I say this, dear brothers and sisters, beloved compatriots, in order to express in words all that is contained in the sacrifice of the Polish Home in Rome at via Cassia, this House. Consecration, that is, devotion to God. We give this Home to God so that it may serve the people, that it may serve the nation, that it may serve our generation and that of the future. It in these requirements, fulfilling such strictly defined tasks, that God’s blessing is very necessary for this Home, so that it can fulfill these tasks, so that it can serve the spiritual matters of Poles from the Homeland and beyond, serve well, serve effectively. A special blessing is needed for this Home, so that it may include all the paths needed by people, needed by our compatriots, by our Homeland, by the nation, by the Church.
Thus, blessing this Polish Home in Rome, a new center, a new sign of our communion with the See of Peter, with the Eternal City, in this blessing, I at the same time, hope that all these tasks will be carried even more maturely. I wish that to this Home and I pray with you for it. May the sign of this prayer and this wish be the Blessing that for which I also ask the Cardinals present here, the Primate, the Archbishops and Bishops who are participants in today’s celebration.
(Speech during the dedication of the Polish Home. Rome, November 8, 1981)
Do not stop in this good work. Papal Speeches to the John Paul II Foundation
John Paul II Foundation &Centre for Documentation and Study of the Pontificate of John Paul II, Rome 2012
