The Pope thanks the artists for showing the 'path of beauty' during the pandemic

Given that much of the world remains in quarantine because of the coronavirus, Pope Francis prayed for artists who show others "the path of beauty" between blocking restrictions.

"We pray today for the artists, who have this great capacity for creativity ... May the Lord give us all the grace of creativity at this moment," said Pope Francis on April 27 before his morning Mass.

Speaking from the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his residence in the Vatican, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to remember their first personal encounter with Jesus.

"The Lord always returns to the first meeting, the first moment he looked at us, spoke to us and gave birth to the desire to follow him," he said.

Pope Francis explained that it is a grace to return to this first moment "when Jesus looked at me with love ... when Jesus, through so many other people, made me understand what the way of the Gospel was".

"Many times in life we ​​start a road to follow Jesus ... with the values ​​of the Gospel, and halfway we have another idea. We see some signs, move away and conform to something more temporal, more material, more worldly, "he said, according to a transcription from Vatican News.

The pope warned that these distractions can lead to "losing the memory of that first enthusiasm we had when we heard about Jesus".

He indicated the words of Jesus on the morning of the resurrection reported in the Gospel of Matthew: “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and they will see me there. "

Pope Francis said it is important to remember that Galilee was the place where the disciples first met Jesus.

He said: "Each of us has his own internal" Galilee ", his moment when Jesus approached us and said:" Follow me "."

"The memory of the first meeting, the memory of" my Galilee ", when the Lord looked at me with love and said:" Follow me "," he said.

At the end of the broadcast, Pope Francis offered the Eucharistic blessing and adoration, guiding those who followed through livestream in an act of spiritual communion.

Those gathered in the chapel sang the Easter Marian antiphon "Regina caeli".