Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of the Gospel! When evangelizers rise from prayer, their hearts are more open; freed of self-absorption, they are desirous of doing good and sharing their lives with others. 204. 267. Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified at will. [96] As part of his mysterious love for humanity, God furnishes the totality of the faithful with an instinct of faith – sensus fidei – which helps them to discern what is truly of God. At the same time, new difficulties are constantly surfacing: experiences of failure and the human weaknesses which bring so much pain. The Holy Spirit also grants the courage to proclaim the newness of the Gospel with boldness (parrhesía) in every time and place, even when it meets with opposition. Even so, we constantly witness among them impressive examples of daily heroism in defending and protecting their vulnerable families. It is the responsibility of the State to safeguard and promote the common good of society. , Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (30 December 1987), 22: AAS 80 (1988), 539. But this does not mean that we should postpone the evangelizing mission; rather, each of us should find ways to communicate Jesus wherever we are. Christ, risen and glorified, is the wellspring of our hope, and he will not deprive us of the help we need to carry out the mission which he has entrusted to us. Some of its manuscripts contain a brief mention of a female pope named Johanna (the earliest source to attach to her the female form of the name), but all these manuscripts are later than Martin's work. [67] In these situations we are called to be living sources of water from which others can drink. However, the attribution of this work to Petrarch may be incorrect.[17]. Whenever we do so, our lives become wonderfully complicated and we experience intensely what it is to be a people, to be part of a people. [54] Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Ecclesiam Suam (6 August 1964), 19: AAS 56 (1964), 609. Lay people are, put simply, the vast majority of the people of God. But by acknowledging his poverty and desiring to grow in his commitment, he will always be able to abandon himself to Christ, saying in the words of Peter: “I have no silver and gold, but what I have I give you” (Acts 3:6). Would not this approach be the greatest and most effective presentation of the good news of the kingdom?”[169] Without the preferential option for the poor, “the proclamation of the Gospel, which is itself the prime form of charity, risks being misunderstood or submerged by the ocean of words which daily engulfs us in today’s society of mass communications”.[170]. But if a change is due, the pope has options. If we have a lively desire to be the first to hear the word which we must preach, this will surely be communicated to God’s faithful people, for “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks” (Mt 12:34). [187] In a culture which privileges dialogue as a form of encounter, it is time to devise a means for building consensus and agreement while seeking the goal of a just, responsive and inclusive society. Growth in justice requires more than economic growth, while presupposing such growth: it requires decisions, programmes, mechanisms and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality. At a time when we most need a missionary dynamism which will bring salt and light to the world, many lay people fear that they may be asked to undertake some apostolic work and they seek to avoid any responsibility that may take away from their free time. 124. But this conviction has to be sustained by our own constantly renewed experience of savouring Christ’s friendship and his message. Sometimes we lose our enthusiasm for mission because we forget that the Gospel responds to our deepest needs, since we were created for what the Gospel offers us: friendship with Jesus and love of our brothers and sisters. A mere glance at the Scriptures is enough to make us see how our gracious Father wants to hear the cry of the poor: “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. How I wish that all of us would hear God’s cry: “Where is your brother?” (Gen 4:9). [74] Indeed, a woman, Mary, is more important than the bishops. 110. One day, while mounting a horse, she gave birth to a child. [183] Cf. Jesus himself is the model of this method of evangelization which brings us to the very heart of his people. [77] John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Asia (6 November 1999), 19: AAS 92 (2000), 478. Someone good at such accompaniment does not give in to frustrations or fears. [67] Benedict XVI, Homily at Mass for the Opening of the Year of Faith (11 October 2012): AAS 104 (2012), 881. Many try to escape from others and take refuge in the comfort of their privacy or in a small circle of close friends, renouncing the realism of the social aspect of the Gospel. These gifts are meant to renew and build up the Church. I would like to dwell briefly on this way of understanding the Church, whose ultimate foundation is in the free and gracious initiative of God. 30, a. In this way preaching will consist in that activity, so intense and fruitful, which is “communicating to others what one has contemplated”. The heart of its message will always be the same: the God who revealed his immense love in the crucified and risen Christ. Nevertheless, I want to emphasize that what I am trying to express here has a programmatic significance and important consequences. [196] What is not helpful is a diplomatic openness which says “yes” to everything in order to avoid problems, for this would be a way of deceiving others and denying them the good which we have been given to share generously with others. [54] This is in fact a grave responsibility, since certain present realities, unless effectively dealt with, are capable of setting off processes of dehumanization which would then be hard to reverse. Given the seriousness of the counter-witness of division among Christians, particularly in Asia and Africa, the search for paths to unity becomes all the more urgent. These efforts, therefore, can also express love for truth. The Holy Spirit, sent by the Father and the Son, transforms our hearts and enables us to enter into the perfect communion of the blessed Trinity, where all things find their unity. Nor would we be well served by a purely sociological analysis which would aim to embrace all of reality by employing an allegedly neutral and clinical method. To those who feel far from God and the Church, to all those who are fearful or indifferent, I would like to say this: the Lord, with great respect and love, is also calling you to be a part of his people! Sometimes I wonder if there are people in today’s world who are really concerned about generating processes of people-building, as opposed to obtaining immediate results which yield easy, quick short-term political gains, but do not enhance human fullness. Pastoral ministry in a missionary key seeks to abandon the complacent attitude that says: “We have always done it this way”. Th., I, q. May we never abandon them. [88] John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte (6 January 2001), 40: AAS 93 (2001), 295. II. God’s word is unpredictable in its power. Hence it is clear that that the first proclamation also calls for ongoing formation and maturation. A mission embodied within human limits, 40. 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The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded. However, the story is found in only one unreliable manuscript of Anastasius. 128. [28] It is a community of communities, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach. We incarnate the duty of hearing the cry of the poor when we are deeply moved by the suffering of others. 261. Here James is faithful to the finest tradition of post-exilic Jewish spirituality, which attributed a particular salutary value to mercy: “Break off your sins by practising righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity” (Dan 4:27). 131. Where is your brother or sister who is enslaved? I call on theologians to carry out this service as part of the Church’s saving mission. It reminds us that the Church is a mother, and that she preaches in the same way that a mother speaks to her child, knowing that the child trusts that what she is teaching is for his or her benefit, for children know that they are loved. There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. Why am I not interested in this? [84] Cf. As the bishops of the Congo have put it: “Our ethnic diversity is our wealth… It is only in unity, through conversion of hearts and reconciliation, that we will be able to help our country to develop on all levels”.[184]. The Gospel tells us to correct others and to help them to grow on the basis of a recognition of the objective evil of their actions (cf. [136] It is essential that the revealed word radically enrich our catechesis and all our efforts to pass on the faith. [163] John Paul II, Homily at Mass for the Evangelization of Peoples in Santo Domingo (11 October 1984), 5: AAS 77 (1985), 358. Some people do not commit themselves to mission because they think that nothing will change and that it is useless to make the effort. The New Pope, review: it's Jude Law vs John Malkovich in this deeply weird papal drama 3. The Lord gets involved and he involves his own, as he kneels to wash their feet. At other times these issues are exploited by a rhetoric which cheapens them. We must never forget that they “profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, who will judge humanity on the last day”. An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better that we found it. We must leave aside any other pressing concerns and create an environment of serene concentration. This is not helpful for the Church’s mission. Sudden he view'd, in spite of all her art, An earthly lover lurking at her heart. The primary reason for evangelizing is the love of Jesus which we have received, the experience of salvation which urges us to ever greater love of him. When at last you present yourself before Christ? Nor do people who wholeheartedly enter into the life of a community need to lose their individualism or hide their identity; instead, they receive new impulses to personal growth. [20], The legend of Pope Joan was "effectively demolished" by David Blondel, a mid-17th-century Protestant historian, who suggested that Pope Joan's tale may have originated in a satire against Pope John XI, who died in his early 20s. This inseparable bond between our acceptance of the message of salvation and genuine fraternal love appears in several scriptural texts which we would do well to meditate upon, in order to appreciate all their consequences. This is particularly true if such a living community prays insistently for vocations and courageously proposes to its young people the path of special consecration. A committed missionary knows the joy of being a spring which spills over and refreshes others. The accounts state that later church processions avoided this spot, and that the Vatican removed the female pope from its official lists and crafted a ritual to ensure that future popes were male. In this way, the life of the Church turns into a museum piece or something which is the property of a select few. 68. The word “solidarity” is a little worn and at times poorly understood, but it refers to something more than a few sporadic acts of generosity. [29], It has also been noted that enemies of the papacy in the 9th century make no mention of a female pope. 25. The Lord Pope always turns aside from the street, and it is believed by many that this is done because of abhorrence of the event. We should not be concerned simply about falling into doctrinal error, but about remaining faithful to this light-filled path of life and wisdom. If a text was written to console, it should not be used to correct errors; if it was written as an exhortation, it should not be employed to teach doctrine; if it was written to teach something about God, it should not be used to expound various theological opinions; if it was written as a summons to praise or missionary outreach, let us not use it to talk about the latest news. One of the faults which we occasionally observe in sociopolitical activity is that spaces and power are preferred to time and processes. This is certainly what mission means”. “The New Pope,” like its jaunty predecessor, is a story built on gospels. The tract applied humanist techniques of textual criticism to the Pope Joan legend, with the broader intent of supplying sound historical principles to ecclesiastical history, and the legend began to come apart, detail by detail. How I long to find the right words to stir up enthusiasm for a new chapter of evangelization full of fervour, joy, generosity, courage, boundless love and attraction! Sometimes it is a matter of hearing the cry of entire peoples, the poorest peoples of the earth, since “peace is founded not only on respect for human rights, but also on respect for the rights of peoples”. [73] John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici (30 December 1988), 51: AAS 81 (1989), 413. Otherwise we can easily make the text say what we think is convenient, useful for confirming us in our previous decisions, suited to our own patterns of thought. The Holy Spirit, who inspired the word, “today, just as at the beginning of the Church, acts in every evangelizer who allows himself to be possessed and led by him. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. When we, for our part, aspire to diversity, we become self-enclosed, exclusive and divisive; similarly, whenever we attempt to create unity on the basis of our human calculations, we end up imposing a monolithic uniformity. At times, this becomes a heavy cross, but it was from the cross, from his pierced side, that our Lord gave himself to us as a source of living water. While painfully aware of our own frailties, we have to march on without giving in, keeping in mind what the Lord said to Saint Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9). Sometimes we prove hard of heart and mind; we are forgetful, distracted and carried away by the limitless possibilities for consumption and distraction offered by contemporary society. 233. They have much to teach us. To be self-enclosed is to taste the bitter poison of immanence, and humanity will be worse for every selfish choice we make. He can heal whatever causes us to flag in the missionary endeavour. 249. Ideas – conceptual elaborations – are at the service of communication, understanding, and praxis. 256. Nor is she placed on the list of the Holy Pontiffs, both because of her female sex and on account of the foulness of the matter. [166] This loving attentiveness is the beginning of a true concern for their person which inspires me effectively to seek their good. We may be sure that none of our acts of love will be lost, nor any of our acts of sincere concern for others. The thirst for power and possessions knows no limits. Pope Benedict asked us to recognize that the natural environment has been gravely damaged by our irresponsible behaviour. In today’s world of instant communication and occasionally biased media coverage, the message we preach runs a greater risk of being distorted or reduced to some of its secondary aspects. 165. Without anxiety, but with clear convictions and tenacity. At the same time, a clear awareness of this responsibility of the laity, grounded in their baptism and confirmation, does not appear in the same way in all places. We would realize that missionary outreach is paradigmatic for all the Church’s activity. If we are not convinced, let us look at those first disciples, who, immediately after encountering the gaze of Jesus, went forth to proclaim him joyfully: “We have found the Messiah!” (Jn 1:41). Greater possibilities for communication thus turn into greater possibilities for encounter and solidarity for everyone. This is a case of exclusion. Some versions of the legend suggest that subsequent popes were subjected to an examination whereby, having sat on a so-called sedia stercoraria or "dung chair" containing a hole, a cardinal had to reach up and establish that the new pope had testicles, before announcing "Duos habet et bene pendentes" ("He has two, and they dangle nicely"),[15] or "habet" ("he has them") for short.[16]. Such an economy kills. This has great pastoral importance. 246. This conviction enables us to maintain a spirit of joy in the midst of a task so demanding and challenging that it engages our entire life. Starting from certain social issues of great importance for the future of humanity, I have tried to make explicit once again the inescapable social dimension of the Gospel message and to encourage all Christians to demonstrate it by their words, attitudes and deeds. The preaching of the word, living and effective, prepares for the reception of the sacrament, and in the sacrament that word attains its maximum efficacy. In this way, we allow ourselves to be transformed in Christ through a life lived “according to the Spirit” (Rom 8:5). He then goes on to say: “But I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you” (Jn 16:22). 180. Appearances notwithstanding, every person is immensely holy and deserves our love. He always invites us to take a step forward, but does not demand a full response if we are not yet ready. Listening, in communication, is an openness of heart which makes possible that closeness without which genuine spiritual encounter cannot occur. The play Top Girls by Caryl Churchill featured Pope Joan as a character, who was invited to a restaurant along with other historically important women in the past by a modern-day woman, Marlene, to discuss the restriction of feminism in the past. I, q. Many manuals and programmes have not yet taken sufficiently into account the need for a mystagogical renewal, one which would assume very different forms based on each educational community’s discernment. Who has turned the wonderworld of the seas into underwater cemeteries bereft of color and life?”[178]. In our world, especially in some countries, different forms of war and conflict are re-emerging, yet we Christians remain steadfast in our intention to respect others, to heal wounds, to build bridges, to strengthen relationships and to “bear one another’s burdens” (Gal 6:2). 85. 263. At the Synod, the presence of the Patriarch of Constantinople, His Holiness Bartholomaios I, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Rowan Williams, was a true gift from God and a precious Christian witness.[193]. Even when the function of ministerial priesthood is considered “hierarchical”, it must be remembered that “it is totally ordered to the holiness of Christ’s members”. If we succeed in expressing adequately and with beauty the essential content of the Gospel, surely this message will speak to the deepest yearnings of people’s hearts: “The missionary is convinced that, through the working of the Spirit, there already exists in individuals and peoples an expectation, even if an unconscious one, of knowing the truth about God, about man, and about how we are to be set free from sin and death. If we really believe in the abundantly free working of the Holy Spirit, we can learn so much from one another! [115] John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis (25 March 1992), 26: AAS 84 (1992), 698. We are not asked to be flawless, but to keep growing and wanting to grow as we advance along the path of the Gospel; our arms must never grow slack. Underlying popular piety, as a fruit of the inculturated Gospel, is an active evangelizing power which we must not underestimate: to do so would be to fail to recognize the work of the Holy Spirit. Star of the new evangelization, help us to bear radiant witness to communion, service, ardent and generous faith, justice and love of the poor, that the joy of the Gospel may reach to the ends of the earth, illuminating even the fringes of our world.
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