Vatican City, Dec 11, 2013 / 05:11 am
In his general audience Pope Francis reflected that the reality of the Final Judgment allows us to trust in God even if we are afraid, emphasizing also that our judgment begins each day through the way we live.
"Dear brothers and sisters, reflecting on the final judgment – despite that it instinctively raises a certain fear in us – gives elements of comfort and trust," the Pope said in his Dec. 11 Wednesday audience.
The Pope's weekly discourse was given to the thousands of pilgrims who flocked to Saint Peter's Square in order to hear the pontiff speak.
Turning to the final article in the Creed in which believers proclaim their belief in "in life everlasting," Pope Francis stated that "at Christ's coming in glory as judge of the living and the dead, we will be held accountable before God for the good we have done or failed to do in this life."