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Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to focus on the essentials and look to the cross as the source of hope.

Pope urged people to eliminate “useless things that are substitutes for hope” during Holy Week to focus on the true source of hope found in Christ.

Speaking in St. Peter’s Square Pope Francis also highlighted how Jesus did not cover up or hide his wounds when he was nailed to the cross.By offering forgiveness and love from the cross, Jesus “converts evil into good” and “sorrow into love,” he said.

“During these holy days, let us draw near the Crucified One. Let us place ourselves before him … to take an honest look at ourselves, removing whatever is superfluous. Let us let Jesus regenerate hope in us,” Pope Francis said at the end of his general audience.