Vatican City, Nov 4, 2007 / 11:02 am
While presiding over the Angelus prayer this Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that love, acting in the human heart, is the force that renews the world.
The Pontiff commented that the Gospel, the passage of Zacchaeus, reminds us that Jesus called him from the tree saying: “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house." (Lk 19:5).
"What a message in that simple phrase,” exclaimed the Holy Father. "Jesus calls on his behalf to a man despised by all. Today, yes, right now is for him the moment of the salvation”.
He continued, because of the Father, rich in mercy, Jesus wants to ‘seek and to save what was lost’; the Pope explained. “Once again the Gospel says to us that the love, from the heart of God and operating through the heart of the man, is the force that renews the world”.