Sunday, October 02, 2005

The Pope's Reflections

Here are some recent reflections of the Holy Father on the start of the Synod. The topic: the Eucharist

"The Eucharist might also be considered as a "lens" with which to constantly examine the face and path of the Church, which Christ founded so that all men may know the love of God and find in him the fullness of life."

"Tolerance that only admits God as a private opinion, but that denies him the public domain, the reality of the world and of our life, is not tolerance but hypocrisy."

"The month of October is dedicated to the holy rosary, singular contemplative prayer with which, led by the Lord's heavenly Mother, we fix our gaze on the Redeemer's face to be conformed in his mystery of joy, light, suffering and glory."

"God waits for us. He wants us to love Him: Should not such a call touch our hearts? Precisely in this hour, in which we celebrate the Eucharist, in which we open the Synod on the Eucharist, He comes to meet us, He comes to meet me. Will he find a response? Or will it be with us as it was with the vineyard, of which God says in Isaiah: "he looked for it to yield grapes but it yielded wild grapes." Is not our life often, perhaps, more vinegar than wine? Self-pity, conflict, indifference?"


(Zenit)

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