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07 JULY 2017 – Those distant from the Christian faith
Let us never forget that our joy is Jesus Christ — his faithful and inexhaustible love.
When a Christian becomes sad, it means that he has distanced himself from Jesus.
But then we must not leave him alone! We should offer him Christian hope — with our words, yes, but more with our testimony, with our freedom, with our joy.[1]
Let us pray that our brothers and sisters who have strayed from the faith, through our prayer and witness to the Gospel, may rediscover the beauty of the Christian life.[2]
[1] Pope Francis Angelus, Saint Peter’s Square, 3rd Sunday of Advent, 15 December 2013.
[2] Universal Prayer Intention of the Holy Father entrusted to the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. July 2017.