Statio Orbis - Papal Mass

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English, the Church of Jesus Christ is assembled for worship.
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Italian, la chiesa di Gesucristo si è convenuta per il culto divino.
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French, le peuple de Dieu ici réunis s'apprêtent maintenant à rendre un hommage particulier à Jésus-Christ.
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Slovenian, Cerkev Jezusa Kristusa svetih iz poslednjih dni Slovenije je izbrana za božjo službo.
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Arabic. تم اختيار كنيسة يسوع المسيح لقديسي الأيام الأخيرة في سلوفينيا لخدمة الله.
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Mundo Hispánico. La Iglesia de Jesucristo está reunida para alabar a Dios.
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German. Das Volk unsres Herrn Jesus Christus hat sich zum Gottesdienst versammelt.
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My brothers and sisters in the Lord,
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the President of the United States.
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Eminence Cardinal Knox, Papal Leggett, for his holiness, Pope Paul, your Eminence Cardinal
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Kroll, distinguished clergy from all over the world, dear friends, I am deeply honored
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by your invitation to be with you for the conclusion of this 41st International Eucharistic
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Congress and to reiterate on behalf of all of the people of the United States
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of America, our most heartfelt welcome to our many guests from all over the world.
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It is an inspiring demonstration of all the world's hunger for peace and
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understanding that these Congresses are able to unite citizens of more than 100
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nations in common purpose and common prayer.
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It is fitting that you gather here in the city of brotherly love, where 200 years ago
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my country declared its national independence with a firm reliance on the protection of
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divine providence.
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reliance has never failed us and has been reinforced by the equally firm
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devotion of Americans to freedom of worship and freedom of conscience for
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all who have come to us throughout the centuries.
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These fundamental freedoms are not only written into our Constitution and our
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laws, but they are written in our hearts as well. On this occasion we celebrate
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the Church's contribution to building a more peaceful world.
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We salute you for giving depth and direction
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to the world community in every age.
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For millions of men and women...
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For millions of men and women,
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the Church has been the hospital for the soul.
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the schoolroom for the mind, and the safe depository for moral ideals.
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It has given unity and purpose to the affairs of man.
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It has been a vital institution for protecting and proclaiming the ultimate values of life itself.
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We are rightly concerned today about the rising tide of secularism across the world.
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I share your deep appreciation about the increased irreverence for life.
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life.
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The
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The supreme value of every person to whom life is given by God is a belief that comes
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to us from the Holy Scriptures confirmed by all the great leaders of the Church.
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commitment to the unique role of the family relationship is also basic to our
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faith.
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There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound
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together in a loving commitment to nurture and to protect. No government, no
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matter how well-intentioned, can ever take the place of the family in the
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scheme of things.
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The family circle suggests a oneness similar to that of the church family and
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and that which we strive to achieve in the human family.
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I remember a poem that my mother taught me as a young boy
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by the great American poet Edwin Markham,
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which beautifully expresses the determination
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that we must move beyond tolerance to love.
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It goes like this.
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He drew a circle that shut me out.
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Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout, but Love and I had the wit to win.
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We drew a circle that took him in.
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I am moved that you have brought me in within this great circle
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today, and by the spirit of love and service that animates it,
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I hope that we all, whatever our country or creed,
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will continue to draw larger and larger circles until that day
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in his good time, when all God's people are one.
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As we work together for a better world,
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where our brothers and sisters are free
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from hunger and fear.
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Let us keep our hearts free from pride and hate
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in the spirit of this old familiar prayer
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of the good Saint Francis.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
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Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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Where there is injury, pardon.
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Where there is doubt, faith.
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Where there is despair, hope.
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Where there is darkness, light.
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Where there is sadness, joy.
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God bless, and may you have a safe journey to your homes.
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Thank you.
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Let us ask God to bless it and to keep us faithful to the spirit he has given us.
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God Almighty, creator of all life, of body and soul, we ask you to bless this water as
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we use it in faith, forgive our sins and save us from all illness and the power of evil.
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Lord, in your mercy, give us living water, always springing up as a fountain of salvation.
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Free us, body and soul, from every danger, and admit us to your presence in purity of
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heart.
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this through Christ our Lord.
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May Almighty God cleanse us of our sins and through the Eucharist we celebrate
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make us worthy to sit at his table in his heavenly kingdom. Amen.
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A message from His Holiness, Pope Paul VI.
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To you Americans, to you men and women from all parts of the world, assembled in the International
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Eucharistic Congress.
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It is the Bishop of Rome who speaks to you,
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the successor of the Apostle Peter,
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the Pope of the Catholic Church, to beaker of Christ on earth.
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He speaks to greet you, to assure you of his prayers,
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to have you hear in His voice the echo of Christ's Word,
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and thus, to some extent, to open up to you
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the deep meaning of the mystery that you are celebrating.
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We ask you to be silent, to be silent now,
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and to try to listen within yourselves to an inner proclamation.
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The Lord is saying, Be assured, I am with you.
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I am here.
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He is saying because this is my body.
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This is the cup of my blood.
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The mystery of his presence is thus enacted and celebrated.
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The mystery of his sacramental, material, and living presence.
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Jesus, the teacher of humanity, is here.
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He is calling for you.
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Yes, Jesus is calling to you, each one by name.
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The mystery of the Eucharist is, above all, a personal mystery.
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Personal because on His Divine Presence, the Presence of Christ,
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the Word of God made man.
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personal, because the Eucharist is meant for each of us.
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For this reason, Christ has become living bread,
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and is multiplied in the sacrament,
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in order to be accessible to every human being
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who receives Him worthily and who opens to Him the door of faith and love.
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The Eucharist is a mystery of life.
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Christ says,
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He who eats this bread shall live.
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The Eucharist is the mystery of suffering, yes, and a mystery of death, a mystery of
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redemptive passion, a mystery of sacrifice, consummated by Christ for our salvation.
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It is the mystery of the cross, reflected and commemorated in the sacrament which makes
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us shape in the last emulation in order to associate us in the resurrection.
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Today, in time, the Eucharist is the food for our earthly pilgrimage.
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Tomorrow, in the life of to come, it will be our everlasting happiness.
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This Eucharist is, therefore, a mystery of love.
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It makes all of us who eat the same bread into a single body,
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living by means of one spirit.
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It makes us one family,
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Brothers and sisters united in solidarity with one another and all of us dedicated to giving witness in mutual love to the fact that we really are the followers of Christ.
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May it always be this way, beloved brothers and sons and daughters,
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with our apostolic blessings in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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A
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reading from the first book of Kings.
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Elijah went a day's journey into the desert,
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until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it.
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He prayed for death.
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This is enough, O Lord.
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Take my life, for I am no better than my father's.
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He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree.
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But then an angel touched him and ordered
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him to get up and eat.
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He looked, and there at his head was a hearth cake
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and a jug of water.
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After he ate and drank, he lay down again.
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But the angel of the Lord came back a second time,
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touched him, and ordered, get up and eat,
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else the journey will be too long for you.
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He got up, ate, and drank.
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Then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain
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of God, Oreb.
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This is the word of the Lord.
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Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
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Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
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You will feel it when you go down to Yahweh
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When you go down to the people
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Because powerfully
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His mercy has manifested itself upon us
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And the truth of the truth
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Remains forever
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Distant could be
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Lobe die aweale Volke,
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Irrschteme alle,
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Lobeis et in.
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Denn macht die Gwalteit
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Über uns seine Gnade
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Und seine Feue
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Errebt die Nefigkeit.
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T'es gentille, d'amour, n'est-ce pas, maman?
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L'oeil, oh oeil,
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Tout le peuple fait elle,
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Tout le pays,
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Fort et sans amour,
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Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
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God, our God, glorify you in all the earth
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Give him honor and praise, all the human tribes
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For his mercy on us is known
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But the truth of Poinsk has never been found.
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The path of happiness is shown.
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A reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians.
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Do nothing to sadden the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed against the day of redemption.
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rid of all bitterness, all passion and anger, harsh words, slander and malice of
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every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate and mutually
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Be forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
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Be imitators of God as his dear children.
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Follow the way of love, even as Christ loved you.
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He gave himself for us as an offering to God,
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a gift of pleasing fragrance.
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This is the word of the Lord.
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Thanks be to God.
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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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Alleluia.
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Wisdom, let us stand and listen to holy gospel according to Saint John.
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Let us be attentive.
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The Jews started to murmur in protest
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because Jesus claimed, I am the bread that
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came down from heaven.
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They kept saying, is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?
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So do we not know his father and his mother?
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How can he claim to have come down from heaven?
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Stop your murmuring, Jesus told them.
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No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me
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Who sent me draws him.
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I will raise him up on the last day.
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It is written in the prophets,
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They shall all be taught by God.
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Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
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Not that anyone has seen the Father.
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Only the one who is from God has seen the Father.
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Let me firmly assure you, he who believes has eternal life.
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I am the bread of life.
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Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they all died.
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This is the bread that comes down from heaven
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for a man to eat and never die.
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I, myself, am the living bread.
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Come down from heaven.
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If anyone eats this bread, he shall live forever.
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Side 2

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The bread I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
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On this solemn and a joyous occasion of the Statio Orbis, dear people of God, the liturgy
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of the 19th Sunday of the year invites us to taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
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For this we require firm faith to recognize Christ, the Bread of Life, who gives us in
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the Eucharist His flesh for the life of the world. Nourished by such heavenly food, we
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we can, like Elijah, complete our pilgrimage to the mountain of God, following the way
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of love, even as Christ loved us.
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In today's Gospel we have the central part of Christ's Eucharistic discourse which
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occupies most of chapter 6 of St. John's Gospel.
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Biblical scholars point out that it is a characteristic of St. John's Gospel to present, together
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with the historical sense of the words spoken by Jesus, the deeper meaning which Christians
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could understand because of their faith and liturgical life, but which would often be
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beyond the comprehension of his immediate hearers.
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This is particularly true of Christ's words,
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I am the bread come down from heaven.
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The people who have witnessed the multiplication of the loaves and fishes fail to rise above
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the practical value of the miracle for them.
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Their vision was limited to material and political advantages.
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gospel opens with their protest because Jesus claimed,
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I am the bread come down from heaven.
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They kept saying, is this not Jesus the son of Joseph?
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Do we not know his father and mother?
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How can he claim to come down from heaven?
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Jesus does not answer their protest,
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but continues to insist that they respond to God's grace and believe in Him.
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To John, who wrote the marvellous prologue to his Gospel,
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affirming that the Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us,
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the protest of the Jews at Capernaum must have seemed in retrospect extremely limited and earthly.
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So it appears to Christians who share John's faith for Jesus' words,
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I am the bread come down from heaven.
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In fact, they turn our thoughts to the sublime mystery of the Incarnation,
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for that is the way Christ came down from heaven.
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The Son of God, the Word, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
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Cardinal Newman, for whom the Incarnation was the greatest of miracles,
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while still an Anglican, affirmed that Mary's part in the Incarnation strengthens our faith in that mystery.
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Nothing, he says, is so calculated to impress on our minds that Christ is really partaker
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of our nature, and in all respects man saved sin only, as to associate him with the thought
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of her by whose ministration he became our brother.
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St Bonaventure, reflecting on the providential part assigned to the Blessed Virgin Mary in
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the mystery of the Incarnation and her consequent relationship with the whole work of redemption,
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stresses the importance of Mary's patronage for fruitful participation in the Eucharistic
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mysteries.
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In a sermon on Corpus Christi, he declares,
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Only by the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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is the excellence of this sacrament obtained.
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And for this reason, just as through her
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is given to us the most sacred body
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which was manifested to us and born from her womb,
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so should it be offered and received through her hands.
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May our Blessed Mother, whom Elizabeth called blessed on account of her believing,
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obtain for us a deep and vital faith in the mystery of the Eucharist.
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In the final verse of today's Gospel, there is a clear transition to the Eucharistic theme.
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Jesus declares,
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The bread I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
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Our Saviour asserts clearly and unequivocally that the heavenly bread of which He is now speaking is His flesh.
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This is the Eucharist, His flesh given to us under the species of bread.
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This is the sublime gift Christ has given His Church.
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This is the reason for our presence here today.
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Let us examine a little more closely the significance of these words spoken by Christ.
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Jesus says,
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The bread I will give is my flesh.
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Let us pay particular attention to the word give in this context.
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It has a sacrificial connotation.
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It means to give up to death.
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In John 3, verse 16, we read God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son
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so that those who believe in Him may not perish.
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Saint Paul in that part of the epistle to the Ephesians that forms the second reading
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today recalls the sacrifice of Christ who gave himself for us an offering to God a gift
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of pleasing fragrance. Jesus, in the words we quoted therefore, is referring to his own
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sacrifice on the cross. That is why the Apostle tells the Ephesians, follow the way of love
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even as Christ loved you. These words echo the new commandment given by our
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Savior himself, love one another as I have loved you.
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Saint Paul exhorts his readers to act in accordance with their dignity as sons of
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God, redeemed by Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit. Do nothing, he says, to sadden
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the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed against the day of redemption.
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For this reason he urges them to get rid of all bitterness, all passion, harsh words,
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slander of every kind.
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He then adds a positive program saying, in place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate
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and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
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Christ taught His disciples the Lord's Prayer
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and instilled into them the idea that they could ask the Father's forgiveness
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in the measure that they forgave others their offences.
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The same Divine Master also laid down the principle
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that anyone bringing a gift to the altar, and there remembering that his brother had
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something against him, must leave his gift at the altar, go and be reconciled, and then,
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and only then, come and offer his gift.
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What a different place the world would be if all of us who are Christians lived at the
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the Eucharist in this way. Truly then, Christ would achieve through us the program contained
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in the words of today's Gospel. The bread I will give is my flesh for the life of the
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world. Jesus, having affirmed that He will offer His own body in sacrifice, goes on to
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specify the purpose for the life of the world. This purpose is indeed all-embracing, without
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limitations of class and nation and culture, but is for all mankind in every age and clime
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until the end of time. After His passion, death and resurrection, Christ sent His life-giving
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Spirit upon His disciples and through the same Spirit set up His body which is the Church
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as the universal sacrament of salvation.
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Our blessed Lord wants His Church to be a sign and instrument of union with God and
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of the unity of all mankind.
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He has endowed this Church with the sacraments and especially the Blessed Eucharist which
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which contains the Church's entire spiritual wealth, namely Christ Himself, our Pasch,
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and the living bread which gives life to man, that flesh which is given life and gives life
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through the Spirit.
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The Statia Orbis is the focal point, the culminating event of an international Eucharistic Congress.
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It is at this moment the place of worship of the Universal Church of the whole world,
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uniting us in bonds of faith with the Holy Father and with millions of our brothers throughout the world.
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As such, it constitutes a challenge to each of us here present
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to be conscious of the mission of the Church to the whole world as the universal sacrament of salvation.
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Each one of us can share in this vision and in this universal mission
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by accepting this challenge in our own lives and circumstances.
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The Eucharistic sacrifice, which is the source and summit of the whole of the Church's worship
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and of the Christian life will be the epicenter.
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At the same time we must remember that the celebration of the Eucharist,
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the celebration of Christ's total giving of Himself,
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if it is to be genuine and complete, should lead us to various works of
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charity and mutual help as well as to missionary
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activity and different forms of Christian witness. This may seem an arduous program,
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but let us be conscious of the power of the Eucharist to serve our every need, and like
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the heavenly nourishment provided for Elijah, to enable us to reach the end of our pilgrimage,
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mountain of God. May we remember too that bonds of charity link us with millions of
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others who strive to see and serve Christ in their lives. In this way we can all become
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humble instruments for the realization of Christ's plan to give his flesh for the life
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of the world and in the words of Pope Paul to satisfy as he alone can all the
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hungers of the human family. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
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Holy Spirit, Amen.
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Brothers and sisters, call out to our Father who yearns to satisfy the hungers
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of his children, he will draw us to Jesus, the bread of life.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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Raise up leaders who will speak your word of freedom and justice.
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Create a new heart in whoever is enslaved by prejudice and oppression.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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give us this day our daily bread,
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and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
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against us.
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Give us the spirit through which the word has been made flesh for
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the salvation of the world, that your Church should be the sign
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We pray to you, Lord.
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Lord, hear our prayer.
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Señor, danos la oportunidad de ver y saborear las riquezas de tu creación,
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de razas y culturas, de jóvenes y viejos, de hombre y mujer.
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Te lo pedimos, Señor.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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Apri i nostri occhi e le nostre orecchie, alla magnificenza della tua opera.
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Fa' che la fede nella vita eterna sia la luce di verità e di giudizio ti preghiamo, O Signore.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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Lord, hear our prayer.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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and the fear of the unknown.
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Defend us from the darkness.
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We ask of you.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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Lord, hear our prayer.
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Let us be filled with the love,
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the passion,
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and the hope.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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We pray to you, Lord.
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Father in heaven you have made us for yourself. Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.
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Fulfill this longing through Jesus, the bread of life, so that we may witness to him who
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alone satisfies the hungers of the human family. By the power of your spirit, lead us to the
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heavenly table where we may feast on the vision of your glory forever and ever.
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of the free and the home of the brave.
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Hail to thee, O'er the land of the free and the home
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of the brave.
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and the hope of every soul.
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Lord of lords, in whom the best joy,
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in the body and the blood, we will
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give to all the faithful.
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His own self for heavenly food.
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Hail, all hail, the host of heaven!
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Stands his heav'n-born Lord on the way.
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As the light of life he shone there,
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of the realms of endless day, and the powers of heaven
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may vanish as the darkness clears away.
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And His feet on six feet shall go,
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Shall go in the sleepless night.
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He'll raise the true of Christ's eyes,
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As with sincere joys they cry,
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Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord, have mercy.
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Brothers and sisters in Christ, one word
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would be inadequate, and a million words
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insufficient to express our gratitude to Almighty God
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for the blessings of this Congress.
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We thank him for having kept the umbrella over our heads.
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And if he wants to soak us now, we're willing.
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My deep thanks to the President for accepting the invitation and staying to the conclusion
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of this ceremony.
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To their eminences and their excellencies, the cardinals and bishops, from our own country
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and from so many countries, our profound thanks to you.
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and praise and celebrants to the religious.
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And to all of those on the various committees whom I have chided and tried to stimulate,
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I want to assure you that I can never be sufficiently grateful.
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You were not just good.
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You were superb.
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I thank you not only for your work,
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but above all for radiating in your work the love of Christ.
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For all of this, I am grateful.
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Thank you.
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And may the good Lord bless you.
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The Lord of earth and heaven has assembled you before him this day
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to celebrate this Statue Orbis.
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May he fill you with the blessings of heaven.
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Amen.
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God the Father wills that all His children, scattered throughout the world,
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become one family in His Son.
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May He make you His temple, the dwelling place of His Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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May God free you from every bond of sin, dwell within you, and give you joy.
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May you live with Him forever in the company of all His saints.
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Amen.
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May Almighty God bless you, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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Christ is our ruler, Christ is our Lord and Redeemer.
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For we excel only Thee, Lord, through every land and nation,
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For in your kingdom, Lord divine, alone we find salvation.
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Christ is our Savior!
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Christ is our true Lord!
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Christ Jesus, Lord and Redeemer.
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To you and to your church's safety,
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we pledge our hearts' oblation.
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Until he pours your thrones, we sing,
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In endless jubilation.
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Christ, Jesus, victor!
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Christ, Jesus, ruler!
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Christ, Jesus, Lord and Redeemer!