![]() ![]() "In that way, together with the weeds we pull up the good wheat and block people from moving forward, from growing and changing," he said. The pope noted the common temptation to create a "pure" society and church that risks making people "impatient, intransigent, even violent toward those who have fallen into error." "No, Christians are realists: they know there is wheat and weeds in the world," he said. But, "Christians, enlivened by hope in God, are not pessimists, but neither are they naive people who live in a fairy-tale world, who pretend not to see evil and say 'all is well.'" "The good and the bad are intertwined to the point of appearing inseparable," Pope Francis said. In the first parable, the devil plants weeds among a wheat crop while the householder is asleep, but rather than tell his slaves to pull them up he allows them to grow until harvest for fear of uprooting the wheat with it. In his homily, the pope related the elderly's role in society to the three parables Jesus tells in the day's Gospel reading from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican July 23, 2023. Visitors gather for Mass marking the third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly with Pope Francis in St. The theme for this year's celebration was "His mercy is from age to age," taken from St. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life - which organizes the world day - was the main celebrant at the altar. "In this fruitful exchange we can learn the beauty of life, build a fraternal society and in the church we can allow for encounter and dialogue between tradition and the newness of the Spirit," he said.Ĭardinal Kevin J. ![]() "We need a new alliance between young people and the elderly," Pope Francis told them in his homily, "so that the sap of those who have a long experience of life behind them will nourish the shoots of hope of those who are growing." Several grandparents with young children in tow were scattered among the estimated 6,000 people in attendance in the basilica. ![]() "Please, let us mingle and grow together," he said.Įlderly persons in wheelchairs were seated in the front row before the altar and alongside Pope Francis. "Let it not happen that by pursuing the myths of efficiency and performance at full speed we become unable to slow down to accompany those who struggle to keep up," he said in his homily at a Mass for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly in St. VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Gospel calls Christians to bring the elderly to the center of their lives and away from the margins of families, politics and financial markets that banish them as "unprofitable waste" in society, Pope Francis said. ![]()
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