(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, JUL 18 - The Pope at the Angelus underlined the importance of rest which "is not only re-philosophical, it is also rest of the heart". For Pope Francis "it is not enough to 'unplug', you need to really rest" and "to do so, you have to go back to the heart of things: stop, stay silent, pray, so as not to go from the rush of work to the rush of holidays. Jesus - he said commenting on the Gospel of today - he did not escape the needs of the crowd, but every day, first of all, he withdrew in prayer, in silence, in intimacy with the Father. His tender invitation - rest a little - should accompany us: let's look at each other. , brothers and sisters, with efficiency, we stop the frantic race that dictates our agendas.to contemplate nature, to regenerate ourselves in dialogue with God ".
At the end of the Angelus, Pope Francis prayed for the European populations affected by the floods, for Cuba and for South Africa. (HANDLE).
