Remember the sick
This day is known as the World Day of the Sick and this day every year, the Pope gives us a message on the world of suffering and what communities can do to assist our suffering brethren.
The Holy Father stressed three things among others for this day:
1. that Jesus took upon himself the suffering of man. By his wounds we are healed (1 Pet. 2,24). It is Jesus who is the cause of our salvation.
2. that we, like Thomas, are moved to respond to the overwhelming love of Jesus, "My Lord and my God!" (Jn 20, 28) This is the proof of Christ's victorious love.
3. that it is through the wounds of Christ that we are able to see. Jesus showed us the way to love and hope.
In the midst of suffering, may we be consoled only in Jesus. Pope Benedict also appealed to authorities to invest more in health-care structures and provide help and aid to the suffering and support those in need.
The Holy Father stressed three things among others for this day:
1. that Jesus took upon himself the suffering of man. By his wounds we are healed (1 Pet. 2,24). It is Jesus who is the cause of our salvation.
2. that we, like Thomas, are moved to respond to the overwhelming love of Jesus, "My Lord and my God!" (Jn 20, 28) This is the proof of Christ's victorious love.
3. that it is through the wounds of Christ that we are able to see. Jesus showed us the way to love and hope.
In the midst of suffering, may we be consoled only in Jesus. Pope Benedict also appealed to authorities to invest more in health-care structures and provide help and aid to the suffering and support those in need.
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