Each year, the feast of St. Teresa of Baby Jesus, proclaimed Patroness of the Missions in 1927 with St. Francis Xavier, Missionary characterizes the beginning of October that this year will culminate in the celebration of the 82nd World Mission Sunday, Sunday, October 26, 2008. The beginning of the month Missionary recall the duty of every baptized person to collaborate in the universal mission of the Missionary Chiesa.Ogni week of October is dedicated to a specific theme: Contemplation-vocation-responsibility-charity-thanksgiving prayer individual and community, promoting and support of missionary vocations, are essential to revive the courage with Mission ad gentes. "Woe me if I preach not the Gospel "is the theme for the 82nd World Mission Sunday by His Holiness Benedict XVI, Message for Mission Sunday 2008. He stated St. Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles, (which is celebrating a special jubilee) as the apostolic model to follow, "to propagate to the ends of the world proclaiming the Gospel, the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. "The Holy Father stresses and invites reflection on the suffering of today's world, plagued by violence, poverty, discrimination, injustice, and humanity seems to have no future. For us believers, the answer to the future comes from the Gospel, Pope Benedict XVI as he wrote in the encyclical letter "Spe Salvi". E'Cristo our future, "his Gospel is a statement that" life changing ", gives hope, throws open the dark door of time and illuminates the future humanity and the universe (cf. n. 2). "Proclaiming Christ's salvation is a matter of love for all Christians, says Pope, in his message and the Apostle Paul teaches us the stages of the journey" the discovery of hidden treasure: the joy of being loved by the good father, a practical recognition of brothers and sisters. God gives himself in Christ, our Savior and Brother universal salvation He opens to all, even those who do not knows or does not know. "The Holy Father in" Deus Caritas Est ", tells us that God is Love and leads the Church towards the frontiers of humanity awakening in the hearts of the desire to drink evangelists to the original source, which is Christ the whose pierced heart flows the love of God Saint Paul, in fact, confirms this in Galatians saying "no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal 2:20). And 'Christ the source from which to draw the necessary energy to give to others welcome, tenderness, helpfulness, sharing. The month of missions, then, as the appropriate time to bear witness to Christ with our lives, and make our closeness and our solidarity with those who work in distant lands, not only with economic aid, with the collaboration and mutual support, but with prayer, the unity of spirit, to feel in a universal family Jesus Christ
Giulia Schiavo
Giulia Schiavo
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