Bring to me, as a filial gift, about the crib where I am placed on the day of my birth, the crown of the Slavic peoples. With it, adorn and make fragrant, with love and with trust, this day of my birth. From this, my venerated shrine, I bless you today, O Slavic peoples, who are particularly loved and protected by me, especially in these times, during which I have been close to you.
- I have always been close to you, in the long years of your harsh and bloody slavery. The Red Dragon had been exerting all his power over you, setting everywhere, in blood and in tears, the seal of his cruel reign. But I have obtained from the Lord the great grace of your liberation.
- I have always been close to you, in the decisive moments when communism was forever defeated by you, and I have personally intervened in order that this changeover take place without fratricidal struggles, without the shedding of blood and without further acts of destruction.
- I am now particularly close to you, to help you walk along the road of true liberty, in the faithful fulfillment of your baptismal promises, and in a daily commitment to follow Jesus along the way of the grace of God, of love, of purity, of communion and of brotherhood.
Let the wounds of the past be closed forever and open yourselves upon the new times which await you. All Europe must become one great single family, faithful to Christ and to his Church, in one effort of conversion and of return to the Lord, so that the most dangerous enemy of practical atheism, of hedonism, of impurity and of impiety be defeated by you. As your great teachers and patrons, Cyril and Methodius, have brought you the first evangelization, so also all of you, my beloved ones and children consecrated to me, are now being called to be the apostles of this second evangelization.
Be in peace and in joy; live in confidence and in great hope. I am always with you. From this place, together with Saints Cyril and Methodius, I bless today all the Slavic peoples and this new Europe, completely renewed, which I am forming each day in the heavenly garden of my Immaculate Heart."
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