The JMV site states “December 1, 2004 is a date that each one of us will carry in our hearts always, above all for the words of an ailing Pope who finds immense joy in living, “ I bless all the Vincentian Marian Youth…”After reciting the “Our Father” (“everything that you bring with you will be blessed, like the all the persons in your hearts, and in a special way the children and the sick,”) Maria Agnese, Fr. Bruno and Sr. Alena, climbed the platform and knelt before this small man who appeared fragile and in pain, yet is capable of feeling. When they went down, their faces were radiant, especially the eyes of Maria Agnese which were still wet. They gave the Pope a JMV scarf, la “tessera” (a card with the JMV prayers) and 3,000 Miraculous Medals to be sent to the places of mission.
It was difficult to have to leave the Nervi Room, to have to go down from that Mount Tabor… but the Pope entrusted us (all of the JMV) a mission: “To proclaim Christ, to proclaim the Messiah.”
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