On Good Friday, the Liturgy of the Passion was celebrated in the Basilica of Saint Peter, presided over by the Pope's delegate Francis Prefect of the Dykasteria for Eastern Churches Cardinal Claudio Ggerotti. The vice president was present USA JD Vance with his wife Usha and three children.
For the first time Such a high -ranking representative of the US authorities participated in this service in the Vatican. The vice president is a practicing Catholic.
The homily was delivered by the Papal House Father Roberto Pasolini, who said: On Good Friday, the church stops in adoration and contemplates not God's failure, but his mysterious Triumph in a paradoxical form, this cross. “
– In our time, so rich in new intelligence – artificial, computing, predictable – the mystery of the Passion and the death of Christ offers us Another type of intelligenceI: The intelligence of the cross that does not calculate, but loves, does not optimize, but offers himself – he emphasized.
Good Friday in the Vatican. “Rely on God with confidence”
The preacher then explained: It is not artificial intelligence, but deeply rational, because completely open to God and to others.
– In a world where it seems that algorithms suggest what to want, what to think and even who to be, The cross returns the freedom of authentic choicebased not on performance, but on love – said Pasolini's father.
“In the moments when our lives stops because of a painful sudden event, a serious illness, crisis in relationships, we can also try rely on God with trust” – he noted.
The preacher explained: When pain, fatigue, loneliness or fear we have a temptation to close, stiff, pretend to be self -sufficiency. But this is where it opens space for more true lovewhich is not imposed but allows you to help.
As he noted, that this would be possible, you have to “give up pride, but also any illusion that we can save ourselves.” It should be said, accepting the need not as a weakness that must be hidden, but as the truth to accept.
Pasolina's father expressed the opinion that nowadays, “marked by the myth of the result and the idol of individualism succumbed to the spell” It's hard to admit your failureand in moments of weakness people “They clench their teeth In the hope of a quick way out of the situation, felt solely as a prison. “
He emphasized: We Christians choose the way of the cross as The only possible direction of our lives.
Rome. Way of the Cross in the Colosseum. Pope Francis wrote considerations
At 21.15 The Way of the Cross began in the Colosseumled by the vicar of Rome Cardinal Baldassare Reina. The considerations read at subsequent stations were written by the Pope, undergoing convalescence after a serious illness.
Thousands of people gathered around the ancient amphitheater. The cross at 14 Via Crucis stations is carried by Cardinal Reina, youth, families, representatives of Caritas, nuns, teachers, people with disabilities, volunteers of the Holy Year, migrants, health care staff.