Immaculate: Give Us Joy of Feeling Loved by God. Yesterday afternoon, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Benedict XVI made his traditional veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, laying a wreath …More
Immaculate: Give Us Joy of Feeling Loved by God.
Yesterday afternoon, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Benedict XVI made his traditional veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, laying a wreath at the foot of a monument in Piazza di Spagna in Rome. But the most beautiful gift, he said, "is our prayer", thanksgiving for the gift of faith and the good we receive from God and prayer "for any difficulties that life brings us." And in his prayer, the Pope thanked the Immaculate Mother, for "always being with us"and he asked her to watch over the City, comforting the sick, encouraging young people, and supporting families.
POPE: "Instil in us the strength to reject evil in all its forms, and to choose the good, even when it is costly and involves going against the current. Give us the joy of feeling loved by God, blessed by Him, and predestined to be his children ".
We talk to Mary through prayer and she tells us of Jesus, who is all of life, Benedict XVI added. He said "we are all called to open ourselves to the work of the Holy Spirit to reach our final destiny, to be immaculate - fully and finally free from evil." Because the destiny of everyone is to "be holy like our Father."
The Mother reminds us, the Pope went on, "that God loves you, loves you personally, has thought of you before you came into the world and has called you into being, filled with love and life." The gaze of Mary, the Pope concluded, "is God's gaze upon each one of us" even those who do not think about it, and those who feel lonely and abandoned.
Yesterday afternoon, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Benedict XVI made his traditional veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, laying a wreath at the foot of a monument in Piazza di Spagna in Rome. But the most beautiful gift, he said, "is our prayer", thanksgiving for the gift of faith and the good we receive from God and prayer "for any difficulties that life brings us." And in his prayer, the Pope thanked the Immaculate Mother, for "always being with us"and he asked her to watch over the City, comforting the sick, encouraging young people, and supporting families.
POPE: "Instil in us the strength to reject evil in all its forms, and to choose the good, even when it is costly and involves going against the current. Give us the joy of feeling loved by God, blessed by Him, and predestined to be his children ".
We talk to Mary through prayer and she tells us of Jesus, who is all of life, Benedict XVI added. He said "we are all called to open ourselves to the work of the Holy Spirit to reach our final destiny, to be immaculate - fully and finally free from evil." Because the destiny of everyone is to "be holy like our Father."
The Mother reminds us, the Pope went on, "that God loves you, loves you personally, has thought of you before you came into the world and has called you into being, filled with love and life." The gaze of Mary, the Pope concluded, "is God's gaze upon each one of us" even those who do not think about it, and those who feel lonely and abandoned.