9 May 2019 | Address of His Holiness, Meeting

PRAYER MEETING WITH ROMA AND SINTI PEOPLE, WORDS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

Sala Regia

[…] Go forth with dignity, with work…. And when difficulties arise, look on high and
you will find that there they are watching us. He watches you. There is One who looks
at you first, who really loves you, One who had to live on the margins, as a child, to
protect life, hidden, a refugee: One who suffered for you, who gave his life on the
Cross. He is One, as we heard in the first Reading that you recited, who goes
searching for you in order to comfort you and encourage you to go on. This is why I
tell you: no distance; to you and to everyone: the mind with the heart. No adjectives,
no: all persons, each one will deserve a proper adjective, but not general adjectives,
according to the life you live. We have heard a lovely name, which includes mothers;
this is a beautiful name: “Mamma”. It is a beautiful thing. […]