My brothers and sisters, let us always participate prayerfully and actively in the celebration of the Eucharist because true and authentic participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, identifies us with Jesus’s Heart, sustains our strength along the pilgrimage of this life, makes us long for eternal life, and unites us even now to the Church in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the saints.
My dear brothers and sisters, let us make the word of God fruitful and effective in our lives today by sincerely striving to listen to His word; by making the effort to understand the gospel of Christ explained to us; by wholeheartedly accepting God’s word into our lives and by truly witnessing to the gospel of Christ in the world when we live out His gospel with faith, hope and trust in Him.