Pope Benedict XVI: Love and charity cannot be divided. Speaking during his Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict said on Sunday that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus tells us that God loves the poor …More
Pope Benedict XVI: Love and charity cannot be divided.
Speaking during his Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict said on Sunday that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus tells us that God loves the poor and raises them from humiliation and that our eternal destiny is determined by our behaviour. It is up to us to follow the path God has shown us to come to life, and this path is love. As part of his reflection on service to others, the Pope recalled that Monday is the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, a priest who 350 years ago in France knew how to organize stable forms of service to marginalized people. The Pope then recalled that Chiara Badano was beatified on Saturday. She was an Italian girl born in 1971 who belonged to the Focolare Movement. She ...
Speaking during his Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict said on Sunday that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus tells us that God loves the poor and raises them from humiliation and that our eternal destiny is determined by our behaviour. It is up to us to follow the path God has shown us to come to life, and this path is love. As part of his reflection on service to others, the Pope recalled that Monday is the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, a priest who 350 years ago in France knew how to organize stable forms of service to marginalized people. The Pope then recalled that Chiara Badano was beatified on Saturday. She was an Italian girl born in 1971 who belonged to the Focolare Movement. She ...