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Domus sanctae marthae12/28/2022 ![]() And consequently “people pass each other, but they do not encounter each other”. In fact, “when we go into the street, every man thinks of himself: he sees, but does not look he hears, but does not listen” in short, everyone goes their own way. And this, he commented, is “something unusual”. There is an encounter between people, an encounter between people who were in the street”. Pope Francis used these words in his homily to describe the message contained in the liturgical readings of the Mass he celebrated at Santa Marta on Tuesday morning.įocusing in particular on the scene of the widow of Nain, from the Gospel of Luke (7:11-17), the Pope highlighted that this passage from “the Word of God” speaks of “an encounter. ![]() 38, 23 September 2016)Īn invitation to work for “the culture of encounter”, in a simple way, “as Jesus did”: not just seeing, but looking not just hearing, but listening not just passing people by, but stopping with them not just saying “what a shame, poor people!”, but allowing yourself to be moved with compassion “and then to draw near, to touch and to say: ‘Do not weep’ and to give at least a drop of life”. ![]()
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