The Lord is knocking at the door of our hearts. Have we put a sign on the door saying: 'Do not disturb'?
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the openness to spiritual invitation and self-reflection on our willingness to engage with it.
Pope Francis's quote invites us to consider whether we are truly open to divine presence in our lives, or if we are shutting ourselves off with barriers that say we're not interested in spiritual growth. It serves as a metaphorical reminder that, like a visitor at the door, opportunities for connection and enlightenment await us, but we must be willing to welcome them in rather than ignore or reject them.
In practice
Use this quote during a meditation session to inspire openness to inner reflection.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.
Why?' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time?' or 'When was the battle of 1066?' or 'How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy?' The answers are easy and are, respectively, 'Seven-thirty in the evening,' 'Ten-fifteen in the morning,' and 'Don't ask stupid questions.
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.
Whenever you go through the length and breadth of our country... you see a long face: you will see the long face of an African woman because she's black, because she's poor.
Reality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor.
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
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