He's the best pope I've ever known for my life. We all know that Pope John Paul II is now a saint, but for me Pope Francis or Papa Francesco is a living saint in our generation. I love him so much.
If you are to ask on what is Pope Francis' affection or greatest impact to me? Well it was his presence and messages to us.
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| Pope Francis when he was 13 years old. |
He gave us the 10 New Year's Resolution for everybody. Number one is don't gossip. Many of us always want to talk about anybody's life and sometimes, we just want to gossip about them, to criticize their way of living. Sometimes we just fake a story about them to have a hot topic and to talk about it. Number two is to finish our meals. People always want to cook as many as they can like they don't worry about the amount of food cooked. Then after cooking, we can eat the food but sometimes, we mostly throw away those left overs. I think we should think about it, many people and other poor people beg for food but how about us? We're just WASTING and BRAGGING those food or god's graces that many people wanted to have. Number 3 is making time for others. Sometimes we're always having time only for ourselves. In that way, we're becoming selfish because we don't let our own effort to benefit other people. Number four is to choose more humble purchase. Many people always want to buy things that can beat other people's purchase or things, in other case, they're being boastful. Number five is meet the poor in the flesh. When we say "in the flesh" for me it means that you need to meet those people with your heart open and not just being fraud. Number six is to stop judging others. This marked my head. In my mind, I always judge people though they're not even accompanying me or sometimes other people judge me in a different way and vice versa. This is also for other people who had judged or being judged. Number 7 is 'be friend to those who disagree. I hate it when people always hatred you because they don't like the thing you'd said. But Jesus became a very humble person like he accept all the punishments that we are about to receive. So we should try to think about it. Number eight is to make commitments, such as marriage. Not just in marriage, but also in different relationships and promises. Number 8 is to make it a habit to ask Lord. I am alwaya
doing this, people said "make a wish and he will grant it". It always happen but we should have patience and we all know that God is the best guide for us. And Number ten is to be happy. Being happy is not easy. Sometimes we always pretend to be happy. I think we should be happy all the time, not just being pretentious but deep inside our hearts.
This was his New Year's resolution when he's telling his homily in the UST or Quirino grandstand I think. I really appreciated those phrases because I know that I will help me in the future. I'm so thankful to God because he use Pope Francis as his instrument for us.
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