Pope Francis in the Philippines (5 page)

ready
to
go
beyond
your
homes
and
to
care
for
our
brothers
and
sisters
who
are
most
in
need
.
I
ask
you
especially
to
show
concern
for
those
who
do
not
have
a
family
of
their
own
,
in
particular
those
who
are
elderly
and
children
without
parents
.
Never
let
them
feel
isolated
,
alone
and
abandoned
,
but
help
them
to
know
that
God
has
not
forgotten
them
.
You
may
be
poor
yourselves
in
material
ways
,
but
you
have
an
abundance
of
gifts
to
offer
when
you
offer
Christ
and
the
community
of
his
Church
.
Do
not
hide
your
faith
,
do
not
hide
Jesus
,
but
carry
him
into
the
world
and
offer
the
witness
of
your
family
life
!
Dear
friends
in
Christ
,
know
that
I
pray
for
you
always
!
I
pray
that
the
Lord
may
continue
to
deepen
your
love
for
him
,
and
that
this
love
may
manifest
itself
in
your
love
for
one
another
and
for
the
Church
.
Pray
often
and
take
the
fruits
of
your
prayer
into
the
world
,
that
all
may
know
Jesus
Christ
and
his
merciful
love
.
Please
pray
also
for
me
,
for
I
truly
need
your
prayers
and
will
depend
on
them
always
!

I
prefer
today
to
speak
in
Spanish
.
I
have
a
translator
,
a
good
translator
.
May
I
do
it
? [
crowd
responds
‘
yes
’]
Thank
you
very
much
.
(
As
delivered
by
the
Pope
'
s
translator
,
Msgr
Mark
Gerard
Miles
.)
We
have
a
high
priest
who
is
capable
of
sympathizing
with
our
weaknesses
.
Jesus
is
like
us
.
Jesus
lived
like
us
and
is
the
same
us
in
every
respect
,
except
sin
because
he
was
not
a
sinner
.
But
to
be
more
like
us
he
assumed
our
condition
and
our
sin
.
He
made
himself
into
sin
.
This
is
what
St
Paul
tells
us
.
And
Jesus
always
goes
before
us
and
when
we
pass
an
experience
,
a
cross
,
he
passed
there
before
us
.
And
if
today
we
find
ourselves
here
14
months
afterwards
, 14
months
precisely
after
the
Typhoon
Yolanda
hit
,
it
is
because
we
have
the
security
of
knowing
we
will
not
weaken
in
our
faith
because
Jesus
has
been
here
before
us
.
In
his
Passion
he
assumed
all
our
pain
.
Therefore
he
is
capable
of
understanding
us
,
as
we
heard
in
the
first
reading
.
I
’
d
like
to
tell
you
something
close
to
my
heart
.
When
I
saw
from
Rome
that
catastrophe
I
had
to
be
here
.
And
on
those
very
days
I
decided
to
come
here
.
I
am
here
to
be
with
you
–
a
little
bit
late
,
but
I
’
m
here
.
I
have
come
to
tell
you
that
Jesus
is
Lord
.
And
he
never
lets
us
down
.
Father
–
you
might
say
to
me
–
I
was
let
down
because
I
have
lost
so
many
things
,
my
house
,
my
livelihood
.
It
’
s
true
if
you
say
that
and
I
respect
those
sentiments
.
But
Jesus
is
there
,
nailed
to
the
cross
,
and
from
there
he
does
not
let
us
down
.
He
was
consecrated
as
Lord
on
that
throne
and
there
he
experienced
all
the
calamities
that
we
experience
.
Jesus
is
Lord
.
And
the
Lord
from
the
cross
is
there
for
you
.
In
everything
the
same
as
us
.
That
is
why
we
have
a
Lord
who
cries
with
us
and
walks
with
us
in
the
most
difficult
moments
of
life
.
So
many
of
you
have
lost
everything
.
I
don
’
t
know
what
to
say
to
you
.
But
the
Lord
does
know
what
to
say
to
you
.
Some
of
you
have
lost
part
of
your
families
.
All
I
can
do
is
keep
silence
and
walk
with
you
all
with
my
silent
heart
.
Many
of
you
have
asked
the
Lord
–
why
lord
?
And
to
each
of
you
,
to
your
heart
,
Christ
responds
with
his
heart
from
the
cross
.
I
have
no
more
words
for
you
.
Let
us
look
to
Christ
.
He
is
the
Lord
.
He
understands
us
because
he
underwent
all
the
trials
that
we
,
that
you
,
have
experienced
.
And
beside
the
cross
was
his
Mother
.
We
are
like
a
little
child
in
the
moments
when
we
have
so
much
pain
and
no
longer
understand
anything
.
All
we
can
do
is
grab
hold
of
her
hand
firmly
and
say
“
Mommy
” –
like
a
child
does
when
it
is
afraid
.
It
is
perhaps
the
only
words
we
can
say
in
difficult
times
– “
Mommy
”.
Let
us
respect
a
moment
of
silence
together
and
look
to
Christ
on
the
cross
.
He
understands
us
because
he
endured
everything
.
Let
us
look
to
our
Mother
and
,
like
a
little
child
,
let
us
hold
onto
her
mantle
and
with
a
true
heart
say
– “
Mother
”.
In
silence
,
tell
your
Mother
what
you
feel
in
your
heart
.
Let
us
know
that
we
have
a
Mother
,
Mary
,
and
a
great
Brother
,
Jesus
.
We
are
not
alone
.
We
also
have
many
brothers
who
in
this
moment
of
catastrophe
came
to