VATICAN CITY, OCT 4, 2004 (VIS) - This morning the Holy Father received pilgrims who participated yesterday in the beatification of the Servants of God Pierre Vigne, Joseph-Marie Cassant, Anna Katharina Emmerick, Maria Ludovica De Angelis and Charles of Austria.
Speaking about the message and spirituality of the new blesseds, the Pope said that Pierre Vigne and Joseph-Marie Cassant "contemplated the mystery of the Eucharist in the silence of prayer," and he prayed that their example and intercession "may help Christian communities today to put the Eucharist, font and summit of the life of the Church, at the center of their life. May it stimulate the missionary impulse which the world needs in order to listen to the Good News!"
John Paul II recalled that the life of Mother Ludovica de Angelis "was consecrated to the glory of God and to the service of her brothers and sisters." She worked for many years in a children's hospital in La Plata, Argentina. "Her life," he said, "was a continuous path toward sanctity, and now she is an intercessor and witness to charity for us."
"In intimate union with Our Lord Who suffers, the 'mystic from Muenster'," he said of Blessed Emmerick, "fulfilled the word of the Apostles, love for Christ and the Church, in order to complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions," as Paul wrote to the Colossians.
The Pope concluded by recalling that Charles of Austria "always wanted to carry out the will of God. Faith was the foundation of his responsibility as king and as a father. "May we follow his example and also trust in God in our life!"
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