Pope Francis holds General Audience: English summary
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| Pope Francis at his Wednesday General Audience.- AFP |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the
Eucharist at the Wednesday General Audience, saying Sunday is the Christian
holy day par excellence.
Please find below the official English-language
summary of the Pope's catechesis:
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Our continuing catechesis
on the Eucharist today centres on the importance of Sunday Mass. As
Christians, we celebrate the Eucharist in order to encounter the Lord, to hear
his word, eat at his table and, by his grace to fulfil our mission in the world
as members of his Mystical Body the Church. As the day of the
resurrection and the pentecostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Sunday is the
Christian holy day par excellence. How could we pass this day
without encountering the Lord? Sadly, in many secularized societies, we
have lost the sense of Sunday. The Second Vatican Council asked us to celebrate
the Lord’s Day as a day of joy and rest from servile work, precisely as a sign
of our dignity as children of God. Each Sunday is meant to be a foretaste
of the eternal bliss and repose to which we are called and which we share, even
now, in Holy Communion. In the end, we go to Mass not
to givesomething to God, but to receive from him the grace and
strength to remain faithful to his word, to follow his commandments and,
through his living presence within us, to be witnesses of his goodness and love
before the world.
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