Holy Father Pope Francis invited the faithful to cultivate their relationship with God, because faith in Jesus, he said allows us spiritually nourished and to carry out good works for the good of our brothers and sisters. The Pontiff was speaking to the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus. He reflected on the Gospel reading of the day and recalled the beloved Pope VI – the Pope of modernity – who 40 years ago was living the last hours of his earthly life.
As reported Vatican news, Reflecting on the liturgy that tells of a crowd that has been nourished by Jesus and that sets out in search of him, Holy Father Pope Francis explained that “for Jesus, it is not enough that people simply search for him, He wants the people to know him and to understand that He came to bring us more than material satisfaction, opening our lives to a horizon that is broader than the daily concerns of eating, clothing oneself, a career, and so on.”
The Pontiff concluded his catechesis by reminding that “The Lord invites us “not to forget that, if it is necessary to be concerned about material needs, it is even more important to cultivate our relationship with Him, to strengthen our faith in Him who is the “bread of life”, the one who came to satisfy our hunger for truth, justice and love.”
