杏MAP导航 Audience: God the Father loves us like no one else can
Continuing his catechesis on the 鈥淥ur Father鈥�, on Wednesday, the 杏MAP导航 told the pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI hall that the first step of Christian prayer is to enter into the mystery of God鈥檚 paternity.
杏MAP导航 Francis explained that in order to understand how God is 鈥淔ather鈥�, we think of our own parents. But, he noted, that no parent is perfect and we all have our defects.
God's love comes from a heavenly Father
The Pontiff went on to say that when we talk about God as 鈥淔ather鈥�, we need to go beyond the earthly image, because God鈥檚 love comes from a heavenly Father. Yet, we only experience this total divine love 鈥� in this life 鈥� in an imperfect way, for our human love is wounded.
He said, 鈥渨e always live our relationships of love under the sign of our limitations and also of our own selfishness, so they are often polluted by the desire to possess or manipulate the other".
We are all beggars of Love
"Men and women are eternally Beggars of Love鈥�, the 杏MAP导航 emphasized,鈥� 鈥渢hey seek a place where they can finally be loved, but they can't find it.鈥�
God鈥檚 love, on the other hand, said 杏MAP导航 Francis, is a perfect kind of love because He loves every single person in a way that no one on earth ever can.
When we feel that hunger to love God, underlined the 杏MAP导航, we are responding to the invitation to know God as 鈥淔ather鈥�.
During his catechesis 杏MAP导航 Francis also said, 鈥淵ou can't pray like parrots. Either you enter into the mystery, in the awareness that God is your Father, or you do not pray.鈥�
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