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Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Casa Santa Marta on June 9, 2016.\u00a0L\u2019OSSERVATORE ROMANO\/CNA<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

VATICAN\u2014 On Sunday Pope Francis prayed for the victims of recent terrorist attacks in Spain, Burkina Faso and Finland, asking the Lord to bring peace and to end the violence of terrorism around the world.<\/p>\n

After praying the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis led the 10,000 people present in St. Peter\u2019s Square in a moment of silence and in a \u2018Hail Mary\u2019 for those killed or wounded in the most recent terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our hearts we bear the pain of the terrorist acts that in recent days have caused many victims in Burkina Faso, Spain and Finland,\u201d he said Aug. 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us pray for all the dead, for the wounded and for their relatives; and we plead for the Lord, God of mercy and peace, to free the world from this inhuman violence. Let us pray together in silence and, afterwards, to Our Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n

The night of Aug. 13 gunmen opened fire in a Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, killing at least 18 people and taking hostages before police ended the standoff early Monday morning.<\/p>\n

On Thursday of that week, at least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured in Barcelona Aug. 17 after a van sped into a crowd of people in the Las Ramblas tourist area.<\/p>\n

Then, on Aug. 18, a stabbing in Turku in Finland left two people dead and injured eight others. Originally considered to be a murder, it is now being treated as an act of terror, according to police.<\/p>\n

Before the Angelus, Pope Francis reflected on the day\u2019s Gospel reading about the Canaanite woman who begs Jesus to heal her demon-tormented daughter.<\/p>\n

At first, the Lord does not seem to hear her cry of pain, the Pope pointed out. But she does not let this discourage her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inner strength of this woman, which allows her to overcome every obstacle, is found in her maternal love and in the confidence that Jesus can fulfill her request. And this makes me think of the strength of women,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

We have all known many strong women, he continued, who with their fortitude have achieved great things. \u201cWe can say that it is love that moves faith and faith, on its part, becomes the reward of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Francis explained how it is the woman\u2019s great love for her suffering daughter that leads her to persevere in her request for the Lord\u2019s healing, shouting: \u201cHave pity on me, Lord, Son of David!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis evangelical episode helps us understand that we all need to grow in faith and strengthen our trust in Jesus,\u201d Francis said. \u201cHe can help us find the way when we have lost the compass of our journey; when the road does not look flat, but hard and difficult; when it is difficult to be faithful to our commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to daily feed our faith, listening attentively to the Word of God, with the celebration of the Sacraments, with personal prayer as a \u2018crying\u2019 towards Him \u2013 \u2018Lord, help me!\u2019 \u2013 and with concrete attitudes of charity towards our neighbor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In the Gospel, the woman\u2019s perseverance and act of faith lead Jesus to heal her daughter. \u201cThis humble woman,\u201d the Pope said, \u201cis pointed at by Jesus as an example of unshakeable faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHer insistence on invoking the intervention of Christ is for us a stimulus to not discourage us, not to despair when we are oppressed by the hard tests of life.\u201d The Lord does not turn away from us when we present our needs. If sometimes he seems insensitive to our demands for help, it is only to test and strengthen our faith.<\/p>\n

And when this happens \u201cwe must continue to shout like this woman: \u2018Lord, help me! Lord, help me!\u2019 Thus, with perseverance and courage,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this is the courage needed in prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us trust in the Holy Spirit,\u201d Pope Francis concluded, \u201cso that He will help us to persevere in the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Spirit infuses courage into the hearts of believers; he gives our life and our Christian witness the power of conviction and persuasion; he encourages us to overcome disbelief towards God and indifference to our brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav admin_label=”Post Navigation” in_same_term=”off” hide_prev=”off” hide_next=”off” prev_text=”PREVIOUS ARTICLE” next_text=”NEXT ARTICLE” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLet us trust in the Holy Spirit,\u201d Pope Francis concluded, \u201cso that He will help us to persevere in the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vatican-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ootw-80u","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aranzazushrine.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pope_Francis_celebrates_Mass_at_Casa_Santa_Marta_on_June_9_2016_Credit___LOsservatore_Romano_14_CNA_6_10_16.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30783,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30782\/revisions\/30783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}