Vatican Radio REPORT: Pope
Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus this Sunday, with pilgrims and tourists
gathered in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo. The Holy
Father focused his remarks ahead of the Angelus on this Sunday’s Gospel
reading, which is taken from the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to St.
John (Jn 6:24-35), in which Our Lord begins to reveal Himself as the Bread of
Life. “Though material needs are important,” said Pope Benedict, “Jesus wants to
help people move beyond the immediate satisfaction of them,” explaining that the
Lord desires to open for us a horizon of existence that is not simply that of
the daily concerns of eating, of clothing, and of one’s working career. He said,
“Jesus speaks of a food that does not perish, a food that we must seek and
welcome." It was a theme to which the Holy Father returned in his English
remarks to the faithful following the traditional prayer of Marian
devotion:I welcome all the English-speaking visitors and pilgrims present today and I pray that your stay in Rome will help you to grow closer to the Lord Jesus. In today’s Gospel he says to the people: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, whoever believes in me will never thirst.” Let us put our faith in him, and let us put our trust in his promises, so that we may have life in abundance. May God bless you all!
The Holy Father is in Castel Gandolfo for the month of August, where he is resting and taking time to make progress on literary projects. Late last week the Press Office announced that the Pope has completed the third and final volume of his theological work, Jesus of Nazareth. The manuscript is now being translated into the major modern languages.
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