When Pope Leo was in Spain earlier this year he visited a prison in Barcelona.
Below are some extracts from what he said when speaking with the inmates.
“Let us make room for the Lord in our hearts and seek his face,” he said. “Let us allow his love to guide us. Let us cling to him, who continually invites us to hope and shows us a wonderful horizon that no physical barrier can prevent us from reaching.”
God, he added, “continues to speak to us in the depths of our consciences, helping us discover that he dwells among us. He is only waiting for us to give him a chance.”
Pope Leo concluded his address by encouraging the inmates to “keep dreaming God’s dream” and that while God loves them as they are, “he dreams of you being even better.”
“The Lord allows us all to start anew, for being human and being Christian does not mean never making mistakes, but rather growing in the ability to convert, repent, make amends and, above all, to reconcile and forgive,” the pope said.
He added: "Even if anxiety and sadness mark certain moments of your journey, remember that life’s mistakes do not define a person’s identity,”
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