WORLD DAY OF THE POOR HOLY MASS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
Vatican Basilica
[…] I would like to thank all those faithful servants of God who quietly live in this
way, serving others. I think, for example, of Father Roberto Malgesini. This priest
was not interested in theories; he simply saw Jesus in the poor and found
meaning in life in serving them. He dried their tears with his gentleness, in the
name of God who consoles. The beginning of his day was prayer, to receive
God’s gifts; the centre of his day was charity, to make the love he had received
bear fruit; the end was his clear witness to the Gospel. This man realized that he
had to stretch out his hand to all those poor people he met daily, for he saw
Jesus in each of them. Brothers and sisters, let us ask for the grace to be
Christians not in word, but in deed. To bear fruit, as Jesus desires. May this truly
be so. […]
