Here in Rome classes in all the pontifical universities have restarted. At the Gregorian University the hot topic is the beauty and the joy that we all have seen in the many manifestations of affection and gratitude that people from so many different backgrounds are showing to the pope. One professor has asked us to try be present in class as much as possible during the conclave although he said that he understands that this conclave is more important than class. The professor of modern and contemporary Church history, who is preparing for retirement, said we are living a glorious moment in history.
The Pope has meditated yesterday morning during his week-long retreat on the wonderful reality that God manifests himself in our human history, as the Bible and the Church's Tradition have always proclaimed. Each moment of history, our present, is always an occasion to see God in our neighbor and in our duties. Christ has been sent into our history, as Messiah and Savior, to sanctify this human history in which we live. It is only in Christ that we hope as we live this Lent in prayer and works of mercy and as we we wait for his second coming.
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