(Vatican City, March 2, 2021). The Pope Video for March seeks to highlight the joy that the sacrament of reconciliation brings, and reminds us that it’s a loving and merciful encounter between God and ourselves.
It’s a message full of hope, in which he invites us to rediscover the power of personal renewal that the sacrament of confession has in our life. “Let us pray that we may experience the sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the forgiveness and infinite mercy of God,” Francis asks. This month’s video opens with the Pope himself going to confession, “in order to be healed, to heal my soul.”
“Jesus waits for us, listens to us and forgives us”
“In the heart of God, we come before our mistakes,” says the Holy Father in The Pope Video, highlighting once more the power God’s love has over our being and action. Receiving this sacrament isn’t a matter of standing before a judge, but of going to a loving encounter with a Father who receives us and always forgives us. “The center of confession is not the sins we declare, but the divine love we receive, of which we are always in need,” Francis adds. And this love comes before all else, before our mistakes, the rules, judgments and failings.