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April 26, 2020 "We pray today, in this Mass, for all people who suffer from sadness, because they are alone or because they do not know what future awaits them or because they cannot carry on the family because they have no money, because they have no job. people suffering from sadness. We pray for them today. " So Pope Francis in the introduction of the Mass at Casa Santa Marta, according to what Vatican News reports.

During the subsequent homily, pronounced after reading the Gospel of Luke in the passage of the disciples of Emmaus, Bergoglio stressed that Christianity is first of all "meeting" which comes after "we were born with a sign of concern", of research . "Man is thirsty for the encounter with God," he explained, "and sometimes looks for him in the wrong ways". God also seeks the encounter with man. Respect our situation. Respect our times, know and listen to our anxieties and do not accelerate the pace, it always goes at our sometimes slow pace. "

The old rule of the pilgrim, recalls the Pope, is that" the true pilgrim must go at the pace of the slowest person "God then waits," he lets us speak, being ignorant, then he answers us. "And" he accompanies us, because he wants to meet us. "Because the meeting" is not just breaking the bread, but the whole journey ". This explains why Christianity" is not only doctrine, culture, a way of behaving, but first of all I meet ".

# 26April #PapaFrancesco pray for those who are sad because they are alone or are out of work and do not know what their future will be #omeliasantamarta

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- Vatican News (@vaticannews_it) April 26, 2020