The famous episode of Jesus' visit to the house of Martha and Mary, told by St. Luke reminds us that man must work, engage in domestic and professional tasks, but above all needs to listen to God who is the inner light of love and Truth. Addressing the faithful from the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, before the Angelus prayer, the Pope said, it is the heart of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere and as such a period of vacation. And the message that the Gospel passage gives us today is that without love, even the most important activities loose their value and give no joy. Without a deeper meaning, all actions are reduced to sterile and unruly activism. "Therefore we must learn to help each other, to cooperate, but before everything else, to choose together the better part, which is and will always be our greatest asset."

The famous episode of Jesus' visit to the house of Martha and Mary, told by St. Luke reminds us that man must work, engage in domestic and professional tasks, but above all needs to listen to God...leggi tutto