At audience, pope says people meet God in celebration of liturgy

Published: 2005-10-05

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the celebration of the liturgy, "God and man meet in an embrace of salvation," Pope Benedict XVI said. During his weekly general audience Oct. 5, as bishops from around the world met in small groups during the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, the pope focused on the meaning of true religious faith and worship of God. Pope Benedict did not specifically mention the synod, which began Oct. 2, but he offered special greetings to young people from several countries who had traveled to Rome for a meeting on eucharistic adoration. "I ask you, dear young people, to place the Eucharist at the center of your personal and community life, learning to live from the spiritual strength that flows from it," the pope said. Greeting Polish pilgrims at the end of the audience, the pope said six months had passed since the April 2 death of "my dear predecessor, Pope John Paul II. His entire teaching and the witness of his life remain important and current for us."

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