\nTaking his queue (sic) <\/em>from the feast of the Blessed Virgin of the Most Holy Rosary on 7 October, Benedict XVI said \u201cOur Lady\u201d invites us to \u201crediscover the beauty of this prayer\u201d. Even the \u201cbeloved John Paul II was a great apostle of the Rosary: we remember him on his knees with the rosary beads in his hands, immersed in contemplation of Christ.\u201d The pope added: \u201cThe rosary is a contemplative and Christ-centred prayer, inseparable from meditation of the Sacred Scripture. It is the prayer of the Christian who advances in the pilgrimage of faith, following Jesus, preceded by Mary.\u201d This is why Benedict XVI urged one and all to \u201csay the Rosary this month in families, in communities and in parishes for the pope\u2019s intentions, for the mission of the Church and for peace in the world.\u201d<\/p>\nThe pontiff then recalled the missionary month and World Missions Day that will be marked on 22 October. \u201cThe Church is missionary by nature,\u201d he said. \u201cAs the Father has sent me, so I send you\u201d (Jn 20:21), said the resurrected Jesus to the Apostles in the Cenacle. The mission of the Church is the continuation of that of Christ: taking the love of God to all, announcing it with words and the concrete witness of charity. In the Message for the upcoming World Missions Day, I wanted to present charity precisely as the \u2018soul of mission\u2019. St Paul, the apostle of the nations, writes: \u201cFor the love of Christ urges us on\u201d (2 Cor 5:14). May each Christian make these words his own, in the joyous experience of being a missionary of Love wherever Providence places him, with humility and courage, serving his neighbour without ulterior motives and drawing from prayer the strength of joyful and industrious charity (cfr Deus caritas est<\/em>, 32-39)\u201d.<\/p>\nThe pope also cited the patroness of missions, the Carmelite St Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of the Child Jesus, who John Paul II proclaimed as Doctor of the Church. \u201cShe, who indicated confident abandonment to the love of God as a \u2018simple\u2019 way to holiness, helps us to be credible witnesses of the Gospel of charity. Most Holy Mary, Virgin of the Rosary and Queen of missions, lead us all to Christ the Saviour.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the Angelus prayer, Benedict XVI added a special request for prayers for Iraq: \u201cYesterday I had the joy of meeting His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, who told me about the tragic reality faced daily by the dear people of Iraq, where Christians and Muslims have lived together for 14 centuries as children of the same land. I hope these bonds of fraternity among them will not be loosened, while, with sentiments of my spiritual closeness, I invite all to unite with me in asking Almighty God for the gift of peace and harmony for that martyred land.\u201d The pope\u2019s proposal was greeted by long applause from the pilgrims gathered in the palace courtyard of Castel Gandolfo. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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