While addressing the faithful gathered in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall for the weekly general audience meet, Holy Father Pope Francis conveyed the significance of hope in a Christian’s life and explained the importance of forgiveness, pointing to the Gospel reading from Luke, in which after Jesus forgives the sins of a woman who anoints His feet with oil, then Simon, the Pharisee asks “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
As reported by Catholic News Agency, His Holiness Pope Francis remarked that “Jesus didn’t go to the Cross because He heals the sick, because He preaches charity or because He proclaims the Beatitudes, rather the Son of God goes to the cross above all because He forgives sins, because He wants the total, definitive freedom of man’s heart.” Further His Holiness added, “He does not accept that the human being consumes their entire existence with this irremovable tattoo with the thought of not being able to be welcomed by the merciful heart of God.”
Holy Father Pope Francis concluded his message by reminding the pilgrims to think about how God did not choose people who have never done wrong as the first dough to form his Church.
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com
