At the Regina Caeli prayer in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo says that faith “frees our hearts from the anxiety of having and achieving”, and calls on Christians to “reveal to all that fraternity and peace are our calling.”
A new logic of fraternity
The Pope contrasted the logic of the old world—marked by exclusion and competition—with that of the Kingdom of God: “In the old world in which we are still journeying, what attracts attention are exclusive places (…). In the new world into which the risen One leads us, however, what is most valuable is within everyone’s reach.”
This is a vision according to which every person is recognized in their uniqueness: “no one is confused with another, no one is lost.”
“Death threatens to erase one’s name and memory, but in God everyone is fully themselves. Truly, this is what we spend our whole lives searching for, sometimes willing to do anything just to get a little attention and recognition.”
Faith and freedom
The Pope then urged his listeners to trust in Christ: “Do not let your hearts be troubled… believe in God, believe also in me” (Jn 14:1).
Faith of this kind, he explained, “frees our hearts from the anxiety of having and achieving, from the illusion of chasing a prestigious place in order to have value.” Human dignity does not depend on social recognition: “each person already has infinite worth in the mystery of God, which is the only true reality.”
Heaven and fraternal love
The Holy Father also stressed that Christians are called to “anticipate heaven on earth and reveal to all that fraternity and peace are our calling.”
In this form of love, each person discovers their true identity: “amidst a multitude of brothers and sisters, each one discovers that they are uniquely made.”.
In closing, the Pope entrusted this message to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, asking her to pray that “every Christian community may be a home open to all and attentive to each person”.
Fuente : Vatican News
