Hunger, food and refugees, central themes of Francisco's new message

(ANSA) – "The food it's not a private property – let's put this in our heads: food is not a private property – but providence to share with God's grace. "This is, for the Pope Francisco, the "lesson" of the "Our Father", according to the invocation "Give us today our daily bread", theme of the catechesis of today to the general public .

"The bread that the Christian asks in prayers is not the" mo "but the" our "bread, as Jesus wishes, he teaches us to ask for it not only for themselves, but for all the brotherhood of the world In this way, the "Our Father" ceases to be a Christian prayer, "said the Pontiff.

This prayer "contains an attitude of empathy, an attitude of solidarity, in my hunger, I feel the hunger of crowds, then pray to God until his request is not satisfied". Then I mention the situation of child victims of war, as in Syria, Yemen and the South.

"It's good for us to take a break and think about the hungry children, the children at war: the starving children of Yemen, the starving children in Syria, the starving children in many countries where there is no bread , Sudn del Sur We think of these children and when we think about it, we say together, aloud, the prayer: "Father, give us today the bread of each day." All together ".

For Francis, if "Jesus teaches us to ask the Father for the bread of every day", "he teaches us to do so with so many men and women for whom this prayer is a cry, often kept at the door. 39, which accompanies longing every day. "" How many mothers and fathers, even today, sleep with the torment of not having enough bread for their children tomorrow! " -Resalt – Imagine this recited prayer not in the safety of a comfortable apartment, but in the precariousness of a room the one we adapt, where there is not enough life "." Not even the most senior Christian clerics can not ignore the simplicity of this issue, "he added," Father, make us for us and for all, today there is the necessary bread. "And the" bread "serves also to water, medicine, home, work … Ask what is necessary to live ".

In addition, "the bread that we pray to the Lord in prayer is the same bread that we accuse ourselves of, and we reproach ourselves for the little habit of breaking it with the one who is close to us, the little habit of sharing it," he added. A bread that was "given to humanity" instead was eaten by only one: love can not bear that.

Our love can not stand it, and the love of God can not resist this ego. Do not share the bread. At the end of the hearing, the Pope thanked and honored Sister Maria Concetta Esu, an 85-year-old missionary living in Africa for nearly 60 years, where she works as a midwife.

"I met him in Bangui," he said, "and he told me that in his life he had helped about 3,000 unborn children." With this gesture to you dedicated, "I explained," I also intend to express my gratitude to all the missionaries, missionaries, priests, religious and laity who have spread the seed of the Kingdom of God to the world "For Francis, the work of missionaries and missionaries" is great, you "burn" life by sowing the word of God with your testimony, and in this world, you have not announced the news, this is not in the newspapers. "

The press room announced that Francisco will travel to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius from 4 to 10 September to visit the cities of Maputo, Antananarivo and Port Louis. Also today broadcast a brief overview of a broad interview given by the pope on Spanish television La Sexta and will be broadcast on Sunday, March 31.

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