News Pope Francis "aging is a gift from God"

Becoming old is very often seen as that moment in life when you are unhappy, in which you need medical care and expenses, you are in retirement age and therefore you are cut off from social and productivity. Let's say it's not really like that! being elderly is a gift from God, it is a great resource even when you are sick and need assistance. We had the opportunity to witness the victims of the pandemic that in the first wave destroyed an entire generation, that generation born during and after the Second World War, that generation that shaped the history of our country. It wasn't supposed to be like that! but the pandemic has taken us all by surprise! and therefore we have all been victims of the system. He deprived young people of the contact of their roots, with wisdom, and the ability to dream that youth alone cannot reach were the words of Pope Francis who reminds us that something similar had already happened as the "waves of color ”where they were cruelly discarded. The PAV document highlights that from a social point of view today men and women have a longer life, according to data from the World Health Organization in 2050 there will be two billion over-XNUMXs in the world.

Prayer for the elderly: or eternal God, who over the years
always stay the same,
be close to those who are old.
Although their body weakens,
make their spirit strong,
because with patience
can endure weariness and afflictions,
and in the end go to death with serenity,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.