MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI
                                   FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
                                                           (11 FEBRUARY 2013)
                                     “Go and do likewise” (Lk 10:37)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
     1. On 11 February 2013, the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Twenty-first World Day of the Sick will be solemnly celebrated at the Marian Shrine of Altötting. This day represents for the sick, for health care workers, for the faithful and for all people of goodwill “a privileged time of prayer, of sharing, of offering one’s sufferings for the good of the Church, and a call for all to recognize in the features of their suffering brothers and sisters the Holy Face of Christ, who, by suffering, dying and rising has brought about the salvation of mankind” (John Paul II, Letter for the Institution of the World Day of the Sick, 13 May 1992, 3). On this occasion I feel especially close to you, dear friends, who in health care centres or at home, are undergoing a time of trial due to illness and suffering. May all of you be sustained by the comforting words of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council: “You are not alone, separated, abandoned or useless. You have been called by Christ and are his living and transparent image” (Message to the Poor, the Sick and the Suffering).

                                                                              Bhou Man. Arsebisp Anil Couto

      Bhagevont Fransik Xavierachi porob somarombunk, hea vhodd ani itihasik Bom Jezuche Bazilikê samkar ami ektthaim zaleanv.  Tacheo kuddicheo povitr reliko hê svater asat. Misant vantto gheunk ani aplea sorv gorzamnim hea vhoddlea misionarachi vinovnni sôdunk, char xenkdde zale, bhokti yatrekaram Bharotachim ani Bharota bhailim vorsan-voros he svater ektthaim zatat. Amkam Bharoti lokank ani kherit bhaxen Gŏykarank hea bhoktachem dennem favo zalem dekhun Bapak dhin’vastanam ami magtanv: Tachea relikank ami man ditanam ani tache lagim upkar magtanam, ami taka amchea dolleam mukhar dovrun, niz Kristi pattlavdarancho nomunno koso dovrun, amchea jivitachim panvlam sodanch ami marunk.

 ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI 

TO MEMBERS OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 

ON THE OCCASION OF THE PLENARY ASSEMBLY

Clementine Hall

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Your Excellencies, 

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,

HOMILY: FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
03 DECEMBER 2011, AT 10.30 HOURS
ARCHDIOCESE OF GOA AND DAMAN
Ez 03: 16-21; I Cor 9: 16-19, 22-23; Mk 16: 15-20

 My dear Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao, Rev. Fathers, the Religious and my dear brothers and sisters,

You have come here to celebrate the feast of St. Francis Xavier, whose relic is here in this Basilica. You are gathered here as one community, as one pilgrim people of God, to thank God for the gift of St. Francis Xavier to us and to the Church. Here you experience the love of God, pray for God’s blessings, graces and guidance. You offer your gratitude for everything the Lord has bestowed through the intercession of St. Francis Xavier. You are pilgrims on a journey, trusting in God, to give to others, an experience of his love, for “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (Jn 3: 16) You are also gathered here to share his message of good news with others, as you heard in today’s Gospel, “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole creation.” (Mk 16: 15) You experience God’s love as you share his word to others. Today my dear brothers and sisters, I would like to share a few reflections about the love of God in the life of St. Francis Xavier and in the lives of all.