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Greeting pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican for his weekly audience, Pope Francis spoke about how apostolic zeal is the"very oxygen" of Christian life and the measure of the Church's spiritual health. The theme, apostolic zeal, marked the start of a new series of catecheses for his weekly audience.
Beginning with the Gospel episode of the call of the Apostle Matthew, Pope Francis described it as an"eloquent example" of Jesus who with"eyes of mercy" called Matthew to be his disciple. Matthew, a tax collector for the Roman empire, the occupier of Palestine at that time, would have been considered a collaborator or traitor of the people then, but Jesus shows him that every man and woman is loved by God, the Pope explained.
The Pope then suggested we ask ourselves how we look upon others and whether we see only other people's faults and label them, rather than having an open and merciful heart, trying to understand who they are and their situation and needs.The gaze of Jesus in calling Matthew leads to his rising up and leaving his tax office to follow Him.
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