” “"Dear friends: with great generosity you have set out on a particular path of consecration", stated the Pope addressing seminarians and young religious. "Believe in the light! The light of Easter continues to dispel the darkness!", he exclaimed. "May Prayer and meditation of the word of God be the lamp which lights up, purifies and guides your steps along the path the Lord has marked out for you". "Make daily celebration of the Eucharist the centre of your life", he urged. "By embracing the call of the Lord to follow Him in chastity, poverty and obedience, you have undertaken the journey of a radical discipleship which will make you ‘signs of contradiction’ for many of your contemporaries. Chastity for the Kingdom means embracing a life completely devoted to love, a love which enables you to commit yourselves fully to God’s service in order to be totally present". "Your idealism, generosity, time and energy": these are "the real sacrifices you place upon the altar of the Lord", repeated Benedict XVI, concluding the homily with an invocation to the Virgin Mary so that she may sustain the Church in Australia.” “
