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Faith begins when we realise we are in need of salvation.
We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we founder:
we need the Lord, like ancient navigators needed the stars.
Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives.
Let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them.
Like the disciples, we will experience that
with him on board there will be no shipwreck.
Because this is God’s strength:
turning to the good everything that happens to us, even the bad things.
He brings serenity into our storms, because with God life never dies.
We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we founder:
we need the Lord, like ancient navigators needed the stars.
Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives.
Let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them.
Like the disciples, we will experience that
with him on board there will be no shipwreck.
Because this is God’s strength:
turning to the good everything that happens to us, even the bad things.
He brings serenity into our storms, because with God life never dies.
-Pope Francis, from his extraordinary Urbi et Orbi
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