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ANGELUS TODAY

The Holy Father's English greeting today:

Today’s Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ invites us to acknowledge the Lord’s saving presence in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

At the Last Supper, on the night before his death on the Cross, Jesus instituted the sacrament of the new and eternal covenant between God and man.

May this sacrifice of reconciliation, in which the Risen Lord is truly and substantially present under the appearances of bread and wine, confirm the Church in faith, unity and holiness as she awaits his future coming in glory.

Upon you and your families I cordially invoke God’s blessings of joy and peace.





Here is a full translation of the Holy Father's words at the Angelus today:



Dear brothers and sisters:

Many nations, including Italy, celebrate Corpus Domini today, the feast of the Eucharist, during which the Sacrament of the Body of the Lord is carried in solemn procession.

What does this feast mean for us? It makes us think not only of its liturgical aspect: in fact, Corpus Domini is a day which involves the cosmic dimension, heaven and earth.

It evokes first of all - at least in our hemisphere - this beautiful perfumed season when spring now turns into summer, the sun shines brightly in the sky, and the wheat is ripening in the fields.

The feasts of the Church - like the Jewish ones - follow the rhythm of the solar year, of sowing and harvesting. This stands out in particular in today's feast, at whose center is the symbol of bread, fruit of the earth and the sky.

That is why the Eucharistic Bread is the visible sign of He in whom heaven and earth, God and man, have become one thing only. This shows that the relationship of the liturgical year with the seasons is not something merely external.

The solemnity of Corpus Domini is intimately linked to Easter and to Pentecost: the death and resurrection of Jesus and the effusion of the Holy Spirit are its premises. It is moreover immediately linked to the feast of the Trinity which we celebrated last Sunday.

Only because God himself is relationship can there be a relationship with him. And only because he is love, one can love and be loved.

Thus Corpus Domini is a manifestation of God, an attestation that God is Love. In a unique and special way, this feast speaks to us of divine love, what it is and what it does.

It tells us, for example, that it regenerates by making a gift of itself, it receives in giving itself, it never grows less and is never consumed - "nec sumptus consumitur" - as it is sung in a hymn of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Love transforms everything, and therefore, it is clear why at the center of today's feast of Corpus Domini is the mystery of trans-substantiation, the symbol of Jesus-Love who transforms the world.

Looking at Him and adoring him, we say: Yes, love exists, and because it exists, things can change for the better and we can hope. It is hope that comes from the love of Christ that gives us the strength to live and to face difficulties.

For this, we sing, as we carry the Most Blessed Sacrament in procession: we sing and praise the Lord who reveals himself hidden in the form of broken bread. We all have need of this Bread, because the journey towards freedom, justice and peace is long and arduous.

We can imagine with what faith and love Our Lady received and adored the Holy Eucharist in her heart! Every time must have been for her like reliving all the mystery of her Son Jesus from his conception to the Resurrection.

"Lady of the Eucharist" is what my venerated and beloved predecessor John Paul II called her. Let us learn from her to continually renew our communion with the Body of Christ, so we can love each other as he loved us.

After the Angelus prayers, he had the following special messages:

On the 24th to the 26th of this month, the United Nations conference on the economic and financial crisis and its impact on development will take place in New York.

I invoke on the participants of the Conference, as on the responsible authorities for public affairs and the destinies of the planet, the spirit of wisdom and human solidarity, so that the present crisis may be transformed into opportunity, capable of favoring better attention to the dignity of every human being and to promote an equitable distribution of the decision-making power and of resources, with particular attention to the unfortunately growing number of the poor.

On this day, when Italy and many other nations celebrate the feast of Corpus Domini, 'Bread of Life', as I mentioned earlier, I wish to remember specially the hundreds of millions of persons who suffer from hunger.

This is an absolutely unacceptable reality, which has failed to diminish despite the efforts in the last decades. I wish therefore that on the occasion of the forthcoming UN conference and in the headquarters of international institutions, provisions may be taken, shared by the entire international community, and strategic choices will be fulfilled, at times difficult to accept, but necessary to assure basic nourishment and a dignified life to everyone, in the present and in the future.

Next Friday, solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Day of Priestly Sanctification, will be the start of the Year of the Priest that I declared to coincide with the 150th anniversary year of the death of the Holy Curate of Ars.

I entrust to your prayers this new spiritual initiative which will follow the Pauline Year now drawing to its conclusion. May this new jubilee year constitute a propitious occasion for a deeper look at the value and importance of the priestly mission and to ask the Lord to make a gift of numerous and holy priests to his Church.







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