AAS 80 - La Santa Sede

1416 Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Commentarium Officiale
Mistero veramente inscrutabile ! Semplice di una semplicità mas­
sima ! Ricco di una suprema ricchezza !
Allora forse, al termine di questa assemblea eucaristica dell'intera
Chiesa in Italia, una cosa soltanto possiamo fare :
possiamo assumere dalla Madre di Dio le ben note parole del
« Magnificat )) e ripeterle dal profondo dei nostri cuori :
nome ». 27
« Grandi cose ha fatto in me l'Onnipotente e Santo è il suo
Sì. « Grandi cose » ha fatto in noi — in ciascuno e in tutti.
Santo è il suo nome!
Amen.
ALLOCUTIONES
I
Ad Novae Zelandiae episcopos sacra limina visitantes.*
Bear br other Bishops,
1. I am pleased to welcome you here on the occasion of your
ad Limina visit, which brings us together during this joyful season
of new life in Christ, risen from the dead. Through you I also wish
to greet ali the clergy, Religious and laity who, together with their
Bishops, constitute the various particular Churches in New Zealand.
I am happy to note the présence of Bishop Max Mariu, whose recent
ordination to the episcopacy is a source of special Joy to the Maori
people of your country. Through the ministry which he has just
begun, may all the Catholic people of New Zealand be even more
perfectly united in the one family of faith, hope and love.
I wish to reflect for a moment on the ecclesial significance which
this ad Limina visit has for the local Churches in your country. Your
long journey to Rome to honour the memory and to invoke the inter­
cession of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul serves as a reminder
that "as fellow Citizens with the saints and members of the household
of God" we are "built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the
27 Lc 1, 49.
• Die 9 m. Aprilis a. 1988.