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'Jesus, I trust in you!'
On Saturday afternoon, 27 May, the Holy Father went to the Divine
Mercy Shrine of Krakow-Łagiewniki,
where he met with sick people. The following is an English translation
of the Pope's Address.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I am very pleased to be able to meet you during my visit here to the
Shrine of Divine Mercy. I extend heartfelt greetings to all of you: to
the sick, their care givers, the priests engaged in pastoral ministry at the
Shrine, to the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, to the members of the
“Faustinum” and to all those present.
On this occasion we encounter two mysteries: the mystery of human
suffering and the mystery of Divine Mercy.
At first sight these two
mysteries seem to be opposed to one another. But when we study them more
deeply in the light of faith, we find that they are placed in reciprocal
harmony through the mystery of the Cross of Christ.
As Pope John Paul II
said in this place: “the Cross is the most profound bowing down of the
Divinity towards man … the Cross is like a touch of eternal love on the
most painful wounds of humanity’s earthly existence” (17 August 2002).
Dear friends who are sick, who are marked by suffering in body or soul,
you are most closely united to the Cross of Christ, and at the same
time, you are the most eloquent witnesses of God’s mercy. Through you
and through your suffering, he bows down towards humanity with love.
You
who say in silence: “Jesus, I trust in you” teach us that there is no
faith more profound, no hope more alive and no love more ardent than the
faith, hope and love of a person who in the midst of suffering places
himself securely in God’s hands. May the human hands of those who care
for you in the name of mercy be an extension of the open hands of God.
I would so willingly embrace each one of you. But since this is
impossible, I draw you spiritually to my heart, and I impart my Blessing
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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