Then, the Holy Father reflected on the Word of God that "has been given to us to be the soul of our apostolate" and that "all day long" becomes "the object of the prayer of the whole Church thus testifying to its fidelity to Christ." "Dear brother priests, do not be afraid to devote a considerable part of your time to the reading and meditation of the Scriptures and to praying the Divine Office." Then the Pope addressed the seminarians who "are to become the keepers of this powerful Word that fulfils what it promises. Bring always within you the taste of the Word of God, so that you can learn to love everyone on your path! No one is excluded from the Church, no one! Everyone can find and must find their place in the Church." Then he addressed the Deacons who are called to help the priests in "friendship and efficiency" and to be "living witnesses to the infinite power of the Divine Word." Last, he reminded religious men and women and "all the consecrated people" that their "only treasure," which, speaking the truth, "is the only one that can resist the centuries and triumph over death, is indeed the Word of the Lord”. "The purity of the Word of God is the model of your chastity and is the source of its spiritual fecundity”.
