Yes, there was a General Audience today, and during it, Pope Benedict paid tribute to Brother Roger of Taize, who was killed one year ago today.

And here’s a translation of the rest of it:

A lovely snippet:

The Assumption evokes a mystery that is of interest to each of us, because, as the Second Vatican Council affirmed, Mary "shines from above as a sign of sure hope and consolation for the people of God who are on the way…" (Lumen gentium, 68). But we are often too caught up by the events of everyday that we may forget this consoling spiritual reality which constitutes an important truth of our faith.

So how do we make this luminous sign of hope more perceptible always to our society today? There are those who live today as if they will never die or as if everything ends in death. Some behave as if man were the only maker of his own destiny, as if God did not exist, or even refusing to acknowledge that there is any room for God in our world.

However, the great successes of science and technology, which have notably improved the human condition, leave unresolved the most profound questions of the human spirit. Only an openness to the mystery of God, who is Love, can quench the thirst for truth and happiness in the human heart. Only the prospect of eternity can give authentic value to historic events, and above all, to the mysteries of human fragility, of suffering and of death.

In contemplating Mary in her celestial glory, we understand that even for us, earth is not our definitive home, and that if we live ever aware of eternal good, we will share the same glory one day. Therefore, even amid the thousand dificulties of daily life, we should not lose our calm.