COOPERATORES VERITATIS
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL
AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I
offer a warm and affectionate greeting to the English-speaking pilgrims and
visitors who have joined me for this, my last General Audience. Like Saint
Paul, whose words we heard earlier, my heart is filled with thanksgiving to God
who ever watches over his Church and her growth in faith and love, and I
embrace all of you with joy and gratitude.
During
this Year of Faith, we
have been called to renew our joyful trust in the Lord’s presence in our lives
and in the life of the Church. I am personally grateful for his unfailing love
and guidance in the eight years since I accepted his call to serve as the
Successor of Peter. I am also deeply grateful for the understanding, support
and prayers of so many of you, not only here in Rome, but also throughout the
world.
The
decision I have made, after much prayer, is the fruit of a serene trust in
God’s will and a deep love of Christ’s Church. I will continue to accompany the
Church with my prayers, and I ask each of you to pray for me and for the new
Pope. In union with Mary and all the saints, let us entrust ourselves in faith
and hope to God, who continues to watch over our lives and to guide the journey
of the Church and our world along the paths of history.
I
commend all of you, with great affection, to his loving care, asking him to
strengthen you in the hope which opens our hearts to the fullness of life that
he alone can give. To you and your families, I impart my blessing. Thank you!
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