Pope: When your heart is hard you cannot understand God's mercy - Independent Catholic News

Pope: When your heart is hard you cannot understand God's mercy - Independent Catholic News: Jesus asks each one of us directly: 'are you with me or against me?' - Pope Francis said during Mass at Casa Santa Marta on Thursday morning. Admitting that we are sinners, open ourselves unconditionally to God's mercy, and being able to ask for forgiveness is the first step in a decisive response to that question, he said. At the beginning of the first reading, Francis noted, the prophet Jeremiah (7:23-28), 'reminds us of God's pact with his people: 'Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people.

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