Pope Francis admitted that sometimes falls asleep while praying
The Pontiff said that for him it is “one of the many ways to sanctify the name of God and feel like a kid on his hands.”
MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Pope Francis confessed Tuesday that he sometimes falls asleep while praying. About this 80-year-old Pontiff said in an interview with the Italian Catholic TV station TV2000.
Several times I fell asleep during prayer. The same has happened with Saint Therese of Lisieux: she said that the Lord loves when she falls asleep.Pope Francis
He noted that for him it is “one of the many ways to sanctify the name of God and feel like a kid on his hands.” The Pontiff reminded of one of the Psalms where the worshipers are compared with the baby sleeping in the hands of the father.