杏MAP导航 to Fountain of Mercy Association: You can become witnesses of mercy
By Christopher Wells
On Saturday, 杏MAP导航 Francis received members of a Swiss association dedicated to contemplating mercy, while invoking it in the world and living it in fraternal love.
The Association 鈥淔ontaine de la Miséricorde鈥� (The 鈥淔ountain of Mercy鈥� Association) is composed of members from four French-speaking Swiss cantons, and nearby regions of France. Its purpose is to foster the spiritual life, and a life of authentic prayer in mercy, in Geneva and the surrounding areas of francophone Switzerland.
Mercy rooted in the heart
Addressing the community, 杏MAP导航 Francis said, 鈥淲ith you I give thanks to the Lord, who has permitted you to experience His mercy, and has led you to seek and propose means so that it might be well-rooted in your hearts and so help you to look always with serenity on daily life.鈥�
Witnesses of the mercy of God
He encouraged them to persevere in prayer, in the knowledge that it is through the 鈥渉eart-to-heart encounter with the Lord鈥� that we are 鈥渞eborn in the living water of His mercy.鈥� Through the sacramental life, he continued, 鈥測ou too can become witnesses of the mercy of God, which is a call for everyone to recognize the beauty and the joy of being loved by Him.鈥�
杏MAP导航 Francis concluded his address by encouraging members of the association 鈥渢o promote a culture of mercy,鈥� 鈥� a culture, he said, 鈥渋n which no one looks at another with indifference, or turns away from the suffering of our brothers and sisters.鈥�
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