Santiago, Chile, Jan 16, 2018 / 06:33 am
On his first full day in Chile, Pope Francis told Catholics in the country that the Beatitudes aren't just a simple piece of advice from someone who purports to know everything, but are a source of hope which impels people to leave their comfort zone and follow the path given by Jesus.
"The Beatitudes are not the fruit of a hypercritical attitude or the 'cheap words' of those who think they know it all yet are unwilling to commit themselves to anything or anyone," the Pope said Jan. 16.
People with this attitude, he said, "end up preventing any chance of generating processes of change and reconstruction in our communities and in our lives."
The Beatitudes, then, "are born of a merciful heart that never loses hope. A heart that experiences hope as a new day, a casting out of inertia, a shaking off of weariness and negativity," he said.