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Think today about our life, about the problems we have, and ask for the grace to entrust ourselves to God’s hands ... The only thing that gives me some light — not to  the mind, to the soul — is Jesus in Gethsemane: ‘Father, not this cup. But your will be done’. From the homily A homeless man who died of exposure in Rome, four sisters of Mother Teresa’s congregation killed in Yemen, the rising incidence of illness in “Terra dei Fuochi” — an  area in southern Italy plagued with toxic waste — and refugees abandoned in the cold. These recent tragedies echoed in Francis’ prayers during Mass at Santa Marta on  Monday, 14 March. [...]  Thus, Jesus “entrusts himself to the Father’s will. [...]  It is a true act of faith, “entrusting myself to God who walks with me, who walks with my people, who walks with the Church”. So perhaps “I entrust myself” by  saying: “I don’t know why this happens, but I entrust myself: You will know why”. And “this is what Jesu...