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help
.
And
we
too
,
because
of
this
,
we
feel
more
like
brothers
and
sisters
because
we
helped
each
other
.
This
is
what
comes
from
my
heart
.
Forgive
me
if
I
have
no
other
words
to
express
myself
.
Please
know
that
Jesus
never
lets
you
down
.
Know
that
the
tenderness
of
Mary
never
lets
you
down
.
And
holding
onto
her
mantle
and
with
the
power
that
cones
from
Jesus

love
on
the
cross
,
let
us
move
forward
and
walk
together
as
brothers
and
sisters
in
the
Lord
.
Thank
you
very
much
.

 

Pope
Francis
Undelivered
homily
,
Tacloban
Mass

What
words
of
consolation
we
have
just
heard
!
Once
again
,
we
have
been
told
that
Jesus
Christ
is
the
Son
of
God
,
our
Savior
,
our
high
priest
who
brings
us
mercy
,
grace
and
help
in
all
our
needs
(
cf
.
Heb
4:14-16).
He
heals
our
wounds
,
he
forgives
our
sins
,
and
he
calls
us
,
as
he
did
Saint
Matthew
(
cf
.
Mk
2:14),
to
be
his
disciples
.
Let
us
praise
him
for
his
love
,
his
mercy
and
his
compassion
.
Let
us
praise
our
great
God
!
I
thank
the
Lord
Jesus
that
we
can
be
together
this
morning
.
I
have
come
to
be
with
you
,
in
this
city
which
was
ravaged
by
Typhoon
Yolanda
fourteen
months
ago
.
I
bring
to
you
the
love
of
a
father
,
the
prayers
of
the
entire
Church
,
the
promise
that
you
are
not
forgotten
as
you
continue
to
rebuild
.
Here
,
the
strongest
storm
ever
recorded
on
earth
was
overcome
by
the
strongest
force
in
the
universe
:
God

s
love
.
We
are
here
this
morning
to
bear
witness
to
that
love
,
to
its
power
to
transform
death
and
destruction
into
life
and
community
.
Christ

s
resurrection
,
which
we
celebrate
at
this
Mass
,
is
our
hope
and
a
reality
which
we
experience
even
now
.
We
know
that
the
resurrection
comes
only
after
the
cross
,
the
cross
which
you
have
borne
with
faith
,
dignity
and
God
-
given
strength
.
We
come
together
above
all
to
pray
for
those
who
died
,
those
who
are
still
missing
and
those
who
were
injured
.
We
lift
up
to
God
the
souls
of
the
dead
,
our
mothers
,
fathers
,
sons
and
daughters
,
family
,
friends
and
neighbors
.
We
can
be
confident
that
,
in
coming
into
the
presence
of
God
,
they
have
encountered
mercy
and
peace
(
cf
.
Heb
4:16).
There
remains
much
sadness
because
of
their
absence
.
For
you
who
knew
and
loved
them

and
love
them
still

the
pain
of
losing
them
is
real
.
But
let
us
look
with
the
eyes
of
faith
to
the
future
.
Our
sadness
is
a
seed
which
will
one
day
bear
fruit
in
the
joy
which
our
Lord
has
promised
to
those
who
trust
in
his
words
: “
Blessed
are
you
who
mourn
,
for
you
will
be
comforted
” (
cf
.
Mt
5:4).
We
have
also
come
together
this
morning
to
give
thanks
to
God
for
his
help
in
time
of
need
.
God
has
been
your
strength
in
these
very
difficult
months
.
There
has
been
great
loss
of
life
,
suffering
,
and
destruction
.
Yet
we
are
still
able
to
gather
and
to
thank
him
.
We
know
that
he
cares
for
us
,
that
in
Jesus
his
Son
,
we
have
a
high
priest
who
is
able
to
sympathize
with
us
(
cf
.
Heb
4:15),
who
suffers
with
us
.
God

s
com
-
passion
,
his
suffering
with
us
,
gives
eternal
meaning
and
value
to
our
struggles
.
Your
desire
to
thank
him
for
every
grace
and
blessing
,
even
when
you
have
lost
so
much
,
is
not
only
a
triumph
of
the
resilience
and
strength
of
the
Filipino
people
;
it
is
also
a
sign
of
God

s
goodness
,
his
closeness
,
his
tenderness
,
his
saving
power
.
We
also
give
thanks
to
Almighty
God
for
so
much
that
has
been
done
to
help
,
to
rebuild
,
to
assist
in
these
months
of
unprecedented
need
.
I
think
in
the
first
place
of
those
who
welcomed
and
housed
the
great
number
of
displaced
families
,
elderly
,
and
youth
.
How
hard
it
is
to
flee
one

s
home
and
livelihood
!
We
thank
those
who
have
taken
care
of
the
homeless
,
the
orphaned
and
the
destitute
.
Priests
,
and
men
and
women
religious
,
gave
as
much
as
they
could
.
To
those

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