THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS AN EXPRESSION OF DIVINE CHARITY

VATICAN CITY, JUL 5, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience the participants in the general chapter of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ.

In his talk to them, the Holy Father said that "on the threshold of the third millennium the need to reflect, ever more vividly, on divine charity of which the Blood of Christ is the sign, expression, measure and pledge, calls you to render your communities living signs of the faithful love of God."

"Only a contemplative attitude, energized by meditation on the Word of God and by constant prayer will enable you to thus draw close to the surrounding human environment and bring you to welcome personal and cultural differences as opportunities for enriching the original charism, for an ever more incisive apostolic action in today's world."

John Paul II highlighted that, in the "present historical context, marked by worrying divisions and inequalities, it is of vital importance that your community become a promoter of conciliatory action and solidarity, taking the side of the defense of life wherever this is threatened and endangered, giving hope where the wounds are deepest, where the rights of the individual are trodden underfoot, where the silent cry of the needy rises."

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