Pope Francis on Encounter the Living God Through His Wounds

“To meet the living God we must tenderly kiss the wounds of Jesus in our hungry, poor, sick, imprisoned brothers and sisters. Study, meditation and mortification are not enough to bring us to encounter the living Christ. Like St. Thomas, our life will only be changed when we touch Christ’s wounds present in the poor, sick and needy. This was the lesson drawn by Pope Francis during morning Mass . . . as he marked the Feast of St. Thomas Apostle.”

A recent Vatican Radio broadcast reported on this reflection of Pope Francis on how Christians find Jesus’ wounds in carrying out works of mercy and, in so doing, entering into a deeper worship of the living God.

To access this Vatican Radio report, please visit:

Vatican Radio: Pope at Mass: We encounter the Living God through His wounds (3 JUL 13)