BY Ian Dunn | May 4 | 
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God loves every one of us, Pope says
He would never throw a single lost sheep away, the Holy Father tells pilgrims at today’s general audience
Pope Francis says God loves each and every one of us and would never throw away a single person.
Speaking this morning at this weekly general audience, the Pope said the ‘throwaway culture’ of the contemporary world, the Pope said it is something that is totally foreign to God who would never ‘throw away’ someone.
“God loves all, He reaches out to every person: one by one! He knows nothing about ‘throwing away people’ because He is all about love and mercy,” he said.
The example of the Good Shepherd, the Pope continued, also challenges us to go out in search of those in particular need of God’s mercy, especially those who have gone astray. He said that Jesus teaches us that in His eyes there are no lost sheep, but only sheep needing to be found and that the joy that the Good Shepherd feels must also be the joy of the entire flock.
“Christians must never be closed,” the Pope said. “Ever! We must not be closed within ourselves, or within small communities or parishes thinking we are right.”
The Holy Father concluded by saying that we are all lost sheep who were found by the Lord’s mercy.
“No distance can keep the shepherd far from his sheep; no flock can afford to give up on a member,” he said.
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