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Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 23, 2012 \/ 11:09 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Benedict XVI is calling upon Christians to follow the example of Jesus Christ in becoming \u201clast of all and servants of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cA key point in which God and man are different is pride,\u201d said the Pope during his Angelus address to pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe, who are little, desire to appear great, to be first; while God, who is truly great, is not afraid to humble himself, and make himself last.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope drew his reflections from today\u2019s Gospel according to St. Mark in which Jesus announces his impending death and resurrection. His disciples, however, \u201cdid not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn response to discussions among the twelve apostles as to who was greatest Jesus informs his closest followers that \u201cif anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is clear,\u201d observed the Pope, \u201cthat between Jesus and the disciples there is a deep interior distance; they are, so to speak, on two different wavelengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThis once again reminds us \u201cthat God\u2019s logic is always \u2018other\u2019 with respect to our own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tReminding pilgrims of the words of the Prophet Isaiah, the Pope said that God\u2019s thoughts are not our thoughts and God\u2019s ways are not our ways.<\/p>\n

\tAnd so, \u201cfollowing the Lord requires of each person a profound conversion, a change in his or her way of thinking and living, it requires us to open our hearts to be enlightened and to be inwardly transformed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe model for this form of living, concluded the Pope, is the Virgin Mary who is \u201cperfectly 'in tune' with God\u201d and can therefore teach Christians \u201cto follow Jesus faithfully on the path of love and humility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict then led the pilgrims in praying the midday Marian prayer, the Angelus, before addressing various groups in their native language. He concluded by imparting his apostolic blessing and wishing all present at \u201cuna buona domenica,\u201d a \u201cgood Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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