Vatican City, Aug 15, 2011 / 12:24 pm
Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Aug. 15, saying that the celebration gives Christians hope of a future united with Christ, both in this life and in heaven.
“This feast,” he said, “tells us that we too will be with Jesus in the joy of God and invites us to have courage, to believe that the power of the Resurrection of Christ can work in us as well.”
From his summer residence at Castel Gandalfo, just south of Rome, the Pope celebrated Mass in the morning on Monday and later led the Angelus prayer at noon.
He remarked during his homily that the feast day serves to inspire the faithful to evangelize modern society and helps “make us men and women who every day try to live as resurrected, carrying the light of goodness into the darkness of evil in the world.”