May your Spirit Always Be Blessed

“I hope that as you have learned to take care of the body, may your spirit also always be blessed,” Pope XIV said as 159 cyclists from 29 countries whooshed past Swiss Guards and Vatican police at the gates to the tiny Vatican City State and made a short pit stop in the sunny square dedicated to the Roman Protomartyrs next to the sacristy of St. Peter’s Basilica on June 1.

National Catholic Register said he was encouraging them to always “𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕.”

Speaking in English, he prayed that God would bless them on the final stage of the race.

“Congratulations to all of you, and may you know that you are always welcome here in the Vatican, you are always welcomed by the church, which represents God’s love for all people,” he said, conferring his blessings.

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