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Laudetur Jesus Christus, praised be Jesus Christ. Greetings and welcome.

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Our Sunday broadcast today features Popelio

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XIV's homily as he celebrated Holy Mass

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in Lourdes this Sunday, the 27th of September, 2026, on the third day of his apostolic visit to France.

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Let's listen. Brothers and sisters, pilgrims from France and from all over the world,

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in seeing you gathered here this morning at our mother's home,

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I see the universal face of the Church. Some

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of you have crossed continents, traveled far, and brought your joys and burdens to this sacred grotto.

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What a joy it is to be together as one heart and one family. One family.

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One family.

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I would especially like to greet the pilgrims who have come from every province and diocese of France.

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Today, you stand on this blessed ground that has received so many graces.

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May this pilgrimage rekindle the flame of faith in your homes and in your parishes.

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Take the consolation of lords back to your neighborhoods, to your loved ones, and to the whole French people.

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This Sunday's readings touch on a central part of the message that the Virgin Mary entrusted to St.

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Bernadette, the call to conversion. both tender and urgent.

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In the gospel, Jesus looks with truth and deep sorrow upon the hearts that have remained closed.

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You did not repent. Why does this wound the heart of Christ?

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Because God does not want his children to be lost.

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The prophet Ezekiel reminds us, When

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a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

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However, when the wicked person abandons wickedness to become law-abiding and upright, he saves his own life.

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He shall not die. This is why the call to repentance runs through sacred scripture and the preaching of the gospel

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down the centuries. Its gravity reminds us of the urgency and necessity of conversion.

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It is today and not tomorrow that we must repent.

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Indeed, now is the acceptable time. Now is the day of salvation.

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God wants to live us to live, to open our eyes and return to him

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to repent, to live the paths on

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which we lose our way and follow the way of life opening our hearts to the soul joy that never passes away

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Jesus himself is quite direct in calling us to repentance

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As Saint Luke tells us, unless you repent, you will all perish.

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But he also extends our horizon beyond this earthly life to the horizon of eternal life.

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For while happiness in this world is

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fleeting and relative and sadly sometimes

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out of reach for some, true happiness is promised to everyone in hope and this is what we should seek above all in all our efforts and choices.

Vatican & World News 27.09.2026