‘...detach from the worldly to make our journey upward and contemplate Christ’

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

During his Sunday Angelus address, the Pope told the faithful in a hot St. Peter’s Square: ‘Summer time can be a providential moment to grow in our commitment to seek after and encounter the Lord.”

Reflecting on the feast of the Transfiguration, the Pope said that the disciples’ journey to Mount Tabor demonstrates the need for us to ‘detach from the worldly to make our journey upward and contemplate Christ’

…Before reciting the midday prayer, the Holy Father prayed that “Our Mother and Mother of God help us to be attuned to the Word of God, so that Christ becomes the light and guide of our whole life.”

Once again, I am grateful that Pope Francis is speaking to the Church about the need for us not to be “of the world” even though we are “in the world”. Christ is more important than anything or even any person (most especially ourselves!), to which we may attach ourselves here on this earth. We are called to serve One Master, only One. Let us “Listen” to Him, as yesterday’s Gospel urges us.

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