I september för 50 år sedan startade Andra Vatikankonciliets tredje session. I detta brev inbjuder påven Paul VI hela kyrkan att involveras i koncilie-processen genom botgöring och bön.

”…The Church can hope all the more to be inspired and led by the Holy Spirit the more intensely, the more harmoniously and the more humbly are souls mutually disposed to receive grace. Such an extraordinary moment must be lived with inner meditation, with intense fervor, with humble piety, with absolute faithfulness to the precepts of Christ, with vigilant attention to the needs of the Church and the World….”