Purification of the clergy topic of final Friday Lenten meditation in Vatican [CNA]

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Vatican City, Mar 27, 2010 / 01:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Capuchin Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa dedicated his final Lenten meditation to the necessity of “an internal purification of the Church, starting with its clergy." He emphasized the importance of love for Christ, fidelity and repentance in bringing about change.

The call to conversion for those who are already within the Church is a different one from that of non-believers and neophytes and one that “concerns us closely,” explained Fr. Cantalamessa to Pope Benedict XVI and clergy present in the Vatican’s Redemptoris Mater Chapel on Friday morning.

This call, the Capuchin friar said, “resounds in each of the seven letters to the Churches” in the Book of Revelation.

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Father Cantalamessa is a dynamic speaker. He exudes strength in the manner of emphasis he incorporates as a preacher. His square jaw and direct gaze seize the audience, engaging it to become involved in something profound. The church needs to make more visible those among the clergy (and there many throughout the world) whose spiritual dynamism and charisma shine out as examples of the true nature of those who are faithful servants of Christ. We need to see…the world needs to see…the new saints who shall lead us out of this darkeness. Come Holy Spirit, we need Your mystical power to cleanse and heal us.