𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨

Why go to Mass on Sunday? Certainly not just to follow a ritual.

𝐀𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.”

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬,” 𝐰𝐡𝐨 “𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

This is how Pope Francis begins the video with the prayer intention for July, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, with the help of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬, “𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐬.”
𝐁𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 “𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.”
Let us join the Pope in prayer so that “Catholics place at the center of their lives the Eucharistic Celebration.”