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Pope Francis: Hold fast to faith


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St Peter’s Square was decorated in a sea of flowers for a special Mass for Easter Sunday morning celebrated by Pope Francis.

Breaking with tradition the Holy Father gave an off the cuff homily encouraging Christians to keep the faith despite the wars, sickness and hatred in the world.

“The Church never ceases to say to our closed and fearful hearts, when we are faced with our defeats: `stop, the Lord is risen.' But if the Lord is risen, how come these things happen?''

He went on to say: “Nobody asks us: `But, are you happy with all that's happening in the world?' Are you willing to go forward', carrying a cross, as Jesus did?"

The Pope also noted in his impromptu homily that "in this culture of waste what is not needed is thrown away, discarded, that stone - Jesus - is discarded and is the source of life.

And we too, pebbles on the ground, in this land of pain, tragedy, with faith in the Risen Christ, we have a wisdom in the midst of many calamities. The wisdom to look beyond and say: "look there is no wall; there is a horizon, there is life, there is joy, there is the cross amidst this ambivalence. Look ahead, do not close in on yourself."

St Peter’s Square was decorated by Paul Deckers from the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland.

Read more about Keukenhof here: https://keukenhof.nl//en/

See also: ICN 15 April 2017 Flowers from Holland will turn St Peter's Square into a floral painting www.indcatholicnews.com/news/32346

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