"God meddles in our miseries."



"He had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.  He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not."  ~Isaiah 53:2-3

Ave Maria!  By now, practically everyone in the world has seen the images below of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the end of Wednesday's general audience as he held, kissed and prayed with a man afflicted by neurofibromatosis.  The quotations I added beneath each picture are from the Holy Father's homily of October 22.  He obviously practices what he preaches.  He also shows us what it means to follow our Lord Jesus Christ and to live and love as He did.  

Many years ago, Blaise Pascal wrote:  "Jesus will be in agony until the end of the world; one must not sleep during this time."  Thank you, dear Holy Father, for waking us up!

 

 

"God meddles in our miseries."

"He is a God who is close to us."

 

 

"He saves us with tenderness and with caresses."

 



"He gets close to our wounds and heals them with his hands."