Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates Assumption Mass [video]

Pope Benedict celebrated the Mass of the Assumption at Castel Gandolfo's parish church of St. Thomas of Villanova. "Let us," the Holy Father prayed in his homily, "entrust ourselves to her maternal intercession, that she might ask the Lord to strengthen our belief in eternal life, help us to live well and with hope the time that God gives to us - a Christian hope," he said, "which is not just nostalgia for Heaven, but living and active desire for God here in the world, a desire that makes us indefatigable pilgrims, feeding in us the courage and strength of faith, a fortitude that is at once the power of love. More

Pope Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus:

"May Mary guide us on our way"


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