“You here at Mass, do you give praise to God or do you only petition God and thank God? Do you praise God?! This is something new, new in our new spiritual life. Giving praise to God, coming out of ourselves to give praise; spending a little bit of time giving praise. But ‘this Mass is so long!’ If you do not praise God, you will never know the gratuity of spending time praising God, the Mass is long. But if you go with this attitude of joy, of praise to God, that is beautiful! This is what eternity will be: giving praise to God! And that will not be boring: it will be beautiful! This joy makes us free.”
In a recent homily on the readings for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis reflected on the role of joy in the lives of Christians.
To access a news report on the Pope’s homily, please visit:
Vatican Radio: Pope Francis: Long faces cannot proclaim Jesus (31 MAY 13)
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