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July 30: Day by Day with Father Bill

FRIDAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

from Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus, July 18, 2021

…Jesus invites His disciples to rest a bit with Him on their own. It is not only physical rest, but also rest for the heart. For it is not enough to unplug ourselves, we need to truly rest. And how do we do this? To do so, we must return to the heart of things: to stop, to remain in silence, to pray so as not to go from the frenzy of work to the frenzy of times of relaxation. Jesus did not neglect the needs of the crowd, but each day, before anything else, he would withdraw in prayer, in silence, in intimacy with the Father. His tender invitation – rest a while – should accompany us. Let us beware, brothers and sisters, of efficiency, let us put a halt to the frantic running around dictated by our agendas. Let us learn how to take a break, to turn off the mobile phone, to contemplate nature, to regenerate ourselves in dialogue with God.