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The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium

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The processes of beatification and canonization recognize the signs of heroic virtue, the sacrifice of one’s life in martyrdom, and certain cases where a life is constantly offered for others, even until death. This shows an exemplary imitation of Christ, one worthy of the admiration of the faithful. [2] We can think, for example, of Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu, who offered her life for the unity of Christians.

Evangelii Gaudium Sunday calls us to be joyous in proclaiming our faith. “ Evangelii Gaudium” is Latin for “Joy of the Gospel ”. The day supports the work carried out by the Mission Directorate on behalf of the Bishops’ Conference.Jan Paweł II, Posynodalna Adhort. apost. Pastores dabo vobis(25 marca 1992), 10: AAS 84 (1992), 672. Benedykt XVI, Homilia podczas Mszy św. na zakończenie XIII Zwyczajnego Zgromadzenia Ogólnego Synodu Biskupów Non si deve pensare che l’annuncio evangelico sia da trasmettere sempre con determinate formule stabilite, o con parole precise che esprimano un contenuto assolutamente invariabile. Si trasmette in forme così diverse che sarebbe impossibile descriverle o catalogarle, e nelle quali il Popolo di Dio, con i suoi innumerevoli gesti e segni, è soggetto collettivo. Di conseguenza, se il Vangelo si è incarnato in una cultura, non si comunica più solamente attraverso l’annuncio da persona a persona. Questo deve farci pensare che, in quei Paesi dove il cristianesimo è minoranza, oltre ad incoraggiare ciascun battezzato ad annunciare il Vangelo, le Chiese particolari devono promuovere attivamente forme, almeno iniziali, di inculturazione. Ciò a cui si deve tendere, in definitiva, è che la predicazione del Vangelo, espressa con categorie proprie della cultura in cui è annunciato, provochi una nuova sintesi con tale cultura. Benché questi processi siano sempre lenti, a volte la paura ci paralizza troppo. Se consentiamo ai dubbi e ai timori di soffocare qualsiasi audacia, può accadere che, al posto di essere creativi, semplicemente noi restiamo comodi senza provocare alcun avanzamento e, in tal caso, non saremo partecipi di processi storici con la nostra cooperazione, ma semplicemente spettatori di una sterile stagnazione della Chiesa. This is a powerful summons to all of us. You too need to see the entirety of your life as a mission. Try to do so by listening to God in prayer and recognizing the signs that he gives you. Always ask the Spirit what Jesus expects from you at every moment of your life and in every decision you must make, so as to discern its place in the mission you have received. Allow the Spirit to forge in you the personal mystery that can reflect Jesus Christ in today’s world.

Giovanni Paolo II, Esort. ap. postsinodale Christifideles laici(30 dicembre 1988), 32: AAS 81 (1989), 451. V Konferencja Ogólna Episkopatu Ameryki Łacińskiej i Karaibów, Dokument z Aparecidy (29 czerwca 2007), 360. Jan PawełII, Posynodalna adhort. apost. Ecclesia in Asia (6 listopada 1999), 20: AAS 92 (2000), 481.

6. De-centrailization of the Papacy

To recognize the word that the Lord wishes to speak to us through one of his saints, we do not need to get caught up in details, for there we might also encounter mistakes and failures. Not everything a saint says is completely faithful to the Gospel; not everything he or she does is authentic or perfect. What we need to contemplate is the totality of their life, their entire journey of growth in holiness, the reflection of Jesus Christ that emerges when we grasp their overall meaning as a person. [26]

V Konferencja Ogólna Episkopatu Ameryki Łacińskiej i Karaibów, Dokument z Aparecidy, (29 czerwca 2007), 548. San Tommaso d’Aquino, Summa contra Gentiles, I, VII; cfr Giovanni Paolo II, Lett. enc. Fides et ratio (14 settembre 1998), 43: AAS 91 (1999), 39. Joseph Ratzinger, Situazione attuale della fede e della teologia. Conferenza pronunciata durante l’Incontro dei Presidenti delle Commissioni Episcopali dell’America Latina per la dottrina della fede, celebrato a Guadalajara, México, 1996. Pubblicata ne L’Osservatore Romano, 1 novembre 1996; citato in: V Conferenza generale dell’Episcopato latino-americano e dei Caraibi, Documento di Aparecida (29 giugno 2007), 12. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Lettera pastorale Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (novembre 2007), 13. Jan Paweł II, Posynodalna Adhort. apost. Christifideles laici (30 grudnia 1988), 37: AAS 81 (1989), 461.Por. Jan Paweł II, Posynodalna Adhort. apost. Familiaris consortio(22 listopada 1981), 34c: AAS 74 (1982), 123. Jan PawełII, Posynodalna Adhort. apost. Christifideles laici (30 grudnia 1988), 32: AAS 81 (1989), 451.

The fact that their hearts burned for the word of God prompted the disciples of Emmaus to ask the mysterious Wayfarer to stay with them as evening drew near. When they gathered around the table, their eyes were opened and they recognised him when he broke the bread. The decisive element that opened the eyes of the disciples was the sequence of actions performed by Jesus: he took the bread, blessed it, broke it and gave it to them. Those were the usual gestures of the head of a Jewish household, but, performed by Jesus Christ with the grace of the Holy Spirit, they renewed for his two table companions the sign of the multiplication of the loaves and above all that of the Eucharist, the sacrament of the sacrifice of the cross. Yet at the very moment when they recognised Jesus in the breaking of the bread, “he vanished from their sight” (Lk 24:31). Here we can recognise an essential reality of our faith: Christ, who breaks the bread, now becomes the bread broken, shared with the disciples and consumed by them. He is seen no longer, for now he has entered the hearts of the disciples, to make them burn all the more, and this prompts them to set out immediately to share with everyone their unique experience of meeting the Risen Lord. The risen Christ, then, is both the one who breaks the bread and, at the same time, the bread itself, broken for us. It follows that every missionary disciple is called to become, like Jesus and in him, through the working of the Holy Spirit, one who breaks the bread and one who is broken bread for the world. Discorso di apertura del Concilio Ecumenico Vaticano II (11 ottobre 1962), 4, 2-4: AAS 54 (1962), 789.

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So let us set out once more, illumined by our encounter with the risen Lord and prompted by his Spirit. Let us set out again with burning hearts, with our eyes open and our feet in motion. Let us set out to make other hearts burn with the word of God, to open the eyes of others to Jesus in the Eucharist, and to invite everyone to walk together on the path of peace and salvation that God, in Christ, has bestowed upon all humanity. I non cristiani, per la gratuita iniziativa divina, e fedeli alla loro coscienza, possono vivere «giustificati mediante la grazia di Dio», [199] e in tal modo «associati al mistero pasquale di Gesù Cristo». [200] Ma, a causa della dimensione sacramentale della grazia santificante, l’azione divina in loro tende a produrre segni, riti, espressioni sacre, che a loro volta avvicinano altri ad una esperienza comunitaria di cammino verso Dio. [201] Non hanno il significato e l’efficacia dei Sacramenti istituiti da Cristo, ma possono essere canali che lo stesso Spirito suscita per liberare i non cristiani dall’immanentismo ateo o da esperienze religiose meramente individuali. Lo stesso Spirito suscita in ogni luogo forme di saggezza pratica che aiutano a sopportare i disagi dell’esistenza e a vivere con più pace e armonia. Anche noi cristiani possiamo trarre profitto da tale ricchezza consolidata lungo i secoli, che può aiutarci a vivere meglio le nostre peculiari convinzioni.

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