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Live Mass with Pope Leo XIV in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, concluding his Spain visit focused on faith, migration, and peace.
Key Takeaways
- Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain highlights the importance of faith among youth and government relations.
- The Sagrada Familia’s Jesus Christ tower inauguration symbolizes ongoing spiritual and cultural heritage.
- Migration is a central concern of the Pope’s message in the Canary Islands, urging compassion and integration.
- The solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated with rich liturgical traditions and community participation.
- The Pope calls for peace, justice, and solidarity, appealing to both the faithful and political leaders.
Summary
- Pope Leo XIV presides over a live outdoor Mass at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, marking the final event of his week-long Spain visit.
- The journey included stops in Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, and Tenerife, with key themes of youth engagement, faith, and migration.
- In Madrid, the Pope addressed parliament for the first time and met with government leaders to strengthen church-state relations.
- In Barcelona, he inaugurated the Jesus Christ tower at the Sagrada Familia basilica, a century-old iconic church.
- The focus in the Canary Islands was on migration, highlighting the region as a key entry point for migrants to Europe.
- The Mass celebrated is for the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with readings from Deuteronomy, Psalms, and St. John.
- Local clergy, seminarians, and acolytes participate in the liturgy, with about 80,000 faithful expected to attend.
- Pope Leo’s homily emphasizes love, solidarity, and peace, calling for governments to promote justice and dignity for all.
- The Mass includes traditional hymns, penitential acts, and distribution of communion by numerous ministers.
- The event concludes with a departure ceremony at the airport as the Pope returns to Rome.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Welcome
- 26:06Overview of Pope Leo's Spain Journey
- 27:58Barcelona and Sagrada Familia Visit
- 34:40Mass Begins in Tenerife
- 47:40First Reading from Deuteronomy
- 50:08Responsorial Psalm
- 55:19Second Reading from St. John
- 63:00Pope Leo's Homily
- 75:59Prayers for Justice and Peace
- 97:52Communion and Closing Ceremony
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La Jesus Christ. Praised be Jesus Christ. Hello and welcome to this live broadcast of Mass in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Pope Leo is presiding over Mass here today as the very last event of his week-long journey to Spain.
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I'm Joseph Churik, and on behalf of Vatican Media, I'd like to welcome you all to this broadcast. Whether you're joining us via the various Vatican media channels, the Vatican News website, the Vatican News English YouTube channel, or our Facebook live feed, or whether
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you. As I said, this is the last event apart from the goodbye ceremony at the airport of this papal journey to Spain. It's a journey that started in Madrid a week ago. The Pope spent three days
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there. He then went to Barcelona. Then yesterday he went to Gran Canaria, which is another one of the Canary Islands, these islands just off the west coast of Africa which belong to Spain.
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And this morning he arrived in Tenerife, which is the largest of the Canary Islands.
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He got here about 9:00 local time. He then had two meetings, one with migrants and one with the organizations working for the integration of migrants.
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That was straight afterwards. And now he's celebrating Mass, after which he will depart immediately for Rome from the airport here in Tenerife.
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So there's been, I think, a couple of high points of this trip. As we just wait now for Pope Leo to arrive. He's in the sacristy, so he'll be coming out any moment now, and we'll be getting started
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with today's liturgy. But I think as we look back over this trip, a couple of highlights stand out. So in Madrid, that was really about, well on the one hand reaching out to the young people, particularly young people in
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Spain who are Catholic and trying to encourage interest in the Catholic faith amongst Spanish people and particularly young Spaniards. That was one part of it, and the other part of it was the relationship with the government,
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meetings with the king, meetings with the prime minister, and a very rich address to parliament, a historic address, the first time a pope has addressed the Spanish parliament. Then in Barcelona, the focus was really on the Sagrada Familia, this beautiful
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basilica, very famous church which was started about 100 years ago and is just now beginning to be completed, and the Pope inaugurated the tower of Jesus Christ, which is the tallest tower of that basilica.
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And now here in this final stop on the journey, which is the Canary Islands, the focus has really been on migration.
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This is an entry point for millions of migrants who are heading to Europe, and so that's really been the focus of the time here, and we'll see if the Pope has any last words on the
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subject here at Mass today. And I think we're getting started with the entrance hymn, so I'll leave you with this entrance hymn for the celebration of Mass today, which is, of course, the
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celebration of Mass for the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Soul Christmas. All the holy ground. So there is. We're now getting the first images of Pope Leo processing into the area where Mass is being held. Here we're at the port here in Tenerife. So an outdoor
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Mass, and this is, of course, the second Mass for the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus that Pope Leo has celebrated. He celebrated the vigil Mass yesterday in Gran Canaria in the stadium there with tens of thousands in
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attendance and now celebrating that same Mass again today. About 80,000 of the faithful are expected to be here for this celebration of Mass, the last event of Pope Leo's journey to Spain.
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Holy just might be our true Mercior. Holy God for us to save the holy heart.
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So most of their God in the highest. Yes. Christend Leo now arrives at the altar accompanied by Archbishop Diego Ralli, the master of pontifical liturgical celebrations. Also concelebrating will be the bishop of La Laguna, which is the capital city of
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Tenerife. See some of the altar boys there with Pope Leo. Most of these are seminarians from the seminary here in Tenerife, and some of them are acolytes from local parishes.
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Happy Christmas. Oh, thank you. And there's no father in any. This is a penitential act.
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Obra culpa, Santa Maria, Los Santos, and the choir will now sing the Kyrie in Spanish.
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Is so heaven. Heaven is Christ, Christ. Here is the sorry. Lord, song. Song. That was the Kyrie, not in Spanish as I said, but in the original Greek. And now we'll have the Gloria.
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Glor. In Chelsea. No will stand. No stand glor. Oh, he comes. Glory. Glor. Resurrection is on your day.
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On you stay. Feel the. We call his. She text me. Peace and hope to sorrow, to sorrow.
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Sorrows and peace. Yes. Sun be glor. Glory. King of all. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Let us pray. Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who glory in the heart of your beloved Son and recall the wonders of his love for us may be made worthy to receive an overflowing measure of grace from that fountain of heavenly gifts
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through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
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We will now hear the first reading, which is taken from the book of Deuteronomy.
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These are the same readings from the vigil Mass last night. If any of you joined for that, they'll all be in Spanish.
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The readings are being read by locals, people involved with the church here in Tenerife.
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Moendo Santos. A reading from the book of Deuteronomy. Moses said to the people, "You are a people sacred to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earth to be a people
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peculiarly his own." It was not because you are the largest of all nations that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you. For you are really the smallest of all nations. It was because the Lord loved you and because of his fidelity to
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the oath he had sworn to your fathers that he brought you out with his strong hand from the place of slavery and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
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Understand then that the Lord your God is God indeed, the faithful God who keeps his merciful covenant down to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments, but who repays with destruction the person who hates him. He does not dally with
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such a one, but makes him personally pay for it. You shall therefore carefully observe the commandments, the statutes, and the decrees which I enjoin on you today.
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The word of the Lord. And now we hear the responsorial psalm, which is taken from Psalm 103.
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And the response is, "The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him." Mommy.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul. All my being, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Is yours.
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Who has I. He pardons all your iniquities. Heals all your ills. He redeems your life from destruction. Crowns you with kindness and compassion.
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Who has prayers? Islam God bless. Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he require us according to our crimes.
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We will now hear the second reading, which is taken from the first letter of St. John.
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Hermanoto beloved, let us love one another because love is of
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God was revealed to us. God sent his only begotten son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son as
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expeation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we must also love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.
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This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his spirit. Moreover, we we have seen and testify that the father sent his son as savior of the world. Whoever
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acknowledges that Jesus is the son of God, God remains in him and he in God.
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We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
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for enel. Palabra. The gospel at today's liturgy will be sung by Deacon Alejandro Manuel Bronte Garcia, a singer and a composer of Christian music from the dasis here.
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Halleluah. Hallelu. Halleluah. Halleluah. Oh god. Oh god. Halleluah. Hallelu. Halleluah. Hallelu. And the gospel antapon is take my yoke upon you says the Lord and learn from me for I am meek and humble of heart.
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A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew. At that time Jesus exclaimed, "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. For although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned, you have revealed them to the
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childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by the Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to
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whom the Son wishes to reveal him. Come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am meek and humble of heart and you will
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find rest for yourselves for my yoke is easy and my burden light. brother glor. for your Lord.
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That was our gospel reading taken from the Gospel according to Matthew. We'll now hear our holy father Pablio's homaly uh for today as he takes the gospel, kisses it and uh raises it, uses it to bless the uh thousands of faithful here
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on the the port of uh Santa Cruz deed. And we'll now hear Pope Leo's homaly, the second homaly he's given for today's somnity uh of uh of the most holy heart of Jesus, the most sacred heart of Jesus
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after yesterday's vigil mass. The homaly will be in Spanish with an English translation. Dear brothers and sisters, it is a blessing to come together on this day when the heart of Jesus reveals itself to us as the heart of history.
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I'm happy to celebrate the eukarist with you, giving thanks for the abundant witness of faith and charity I've experienced on this apostolic journey.
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This is what makes the archipelago so well known for its beauty and hospitality. A place where the risen Lord precedes us and reveals himself to us.
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The sea before us evokes the infinite and so does the sky. But even more boundless is the infinite longing that joins the heart of God to so many human hearts whose joys and hopes, sorrows and anxieties find an echo in the heart of the church.
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No human being is an island. The geographical location of this dasis and the pastoral challenges it faces bear witness to the fact that we are born for encounter and that no obstacle, distance, danger or threat can prevent anyone from making this journey.
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Whenever we spend our whole lives, whether we spend our whole lives in one place or choose or are forced to leave, no one remains unchanged.
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This is the secret of the heart. The inner call to exodus and to encounter.
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But the heart of Jesus shows us how not to get lost in a futile struggle.
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God sent his only son into the world so that we might live through him.
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It is in giving of ourselves that we truly live. Otherwise, we spin in a void.
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Indeed, as the council recalled, human persons are called to communion with God and can fully discover their true selves only in sincere selfgiving.
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Indeed, their deepest vocation is to enter into the trinitarian dynamic of love received and shared.
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Pope Francis Pope Francis likewise observed. Many people today sense a profound imbalance which drives them to frenetic activity and makes them feel busy in a constant hurry which in turn leads them to ride rush over everything around them. This
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too affects how they treat the environment. These words also challenge in its vocation to hospitality, speaking both to the hearts of those who choose to spend their holidays here and to those of the people who live and work
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on the island, welcoming visitors from so many countries around the world. What does the human heart seek? How can we respond to its thirst in a way that is not disingenuous?
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It is important especially for those who are guided by the gospel not to reduce everything to commerce and profit.
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Those who enjoy more and live better each moment are those who have given up dipping here and there.
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always on the lookout for what they do not have. They experience what it means to appreciate each person and each thing, learning familiarity with the simplest things and how to enjoy them. So they are able to shed unsatisfied needs,
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reducing their obsessiveness and weariness. Interpret your vocation to hospitality in this way, dear brothers and sisters.
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Today's gospel seems to take this challenge to the extreme and reminds us of the wealth of the poor. A paradox that points directly to the life of Jesus, to his truth, to the path upon which he continues to ask us to follow
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him. In the passage we heard, he blesses the father for this. For this that God has revealed himself to the little ones, to the least among us, to those whose thoughts and words are ignored.
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He has enriched them with what is hidden from those who are surrounded by admiration and success.
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With the apostolic exhortation, Lexi T. I wished to draw attention to the privileged places of the poor in divine revelation and in the mission of the church.
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This mystery resonates in a unique way on these islands which are at the center of migratory roots that make them a place of initial welcome for brothers and sisters whose journey is generally exposed to unspeakable dangers and violence.
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In the course of those who in the face of those who capitalize on despair, we Christians can do more than exemplify the Lord who says, "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy b carrying heavy
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burdens, and I will give you rest." The greatest grace is to allow ourselves to be evangelized by those we assist and to recognize the mysterious wisdom of God written in their very flesh.
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Growing up in precarious circumstances, learning to survive in the most adverse conditions, trusting God with the assurance that no one else takes them seriously and helping one another in the darkest moments.
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The poor have learned many things that they keep hidden in their hearts. Those of us who have not had similar experiences of living this way certainly have much to gain from the source of wisdom that is the experience
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of the poor. Only by relating our complaints to their sufferings and provations can we experience a reproof that can challenge us to simplify our own lives.
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The Lord who admonishes and corrects those he loves desires to make our lives simple and joyful.
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Dear brothers and sisters, thank you for who you are and for what you do. For making this island a place of encounter with the heart of Christ in the friendly and hospitable faces of people and fraternal communities.
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So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. From the reading today, may this confession of faith handed down in the first letter of John always shine forth in you and inspire you to prayer and action.
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Be attentive to teenagers and young people, to the rich and the poor, to residents and guests.
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All of them need to be looked upon with a gaze that sees beyond appearances. and recognizes the depth of their restless hearts which not infrequently are already oriented perhaps unconsciously toward the kingdom of God and his justice.
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May it be evident among you that God is love and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him. This is the heart of the gospel, the heart of Christ.
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Whoever immerses themselves in it no longer lives for themselves. Open this sea of love to everyone.
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This is my wish and my prayer for you and for all those who will come to know you.
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That was Pope Leo's homaly for this somnity of the sacred heart. And now the Pope will pause for a moment of quiet reflection before we recite the creed.
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Some 80,000 of the faithful uh gathered here and you can see some of them on your screens there here in the port of uh the capital city of Tenner which is the largest of the Canary Islands.
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very powerful words from Pablo in his homaly there reflecting on today's somnity uh and also on the the the dire situation in these islands the migrants arriving many of them dying uh as they attempt to make the crossing and now
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we'll recite the creed In uno, noises. Santo Caro Maria Seasio. Creotoacia. Santa Catholica confession.
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Amen. Let us direct our prayers to God the father who revealed his infinite love in the heart of his son Jesus Christ.
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Praying with faith for the needs of all humanity. Today's prayers will be recited uh by a mixture of local people from Teneif and by migrants from Africa from Latin America uh who have made it their home for Pope Leo and all pastors that they
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might guide the people of God with the feelings of the heart of Christ. Let us pray.
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For the governments of nations, that by practicing justice and solidarity, they might promote peace and a dignified life for all.
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Oh, for migrants and those suffering from social exclusion, illness and poverty that they might find consolation in Christ and support in their brothers and sisters.
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for the gift of vocations to the priesthood that men might choose to serve their sisters and brothers with the love of the good shepherd.
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They for families that they might live out the happiness of transmitting the faith and the joy of hospitality.
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Oh, Hear, O Lord, the prayers of your church as it celebrates the immense love of your son and grant that which faith we ask in his name.
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We now move to the liturgy of the eukarist. I won't be translating most of the prayers just the collect which is uh specific to today's somnity.
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We'll be praying with the first Eucharistic prayer or the the Roman cannon. For those of you following in your missiles at home, Here is the gifts are now being brought up to the altar.
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There are a number of local families. There's a uh a married couple with their children uh dressed in traditional island attire.
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You can see a little bit of it there on the screen. Uh we have Mat Maria Victoria Garcia Gutierrez and Diego Chin Pinedo both here from the islands.
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And then there's another uh two another couple dressed in traditional attire. Born in God is be and uh at the back of the uh of the group of faithful coming up to the altar bringing the gift. So this here is the
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married couple I mentioned. Next we have uh the two couples in traditional island attire. And then at the back is mother Idmar Cecilia Fuentes. She's from Colombia and she's the superior general of the Bethlehem sisters which is a congregation uh inspired by
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the charism of brother Pedro, a saint from the Canary Islands. And uh Mother Cecilia Fuentes is accompanied by um a representative of the male order of Bethlehem.
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Let our be in praying. Res. is king of all my You are the last.
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the consolerance at the altar with Pope Leo today will be Bishop Eleberto Santiago. He's the local bishop and then the president uh of the Spanish uh bishop's conference as well as the archbishop of valid deed that's archbishop luis hier arguia
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Exposure. Amen. And now this is Eucharistic prayer one, the Roman cannon. It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
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For raised up high on the cross, he gave himself up for us with a wonderful love and poured out blood and water from his pierced side, the wellspring of the church's sacraments, so that one over to the open heart of the Savior, all might
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draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation. And so with all the angels and saints we praise you as without end we acclaim.
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And this is the sanctus which will be sung in Latin. Glories. Gloran descends. Hana sees.
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Oh my angels. ine. Now in this church now, angels. Father Mr. Catholica from Catholica.
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Salvo. San Jose, Martinez Pedro Pablo Andres Santiago Euan Thomas Santiago Felipe Barto Mateo Simony Tado Leno Cleto Clemente Sixto Cornelio Lorenzo Juani Pablo Damian to Los Santos.
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Quentynos entositual seor. Manoscio poros. Soros. Santa in commemoria. Is there a mystery? Padre PBlo Santos.
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Glorosto Salvio. Sacrificio. Al participaroscia. Bautista, Matias, Ignasio Alejandro Marcelino Eedro Felica, Lucia Ines Cecilia Anastasia Los Santos, for the spirit of Santo.
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Gloria Los Salvador is And this is the Our Father. Now we're being invited to sing along.
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God, Lord. for Amen. Always be with you. The deacon is inviting the uh faithful gathered here at the port to exchange a sign of peace. Uh to all of you following at home, a very warm peace be with you from all of us here at Vatican
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News. There are some uh 40,000 of the faithful gathered for the mass. That's what the local authorities are estimating. So a little bit less than predicted. Uh 40,000 of the faithful here.
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Holy Space. Peace. No peace. We are thy we All you norm Lord is for Lord and all is Lord and all is Lord alone. Oh, holy smore.
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Mundo invaded. of my Lord save us. Lord, of all the mighty and Lord of all we How great of all.
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So the uh distribution of communion here has begun. There are about 300 extraordinary ministers of communion uh who are distributing communion to the faithful. There are about 14 eucharistic tents around the port area which have been used to house the tabernacles. And
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uh the sisters at the monastery of Santa Clara in La Laguna um which is nearby have prepared about 40,000 hosts for communion today.
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For those of you who are at home uh and are not able to receive the sacrament physically, I'll recite a prayer for spiritual communion. Feel free to follow along.
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This is the prayer which was written by St. Alphonsus Leguri. My Jesus, I believe you are present in the most blessed sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you
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sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and I unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you.
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Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Lord will be our gift of sin. with you my Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. So the distribution of uh communion here at the mass is continuing. Most of the faithful have now received the sacrament.
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After uh communion has concluded but before the end of the mass we'll be hearing some words from Bishop Edo Alberto Santiago Santiago where he mentioned earlier he's the bishop here of the dasis of Tenerife.
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That'll be just before the conclusion of this mass. And after that, the pope will be heading directly to the airport uh to depart for Rome.
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King of the peace. is again. God may be Hallelujah. Amen. Lord who we see amen. Amen.
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We sing everywhere. Glory. in the deep for car. Pope Leo just uh pausing in quiet prayer and reflection uh for a moment before we begin the concluding rights of this mass. And as I say before we hear from the local bishop
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who will have uh some words of thanks for Pope Leo that happened yesterday evening as well at the uh vigil mass for today's somnity. There was a local bishop in Gran Canaria, the other big island here.
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And now prayer will uh read out the prayer after communion. Santomanos. Amen. Yes. So this is uh Bishop Elo Alberto Santiago Santiago the bishop of St. Christo de la Laguna or really the the bishop of Tenneref St.
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Christo de Laguna is the the main city here. Holy Father, with this celebration of Holy Mass in this inc incomparable setting of the port of Santa Kusta, Tenar on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean which bathes our beautiful coasts and across which so
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many migrants, sailors, fishermen and travelers have passed and continue to pass. your apostolic visit to our dasis of San Christobal of La Laguna comes to a close and with it your first apostolic journey to Spain on behalf of the portion of God's people
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who pilgrimage in these islands of La Hierro La Palma and Tener and in my own name I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this visit the first by a pontiff to our two century old dasis.
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It will remain etched in the hearts of each of us in this faithful people and uh the smile there on Pope Leo's face as he listens to the applause.
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It has been a moment of grace for this particular church located at the crossroads between Europe, America and Africa.
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This small and humble church heeding your invitation in the apostolic exhortation dexit wishes to be the church of the biatitudes.
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A church that makes room for the little ones and works in poverty with the poor.
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A place where the poor have a privileged place. Pedro San Jose deur. The memory of St.
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Peter and of St. Joseph Betangur, brother Pedro, the first canonized saint from the Canary Islands who was born on this island exactly 400 years ago.
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and who carried out this brother Pedro honorable charitable work in Guatemala with the poor and sick inspires us to do so.
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Your holiness, it is said that when the fathers of the council of Calcedan heard the letter written by Pope Leo, your predecessor to patriarch Flavian, they exclaimed, "Peter has spoken through the mouth of Leo." This affirmation captures what we too
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have felt upon hearing your edifying words. Through them as successor of Peter, you have confirmed us in the faith that unites us in the communion of the church under your loving care as shepherd of the universal church in your paternal
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solicitude for the church and for the churches. Indeed, as St. Augustine affirmed, Peter is a figure of the universality and the unity of the church itself.
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And so your holiness has understood your ministry from the beginning as you expressed in the homaly during the mass marking the start of your petri ministry where you shared your desire for a united church a sign of unity and
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communion which becomes leaven for a reconciled world. Count on us, Holy Father, in realizing in realizing that desire for a church that is leaven for a reconciled world. A church that knows how to safeguard and bring to flourishing the magnificent
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humanity given to us as a gift and respect for human dignity. the protection of fundamental human rights and the promotion of integral human development that leads to the growth of human fraternity and social friendship.
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Today we lift our eyes with gratitude to Christ from whose pierced heart on the cross the church was born.
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We lift our eyes with hope, trusting in his faithful love which encourages us to continue advancing in the thrilling task of evangelization.
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this thrilling task which is driven by the Holy Spirit to manifest our faith through works of love for the poorest, especially migrants to continue to continue to build a more just and fraternal society where a humble and persevering peace is lived out and to
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care for our common home which in these fortunate islands is revealed in the beauty of their volcanic nature. their rich biodiversity, the vast ocean that surrounds them, and their luminous skies.
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Today, we lift our eyes to give thanks to God for the gift of your visit, Holy Father, while assuring you of our prayers for your person and your ministry.
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Know that you have won the affection of the noble people of Lagra, Aliero, La Palma, and Tener.
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who make up our dasis. And another round of applause just like yesterday evening in Gran Canaria. Lots of applause during the bishop's uh final words to the Pope. The same thing here.
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Many of these people are present here today, but also the affection of so many others who could not come for various reasons yet whom we feel present among us through the bonds of communion that unite us as the deosis church of
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Sristoal and Launa Sristo Laguna. The Pope is one of our own. Holy Father, this is how we feel and how we will remember you. Publio the 14th is also Canarian and in these islands you will always have a home.
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Thank you, Holy Father. And they're actually seeing uh lots of the the faithful now getting to their feet and applauding those words uh those final words from from the bishop there.
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And this is uh the chalice I believe the chalice that was used to celebrate today's liturgy which has been given as a gift from the pope to the local bishop and will remain here in the islands uh even as pope Leo now returns to Rome
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and uh long of the pope being chanted. So really an outpouring of affection you can say for the pope from the people here of uh Pope now thanking the bishop the local authorities is thanking them as well.
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celebration. The pope says that uh with this with the Eucharistic celebration his visit comes to an end. Uh I want to thank all all those who welcome me all those who uh helped prepared the journey in all the different uh stages of the
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journey including here in the Canary Islands. I return to Rome uh remembering the great affection of the people who welcomed me.
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That elicits another round of applause. Pope speaking of the testimonies of of love and faith that he heard throughout his journey. He speaks of uh the great Catholic heart of Spain which he witnessed while in the country from this port which uh holds the name
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of Holy Cross and my thoughts go to the wounds of of the world. And he's now quoting the uh the motto of the episode journey la or uh raise your eyes look up.
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Yes. Let us look at the crucified Christ. Christ mercy is the only one that uh that can save humanity and appealing also for uh for a during and a lasting peace.
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Dear brothers and sisters, thank you from my heart. let us continue to be united in prayer and in union with Christ and with the holy church.
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So that was a uh response there uh from the pope to those words uh addressed to him by bishop Alberto Santiago Santiago the local bishop and uh kind of reflecting back on his journey which now very very soon will
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come to an end this weekl long journey to Spain. You can see on your right there uh this uh typical local image of the black Madonna.
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These are the concluding rights of today's mass. foreign. Amen. in praise. Amen. That was the e miss the go in peace from the uh deacon there.
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Pop Leia will I think stop for a brief moment of prayer in front of uh this local image of our lady as we hear the concluding hymn for today's mass.
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God Sus. The power of Jesus Hallelu Glor soul. Oh, the son of bless. Bless.
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God save us from your soul. where you Oh glory. Oh my god. I love Yal.
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Heat. Heat. Bless. And as Pope Leo now begins to uh process out of the port area, we can bring an end to this live broadcast of mass from the port of Santa Cruz. The Tenerife PBLE will now be headed to the airport.
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There'll be a departure ceremony which will uh live stream if you do want to watch that. That'll be uh just as soon as the pub gets to the airport, perhaps half an hour or so from now. Um, and for
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more news about today's event or any of the events over the course of this visit to Spain, that's just coming to an end.
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We've been uh publishing lots of highlights, lots of video excerpts of the Pope's uh apostolic journey to Spain. So, please do take a look at that. Uh in the meantime, I'm Joseph Tullik. Thank you very much for tuning
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