Pray that those who are too rigid learn to follow the way of Christ and his meekness, Pope Francis said on May 5 during his early morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
With the day's first reading dedicated to the conversion of Saul -- who went from fiercely persecuting Christians to patiently evangelising all peoples -- the Pope used St Paul's life story as an example of an honest, idealistic person of faith, who had been "convinced" of the rigidity of the law.
Pope Francis said Saul's early life reminds him of "many young people in the church today who have fallen into the temptation of rigidity. Some are honest, they are good and we must pray that the Lord help them grow along the path of meekness."
