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Vatican City, Nov 4, 2012 \/ 11:16 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s Nov. 4 Angelus address reflected on the Sunday Mass reading from St. Mark\u2019s Gospel about the \u201cgreatest of all commandments,\u201d giving special attention to the commandment to love God and neighbor.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cJesus did not invent one nor the other, but revealed that they are, after all, a single commandment,\u201d the Holy Father said with outstretched arms as he stood at his study window overlooking St. Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p>\n

\tSt. Peter\u2019s Square was unusually packed with pilgrims and visitors\u2014extraordinary both because of the sheer number of people, estimated to be as many as 50,000, and because of the dismal weather. Mist turned into rain as the Pope\u2019s address ended with pealing bells and the blast of a particularly boisterous pilgrim\u2019s air horn.<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope reflected on the nature of love, saying one must love with words and witness. He said that love begins not as a command but a gift from God. This gift allows people to see God as he does\u2014with unconditional love\u2014and this in turn should encourage everyone to view one another the same way.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIf the love of God has planted deep roots in a person, then he is able to love even those who do not deserve it, as does God toward us,\u201d Pope Benedict said.<\/p>\n

\tHe likened God\u2019s love to the unconditional love parents show their children, however undeserved.<\/p>\n

\tEven if love is undeserved and rejected, it does not go unrewarded, the Pope explained. Love builds upon love and brings one ever closer to the source of love, God. Opening one\u2019s heart toward others also means opening oneself to knowing God, \u201cto feel that he is there and is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict said that having loving eyes allows one to see God ever clearer so that one wants only what is good, never bad.<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope ended the formal part of his Angelus address by discussing the power of the Eucharist. He said this sacrament works miracles through helping people to accept the gift of love and to realize the blessings of the greatest commandment to love God and neighbor.<\/p>\n

\tHe said the Eucharist is the embodiment of this greatest commandment.<\/p>\n

\tIn the Eucharist, he said, Jesus \u201cgifts us this twofold love, gifting himself, because, nourished by this bread, we love one another as he has loved us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAfter the Pope\u2019s Angelus remarks, he recognized several groups of pilgrims from different countries in their native tongues. The pilgrims responded with varying levels of expression reflecting their cultures. Pilgrims from Latin countries tended to wave large banners and respond with jubilant exultation. Polish pilgrims, who are always well represented at the Angelus address, waved a banner and cheered with the gusto of a people whose faith and patriotic identity are so inseparable.<\/p>\n

\tBut happy applause and a few polite cheers came from the country last to be recognized.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s representative of English restraint,\u201d said Charles Cole, the assistant director of music at London\u2019s Brompton Oratory, who is preparing an EWTN special for next year about achieving beauty through music. He was in Rome in his capacity as director of music at St. Philip\u2019s School in London.<\/p>\n

\tThe boys were \u201cvery excited hearing our name mentioned,\u201d said the school\u2019s headmaster Harry Briggs-Davison. \u201cWe didn\u2019t expect that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tEvery three years his school takes a Rome pilgrimage. One of the highlights of their three-day trip was yesterday\u2019s audience with Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, who held a question-and-answer with the 40 boys dressed in their school\u2019s sky-blue blazers.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI asked him what the best part was about being a cardinal,\u201d James Garadnon, a smiling blond-haired 11-year-old said with a gentle voice. \u201cHe paused, thought a moment, and said it was serving the Holy Father.\u201d<\/p>\n

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