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"This Is the Sure Road to Find True Joy"
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 20, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the translation of a homily given today by Benedict XVI at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the priestly ordination of 14 deacons of the Diocese of Rome.
Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and Priesthood,
Dear Ordinands,
Dear Brothers and Sisters!
As bishop of this diocese I am particularly delighted to welcome into the “presbyterium” 14 new priests. Together with the cardinal vicar, the auxiliary bishops and all the presbyters thank the Lord for the gift of these new pastors of the People of God. I would like to address a particular greeting to you, dear ordinands: today you are at the center of the attention of the People of God, a people symbolically represented by the people who fill this Vatican Basilica. They fill it with prayer and songs, with sincere and deep affection, with authentic emotion, with human and spiritual joy. Among this People of God, there is a special place occupied by your parents and relatives, friends and companions, superiors and seminary educators, the various parish communities and the different realities of the Church from which you come and who have accompanied you on your journey and those whom you yourselves have already served pastorally. But we do not forget the singular closeness in this moment of many [other] people, humble and simple but great before God, such as, for example, the cloistered, children, the sick and infirm. They accompany you with the precious gift of their prayers, their innocence and their suffering.
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VATICAN CITY, JUNE 20, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the translation of a homily given today by Benedict XVI at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the priestly ordination of 14 deacons of the Diocese of Rome.
Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and Priesthood,
Dear Ordinands,
Dear Brothers and Sisters!
As bishop of this diocese I am particularly delighted to welcome into the “presbyterium” 14 new priests. Together with the cardinal vicar, the auxiliary bishops and all the presbyters thank the Lord for the gift of these new pastors of the People of God. I would like to address a particular greeting to you, dear ordinands: today you are at the center of the attention of the People of God, a people symbolically represented by the people who fill this Vatican Basilica. They fill it with prayer and songs, with sincere and deep affection, with authentic emotion, with human and spiritual joy. Among this People of God, there is a special place occupied by your parents and relatives, friends and companions, superiors and seminary educators, the various parish communities and the different realities of the Church from which you come and who have accompanied you on your journey and those whom you yourselves have already served pastorally. But we do not forget the singular closeness in this moment of many [other] people, humble and simple but great before God, such as, for example, the cloistered, children, the sick and infirm. They accompany you with the precious gift of their prayers, their innocence and their suffering.
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