Momentous Visit of Pope Francis

The Pope at the University of Santo Tomas

When the Pope visited our country, some of us had the chance to see him in person and some don’t. His main purpose was to visit the victims of Typhoon Yolanda and to give a strong message to the Filipino people regarding mercy and compassion. He reminded also the people to avoid corruption and help the marginalized people. Even though the Pope visited us for a short period of time, all of us feel blessed when we saw him. We see him as a representation of Jesus Christ in this world. His presence in the country strengthened our Catholic faith and brought us closer to God. Seeing the Pope also gave us hope and inspiration. He was able to capture our hearts with his compassion to the Filipino people especially the poor, elderly and the children. We hope that the Pope would visit us again in the future so we will continuously be united and be inspired.    

One of the great impacts to the society of Filipino is the increase of number of those who will take up priestly vocation but also in the number of missionaries. The hearts of the Filipino society bursted that their fighting spirit became even more powerful than before, especially the Yolanda victims. Greed, corruption, poverty of the mind and the spirit. We do not expect the Pope’s visit to solve all these, but his presence alone will certainly make a positive impact with long lasting effects for generations to come.

This post is based onhttp://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/01/19/15/francis-effect-inspires-news-volunteers-telling-peoples-stories. The image used also came from this article.