Reflection from Fr. Cantalamesa - The Preacher to the Pope.

Each year - the Good Friday Homily is offered not by the Holy Father - rather by the preacher to the Papal household. 
Fr. Cantalamesa on Good Friday, preaching at Papal liturgy offered these thoughts:

“When, in the memory of humanity, have the people of all nations ever felt themselves so united, so equal, so less in conflict than at this moment of pain? We have forgotten about building walls.."

"(COVID-19) knows no borders. In an instant, it has broken down all the barriers and distinctions of race, nation, religion, wealth, and power..."

“We should not revert to that prior time when this moment has passed, we should not waste this opportunity."

“Let us leave to the next generation a world poorer in goods and money, if need be, but richer in its humanity."

“The pandemic has abruptly roused us from the greatest danger individuals and humanity have always been susceptible to: the delusion of omnipotence..."

“We too, after these days that we hope will be short, shall rise and come out of the tombs of our homes to a more fraternal, more human, more Christian life!”