The organization’s motto, inherited from the Palatine Guard, is Fide constamus avita (“Let us firmly persevere in keeping with the fidelity of our fathers.”)
In his address, the pope broke down the elements of his exhortation to the group.
Regarding the phrase “let us begin anew,” he said that the association’s motto should guide it in changing times.
He said that restarting “with more humanity” meant focusing on the importance of human relationships.
He added that by “looking to Jesus,” members would be “called more and more to a daily service of welcoming, sharing, fraternal listening, human closeness.”
Finally, he explained, it was essential for believers to have hope in their hearts.
“Let us walk with joy and hope, knowing that the Lord will never cease to support our commitment to good,” he told members of the association, which established a youth section, the Allievi Group, in 2010.
“I say this in a special way to young people: I encourage you to give your energies to those in need, and to become people capable of true and sincere encounters.”
Before giving his blessing, the pope recited the association’s official prayer with members:
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Holy Virgin and our most tender Mother, who were always faithful to God in the heroic fulfillment of your sublime mission, obtain for us, we pray, that, following your example, we too may remain faithful in all the events of life to our Christian vocation and the signs of divine grace.
We have taken on with our God sacred commitments: you implore us that our faith, from every side undermined and opposed, never waver.
We are children of the Church: grant that, firm in the ardent love of the Church herself and in devout obedience to her visible Head, it may be our glory to work vigorously and suffer generously. Thus, with your help, O Virgin Mary, having completed our earthly life, we will merit the immortal crown in heaven. Amen.
Virgo Fidelis, ora pro nobis.
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