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    Pope Benedict XVI thanked members of religious orders for their total dedication to Christ, which provides a strong witness of faith. He celebrated mass on the World Day for Consecrated Life. In his homily, the Pope said religious orders throughout history have given models of Christian charity through their service. Their way of living demonstrates their belonging to God. The consecrated life is a gift from God that, through the Holy Spirit's charisms, helps shine forth the mystery and mission of the Church and renew society.

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    Pope Benedict XVI thanked members of religious orders for their total dedication to Christ, which provides a strong witness of faith. He celebrated mass on the World Day for Consecrated Life. In his homily, the Pope said religious orders throughout history have given models of Christian charity through their service. Their way of living demonstrates their belonging to God. The consecrated life is a gift from God that, through the Holy Spirit's charisms, helps shine forth the mystery and mission of the Church and renew society.

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    14 Sunday February 19, 2006 ■ CatholicNews

    FOCUS

    VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict The pope noted that in his


    XVI thanked the members of the first encyclical, titled “Deus
    world’s religious orders, saying Caritas Est” (“God Is Love”), he
    their total dedication to Christ had written about the important
    was a strong sign of faith in witness of charity given by the
    modern society. saints, from the earliest days of
    The pope, joined by several the church to modern times.
    thousand men and women Many of the saints, he said,
    religious, celebrated a Mass to were members of religious
    mark World Day for Consecrated orders, including figures like St.
    Life, which was observed in Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican
    Rome on Feb 2, the feast of the theologian; St. John Bosco, the
    Presentation of the Lord. Salesian who worked with young
    As the liturgy opened, people; and St. Angela Merici,
    religious priests, who founded the
    sisters and brothers lit Ursulines and
    candles in the launched its
    darkened basilica and teaching mission.
    the pope, holding his Among the
    own candle, (photo) saints devoted to
    processed to the main charity, the pope
    altar. He named Blessed
    concelebrated the Mother Teresa of
    Mass with priests of Calcutta, whose
    17 religious orders. Missionaries of
    In a sermon, the Charity work with
    pope said he wanted the poor around the
    to thank the nearly 1 world.
    million members of “In truth, the
    religious orders for the many entire history of the church is a
    different forms of service they history of holiness, animated by
    carry out. Their complete the unique love that has its source
    dedication is an eloquent sign of in God,” he said. “In fact, only
    the presence of the kingdom of supernatural charity, like that
    God in the world, he said. which flows continually from the
    “Their way of living and of heart of Christ, can explain the
    working is capable of exceptional flowering down
    demonstrating in a continuous through the centuries of male and
    way their full belonging to the female religious orders and
    one Lord,” the pope said. “Their institutes, and other forms of
    giving of themselves into the consecrated life.”
    hands of Christ and the church is He said it was important for
    a strong and clear announcement the modern church to remember
    of the presence of God, in a the importance of consecrated life
    language that is understood by as “the expression and the school
    our contemporaries.” of charity.”
    Earlier, at his Sunday blessing Pope John Paul II inaugurated
    on Jan 29, the pope, citing his the annual day for religious in
    recent encyclical, said religious 1997. It is one of the many
    orders through the centuries have liturgical and commemorative
    given the church and the world customs Pope Benedict has
    models of Christian charity. chosen to maintain. ■ CNS

    – The Consecrated Life, deeply service of God and their brothers


    rooted in the example and and sisters. In this way, through
    teaching of Christ the Lord, is a the many charisms of spiritual
    gift of God the Father to his and apostolic life bestowed on
    church through the Holy Spirit. them by the Holy Spirit, they
    By the profession of the have helped to make the mystery
    evangelical counsels the and mission of the church shine
    characteristic features of Jesus – forth, and in doing so have
    the chaste, poor and obedient one contributed to the renewal of
    – are made constantly “visible” in society.
    the midst of the world.
    – The consecrated life has not
    – In every age there have been only proved a help and support
    men and women who, obedient to for the church in the past, but is
    the Father’s call and to the also a precious and necessary gift
    prompting of the Spirit, have for the present and future of the
    chosen this special way of People of God, since it is an
    following Christ, in order to intimate part of her life, her
    devote themselves to him with an holiness and her mission.
    “undivided” heart. Like the
    Apostles, they too have left (Excerpts from the apostolic letter
    everything behind in order to be “Vita Consecrata” (“The
    with Christ and to put Consecrated Life”) by Pope John
    themselves, as he did, at the Paul II) ■

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