VATICAN - During his Angelus reflection the Pope recalls the bond between the Church’s mission and the Eucharist: “missionary activity and evangelisation is the apostolic spreading of the love which is, as it were, concentrated in the Blessed Sacrament”

Monday, 24 October 2005

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Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 23 October during his midday Angelus reflection Pope Benedict XVI expressed sentiments of “warm gratitude” to the Synod Fathers after “three weeks of hard work in a spirit of fraternal communion. The Pope said that note has been taken of reflections, testimonials, experience and proposals to be elaborated in the post Synodal Exhortation which “taking into account the different situations in the world will help to describe the image of the Catholic ‘community’ straining to live in the plurality of cultures, the central mystery of the faith: the Incarnation of our redemption, of which the Eucharist is the living presence.”
The Pope also expressed his joy for five new Saints, the first during his pontificate: “Each of these disciples of Jesus was formed inwardly by His presence accepted, celebrated and adored in the Eucharist. Each one of them with different nuances nourished filial devotion to Mary, the Mother of Christ”. Lastly Benedict XVI mentioned World Mission Sunday - "bread broken for the life of the world" -: “How significant is the bond between the Church’s mission and the Eucharist. In fact missionary activity and evangelisation is the apostolic spreading of the love which is, as it were, concentrated in the Blessed Sacrament. If we accept Christ in the reality of his Body and Blood we cannot keep this gift for ourselves, we feel compelled to share it through courageous witness to the Gospel, service of our brothers and sisters in difficulty, offering forgiveness for offences. For some, furthermore, the Eucharist is the seed of a special call to leave everything and go and proclaim Christ to those who have yet to encounter him”.
Before reciting the Angelus prayer the Pope entrusted the fruits of the Synod and the Year of the Eucharist to Most Holy Mary, Woman of the Eucharist: “May she watch over the path of the Church and teach us to grow in communion with the Lord Jesus so as to be witnesses of his love, in which lies the secret of joy”. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 24/10/2005; righe 23, parole 331)