SW News: Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Tokyo Dome stadium on Monday. In his homily message, The Holy Father urged all Christians to imitate the life of Jesus. Pope Francis said that in Jesus, we encounter a new life, where we come to know the freedom of knowing that we are God’s beloved children.

He warned against focusing all our attention and energy on the frenetic pursuit of productivity and consumerism.

“The freedom of being God’s children can be repressed and weakened if we are enclosed in a vicious circle of anxiety and competition,” he said.

The Lord “ invites us to re-evaluate our daily decisions and not to become trapped or isolated in the pursuit of success at any cost, including the cost of our very lives,” the Pope said.

Pope Francis explained that “Worldly attitudes that look only to one’s own profit or gain in this world, and a selfishness that pursues only individual happiness, in reality leave us profoundly unhappy and enslaved, and hinder the authentic development of a truly harmonious and humane society.”

“The proclamation of the Gospel of Life urgently requires that we as a community become a field hospital, ready to heal wounds and to offer always a path of reconciliation and forgiveness,” Pope Francis added.