Sunday Angelus: Preparing for the Ecumenical Patriarch

Preparing for the Ecumenical Patriarch "I Invite All to Pray for the Full Unity of Christians"

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 27, 2004 (ZENIT.org).- Here is a translation of the address John Paul II gave today before praying the Angelus with the thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square. He gave the address in Italian.

1. The day after tomorrow, on June 29, we will celebrate the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, and during this happy feast day we will have the joy to receive in the Vatican His Holiness Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople. We want to commemorate together the historic encounter between our venerable predecessors Pope Paul VI and the Patriarch Athenagoras, who 40 years ago exchanged an unforgettable embrace of fraternity and peace in Jerusalem. This occurred within the pilgrimage of the servant-of-God Paul VI in 1964, during the Second Vatican Council.

2. Precisely in November of the same year, the Council fathers approved the decree "Unitatis Redintegratio." In this decree, it was solemnly affirmed that the promotion of unity among all Christians was one of the principal objectives of the Council, and that to achieve this all the institutions and ecclesial communities must direct their efforts toward achieving this objective (cf. No. 1 and No. 18).

During this period, in spite of the difficulties that remain even today, notable steps were taken toward ecumenism and within the People of God an ecumenical sensibility developed. The week of prayer for the unity of Christians has come to form part of the normal liturgical-pastoral path of dioceses and parishes. The associations and ecclesial communities that are dedicated to be constantly attentive to the reciprocal knowledge and friendship between Christians of different confessions are numerous, so much so that more and more Christians are becoming more united in works of solidarity, justice and peace.

3. While we prepare to receive the ecumenical patriarch, I invite all to pray for the full unity of Christians, invoking the intercession of the Virgin Mary. May the Holy Mother of God, to whom the Christians of the East are so devoted, procure that the memory of the embrace between Paul VI and Athenagoras I renew the commitment to communion between Orthodox and Catholics.

Here is the Angelus on Vatican Radio...

http://www.vaticanradio.org/ram-us/angelus.ram

ANGELUS DOMINI (THE ANGEL OF THE LORD)

Pope. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae,
(The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,)

R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
(And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.)

Pope: Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; benedicta tu in mulieribus,et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

R. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

(Hail Mary... )

Pope. Ecce ancilla Domini,
(Behold the handmaid of the Lord,)

R. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
(Be it done unto me according to Thy word. )

Ave Maria...
(Hail Mary... )

Pope. Et Verbum caro factum est.
(And the Word was made flesh, )

R. Et habitavit in nobis.
(And dwelt among us. )

Ave Maria...
(Hail Mary... )

Pope. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.
(Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, )

R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
(That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.)

Pope: Oremus.
Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut, qui,angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem ejus et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eumdem Christum
Dominum nostrum.

Let us pray.
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts,
that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Your Son, was made known by the
message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of
His resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

3 Times - Doxologia Minor (Gloria Patri)

The Minor Doxology (The Glory Be)

Pope: Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto,

R. sicut erat in principio, et nunc et'semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Pope: Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine;
(Grant them eternal rest, O Lord;)

Audience: et lux perpetua luceat eis;
(and may perpetual light shine upon them.)

Pope: REQUIESCANT IN PACE.
(May They Rest In Peace)

Audience: Amen.

Pope: Sit nomen Dòmini benedìctum.
(Blessed be the name of the Lord)

Audience: Ex hoc nunc et usque in sàeculum.
(From henceforth now, and forever.)

Pope: Adiutòrium nostrum in nòmine Dòmini.
(Our help is in the name of the Lord)

Audience: Qui fecit caelum et terram.
(who made heaven and earth)

Pope: Benedìcat vos omnipotens Deus,Pater, et Filius et Spìritus Sanctus.
(May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.)

Audience: Amen

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