This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV's first general audience, given May 21, in the Paul VI Hall.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Mark’s Gentile readers would have taken great comfort and hope from this parable.

In his first public general audience address, Pope Leo XIV said he would continue his predecessor’s reflection on Jesus ...

[For example], Jesus tells a parable about somebody who takes a mustard seed, plants it in the ground, and it grows up to be a great tree, or a bush at least, a weed, though, in plain language.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed 30And he said ... but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. 21And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd ...

not to worship material things to help those who are in need to listen to the prophets In the Gospels, Christ often describes and teaches about Heaven using parables, such as the Mustard Seed and ...