Sunday Angelus: 'True religion is to love God and neighbor'
Vatican City, Jun 8, 2008 / 10:08 am (CNA).- Thousands of worshippers and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square despite the summer rains to participate in the Sunday Angelus with Pope Benedict XVI today. Meditating on the Gospel for Sunday, the Holy Father noted that "the true religion is to love God and neighbor" because it "gives value to worship and the practice of the precepts." The reflections of Pope Benedict sprung from the encounter of Jesus with Matthew, who was at the time still a tax collector. Benedict XVI recalled that Jesus quoted, "I want love and not sacrifice" from the prophet Hosea, and that these words are a “keyword” that “bring us into the heart of Sacred Scripture.”
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 8:10 PM
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