Pope Francis at Extraordinary Jubilee Audience: Be Reconciled With God

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The Holy Father said God constantly offers us his forgiveness, and our sins can never keep us from God’s mercy. “Sin is really an expression of rejection of His love, with the consequence of closing in on ourselves, deluding ourselves of finding greater freedom and autonomy,” the Pope said. “But far from God, we do not have a goal, and from being pilgrims in this world we become ‘wanderers’.”

He added: “A common saying is that when we sin, we ‘turn away from God.’ That’s really how it is; the sinner sees only himself and pretends in this way to be self-sufficient; therefore, sin always spreads more distance between us and God, and this can become a chasm.”