Pope Francis today defended the act of reparation, which “contributes to reconciliation between men,” especially in the face of “abuses against the dignity of the person, even within the people of God.”
“How many tears still roll on God’s faces, while our world experiences so many abuses against the dignity of the person, even within the people of God!” He told the Vatican audience to participants in the “repair for the irreparable” conference, by Occasion of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of Jesus to Saint Daive Mary in Paray-Le-Monial.
Francisco explained that “the reparation contributes to the reconciliation of men with each other, but also to reconciliation with God, because the evil committed against others is also an offense to God” and added that it also “invites to wait for all the Wounds can be healed, even if they are deep. “
According to the Supreme Pontiff, “total reparation sometimes seems impossible, when goods or loved ones have been permanently lost or when certain situations have become irreversible. But the intention to repair and do it concretely is essential for the reconciliation process and for the return of peace in the heart. “
At a time when in various countries responsible of the Catholic Church are investigated, and in some cases judged, by sexual abuse, Francis stressed after “reparation, to be a Christian, to touch the heart of the offended person and not be a simple act of justice Comutative, presupposes two demanding attitudes: recognizing one’s guilt and asking for forgiveness. “
“All reparation, human or spiritual, begins with the recognition of their own sin,” and “of this honest recognition of the evil caused to the brother, and the deep and sincere feeling that love was wounded, the desire to repair is born,” he explained .
At the same time as “asks for forgiveness,” the Pope continues, “reopens the dialogue and expresses the will to restore the bond of fraternal charity.”
In another intervention, in a second hearing, this time to the international leaders of the ‘Équipes Notre-Dame’ movement, the Pope reported that “the Christian family” is going through “a true cultural storm” in these times of change and is “threatened and attempted into several fronts “.
To the members of this movement, who work to help marriage in difficulty, the Pope said that “preserving marriage, in fact, means preserving an entire family, means saving all relationships that are generated in marriage: love between spouses between Parents and children, between grandparents and grandchildren, means saving that testimony of a possible and forever love, in which young people have difficulty believing. “
For this reason, Francisco noted to be urgent “helping young people discovering that Christian marriage is a vocation, a specific call that God directs to a man and a woman to fully realize as generators, becoming a father and mother” .
The head of the Catholic Church also invited them to be “assistants attentive to the needy, those who are alone, those who have family problems and do not know who to talk to because they are ashamed or lost hope.”
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