Monday, August 16, 2010

Pope: Entrust Ourselves to Mary in Heaven; Christianity Promises Eternal Life in Heaven

On the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (August 15), Pope Benedict XVI offered a meditation in a papal courtyard full of young people on the presence of Mary in the Church -- from antiquity to the present time.

Earlier yesterday morning, the pope celebrated Mass in the pontifical parish of St. Thomas of Villanova at Castel Gondolfo, according to the Asia News website.

During his homily explaining the mystery of Mary -- whose body and soul were taken into Heaven close to God -- he mentioned the human inheritance that belongs to us, with "suffering, death, sin," but also the gift of "incorporation in Christ who gives life."

"Christianity does not announce a partial salvation of the soul in a vague afterlife, in which everything that was dear and precious to us in this life will be canceled; rather, it promises eternal life -- the life of the world to come," the pope concluded.

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