President Maduro Shares Message of Faith and Hope to the People of Venezuela

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, held in the United States along with First Combatant and Deputy Cilia Flores following the military invasion of last January 3, shared a hug of love, faith, and hope in a message dedicated to the Venezuelan people and the international community, this Sunday.

Through his Telegram channel, Maduro stated that "Cilia and I remain always connected with you" in authentic love, prayer, and faith in life.

He said: "May this Sunday the Sacred Heart of Jesus continue to shelter our lives, our faith, and our struggle for happiness and true freedom!"

"In this month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cilia and I send to the beloved people of Venezuela and to the peoples of the world a hug of love, faith, and hope. The Heart of Jesus is ours: source of life, protection, tenderness, and spiritual strength," the president expressed.

Maduro assured that those who believed that by driving the lance into Jesus' body they would finish him did not understand that from that open heart "the power of his love expanded forever in us and in all the peoples who walk with faith."

He invited his compatriots and other peoples to feel "the passion of giving one's life for love of humanity."

He recalled the words of the Apostle Paul about striving "to present yourself before God as a tested man, as a worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, as a faithful steward of the word of truth."

"May this Sunday the Sacred Heart of Jesus continue to shelter and protect our lives, our faith, and our struggle for happiness and true freedom," he said, evoking a biblical verse (Ezekiel 36:26-27) to highlight the importance of "living in love, unity, truth, and good."