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Everyone Is Called, Everyone Is Sent Out… The Call Of God Can Reach Us On The Assembly Line And In The Office, In The Supermarket And In The Stairwell, I.e., In The Places Of Everyday Life.

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Everyone Is Called, Everyone

Pope Francis

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Everyone Is Called, Everyone Is Sent Out… The Call Of God Can Reach Us On The Assembly Line And In The Office, In The Supermarket And In The Stairwell, I.e., In The Places Of Everyday Life.

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In The Gospel We Have Just Heard, Jesus, The Master, Teaches The Crowds And The Small Group Of His Disciples By Accommodating Himself To Their Ability To Understand. ... Jesus Does Not Seek To 'play The Professor.' Instead, He Seeks To Reach People's Hearts, Their Understanding And Their Lives, So That They May Bear Fruit.

The Proclamation Of The Gospel Is Destined Primarily To The Poor, To Those Who Often Lack The Essentials For A Decent Life. The Good News Is First Announced To Them, That God Loves Them Before All Others And Comes To Visit Them Through The Acts Of Charity That The Disciples Of Christ Carry Out In His Name.

Do Not Be Afraid To Cast Yourselves Into The Arms Of God; Whatever He Asks Of You, He Will Repay A Hundredfold.

Help One Another: This Is What Jesus Teaches Us And This What I Am Doing, And Doing With All My Heart.

I Distrust A Charity That Costs Nothing And Does Not Hurt.

It Means Caring For One Another In Our Families: Husbands And Wives First Protect One Another, And Then, As Parents, They Care For Their Children, And Children Themselves, In Time, Protect Their Parents.

The Family Is Where We Are Formed As People. Every Family Is A Brick In The Building Of Society

We Have Begun A Throw Away Culture. This Tendency Is Seen On The Level Of Individuals And Whole Societies; And It Is Being Promoted! In Circumstances Like These, Solidarity, Which Is The Treasure Of The Poor, Is Often Considered Counterproductive, Opposed To The Logic Of Finance And The Economy. While The Income Of A Minority Is Increasing Exponentially, That Of The Majority Is Crumbling.

The Question Of Truth Is Really A Question Of Memory, Deep Memory, For It Deals With Something Prior To Ourselves And Can Succeed In Uniting Us In A Way That Transcends Our Petty And Limited Individual Consciousness. It Is A Question About The Origin Of All That Is, In Whose Light We Can Glimpse The Goal And Thus The Meaning Of Our Common Path.

The Scourge Of Drug Trafficking, That Favors Violence And Sows The Seeds Of Suffering And Death, Requires Of Society As A Whole An Act Of Courage.

Suffering And Death

I Think We Too Are The People Who, On The One Hand, Want To Listen To Jesus, But On The Other Hand, At Times, Like To Find A Stick To Beat Others With, To Condemn Others. And Jesus Has This Message For Us: Mercy. I Think - And I Say It With Humility - That This Is The Lord's Most Powerful Message: Mercy.

Dear Young People, Listen Within: Christ Is Knocking At The Door Of Your Heart.

Every Time We Judge Our Brother In Our Hearts Or Worse When We Speak Badly Of Them With Others, We Are Murdering Christians.

Every Religion Has Its Dignity ... In Freedom Of Expression There Are Limits.

The Lord Always Grants More Than What He Has Been Asked: You Ask Him To Remember You, And He Brings You Into His Kingdom!

If Someone Is Gay And Is Searching For The Lord And Has Good Will, Then Who Am I To Judge Him?... No One Should Marginalize These People For This, They Must Be Integrated Into Society.

The Process Of Healing Also Needs To Include The Pursuit Of Truth, Not For The Sake Of Opening Old Wounds, But Rather As A Necessary Means Of Promoting Justice, Healing And Unity.

Marriage Now Tends To Be Viewed As A Form Of Mere Emotional Satisfaction That Can Be Constructed In Any Way Or Modified At Will. But The Indispensible Contribution Of Marriage To Society Transcends The Feelings And Momentary Needs Of The Couple.

It Makes No Difference Whether They Be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts Or Protestants. They Are Christians! Their Blood Is One And The Same. Their Blood Confesses Christ.

This Is What Marriage Is All About - Man And Woman Walking Together, Wherein The Husband Helps His Wife To Become Ever More A Woman, And Wherein The Woman Has The Task Of Helping Her Husband To Become Ever More A Man.

Worshipping Is Stripping Ourselves Of Our Idols, Even The Most Hidden Ones, And Choosing The Lord As The Centre, As The Highway Of Our Lives.

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