Prayer and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing presided over by Pope Francis

now date or Jesus Christus praised be Jesus Christ this is a live broadcast coming to you from Saint Peter's Square shortly our Holy Father will be presiding over a prayer service imploring our Lord to end the corona virus pandemic which is now scourging the entire world he announced this special prayer service during his Angelus address this past Sunday and it will take place here on the steps or the sagrada of st. peter's basilica without the presence of anyone in the square from wherever you are joining us i would like to thank you for joining us in having accepted the Holy Fathers invitation to join him in this prayer I welcome you to this broadcast wherever you may be joining us however you may be joining us many of you through vatican media vatican news vatican radio channels to those of you joining us through Catholic TV Shalom world TV salt and light TV EWTN Catholic faith network sirius XM radio net TV and relevant radio and many many more of you are joining us through other radio stations and internet sites throughout the world as you can see it's raining we see now the the place set up on the sagrada where our holy father will preside over this celebration we've also been seeing two sacred images that have been brought here on the occasion our Holy Father visited both of them on the 15th of March imploring Our Lady and our Lord to take away the scourge of the coronavirus what we are looking at right now is the miraculous crucifix from the Church of son marchello or Saint Marcel on the Via del Corso in Rome it's considered to be one of the most realistic crucifixes in the city it most likely was created in the 15th century it survived a fire the church was completely burnt to the ground but this crucifix remained untouched and the a candle was also found in the ruins at the feet still burning a candle still burning after the church was destroyed by fire this same crucifix was carried through the streets of Rome during the the plague the Great Plague and it made its way over 16 days to st. Peter's Cathedral and as it stayed in various neighborhoods the plague gradually receded and the plague entirely disappeared when the crucifix returned to its home in st. in San March alone the church on the via del corso since 1600 this this crucifix has been carried in procession from the church to st. Peter's Basilica during the holy years the names of the popes who called those holy years are inscribed on the back of the crucifix and john paul ii embraced this cross during the Jubilee year in the year 2000 on the the day when he asked a day of forgiveness in the Jubilee year 2000 the other icon that of Our Lady Salus populi Romani it was just cleaned and refurbished and our holy father celebrated a special Mass when it was put back into the Basilica I believe last year our Holy Father announced this special prayer service as I said during the Angelus this past Sunday he said I invite everyone to participate spiritually through the means of communication we will listen to the Word of God he said we will lift up our supplication we will adorn the Blessed Sacrament with which at the end I will give the or be at or be blessing - which will be connected the possibility of receiving the plenary indulgence our Holy Father now climbing the stairs in the rain without even an umbrella making his way toward the platform that's been constructed here and senior Marini now helping him climb the stairs and we prepare ourselves now to enter into this most sacred moment there are millions of people joining all over the world together to pray at this moment for the end of the corona virus pandemic we pray the only pertinent a missile adios water an ostrich or Condit's you confortable she'll be happy the appellee he knows record on appearance percussion piano inmates oh no the two upper sensitive palate Becky Stowe no senior Almighty and merciful God our holy father prayed behold our sorrowful condition comfort your children and open our hearts to hope so that we might feel your fatherly presence from the Gospel according to mark on that day as evening drew on he said to them let us cross to the other side leaving the crowd they took with him they took him with them in the boat just as he was and other boats who were with him a violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat so that it was already filling up was in the stern asleep on a cushion they woke him and said to him teacher do you not care that we are perishing he woke up rebuked the wind and said to the sea quiet be still the wind ceased and there was great calm and he asked them why are you terrified do you not yet have faith they were filled with great awe and said to one another who then is this even wind obey [Music] Manute al-asiri Cocinita evangelio que vemos halted when evening had come the gospel passage we have just heard begins like this for weeks now it has been evening thick darkness has gathered over our squares our streets and our cities taking over our lives filling everything with a deafening science and a distressing void that stops everything as it passes by we feel it in the air we notice in people's gestures their glances give them away we find ourselves afraid and lost like the disciples in the gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected turbulence storm we have realized that we are on the same boat all of us fragile and disoriented important but at the same time important and needed all of us called to row together each of us in need of comforting the other all of us are on this boat just like those disciples who spoke anxiously with one voice saying we are perishing that we cannot go on thinking of ourselves but only together can we do this if I see the little virgin questura canto well okay respond today featured a cappella testamental digital meant a disciple is easy to recognize ourselves in this story what is harder to understand is Jesus added well his disciples are quite naturally alarmed and desperate he stands in the stern in the part of the boat that sinks first and what does he do in spite of the tempest he sleeps on soundly trusting in the father this is the only time in the Gospels we see Jesus sleeping when he wakes up after calming the wind and the waters he turns to the disciples in a reproaching voice why are you afraid have you no faith sir chiamo the comprehending inky Cossack insisted among cansada faded let's try to understand then what does the lack of just of the disciples faith consist as contrasted with Jesus trusting they had not stopped believing in him in fact they called on him but we see how they call on him teacher do you not care if we perish do you not care Benson okay just to see this interested alluro they think that Jesus is not interested in them does not care about them but one of the things that hurts us and our families most is when we hear it said do you not care about me it's a phrase that wounds and unleashes storms in our hearts it would have shaken Jesus - because he more than anyone cares about us indeed once they have called on him he saves his disciples from their discouragement the tempest this muscular nostra wooden Arab Aleta exposes our vulnerability and uncovers those false and superfluous certainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules our projects our habits and priorities have it shows us how we have allowed ourselves to become dull and feeble the very things that nourish sustain and strengthen our lives and our communities The Tempest lays bare all our prepackaged ideas and forgetfulness of what nourishes our people's souls all those attempts anesthetize with ways of thinking and acting that supposedly save us but instead proved incapable of putting us in touch with our roots in keeping alive the memory of those who have gone before us we deprive ourselves of the antibodies we need to confront adversity the facade of those stereotypes with which we camouflage our egos always worrying about our image has fallen away and covering once more last common belonging of which we cannot be deprived our belonging as brothers and sisters Buddha why are you afraid have you yet no faith she called peace she ignored your word this evening strikes and regards all of us in this world that you love more than we do we have gone ahead at breakneck speed feeling powerful and able to do anything greedy for profit we let ourselves get caught up in things and lured away by hate we have not stopped before your approach to us we were not shaken awake by borås our injustice across the nor did we listen to the cry of the poor or of our gravely ailing planet we carried on regardless thinking we would stay healthy in a world that was sick now that we are in a stormy sea we implore you wake up Lord why are you afraid have you yet no faiths see ot she rewards you not paid or not paid what a failure Lord you are calling to us calling us to faith which is not so much believing that you exist but coming to you and trusting in you this lent your call reverberates urgently be converted return to me with all your heart calling us to cease this time of trial as a time of choosing a moment of decision it is not the time of your judgment but of our judgement time to choose what matters and what passes over you the time to separate what is necessary from what is not it is a time to get our lives back on track with regard to you Lord and to others we cannot choose so many exemplary companions for the journey who even though fearful have reacted by giving their lives this is the force of the Spirit poured out and fashioned and courageous and generous self-denial it is the life in the spirit that can redeem value and demonstrate how our lives are woven together and sustained by ordinary people often forgotten people who do not appear on the front page of newspapers and magazines nor on that grand catwalks at the latest show without any doubt are in these fairy days writing the decisive events of our time doctors nurses Supermarket employees cleaners caregivers providers of transport law and order enforcement personnel volunteers priests religious men and women and so very many others who have understood that no one reaches salvation by themselves in the face of so much suffering where the authentic development of our peoples is assessed we experience the priestly prayer of Jesus that they may all be one how many people everyday are exercising patience and offering or you know taking out here too so not to panic but shared responsibility how many fathers mothers showing our children in small everyday gestures how to face up to and navigate a crisis by adjusting their routines lifting their gaze and fostering prayer one person even how many are grain offering and interceding for the good of all prayer and quiet service these are our victorious weapons Pirkei Avot Baroda why are you have you yet no faith you need to that offense is bhishan Yoshida salvage phase begins when we realize we are in need of salvation we are not self-sufficient by ourselves we found her we need the Lord like ancient navigators needed the Stars let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them like the disciples we will experience that with him on board there will be no shipwreck because this is God's strength turning to the good well everything that happens to us even the bad thing he brings serenity into our storms because with God life never dies Missy or a king Terry Pegula don't know what asks us and in the midst of our tempest invites us to reawaken and put into practice that solidarity and hope capable of giving strength support in Rimini to these hours when everything seems to be floundering the Lord awakens so as to reawaken and revive our Easter Fame we have an anchor by his cross we have been saved we have a rudder by his cross we have been redeemed we have a hope that's well Croce July his cross we have been healed and embrace so that nothing and no one can separate us from his redeeming love in May saw the Salomon tonal quality the isolation when we are suffering from a lack of 10 Ernest and opportunities to meet up and we experienced the loss of so many things let us once again listen to the proclamation at save sense he is risen and is living by our side Socorro the Lord asks us from his cross to rediscover the life that awaits us towards those who look to us to strengthen recognize and foster the grace that lives within us and it's not quench the wavering flame that never falters and let us allow hope to be rekindled embracing his cross means finding the courage to embrace all the hardships of the present time abandoning for a moment our eagerness for power and possessions in order to make room for the creativity that only the spirit is capable of inspiring finding the courage to make room for the creativity that only the spirit is able to inspire it means finding the courage to create spaces where everyone can recognize that they are called and to allow new forms of hospitality fraternity and solidarity is cross we have been ordered to embrace and let it strengthen and sustain all measures and all possible avenues for helping us protect ourselves and others embracing the Lord in order to embrace hope this is the strength of faith which frees us from fear of it but gives us hope why are you afraid have you yet no faith so really the question rule dear brothers and sisters around this place that tells of Peters rock-solid fee I would like this evening to interest all of you to throw the word through the intercession of Mary health of the people and star of the stormy sea from this colonnade that embraces Rome and the world may God's blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace seniority that's the world give health to our bodies and comfort our hearts you asked us not to be afraid yet our faith is weak Lord and we are fearful but you Lord do not leave us at the mercy of the storm repaid young Cora tell us again do not be afraid you know she may appear through and we together with Peter but you cast all our anxieties on - you okay - I cool that because we know that you care for us [Music] our Holy Father is now making his way to the icon this is the real icon generally housed in the Blessed Sacrament chapel at the Basilica of st. Mary major he visits this icon before and after every Apostolic journey and on every Marian feast we join our holy father before this icon imploring our lady [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] our Holy Father now making his way before the miraculous crucifix [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] our holy father has now touched this crucifix and blessed himself perhaps we too can bless ourselves at this moment [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] yes I snore [Music] Oh Oh [Music] our holy father has now moved into the atrium of st. Peter's Basilica there is an altar here the Blessed Sacrament now being brought forward in the Austin Soria [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] his birth [Music] see Oh [Music] Oh [Music] Marlene [Music] ha [Music] in this family [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] nice [Music] the [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] visuals [Music] there will now be a moment of silence in which all of us may silently adore our Lord present here on the altar Barrow do avo whoa mo realmente presente inquest Oh Santos Sacramento true God and truly present in this holy sacrament the responses we adore you Otzi Oh Lord our Savior God with us faithful and rich in mercy we adore you oh Lord King and Lord creation Lord of creation end of history we adore you all the way conqueror of sin and death we adore you Oh Lord friend of humankind the Risen one the living one who sits at the right hand of the Father we adore you Oh Lord our next response will be we believe in you O Lord the only begotten Son or the father descended from heaven for our salvation we believe in you all heavenly physician boughs down over our misery on you lamb who was slain who offer yourself to rescue us from evil shepherd to give your life for the flock which you love body B Living bread and medicine for immortality give us eternal life our next responses deliver us O Lord they redesigned power of Satan and the seductions of the world deliver us from the pride and presumption of being able to do anything without you the young government deceptions of fear and anxiety deliver us from unbelief and desperation deliver us from hardness of heart and the incapacity to love our next responses save us O Lord the - t-midi from every evil that afflicts humanity from hunger from famine and from egoism save us O Lord from illnesses epidemics and the fear of our brothers and sisters save us O Lord devastating madness from ruthless interest and from violence from being deceived from false information the manipulation of conscience is our next response will be comfort us O Lord what about what you say protect your church which crosses the desert comfort us protect humanity terrified by fear and anguish comfort us protect the sick and the dying oppressed by loneliness comfort us what are the protect doctors and health care providers exhausted by the difficulties they are facing comfort us O Lord protect politicians and decision makers who bear the weight of having to make decisions comfort us O Lord our next response will be grant us your spirit Oh Lord mellow developer all hour of trial and from confusion grant us your spirit in temptation and in our fragility grant us your spirit in the battle against evil and sin grant us your spirit in the search for what is truly good and true joy grant us your spirit and the decision to remain in you and in your friendship grant us your spirit [Music] our next responses open us to hope overlord say big battles for your previous pets in our processes open us to hopes should hatred close our hearts open SRO visit us should indifference cause us anguish openness to quote should death overwhelm us open eyes to [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh say so [Music] je je [Music] [Music] on my receipt [Music] trillium series 2 in the middle Sacramento Leticia JJ shot in memory alley there are two a possible parka durian convey a feeling in Santa me still for the person percent in the same plane no you benefit G the rather than to give you a rain they say holy they say our Holy Father has prayed Lord Jesus Christ who in this wonderful sacrament have left us a memorial of your passion grant us we pray so to revere the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your Redemption and now Cardinal Angelo chemistries saying the Holy Father Pope Francis to all those who received the Eucharistic benediction even via radio television and other communications technologies and even those who are participating spiritually through desire grants the plenary indulgence in the form established by the church with this benediction now we prepare ourselves to receive the plenary indulgence at this moment the general requirements of confession and communion are not required the only requirement is that we have joined in prayer for an end to the coronavirus our Holy Father now with monstrance in hand is going out onto the steps of st. Peter's right now out into the rain [Music] [Applause] [Music] now dressing us we bless ourselves [Music] our Holy Father now walking back into the Basilica once again any of us who have received this blessing along with the condition of being detached even from venial sin with this prayer we have the opportunity of receiving blessed be his holy name blessed be Jesus Christ true God and true man blessed be the name of Jesus blessed be his most Sacred Heart blessed be his most precious be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar blessed be Jesus blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete blessed be the Great Mother of God Mary most holy blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception blessed be her glorious assumption blessed be the name of Mary virgin and mother blessed be Saint Joseph her most chaste spouse blessed be God in His angels and in his Saints [Music] horniness [Music] what uncle fearless homologs misery [Music] invade us for me my turn Gloria I feel your sequencer and in circle [Music] [Music] our holy father now leaving the Basilica once again this is a reminder that any of us who prays at this moment for the current world epidemic a visit to the Blessed Sacrament recitation of the Rosary way of the Cross chaplet of the Divine Mercy to implore from Almighty God the end of the epidemic can also receive this plenary indulgence we now end this live broadcast of this extraordinary prayer and or be it or be blessing presided over on the steps of st. Peter's by Pope Francis you can get playback from this broadcast as well as a summary of what our Holy Father said and the full text by visiting the Vatican news web portal Facebook Instagram Twitter and YouTube accounts on behalf of attica media I would like to thank all of the technicians who've made this broadcast possible and all of you for joining us stay well by God's grace laudatory azuz Christos praised be Jesus Christ [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Almighty God it is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm nothing is beyond your power we come to you in our need to ask your protection against coronavirus that has claimed lives and has affected many we pray for those afflicted may they be restored to health soon breathless through Christ our Lord amen [Music] land of the free and the home of the brave United States of America [Applause] grounded in the conviction that all are endowed by their creator to life liberty and the free expression of thing

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Length: 65min 40sec (3940 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 27 2020