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Vatican City — Lift up your eyes from your smartphones and see your brothers and sisters, those who share your journey of faith and those who are longing for the Word of life, Pope Francis told consecrated men and women.

"Today's frantic pace leads us to close many doors to encounter, often for fear of others," the pope said in his homily for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the World Day for Consecrated Life. "Only shopping malls and internet connections are always open."

Yet believers' hearts must be open as well, because every believer receives the faith from someone and is called to share it with others, the pope said at the Mass Feb. 2 in St. Peter's Basilica.

The feast day commemorates the 40th day after Jesus' birth when, in accordance with ancient Jewish practice, Mary and Joseph took him to the temple and presented him to the Lord. The feast's Gospel reading from St. Luke recounts how the aged Simeon and Anna, who were praying in the temple, recognized Jesus as the Messiah.

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2.2.2018