‘Jesus came into the world to bring the sheep back,’ says the Holy Father

May 4th - Message to over 100 thousand people in St. Peter's Square and to all of us...

‘Jesus came into the world to bring the sheep back,’ says the Holy Father - Catholic News Agency

"...The Pope spoke about the Ascension of Jesus who, he said, "came into the world to bring man to God, not as a philosopher or a master of wisdom - but really, as pastor who wants to bring the sheep back."

"God in man, man in God: This is not merely a theoretical truth, but is real. So the Christian hope, founded in Christ, is not an illusion but, as stated in the Letter to the Hebrews' is the "anchor of our lives' (cf Heb 6:19), an anchor that penetrates Heaven where Christ has gone before us."

The Pope then turned his thoughts to Mary, whose presence in our midst he said, is part of the "solid anchoring" for our existence..."