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Angelus
On Mary's Example of Hope
"We, Her Children, Live in the Same Confident Hope"
H.H. Benedict XVI
June 6, 2010
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
At the midday hour it is the Church's tradition to turn in prayer to the
Blessed Virgin Mary, joyfully recalling her ready acceptance of the
Lord's invitation to become the mother of God. It was an invitation that
filled her with trepidation, one which she could scarcely even
comprehend. It was a sign that God had chosen her, his lowly handmaid,
to cooperate with him in his saving work. How we rejoice at the
generosity of her response! Through her "yes", the hope of the ages
became a reality, the One whom Israel had long awaited came into the
world, into our history. Of him the angel promised that his kingdom
would have no end (cf. Lk 1:33).
Some thirty years later, as Mary stood weeping at the foot of the cross,
it must have been hard to keep that hope alive. The forces of darkness
seemed to have gained the upper hand. And yet, deep down, she would have
remembered the angel's words. Even amid the desolation of Holy Saturday
the certitude of hope carried her forward into the joy of Easter
morning. And so we, her children, live in the same confident hope that
the Word made flesh in Mary's womb will never abandon us. He, the Son of
God and Son of Mary, strengthens the communion that binds us together,
so that we can bear witness to him and to the power of his healing and
reconciling love.
I would now like to say a few words in Polish on the happy occasion of
the beatification today of Jerzy Popiełuszko, priest and martyr.
Serdeczne pozdrowienie kieruję do Kościoła w Polsce, który dziś raduje
się wyniesieniem na ołtarze księdza Jerzego Popiełuszki. Jego ofiarna
posługa i męczeństwo są szczególnym znakiem zwycięstwa dobra nad złem.
Niech jego przykład i wstawiennictwo budzi gorliwość kapłanów i rozpala
miłość wiernych.
[I send cordial greetings to the Church in Poland which today rejoices
at the elevation to the altars of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. His zealous
service and his martyrdom are a special sign of the victory of good over
evil. May his example and his intercession nourish the zeal of priests
and enkindle the faithful with love.]
Let us now implore Mary our Mother to intercede for all of us, for the
people of Cyprus, and for the Church throughout the Middle East with
Christ, her Son, the Prince of Peace.
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