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Cultural Barriers of the Church over against the Youth Culture . The commission to reach the 12/25 generation is one which Jesus has entrusted . Yet the message is clear that God expects and demands that specific effort be To engage has a variety of meanings, including to attract, to bring into conflict, and to interlock.
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- Salvation in Christianity
- The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ
- Account Options
- Jesus Culture: Living a Life That Transforms the World by Banning Liebscher
Therese, "Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be. Therese is an especially potent example for our young people. She entered the convent while quite young.
Salvation in Christianity
She didn't let her youth stand as an obstacle for gaining holiness or having a profound impact upon the Church. Her example of prayer and little acts of kindness shows all of us how significant our ordinary lives can be. As she says, "Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. Finally, consider Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Father Jean Corbon once wrote that "the most fruitful human activity is to receive the love of God. Mary received the Word of God, nurtured the Word in her womb, and brought Him forth for the salvation of others.
She is a great model for what it means to be more. Each of us, in our own way, can receive the Word, nurture Him in our hearts in prayer, and bring Him forth in our actions. But is it really possible for us to follow Mary's example?
Pope Francis thinks so. He states: "The close connection between Mary, the Church and each member of the faithful, based on the fact that each in his or her own way brings forth Christ, has been beautifully expressed by Blessed Isaac of Stella: 'In the inspired Scriptures, what is said in a universal sense of the virgin mother, the Church, is understood in an individual sense of the Virgin Mary In a way, every Christian is also believed to be a bride of God's word, a mother of Christ, His daughter and sister, at once virginal and fruitful Christ dwelt for nine months in the tabernacle of Mary's womb.
He dwells until the end of the ages in the tabernacle of the Church's faith. He will dwell forever in the knowledge and love of each faithful soul'" "Evangelii Gaudium" We have our own ways of receiving the love of God, nurturing it in prayer, and bringing it forth in action for the sake of others. We don't need to do big things. We need to do every little thing in God's love. If we can begin, even in little ways, to live like these holy women in our daily lives we, too, can make Jesus known in a profound and powerful way that can transform the world.
In our effort to live the Joy of the Gospel and to be missionary disciples, we must be willing to be challenged and to grow, so allow me to challenge you to be more in a few different areas of your life. At home: Commit to daily prayer and personal accountability. Invite a roommate, your spouse or a friend to walk with you in your pursuit of Christian virtue and holiness. This shared discipleship is a great aid in pursuing missionary discipleship. As a parish: Commit to providing opportunities for the members of your parish to grow as missionary disciples together.
Offer a monthly communal adoration night, faith formation opportunities for youth and adults and set up extra opportunities for confession beyond the normal Saturday hours. In your community: Let your life and your words witness the joy of the Gospel. Talk to a neighbor or co-worker about your faith. Share your energy and your passion for growing closer to the Lord as a missionary disciple and invite others to evaluate their relationship with God.
Commit to regular acts of service that require your time, not just your money. As missionary disciples who seek to be more, we know how important it is to share our faith, hope and love with others.
The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ
From our own encounters with Jesus, we've seen how He leads us to embrace one another just as He has embraced us. This kind of intentional being-together-in-community is called "solidarity. Our life in the Church testifies to the truth and the importance of solidarity. We never really walk or stand alone. And our Gospel identity as a pilgrim Church — a Church on the way — signals how much of our faith journey involves a deliberate encounter with others.
In Pope Francis' words: "True faith in the incarnate Son of God is inseparable from self-giving, from membership in the community, from service, from reconciliation with others. This exhortation to encounter one another implies moving closer to those who aren't readily in our circle, both physically and emotionally.
It means opening our minds and hearts and giving our time and energy to the lives of others, especially the most poor and vulnerable. At the core of our human encounters is the call to love others as God has loved us — up close and personal. The story of the Good Samaritan Luke illustrates how Jesus summons each one of us to a greater solidarity. In the story and person of the Good Samaritan, we discover that our faith requires more than simply words or beliefs. It isn't the priest with his faith, nor the Levite with his knowledge of the law, who shows us the path of discipleship.
Instead, the Samaritan, the supposed "stranger" who acts with mercy and kindness, shows solidarity with the one he encounters on the way. In the Good Samaritan, we see that compassion and solidarity mean being with and for others in concrete ways. Through the story, Jesus invites us to imagine ourselves on the road. He asks us to stop and reach out when we behold the brokenness of humanity.
How we respond to others in their need for mercy, healing and reconciliation becomes the core of our discipleship. It's the perfect illustration of what St.
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James says: "So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Like the priest and the Levite, there are moments when we have turned our gaze away from the hurt, or haven't stopped to tend to it. We can be honest and repent for those times when our actions haven't mirrored God love. But sometimes we've received that love through others. And sometimes we've given that love to others. We can be thankful for God's grace in those times. In the Good Samaritan, we recognize a challenge: a call to solidarity.
Our faith requires us to be open to others on the way, to be willing to show care and compassion for them. The Good Samaritan also illustrates the need to be courageous in transcending our own class and cultural distinctions in order to show God's love more fully. As pilgrims and missionary disciples, we are called to choose compassion over indifference.
Pope Francis tells us that another essential part of missionary discipleship is encountering those in need with contemplative love. He wrote, "What the Holy Spirit mobilizes is This entails appreciating the poor in their goodness, in their experience of life, in their culture, and in their way of living faith. True love is always contemplative" "Evangelii Gaudium" What does this contemplative love mean for us in our daily lives? It means, for example, being fascinated by others. It means wanting to know what they think, how they feel and what they want.
It means wanting to know the joys and the hurts in their past, where are they now, and what they hope and fear for the future. It means sharing their joys and sorrows and hopes and fears. It means looking on them the way God looks on us, and sharing their lives the way Jesus shares ours.
Jesus Culture: Living a Life That Transforms the World by Banning Liebscher
Learning to cultivate a contemplative encounter with others takes time and courage. We do it naturally with those closest to us. We need to do it more readily for the poor and vulnerable who are among us, but often go unnoticed. It isn't easy to leave our familiar surroundings.
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We may have grown up in a relatively homogeneous social environment or neighborhood that provided limited encounters with others of a different race, ethnicity, political persuasion or socio-economic background. We may have had negative encounters with others that discouraged us from going beyond our personal comfort zones.
Yet we know in faith that we're part of a universal Church. We know that our Catholic faith, life and values are present in every culture and place in the world. In some instances we've been directly exposed to other cultures, ethnicities and languages through the missionary work of the Church. The Archdiocese of St. Louis, for example, has been a missionary community for over fifty years!