Pope Francis has made a call for happier holidays! Here's what we all need to do
2024-08-06 13:01:25
TiranaPost
A good book is food for the heart and mind, expands the personal universe, enriches and renews it. Pope Bergoglio is also very convinced of this, who with his "Letter del Santo Padre Francesco sul ruolo della letteratura nella formazione", underlined the value of reading novels and poems in the journey of each person's maturity. And what better time than summer vacation to recover from the frequent experience before the omnipresence of social media, cell phones, TV and other devices”?
In his writing, Bergoglio also emphasizes the therapeutic function that many books possess: «Often in the boredom of the holidays, in the great heat and the loneliness of some deserted neighborhoods, finding a good book to read becomes an oasis that distances us from the choices others that are not so good for us", he writes.
"When there are moments of fatigue, anger, disappointment, failure, and when we can't even find peace of mind in prayer, a good book helps us at least get through the storm, until we can have a little more peace. And perhaps that reading opens up new inner spaces that help us avoid a lock-in to the few obsessive ideas that inevitably trap us."
