The Elderly
Celebrating the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly all over the world
"I invite you to celebrate this Day in every community and to visit grandparents and the elderly, those who are most alone" said Pope Francis after Sunday’s Angelus and all over the world ...
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The Holy Father’s words after the Angelus
Pope Francis, who was unable to attend the liturgy in St. Peter's in person, wanted to personally greet the grandparents and elderly who had just participated in the celebration of the first Day ...
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Liturgy in St. Peter's for the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
For many of the 2,000 elderly people present in St. Peter's last Sunday, celebrating the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly was the first opportunity for them to leave the forced ...
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The official prayer of the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly recited by Pope Francis in a video
In preparation for the upcoming World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is making a video available in which grandparents and the elderly from all over the ...
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Vittorio Scelzo's intervention in "Vita Pastorale" on the occasion of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
"Establishing the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly should be read in light of other positions expressed during Pope Francis’ pontificate. He moves from a broad conception of the holy ...
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General Audience, 22 June 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age: 15. Peter and John
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General Audience of 18 May 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age: 10. Job. The trial of faith, the blessing of waiting
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General Audience of 4 May 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 20 April 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 30 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 23 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 16 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 2 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age - 2. Longevity: symbol and opportunity
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General Audience of 23 February 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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Prayer for the Third World Day
for Grandparents and the Elderly 2023
Virgin Mary,
Mother of faith and hope,
an example for this humanity bent by indifference,
make me as willing as You
to accept the will of God,
to magnify and praise His Mercy.
Mary, Mother of fortitude,
you who knows my heart,
do not allow me to become discouraged.
I confidently surrender my life into your hands.
Heal my wounds.
May your tenderness accompany me on the way.
Your presence, Mother of love,
brings us to experience the joy
of seeing our families united.
Help me to transmit the tenderness and Love of God
to the grandchildren and youth
so that, in addition to praying for them,
we can pray with them.
Mary, may the gift of the Holy Spirit intercede for me:
sustain my weakness;
breathe into my heart the consolation
that I may leave traces of faith among the young,
bearing witness to the beauty of life,
knowing that life has a limit
and that beyond it lies before us our Father's embrace.
Amen.