{"id":58816,"date":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2016\/11\/09\/pope-francis-catechesis-on-this-work-of-mercy-visiting-the-sick-and-imprisoned\/"},"modified":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T23:00:00","slug":"pope-francis-catechesis-on-this-work-of-mercy-visiting-the-sick-and-imprisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2016\/11\/09\/pope-francis-catechesis-on-this-work-of-mercy-visiting-the-sick-and-imprisoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis' catechesis on this work of mercy: visiting the sick and imprisoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class='paragraph'>During the <span style='font-weight: bold;'>General Audience<\/span>, the <span style='font-weight: bold;'>pope<\/span> recalled how Jesus came to the world to comfort and heal the sick of their illnesses. He said Jesus brought '<span style='font-style: italic;'>true freedom' to the world; a freedom that 'is born from the personal encounter with Hi<\/span>m.'<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='font-weight: bold;'>EXCERPTS OF CATECHESIS IN ENGLISH\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='font-weight: bold;'>Dear Brothers and Sisters:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>In our catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we now consider two further corporal works of mercy: healing the sick and visiting the imprisoned. Jesus himself is our model in both.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>He shows us the importance of drawing near to those who so often feel alone and abandoned. How much good is done when we visit the sick and those in prison, and how much we ourselves are enriched by these acts of charity! Visiting the imprisoned is a fruitful way of bringing the Lord\u00e2??s healing presence to those who are paying for their mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>Deprived of their freedom, they especially need to hear the message of God\u00e2??s merciful love and forgiveness, and in this way to recognize their worth and dignity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>Jesus himself, though innocent, suffered in prison for our sake, and the apostles Peter and Paul used the time of their imprisonment to pray and proclaim the Gospel. By visiting the sick and the imprisoned, may we bring God\u00e2??s mercy and its redemptive power to our brothers and sisters in need.<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today\u00e2??s Audience, particularly those from England, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Canada and the United States of America. With prayerful good wishes that the present Jubilee of<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>Mercy will be a moment of grace and spiritual renewal for you and your families, I invoke upon all of you joy and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>JRB\/MB<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>CTV<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>-<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>-PR<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>Up: JMB<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'><span style='color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>#Papafrancisco<\/span><\/p>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n<p class='paragraph'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 9, 2016. \"Deprived of their freedom, they need to hear the message of God\u00e2??s merciful love and forgiveness,\u00e2?\u009d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":58817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/l4EIMQwLHXY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud0911int.mov","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58816"}],"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=58816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}