{"id":86948,"date":"2026-09-27T08:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86948"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:08:41","slug":"700000-joined-pontiff-for-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/700000-joined-pontiff-for-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"800,000 Joined Pontiff For Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the London Telegraph:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es takes its name from the Elysian Fields, the paradise of Greek mythology. On Saturday, the famous Paris avenue revelled in the divine once more.\u00a0A sea of 800,000 faithful waving French and Vatican flags turned out to watch Pope Leo XIV celebrate a vast open-air mass in Paris\u2019s Place de la Concorde, with the crowd spilling all the way up the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>It was the high point of the <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2026\/09\/25\/macron-rolls-out-red-carpet-pope-in-23m-security-operation\/\" data-exit-tracked-checkist=\"true\">Pope\u2019s four-day tour<\/a>, during which he had <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/05\/16\/i-shook-hands-with-pope-leo-believe-me-the-papacy-is-back\/\" data-exit-tracked-checkist=\"true\">received a rock-star<\/a> welcome and been courted by the broad spectrum of France\u2019s political elite.\u00a0But in his sermon to the city, he warned against \u201cmaterial goods\u201d, \u201cimmediate gratification\u201d and \u201cthe countless little idols that promise the Moon but leave our hearts empty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <em> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2026\/09\/26\/pope-mania-grips-paris-leo-delivers-open-air-sermon\/\">[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mywabashvalley.com\/federal-executions\/william-lecroy-executed-at-u-s-penitentiary\/\">]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>From CW:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV arrives at Place de la Concorde and celebrates a huge Mass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oAHuU7w1-xk\" width=\"1337\" height=\"752\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/events\/event.dir.html\/content\/vaticanevents\/en\/2026\/9\/26\/francia-messa-parigi.html\">celebrated Mass<\/a> this afternoon at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Place_de_la_Concorde\">Place de la Concorde<\/a> in Paris (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kf4nebYEdkc\">video 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zRsr9Ih7HHU\">video 2<\/a>) and emphasized in his homily that Jesus quenches the thirst present in every human heart.<\/p>\n<p>Vatican News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2026-09\/pope-leo-god-quenches-the-thirst-in-every-human-heart.html\">reported<\/a> that 700,000 people attended the Mass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe desire for God dwells deep within our hearts, and we cry out with the psalmist: \u2018My soul thirsts for God, for the living God,\u2019\u201c (Ps 42:2), Pope Leo preached. \u201cThis is the cry of a humble and passionate heart whose deepest, most existential thirst continues to grow. And it is Jesus Christ, through his Incarnation, who comes to meet every person in the midst of his or her own story, and reveals himself as the true source of living water capable of quenching our thirst.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Telegraph: The Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es takes its name from the Elysian Fields, the paradise of Greek mythology. 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