VATICAN CITY, MAR 8, 1999 (VIS) - This morning in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope received the pilgrims who came to Rome for yesterday's beatifications. "May the witness" of the Blesseds, he said, "be an encouragement and a stimulus so we might all walk with determination the path of conversion and reconciliation, faithfully following in their footsteps."
Referring to the martyrdom of the Spanish Augustinian Recollects, the Holy Father said that it was "a supreme act of love and faithfulness to Christ, which becomes a witness, example and perpetual message for humanity today and for generations to come." "May the new martyr Blesseds," he asked, "accompany the journey of the Church, which works and suffers for the Gospel, and may they encourage the flourishing of a new springtime of Christian life in Spain."
John Paul II told the Sisters of the Child Jesus, the congregation founded by Nicolas Barre O.M., that the task which they carry out "wholeheartedly, with humility and abandonment to God, is an answer to great human poverty. ... I encourage you to remain faithful to your mission of education, which is nourished by love and the contemplation of Christ."
"Anna Schaeffer," he concluded, speaking of the new German Blessed, "continues to be present among us with her message of life, which is a solid anchor of salvation when sad moments are experienced or when dark valleys are crossed."
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