2009-08-16 14:05:01

Pope: God Calls Us to Unite Ourselves to Him


(16 Aug 09 - RV) This Sunday’s Angelus reflection was once again dedicated to Mary as Pope Benedict greeted crowds of pilgrims and tourists from the balconey of the Castel Gandolfo Summer Residence.

One day after the Feast of The Assumption the Pope called to mind the words of the Gospel of the Day from St John chapter 6, to illustrate how much one simple word changed the course of God’s relationship with humanity and how much it can still change our lives today. That word being of course, Mary’s ‘yes’.

Pope Benedict said : “God take his "flesh", his real and earthly humanity from Mary…..to enter into our mortal condition. In turn, at the end of Her earthly existence, the body of the Virgin Mary was assumed into heaven by God and allowed enter the heavenly condition. It is a kind of exchange”.

"What happened in Mary - continued Pope Benedict - is also valid for every man and woman. God asks each one of us to welcome Him, to make available to Him our hearts, our bodies, our entire existence, so that He can dwell in the world. He calls us to unite ourselves to Him in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, to form the Church together…. And if we say yes, like Mary, by the very measure of our 'yes', that mysterious exchange also happens to and in us: we are assumed in the divinity of He who assumed our humanity".

After the Marian prayer, in greetings in French, Pope Benedict had a special thought for a group of young pilgrims from Africa. The Pope concluded with a call to all "to keep open the door of our hearts and to give daily witness to the tenderness of the Lord for those who are, physically or spiritually in need”.








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