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THE DYNAMISM OF CHARITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
H.H. Benedict XVI
May 31, 2007
VIS
VATICAN CITY, JUN 1, 2007 (VIS) - At 8 p.m. yesterday, the
traditional procession marking the end of the month of May wound its
way from the Church of St. Stephen of the Abyssinians - located near
the apse of the Vatican Basilica - to the Grotto of Lourdes in the
Vatican Gardens. Hundreds of people participated in the ceremony,
which was presided by Archbishop Angelo Comastri, His Holiness'
vicar general for Vatican City State.
Benedict XVI arrived at the Grotto at 9 p.m. and, before imparting
his apostolic blessing, delivered a brief address.
The Pope referred to today's Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady to
her cousin St. Elizabeth, saying: "The visitation can be understood
in the light of the announcement of the angel and the conception of
Jesus by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit descended upon the Virgin and
encouraged her to 'arise' and leave in haste to help her aged
relative."
"Along the road leading from Galilee to Judea, it was Jesus Himself
Who 'urged' Mary on, infusing her with the generous commitment to go
out towards others in need, and with the courage not to give first
place to her own legitimate requirements, difficulties, concerns,
and the dangers to her own life."
"May Mary," said the Holy Father, "obtain for us the gift of knowing
how to love as she did. To Mary we entrust this particular portion
of the Church that lives and works in the Vatican. To her we entrust
the Roman Curia and the institutions associated with it, that all
jobs and all services may be animated by the spirit of Christ.
"From this hill," Pope Benedict added in conclusion, "we look out
over Rome and over the entire world, and we pray that all Christians
may say, with St. Paul, 'the Love of Christ drives me on,' and that
they may spread, with Mary's help, the dynamism of charity
throughout the world."
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