For the third consecutive Sunday, Pope Francis, hospitalized at the Policlinico Gemelli for two weeks, sent the written text of the Angelus.
"I send you these thoughts again from the hospital, where as you know I have been for several days, accompanied by doctors and health workers, whom I thank for the attention with which they take care of me. I feel in my heart the 'blessing' that is hidden within fragility, because precisely in these moments we learn even more to trust in the Lord ; at the same time, I thank God because he gives me the opportunity to share in body and spirit the condition of so many sick and suffering people," writes Pope Francis.
" I would like to thank you," Bergoglio continued, "for the prayers that rise to the Lord from the hearts of so many faithful from many parts of the world : I feel all your affection and your closeness and, in this particular moment, I feel as if 'carried' and supported by all the People of God. Thank you all!"
Again, the Pontiff asks us to “train our eyes to observe the world well and judge our neighbor with charity.” Commenting on today’s Gospel, he emphasizes that “only with this gaze of care, not of condemnation, can fraternal correction be a virtue. Because if it is not fraternal, it is not a correction!” Francis emphasizes again that “the bad fruits are violent, false, vulgar words; the good ones are the right and honest words that give flavor to our dialogues.” “And so we can ask ourselves: how do I look at other people, who are my brothers and sisters? And how do I feel looked at by them? Do my words have a good taste, or are they steeped in bitterness and vanity?”, Pope Francis asks in conclusion.
(Online Union)