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Vatican City – The Eight Beatitudes describe the path to holiness, but the call to meekness seems particularly challenging today, Pope Francis said.
“The meek are those who know how to control themselves, who leave space for the other; they listen to the other, they respect the other’s way of life, their needs and requests. They do not intend to overwhelm or belittle the other, they do not want to impose themselves or dominate everything, nor do they impose their ideas or their own interests to the detriment of others, “the Pope said on November 1.
On the occasion of the feast of All Saints’ Day and commenting on the reading of the Gospel, which was the version of the beatitudes of the Gospel of Matthew, Francis told the people gathered to pray the Angelus with him that the saints and blessed recognized by church walked the path of beatitudes. , each in their own way.
“Everyone has their own personality and developed their own life of holiness according to that personality,” said the Pope, “and each of us can do it, taking this path: meekness, meekness, please, and we will move towards holiness.” . “
“At this point in life, even globally, there is so much aggressiveness,” he said. “Also in everyday life the first thing that comes out of us is aggression, defensiveness. We need meekness to advance on the path of holiness. Listen, respect, not attack: meekness.”
At the end of the noon rendezvous, Francis told people in St. Peter’s Square about the church’s new blessed, Fr. Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, who was beatified on October 31 in Hartford, Connecticut.
“Dedicated to evangelization, he did everything possible to meet the needs of those most in need, promoting mutual aid. May his example be an impetus so that we are always witnesses to the Gospel of charity,” said the Pope, before asking the people in the square that “Give applause to this new blessed.”
Francis also appealed, once again, for an end to the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and offered prayers for the people in Turkey and Greece affected by an earthquake on October 30 that caused at least 80 deaths.
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