Holy Father’s Message of Condolence

Blog-by-the-Sea gives a translation of Pope Benedict’s message of condolence on the death of Father Marie-Dominique Philippe. Here is an extract from it:
The Holy Father asks the Lord to welcome into His Kingdom him who, for long years, guided and formed many people in the school of Christ, in the spirit of the “beloved disciple,” planting in them a deep love of the Church and fidelity to the Successor of Peter. His Holiness gives thanks for Father Marie-Dominique Philippe’s life, entirely given to the Lord and to his brothers, rooted in the meditation of the Word of God, in search for, and passionate contemplation of, the truth. May his testimony give to all those he guided the confidence necessary for the Gospel of Christ to always be proclaimed, welcomed and lived.