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ANGELUS OF 2/22/09




Here is a full translation of the Holy Father's words today:

Dear brothers and sisters!

The Gospel page that the liturgy gives us to reflect upon on this seventh Sunday in ordinary time refers to the episode of the paralytic who was pardoned and healed (Mark 2, 1-12).

While Jesus was preaching, among the many sick persons who were brought to him was a paralytic on a stretcher. On seeing him, the Lord said: "Child, your sins are forgiven" (Mk 2,5).

And since some of those present, upon hearing his words, appeared scandalized, he added, "That you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," and to the paralytic, he said: "I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home" (Mk 2,10-11). And the paralytic went away healed.

This Gospel narrative shows that Jesus has the power not only to heal the sick body, but also to forgive sins. Indeed, physical healing is a sign of the spiritual recovery that his forgiveness produces.

In effect, sin is a kind of paralysis of the spirit which only the power of God's merciful love can free us from, allowing us to rise again and resume our journey along the path of goodness.

This Sunday is also the Feast of the Chair of Peter, an important liturgical occasion that highlights the ministry of the Successor to the Prince of teh Apostles.

The Chair of Peter symbolizes the authority of the Bishop of Rome, called to carry out a unique service for the entire People of God.

Shortly after the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul, the primacy of the Church of Rome was recognized by the entire Catholic community, a role already attested to in the second century AD by St. Ignatius of Antioch (To the Romans, Pref.: Funk, I, 252) and by St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Against heresy III, 3, 2-3).

This singular and specific ministry of the Bishop of Rome was reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council. We read in its dogmatic Constitution on the Church,

Within the Church particular Churches hold a rightful place; these Churches retain their own traditions, without in any way opposing the primacy of the Chair of Peter, which presides over the whole assembly of charity(cfr S. Ign. Ant', Ad Rom., Pref) and protects legitimate differences, while at the same time assuring that such differences do not hinder unity but rather contribute toward it (Lumen gentium, 13).

Dear brothers and sisters, this feast offers me the occasion to ask you to accompany me with your prayers, so that I may be able to faithfully comply with the high mission that the Divine Providence has entrusted to me as Successor to the Apostle Peter.

Let us invoke for this the Virgin Mary who, yesterday, in Rome, we celebrated under her title as Our lady of Confidence (Madonna della Fiducia).

Let us also ask her to help us enter the Lenten season with the right spiritual disposition, which will start next Wednesday with the evocative Rite of the Ashes.

May Mary open our hearts to conversion and obedient listening to the Word of God.


After the prayers, he addressed this message to GErman-speaking pilgrims:

Today is the liturgical feast of Peter's Chair that is celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica as a holiday even on Sunday.

Christ chose Peter as the Rock on which he would build his Church. As an Apostle, he had to serve the whole world - universally - as Pastor and Teacher, and this apostolic function would continue in all of his successors for all time.

Let us then ask St. Peter for his intercession that the Church may not be shaken by chaos and storms; to keep us firm in our genuine faith; to remain in unity; and to live in reciprocal love for one another.

May the Lord guide and strengthen you with his blessing.



And In English, he said:

In today’s liturgy, we witness Jesus healing the paralytic lowered to him through the roof because of a large crowd.

This passage reminds us that the Lord has the power to forgive sins, and that nothing stands in the way of his mercy when we seek him with pure and contrite hearts!

Let us never hesitate to ask his pardon – especially through the Sacrament of Reconciliation – so that we may become better instruments of his love for others. God bless you all!




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