To celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper, Pope Francis traveled to the Casal del Marmo juvenile prison on the outskirts of Rome. A choir sang hymns as he entered in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n
In his homily, the Pope reflected on Jesus' act of washing the apostles' feet. He recalled that in that time it was the job of a slave. Pope Francis encouraged those in the prison telling them to be open to Jesus and not to be afraid to share their struggles with him.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS The Pope explained that the washing of the feet was a sign both for the apostles and the Church today. He reminded the inmates that no matter what they have done, Jesus will never leave them.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Following his homily, the Pope used a cane to wash the feet of twelve inmates, including some from Senegal, Romania and Russia. He greeted them with smiles as he kissed their feet. <\/p>\n Pope Francis spent time talking to some of the inmates after he finished washing their feet.<\/p>\n After the Mass, the Pope listened to the Director of the Institute for the prison, Maria Teresa Iuliano, who expressed her gratitude for the papal visit.<\/p>\n Your smile for us is a very sweet caress that sustains us, emboldens us in the face of all the daily difficulties we encounter.<\/em><\/p>\n This is the second time the Pope has visited the Casal del Marmo on Holy Thursday. In 2013, he celebrated his first Mass of the Lord's Supper at this prison.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n KG<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the second time the Pope has visited the Casal del Marmo on Holy Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/24MDAtY0SqY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessalavandapiedieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessalavandapiediint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Each of us can say but if the pope knew the things I have inside. Jesus knows them and loves us as we are and washes our feet. Jesus is never afraid of our weaknesses.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>During the washing of feet, I hope that I can do the washing because I can't walk very well, but during the washing of feet, think: Jesus is washing my feet. Jesus saved me and I have this trouble now, but it will pass. But the Lord is always beside you. He will never forsake you. Never. Think about this.<\/em><\/p>\n