“You reveal yourselves as a community that carries in your hearts all those who have remained at home or are in various other places. For you do not pray only for yourselves, but for your families, the communities from which you come, our region, our country and the whole world.
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“You are a group; you reveal yourselves as one body, as a living community, and not merely in the physical sense.
“Wherever you go, you make God, the Mother of God and the saints whom you commemorate present.
“our fellow servants encompasses all those around us, including family, friends and even strangers.
“I look forward with great joy and emotion to coming to blessed Canada, to having the opportunity to meet all of you in person, to visit our parishes and communities, and to journey together, in a spirit of unity, love, and mutual trust,
“We have been witnesses to your efforts for the unity of the Church, to your labors and struggles. And what we have seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears, we testify to today with gratitude,
“He is now to be among you at the calling of your heart. Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part. The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name, there is love, there is love.
“The priest expressed his heartfelt gratitude to everyone who had been concerned about him, supported his family, and prayed for him, adding that he had felt their prayerful support.