul in the holy days, "where the Word of God, like a refrain, - explains - shows Jesus as a servant: Holy Thursday is the servant who washes the feet of the disciples; Good Friday is presented as the suffering and victorious servant; and already tomorrow Isaiah prophesies of Him: "Here is my servant whom I support." God saved us by serving us. Generally we think it is we who serve God. No, it is He who has served us freely, because he loved us first. It is difficult to love without being loved. And it is even more difficult to serve if we do not allow ourselves to be served by God. "
"But in what way has the Lord served us? Giving his life for us.- Francesco explains-. We are dear to him and we have cost him dear. His love has led him to sacrifice himself for us, to take upon himself all the And something that leaves you speechless: God saved us by letting our evil rage on Him. Without reacting, only with the humility, patience and obedience of the servant, exclusively with the strength of the love and the Father sustained the service of Jesus: he did not defeat the evil that was hitting him, but he supported his suffering, so that our evil could be overcome only with good, so that it would be completely crossed by love. To the end ".
"The Lord - said the Pontiff - has served us up to try the most painful situations for those who love: betrayal and abandonment. We think of the small or large betrayals we have suffered in life. It is terrible when it turns out that trust well the answer is deceived. A disappointment arises at the bottom of the heart, so that life seems to have no more meaning. This happens because we were born to be loved and to love, and the most painful thing is to be betrayed by those who have promised to be loyal to us. and close. We cannot even imagine how painful it was for God, who is love. Let's look inside. If we are sincere with ourselves, we will see our infidelities ".
The Pontiff invites us never to lose heart, even in the hardest moments we are not alone: "When we feel our backs to the wall, when we find ourselves in a dead end, with no light and no way out, when it seems that even God don't answer, we remember not to be alone. Jesus felt total abandonment, the situation more extraneous to Him, in order to be totally in solidarity with us. He did it for me, for you, to say to you: 'Don't be afraid, you are not alone. I have tried all your desolation to be always by your side. "This is how far Jesus has served us, descending into the abyss of our most atrocious sufferings, up to betrayal and abandonment".