Our Mother Mary is full of beauty because she is full of grace.
Interpretation
Mary's beauty comes from her grace, which reflects her divine and loving nature.
In this quote, Pope Francis highlights the spiritual beauty of Mother Mary, emphasizing that her grace is the source of her beauty. This grace is not merely an aesthetic quality but represents her deep connection with the divine, her purity, and her loving nature, making her a model for all who seek to embody these qualities in their own lives.
In practice
In a sermon about kindness and compassion, one might quote Pope Francis to inspire the congregation on the value of grace in their lives.
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.
In school, they would tell you that life wouldn’t come to you; you had to go out and make it your own. But when it came to love, the message for girls seemed to be this: Don’t. Don’t go after what you want. Wait. Wait to be chosen, as if only in the eye of another could one truly find value. The message was confusing and infuriating. It was a shell game with no actual pea under the rapidly moving cups.
A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.
I love you. I love you, but I’m turning to my verses and my heart is closing like a fist.
Love is not to be proven or measured...It exists, and that is enough.
Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as the swallow's flight, Seeking for you and never, never Stilled by the stars at night
For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.
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