In his daily homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on the life of St. John Bosco on his feast day. He encouraged priests to follow his example. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope further stressed that a priest is not an employee or a functionary, but a father who suffers for his children. He added that a priest should see both a human and divine aspect when assisting others, as St. John Bosco did. <\/p>\n SUMMARY OF PAPAL HOMILY (Source: Vatican News)<\/p>\n He saw with the eyes of a man, a man who is a brother but also a father, and he said, \u201cNo, things can\u2019t go on like this! These young boys might end up on the gallows, [ministered to] by Don Cafasso\u2026 no, things can\u2019t go on like this.\u201d And he was moved as a man, and as a man he began to think of ways to raise the youngsters, to make the young boys grow. Human paths. And then, he had the courage to see with the eyes of God, and to go to God and say, \u201cMake me see this\u2026 this is an injustice\u2026 how do I deal with this\u2026 You have created these people for a fullness, and they are in the midst of a real tragedy\u2026\u201d And so, seeing reality with the love of a father \u2013 a father and teacher, today\u2019s liturgy says \u2013 and seeing God with the eyes of a beggar who asks for light, he began to go forward.<\/p>\n Looking in this way made him see the path, so that he wasn\u2019t going simply with the Catechism and the Crucifix: \u201cDo this\u2026\u201d with the boys saying, \u201cGood night, see you later.\u201d No, no. He drew close to them, with their liveliness. He played games with them, he put them in groups, like brothers. And in this way he went forth, he walked with them. The priest who looks on the people in a human way, who is always at hand.<\/p>\n And what is the sign that a priest is doing well, seeing reality with human eyes and with the eyes of God? Joy. When a priest does not find joy within, he should stop immediately and ask himself why. And Don Bosco\u2019s joy is known, eh? Because he made others joyful, and rejoiced himself. And he suffered. Today, let us ask the Lord, through the intercession of Don Bosco, for the grace for our priests to be joyful: joyful so that they have the true sense of looking at things regarding pastoral ministry, the people of God with human eyes and with the eyes of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 31, 2019. He used the example of St. John Bosco, whose feast day it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qJKTG2HC928","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta3101eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta3101int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48425"}],"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=48425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cWhat is the sign that a priest is doing well, seeing reality with human eyes and with the eyes of God? Joy. Joy. When a priest is not joyful inside. He should stop immediately and ask himself 'why?' John Bosco\u2019s joy is known. He is the teacher of joy. This is because he made others joyful and rejoiced himself. He also suffered with them. Let us ask the Lord, through the intercession of John Bosco, for the grace of our priests to be joyful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n