Vatican
City, 22 May 2013
(VIS) – At the end of this morning's general audience, the Holy
Father—noting that this Friday, 24 May, is the day dedicated to the
liturgical memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians,
who is venerated with great devotion at the National Shrine of
Sheshan in Shanghai, China—launched an appeal, inviting “Catholics
around the world to join in prayer with our brothers and sisters in
China; to implore of God the grace to proclaim Christ, dead and
risen, with humility and joy; to be faithful to his Church and the
Successor of Peter; and to live their everyday lives in service to
their country and their fellow citizens in a manner consistent with
the faith they profess.”
The
Pope offered these words to be said in order to call upon Mary's
intercession: “Our Lady of Sheshan, in their everyday struggles,
sustain the commitment of all those in China, so that they may
continue to believe, to hope, to love, and so they may never fear to
speak of Jesus to the world and of the world to Jesus.”
“Mary,
Virgin most faithful, support Chinese Catholics. Make their
commitments, which are not easy, ever more precious in the eyes of
the Lord and help the affection and the participation of the Church
in China to grow in the path of the universal Church.”
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