During Palm Sunday, Pope Francis demonstrated his resilience despite recent health challenges by making an unexpected wheelchair journey through St. Peter's Square, where he greeted the crowd with warmth and kindness. In his homily, delivered by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, he called on the faithful to embody compassion, particularly during Holy Week, urging them to lift up those suffering around them. He vividly illustrated that the passion of Jesus transforms into active compassion, prompting everyone to embrace one another's burdens and reflect on the shared path of redemption.
"When we see the multitude of men and women who hate and violence throw on the way to Calvary, let us remember that God transforms this way into a place of redemption, because he walked it by giving his life for us..."
"The passion of Jesus becomes compassion when we reach out our hand to those who can no longer bear it, when we lift up those who have fallen..."
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