He Pope Leo XIV He confirmed that Elderly people They “first witnesses of hope” and called society To “release“From” La loneliness And refusal“For the elderly and“ work to change that restore their assessments and affection, ”in a message published on Thursday, July 10.
We are designed to live with them by liberation, especially loneliness and abandonment. This is the right time for this, ”said dad in relation to the anniversary year of 2025 in his message for V of World Grandmother and Elders This will take place on July 27.
The American and Peruvian pontiff stood out in their message that the “increase” of the number of elderly people should be read as a “sign of time” in order to “read the story” before indicating that the anniversary is an opportunity to restore respect and dignity to older people.
Leo XIV insisted that love and prayer are gifts that can be cultivated at any age: “Nothing can prevent us from love, giving us, being for each other, in faith, the luminous signs of hope,” he wrote, referring to the words of the late Pope Francis after his last hospitalization.
If “it is true that the fragility of older people needs the energy of young people, it is also true that the inexperience of young people needs an evidence of the elderly to the wisdom of the future,” he said, mentioning the “beautiful heritage” of the elderly.
“How often our grandparents were an example of faith and devotion, civilian dignity and social obligations, memory and perseverance in evidence! This is a wonderful heritage that gave us with hope and love will always be the reason for gratitude and consistency, ”he said.
Society “is used too often to allow such an important and rich part of its fabric to be marginalized and forgotten”, and before that, “it is necessary to change the rhythm, which indicates an assumption of responsibility by the whole church.”
“Each parish, association, church group is called to become the main character of the“ revolution ”of gratitude and care, and this must be done by visiting the elderly, creating for them and with them supports networks and prayer, intertwined relations that can give hope and dignity to those who feel forgotten,” he said.
He also recalled that those who could not pilgrimage to Rome during the anniversary will be able to get anniversary condescension, visiting the elderly, “as a pilgrimage of Christ present in them.”
And he recalled that the Holy Scriptures are full of examples of elderly people, called for the fulfillment of fundamental missions, such as Abraham, Sarah, Moses or Zakaris, emphasizing that “in the eyes of the god of old age is a time of blessing and grace.”
With information EFE
