In “Rejoice and Be Glad,” Pope Francis shows how practical holiness and the Beatitudes build on the Jubilee Year of Mercy. God wants to speak to our hearts in a word, he wants to give us a new heart.” ‘Man sees the appearance, but the Lord looks into the heart’ (1Sam 16:7). The Bible uses the heart to describe our real intentions, the things we truly seek and desire, apart from all appearances. Upon their return, the mother and daughter pilgrims will share what they saw and experienced, further opening the hearts of all to experience and see God in their shared vulnerability.Īs Pope Francis says, “This Beatitude speaks of those whose hearts are simple, pure and undefiled, for a heart capable of love admits nothing that might harm, weaken or endanger that love. At the parish Sunday Mass, all were invited to pray over the mother and daughter before they departed and to continue praying with the family during the 10-day pilgrimage. Parishioners held a bake sale to help cover the costs of Teresa’s mother accompanying her on the Lourdes pilgrimage. Her favorite religious devotion is praying the rosary with her loving parents. She is in its current confirmation class. Teresa was baptized and received first Holy Communion at Sts. Teresa was recently selected to be a “malade” or special participant in the Knights of Malta’s May pilgrimage to Lourdes. She is a member of the Ohana Mass community of persons with disabilities.
For instance, Teresa is a beautiful person with a pure heart who, since birth, has had severe physical challenges. This beatitude is being embodied every day here in Hawaii.
#BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FREE#
“‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.’ Certainly there can be no love without works of love, but this Beatitude reminds us that the Lord expects a commitment to our brothers and sisters that comes from the heart.” (From Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Rejoice and Be Glad: On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World”Ī pure heart, Pope Francis says, is: “Keeping a heart free of all that tarnishes love: that is holiness.” He reminds us that “a heart that loves God and neighbor genuinely and not merely in words, is a pure heart it can see God (Mt 22:36-40).”
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