In this Missionary Month, said Pope Francis, “the Lord is also calling you”, fathers and mothers of families, young people. “You, who work in a factory, a store, a bank or a restaurant; you who are unemployed; you are in a hospital bed… The Lord is asking you to be a gift wherever you are, and just as you are, with everyone around you”. 

The Lord is asking you “not simply to go through life, but to give life”, said the Pope, “not to complain about life, but to share in the tears of all who suffer”.

“The Lord will not leave you alone in bearing witness”, concluded Pope Francis. “You will discover that the Holy Spirit has gone before you and prepared the way for you. Courage!”