\u201cHow great a lie,\u201d he wrote, \u201clurks behind certain phrases which so insist on the importance of \u2018quality of life\u2019 that they make people think that lives affected by grave illness are not worth living.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nPope Francis invited people to see the world and those who are sick or in need of care with \u201cthe wisdom of the heart\u201d, which is pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, merciful, certain and sincere.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a way of seeing things infused by the Holy Spirit in the minds and the hearts of those who are sensitive to the sufferings of their brothers and sisters and who can see in them the image of God,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Having \u201cwisdom of the heart\u201d means going out of oneself and serving others with compassion and without judgment \u2013 unlike those who, in the biblical story of Job, who thought Job\u2019s misfortune \u201cwas a punishment from God for his sins\u201d, the Pope said in his message.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrue charity is a sharing which does not judge, which does not demand the conversion of others; it is free of that false humility which, deep down, seeks praise and is self-satisfied about whatever good it does,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
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