Pope Benedict XVI: to follow Peter is a High Duty

Speaking to the faithful before the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI noted that physical healing is the sign of a return to spiritual health. He was explaining the Gospel account of the healing of the paralytic. Sin is in fact a paralysis of the spirit, from which the power of Gods love liberates us. The Holy Father also recalled the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, which falls on this Sunday, as well as the Season of Lent into which we shall enter this week.

Dear brothers and sisters, said Pope Benedict, this Feast of the Chair of Peter gives me the chance to ask you to accompany me with your prayers, that I might faithfully execute the high duties that the Divine Providence has entrusted to me as S ...

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