We follow Jesus and therefore have hope in things not yet seen. Pope Leo XIV said this during the Jubilee Audience on Saturday, October 25, and encouraged the faithful to walk side by side with all mankind.
(Vatican News Network)In a time full of questions, we don’t have all the answers, but we do have Jesus. Pope Leo XIV hosted a Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, October 25, and used the writings of Cardinal Nicola Cusano to expound hope.
At 10 a.m. that day, the pilgrims gathered in the square first listened to passages from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans. The Apostle Paul wrote: “For we are saved by hope. If we hope for what we have seen, it is no longer hope; who hopes for what we see? But if we hope for what we do not see, we must wait patiently” (Romans 8:24-25).
The Pope clarified that “we have the hope of salvation, but our eyes are not adapted to it,” so the Risen Lord began to train our eyesight before he ascended to heaven. “In fact, things are not as they seem: love has triumphed, even though there are still many oppositions before our eyes, and we see many conflicts between those who disagree.” The Pope thus referred to the 15th-century Cardinal Cusano, who is little known today, saying: “He will teach us that hope is also the same as ‘not knowing’.”
The cardinal lived at a time when the tide of division and opposition between East and West meant that he “lost sight of the unity of the Church” and that he also “lost sight of world peace and harmonious coexistence among religions.” As a papal diplomat, he traveled frequently, but also prayed and meditated, so “his writings are full of light.” He speaks of “learned ignorance” and his hero is a fool. This “ordinary person who has never read a book asks a very basic question to a highly educated person, putting their confidence in crisis.”
“The same is true today in the Church,” said the Pope. “How many questions put our teaching at risk! The questions of young people, the questions of the poor, the questions of women, the questions of those who are silent or condemned because they are different from the majority. We live in a blessed age: there are so many questions! If the Church walks with the world, with people’s questions echoing in their hearts, then the Church becomes an expert on human nature.”
For this reason, the Pope emphasized, “we do not have the answers to all our questions, but we have Jesus. We follow Jesus. Therefore, we put our hope in the unknown.” The Pope finally encouraged everyone to move forward step by step. “This is not only the journey of the Church, but also the path of all mankind, the path of hope.”
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