This is the third in a new series of posts sharing Pope Leo XIV’s words each Wednesday in his Weekly Audience, a time when he teaches, encourages, and shapes the mission of the Church around the world. Check back here each Wednesday to get to know Pope Leo!
“Love, when it is true, cannot do without the truth.”
In this week’s Wednesday audience Pope Leo XIV reflects on the intimate yet dramatic scene during the Passover supper, when Jesus reveals to his apostles that one of them is about to betray him. The apostles’ response: “Surely it is not I?”
We, too, can ask ourselves this question: Surely it is not I? Not to accuse ourselves, but to open a space in our hearts for the truth about where in our lives we have not loved.
“Salvation begins here: with the awareness that while we may be the ones who break our trust in God, we can also be the ones who gather it, protect it, and renew it. Ultimately, this is hope: knowing that even if we fail, God will never fail us.”
