In times of trouble
our lament becomes a prayer, but we must make pains to not
overdramatise our complaints and remember those who are
experiencing "great tragedies", Pope Francis said on Tuesday.
"I have often listened to people who are experiencing
difficult and painful situations, who have lost a great deal or
feel lonely and abandoned and they come to complain and ask
these questions: Why? Why? They rebel against God," the Pope
told faithful gathered for Mass at the St Martha guesthouse in
the Vatican where he has been living since being elected to
replace Benedict XVI in March 2013.
"And I say, 'Continue to pray just like this, because this
is a prayer'. It was a prayer when Jesus said to his father:
'Why have You forsaken me!'" Francis went on.
However, he invited Christians when experiencing these
moments to think of "the great tragedies, for example, of these
brothers and sisters of ours who because they are Christians
were driven out of their homes and left with nothing".
"Our life is too easy, our complaints are overdramatised,"
the pope added.
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