Pope Francis I - Salve Regina (J.M. Bergoglio, Speech During Meeting with Youth from Argentina in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 25/07/13 Songtexte

Lord you left your Mother in our midst that she
might accompany us.
May she take care of us and protect us on our
journey, in our hearts, in our faith.
May she make us disciples like herself,
missionaries like herself.
May she teach us to go out onto the streets.
May she teach us to step outside ourselves.

Homily during the Holy Mass at the Shrine of
"Our Lady Of Bonaria" in Cagliari, Italy,
22nd September 2013
Let us look upon one another in a more fraternal
way! Mary teaches us to have that gaze which strives
to welcome, to accompany and to protect. Let us learn
to look at one another beneath Mary's maternal
gaze! There are people whom we instinctively consider
less and who instead are in greater need: the
most abandoned, the sick, those who have nothing to
live on, those who do not know Jesus, youth who find
themselves in difficulty, young people who cannot
find work. Let us not be afraid to go out and to look
upon our brothers and sisters with Our Lady's gaze.

She invites us to be true brothers and sisters. And
let us never allow something or someone to come
between us and Our Lady's gaze. Mother, grant us
your gaze! May no one hide from it! May our childlike
heart know how to defend itself from the many
"windbags" who make false promises; from those
who have a gaze greedy for an easy life and full of
promises that cannot be fulfilled. May they not rob
us of Mary's gaze, which is full of tenderness, which
gives us strength and builds solidarity among us. Let
us say together: Mother, grant us your gaze! Mother,
grant us your gaze! Mother, grant us your gaze!