Pope at Angelus: Invest the Treasure of Your Life in Love and Mercy

Vatican City, August 10, 2025: At his Sunday Angelus in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Gospel passage from Luke, calling on the faithful to examine how they are investing the “treasure” of their lives.

Quoting Jesus’ words, “Sell what you own and give alms,” the Pope encouraged Christians not to hold tightly to the gifts they have received from God, but to use them generously for the benefit of others—especially those most in need.

“It is not only about sharing material possessions,” he said, “but about offering our abilities, our time, our affection, our presence, and our empathy.” Each person, he added, is “a unique, priceless good in God’s plan—a living, beating capital” that must be nurtured and invested, or else it risks drying up and losing its value.

The Pope warned that this treasure can be squandered or even taken by those “who, like a thief, turn it into an object of consumption.” The gift of God within each person, he stressed, needs space, freedom, and relationships to thrive—and above all, it needs love. Love, he said, transforms and elevates every aspect of life, making us more like God.

Recalling that Jesus spoke these words on His way to Jerusalem, where He would give Himself completely on the Cross, Pope Leo described the works of mercy as “the safest and most fruitful bank” for the treasure of our lives. Even the smallest acts, he noted, hold infinite value, as illustrated by the Gospel’s image of the poor widow who, with just two coins, became “the richest person in the world.”

Quoting Saint Augustine, the Pope said that while people might celebrate exchanging bronze for silver or silver for gold, what is given in love yields something infinitely greater—eternal life. “It will be changed,” Augustine explained, “because the giver will be changed.”

Pope Leo invited the faithful to recognise this truth in daily life—in the mother who embraces her children, or in two people in love who feel like “a king and queen” simply by being together. “We could give many other examples,” he remarked.

Wherever we are—at home, in the parish, at school, or at work—the Pope encouraged believers not to miss any opportunity to love. This, he said, is the vigilance Jesus calls for: being attentive, ready, and sensitive to one another, as He is with us at every moment.

Concluding his address, the Pope entrusted this mission to Mary, “the Morning Star,” praying that she would help believers to be “sentinels of mercy and peace” in a divided world.

Courtesy: Vatican News

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