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PopeAngelus:Dontscrapealiving&settleformediocrity

Pope Angelus: Dont

scrape a living & settle for
mediocrity
20160106VaticanRadio
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said on
Wednesday the experience of the Magi
urges us not to settle for mediocrity and
nottoscrapealivingbutinsteadexamine
with passion the great mystery of life. He
also said the Magi teach us to recognize
the majesty in humility and learn how to
knee in front of it. The Popes comments
cameduringhisAngelusaddresstothecrowdsgatheredinSt.Peter'sSquareon
thefeastoftheEpiphany.
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PopeFrancissaidthegospelaccountoftheMagiwhocamefromafartoworship
theBabyJesusgivesanairofuniversalitytothefeastoftheEpiphany.Hesaid
theChurchhasalwaysseeninherselftheimageofallhumanityandthroughthis
feast wishes, as it were, to guide, with respect, every man and woman of this
worldtowardstheChildJesuswhowasborntosaveusall.
The Pope explained that both the Magi and the shepherds who came to pay
homagetotheChristChildteachusthatinordertomeetJesusweneedtoraise
oureyestowardstheskyandnotbebentoverourselvesandourownegoism"but
insteadhaveourheartsandourmindsopentothehorizonofGod.
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PopeAngelus:Dontscrapealiving&settleformediocrity

JustastheMagiexperiencedagreatjoywhenseeingthestarinthesky,itisalso
a great consolation for us, said the Pope, to feel we are being guided and not
abandonedtoourowndestinies.TheexperienceoftheMagi,hecontinued,isan
appeal for us not to settle for mediocrity and not to scrape a living but instead
seekthesenseofthingsandtoexaminewithpassionthegreatmysteryoflife.
Pope Francis said it also teaches us to not to be scandalized by the smallness
and poverty but to recognize the majesty in humility and learn how to knee in
frontofit.
In further remarks after the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis
expressed his spiritual closeness to our brothers and sisters of the Christian
Orient, Catholics and Orthodox many of whom celebrate Christmas on January
7th,sayinghewishedthempeaceandhappiness.
ThePopenotedthattheEpiphanyisalsotheChurchsWorldDayofMissionary
Childhood and explained that this is the feast day for children who with their
prayersandsacrifice"helptheirmoreneedypeersbybecomingmissionariesand
witnessesofbrotherhoodandsharing.
(fromVaticanRadio)

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