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seek ways of promoting and encouraging dialogue between faith and reason
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Acta Benedicti Pp. XVI 619
May the profound ideas of this great Englishman continue to inspire all
Christ's followers in this land to conform their every thought, word and
action to Christ, and to work strenuously to defend those unchanging moral
truths which, taken up, illuminated and confirmed by the Gospel, stand at
the foundation of a truly humane, just and free society.
How much contemporary society needs this witness! How much we need,
in the Church and in society, witnesses of the beauty of holiness, witnesses of
the splendour of truth, witnesses of the joy and freedom born of a living
relationship with Christ! One of the greatest challenges facing us today is
how to speak convincingly of the wisdom and liberating power of God's word
to a world which all too often sees the Gospel as a constriction of human
freedom, instead of the truth which liberates our minds and enlightens our
efforts to live wisely and well, both as individuals and as members of society.
Let us pray, then, that the Catholics of this land will become ever more
conscious of their dignity as a priestly people, called to consecrate the world
to God through lives of faith and holiness. And may this increase of apostolic
zeal be accompanied by an outpouring of prayer for vocations to the ordained
priesthood. For the more the lay apostolate grows, the more urgently the
need for priests is felt; and the more the laity's own sense of vocation is
deepened, the more what is proper to the priest stands out. May many young
men in this land find the strength to answer the Master's call to the minis-
terial priesthood, devoting their lives, their energy and their talents to God,
thus building up his people in unity and fidelity to the Gospel, especially
through the celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice.
Dear friends, in this Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, I invite you
once more to look to Christ, who leads us in our faith and brings it to
perfection.10 I ask you to unite yourselves ever more fully to the Lord, shar-
ing in his sacrifice on the Cross and offering him that "spiritual worship" 11
which embraces every aspect of our lives and finds expression in our efforts to
contribute to the coming of his Kingdom. I pray that, in doing so, you may
join the ranks of faithful believers throughout the long Christian history of
this land in building a society truly worthy of man, worthy of your nation's
highest traditions.
10 Cfr. Heb 12:2. 11 Rom 12:1.