Rejoice, Rise Up and Persevere, Pope Francis’s Verbs for Cubans

Rejoice, Rise Up and Persevere, Pope Francis's Verbs for Cubans / 14ymedio
Posted on September 12, 2014

14ymedio, Havana, 9 September 2014 – A letter sent by Pope Francis to
Cubans has highlighted three verbs he invites pastors and the faithful
to put into practice. On the occasion of the Feast of the Virgin of
Charity of Cobre—our Cachita—this Monday, 8 September, the Bishop of
Rome has urged us to rejoice, rise up and persevere. The message seems
full of clues and enigmas to solve.
The Holy Father, for example, has emphasized, "What joy the authentic
soul feels in daily events, and not in the empty words that abound,
blown away with the wind." Pope Bergoglio has also called us to rise up,
but "not about the big things, rather in everything you do, with
tenderness and mercy. María was always with her people caring for the
little ones. She knew loneliness, poverty and exile," allusions also
emphasized with the verb persevere.

The message takes as its context the widespread pilgrimages that have
occurred on the Island for the Feast of Cachita. To the yellow flowers,
the promises kept and the acts of faith, we now add the Pope's words,
which have been shared publicly in churches throughout the country.

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