After having baptized 32 babies in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis addressed pilgrims gathered for the Angelus in St. Peter's Square. <\/p>\n
On the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, he reflected on the mystery of God's ways, saying Jesus chose to be baptized even when he didn't need to be purified.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope then reminded Christians they are called to live simply, without boasting about their good deeds.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope also took the opportunity to remind Christians of the importance of their own baptism.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> After the Angelus, the pope directed a special greeting to the youth members of the Focolare Movement from Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay and Korea.<\/p>\n Claudia Torres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 13, 2020. He also told Christians to remember their baptism day and celebrate it every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KOGYzaNES8M","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus1201eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus1201int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156"}],"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=47156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cThe Messiah asks to be baptized, in order to fulfill all justice. That is, He fulfills the Father's plan which comes by way of filial obedience and solidarity with a frail and sinful humanity. It is the path of humility and of the closeness of God to His children.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cHow many, it's sad to say, how many disciples of the Lord boast about being disciples of the Lord. A good disciple does not boast. The good disciple is the humble one, the meek one, the one who does good without making a show of it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cA homework assignment. When you go home, ask, 'When was I baptized?' Celebrate in your heart the day of your baptism, every year. Do it. It is also a duty of justice to the Lord who has been so good to us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n