"Where is there a
people to which God is so close as our God is to us? So close as to be
one of us, to touch me from within. Yes, to enter into me in the Holy
Eucharist.... Yes, He enters into our misery, He does so knowingly and does so
to penetrate us, to cleanse and renew us so that, through us, in us, truth will
be in the world and salvation brought about.
Let us ask the Lord
forgiveness for our indifference, for our misery that makes us think only
of ourselves, for our egoism which does not seek the truth, but which follows
our own habits, and which perhaps often makes Christianity seem like a system of
habits. Let us ask Him to enter into our souls forcefully, that He make Himself
present in us and through us – and thus that joy is born also in us: God is here, and He loves me, He is our salvation! Amen."
Pope Benedict
XVI
Homily, Castel Gandolfo ,
9/2/12
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