Dante today -- if we can presume to speak for
him -- does not wish merely to be read, commented
on, studied, and analyzed. Rather, he asks to be
heard and even imitated; he invites us to become
his companions on the journey. Today, too, he
wants to show us the route to happiness, the right
path to live a fully human life, emerging from the
dark forest in which we lose our beainrgs and the
sense of our true worth. Dante's journey and his
vision of life beyond death are not just a story to be
told; they are more than the account of a personal
experience, however exceptional. . . A message that
can and should make us appreciate fully who we are
and the meaning of our daily struggles to achieve
happiness, fulfilment and our ultimate end, our true
homeland, where we will be in full communion with
God, infinite and eternal Love.
Page 38 #9 "Accepting the testimony of Dante Aligheri"
signed on 25 March, the Solemnity of the Annunciation
of the Lord, in the year 2021, the ninth of his
Pontificate -- FRANCISCUS (Pope Francis)
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