Words of comfort and hope

With the theme I Will Never Forget You, which comes from a verse of the book of Isaiah, the pope says, “these are words that fill us with comfort and hope.”

Pope Leo says that God’s love, which “forgets no one,” is also “an act of justice and a response to the anonymity in which human life all too often ends up lost.”

The pontiff also says the elderly should not be ignored, those who have been forgotten and who live in homes “where loneliness reigns” or in care facilities “where each person’s uniqueness risks being reduced to a bed number or an illness.”

The World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, adds Pope Leo, is an opportunity “to rediscover that the Church is called to be a mother to all and that at any age it is always possible to recognise ourselves as sons and daughters of God.”

He also believes Sunday can be a day to be “an inspiration for everyone, especially the young, to revive the beautiful custom of visiting their grandparents, the elderly members of the family, and even those who have no one to visit them.”

Pope Leo says it is “never too late” to turn towards God. He says the final stage of life “can become the right time to begin or resume a spiritual life” and to encounter God anew. “We can now turn with filial trust in prayer. It is never too late to begin turning to him.”

We encourage you to share and use this material on your own website. However, when using materials from Majellan Media’s website, please include the following in your citation:  Sourced from www.majellan.media