October 7: Wisdom and Guidance from the Holy Father

According to Pope Francis, “The pandemic is changing the world and putting us in crisis. However, it is impossible to emerge from a crisis the same as before. Either we come out better or we come out worse. And how we emerge depends on the decisions we make during the crisis.”
As reported by the Vatican News Service, the Holy Father said the issue regards all of humanity, and asked what kind of lifestyle we will leave to future generations. He said we need to stop thinking only of ourselves or the present, and look to the future in the perspective of a humanity which wants to remain in connection with creation. “We must take responsibility for the future, preparing the ground so others can work it. This is the mentality that we have to elaborate in the pandemic, according to the great principle that one does not emerge from a crisis the same as before. We come out worse or better, but never the same.”
Pope Francis added, “There are so many saints next door,” referring to all the people who have dedicated their lives to serving those in need. These people, he said, “did not want to ‘escape’ but faced problems and sought practical solutions to them. God understands that language. And He makes it His own.”

Back in March of this year, Pope Francis offered the following prayer — a special petition in a time of pandemic, praying for hope and healing from the coronavirus.

Let us pray. “O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the foot of the Cross, were united with Jesus’ suffering, and persevered in your faith. ‘Protectress of God’s people,’ you know our needs, and we know that you will provide, so that, as at Cana in Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this time of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us. For He took upon Himself our suffering, and burdened Himself with our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.”

We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God; do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from every danger. O Glorious and Blessed Virgin, pray for us.

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