Pope's quotes: Fire of spiritual life

A quote from Pope Francis:

“I like it when I find elderly men and women religious, with shining eyes, because the fire of spiritual life is alight in them. That flame has not been extinguished. … Continue to work and to look to tomorrow with hope, always asking the Lord to send us new vocations, so that our work of consecrated may keep going ahead. And memory: do not forget the first call! Work, day by day, and then the hope to go ahead and to sow. May the others who follow us receive the legacy we leave to them."

-- Homily at Jubilee of Consecrated Life, Feb. 3, 2016

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