true love always generates a closeness that does not stifle, is not possessive, is close but not possessive; Indeed, true love makes us protagonists. (…)

 WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER-05-07-24 intercessory prayer

“It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counsellor will not come to you”, — that is, the Spirit — (Jn 16:7). In this too, we see Jesus’ love for us: his is a presence that does not want to limit our freedom. On the contrary, he leaves space to us, because true love always generates a closeness that does not stifle, is not possessive, is close but not possessive; Indeed, true love makes us protagonists. (…)


Brothers and sisters, let us think today of the gift of the Spirit we have received from Jesus to be witnesses of the Gospel. Let us ask ourselves if we really are; and also, if we are capable of loving others, leaving them free and making room for them. And then: do we know how to make ourselves intercessors for others, that is, do we know how to pray for them and bless their lives? Or do we serve others for our own interests? Let us learn this: intercessory prayer, 

interceding for the hopes and sufferings of the world, interceding for peace. And let us bless with our eyes and our words those we meet every day! (Regina Caeli, 29 May 2022)


Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter     Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html 


Gospel in Art: You are sad at heart https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/49718 

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