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God awaits people willing to bring Christ into the world, pope says
13-08-2009
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- Respecting human freedom, God waits for Christians, especially priests, to say "yes" to his desire to bring Christ to the world, Pope Benedict XVI said.
During his weekly general audience Aug. 12, the pope continued his new series of talks about the Year for Priests and connected the topic to the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Aug. 15.
Some 4,000 people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo and in the square outside the villa to participate in the audience. Pope Benedict said there is a special connection between priests and Mary that comes from the mystery of the Incarnation.
"When God decided to become man in his Son, he needed the freely given 'yes' of one of his creatures. God never acts against our freedom. Something truly extraordinary occurred: God made himself dependent on the freedom, on the 'yes' of one of his creatures," he said.
The pope said, "The 'yes' of Mary was the door through which God could enter the world and become human. So Mary was truly, deeply involved in the mystery of the Incarnation and our salvation."
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