Pope Francis: 'God listens to all prayers, even angry ones'

God "likes to argue with us," especially when it is difficult to accept his will, Pope Francis said.

"Even this is a prayer! He likes it when you get angry and tell him what you feel to his face because he is a father!" the Pope said on January 24 during Mass in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae.

The day's first reading, from the Letter to the Hebrews, said that Christ came in to the world saying, "Behold, I come to do your will, O God."

Jesus' "Here I am" to God, the Pope said, echoes the words of important figures -- such as Moses, Abraham, Elijah and Mary -- who throughout the entire history of salvation expressed their willingness and submission to God's will.