Apr 15, 2011

The Final Stretch...


Benedict XVI is encouraging the faithful to continue with commitment on the path to Easter.

The Pope said this today as he concluded the general audience with his traditional greeting to young people, the sick and newlyweds.

"In this last part of Lent," he said, "I exhort you to continue with commitment on the spiritual path toward Easter."

The Holy Father encouraged youth to "intensify your witness of faithful love to Christ Crucified."

"You, dear sick," he invited, "look at the Lord's cross to offer with courage the trial of illness."

Finally, he expressed his wish for newlyweds: that their "spousal union be such that it is always vivified by divine love."

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