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Offering his reflections on the Sunday Gospel, Pope Francis recalled the question Jesus asked, which we can also ask ourselves today: “He would find, unfortunately, many wars, poverty, and inequality, but also incredible technological advances with people always rushing and busy, said the Pope. But more importantly, he asked if the Lord would find people who put God at the centre of their lives.
Just as a houseplant needs water consistently, so also do our souls need prayer, he said, and it is better not to flood a plant with water and then leave it without water for long periods when it could dry up. “We need the daily water of prayer, of time dedicated to God, so that he can enter into our time; of constant moments in which we open our hearts to him so that he can daily pour out on us love, peace, joy, strength, hope, thus nourishing our faith.”Understandably, many may ask themselves how they can find the time to pray, given the frenetic pace of today, the Pope admitted, but we do not have to"live in a convent" to set aside the time we need.