ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER, POPE FRANCIS:

To hope is to begin again (John the Baptist)

Sharing with you ALL the first Jubilee Audience of our Holy Father, POPE FRANCIS on Saturdays.

Summary:

Dear brothers and sisters: During this Jubilee Year, many of you have come to Rome as “pilgrims of hope”, confident in the power of God’s grace to offer us the possibility of a new beginning. Hope, as we know, is a virtue that enables us to trust in Christ’s promises and ask for their fulfilment in our lives. This Sunday we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord by Saint John the Baptist. John’s message in calling for conversion was one of hope in the advent of the Messiah, a hope fulfilled in the coming of Jesus and his invitation to welcome the Kingdom of God. Like the crowds that flocked to the waters of the Jordan, may all who pass through the Holy Door this year receive the grace of interior renewal, openness to the dawn of God’s kingdom and its summons to conversion, fraternal love and concern for the least of our brothers and sisters.