At a February 3 meeting with members of the Emmanuel Community, Pope
Benedict XVI said: “The profound grace of your community arises from
Eucharistic communion.”
"The profound grace of your community arises from Eucharistic communion", he said.
"An authentically Eucharistic life is a missionary life,” the Holy
Father continued. He encouraged the Emmanuel Community to bear witness
to the Gospel, bringing hope and certainty to “a world often disoriented
and in search for new reasons to live.”
He specifically suggested that
the group could be helpful in catechizing the young, and Catholics who
return to the Church after a long absence.
The Emmanuel Community
is marking the 20th anniversary of the death of its founder, Pierre
Goursat.
A cause for his beatification was opened last year.