John Paul II and the Family
The future of humanity passes through the family!
E ', is therefore indispensable and urgent that every person
of good will should endeavor to save and promote the values \u200b\u200b
and household needs.
a particular effort in this regard
feel I have to ask the children of the Church. They know that faith
's marvelous plan of God,
have a reason to take to heart the reality of
family in this time of trial and of grace. They must love
especially the family. And 'this
delivery for concrete action.
Loving the family means being able to appreciate the values \u200b\u200band
capabilities, fostering them always. Loving the family
means identifying the dangers and the evils that threaten it,
to overcome them. Loving the family means endeavoring to create them
an environment conducive to its development. And yet
is an eminent form of love to give back to today's Christian family
often tempted to be discouraged and distressed
for the increased difficulty, for reasons of confidence in herself,
in its wealth of nature and grace, the mission that God has entrusted
.
"I must take back the families of our time share!
need to follow Christ "(John Paul PP. II,
Letter" Appropinaquat iam ", 1 [15 August 1980]:
ASS 72 [1980], 791).
Christians also have the task of proclaiming with joy and
conviction the Good News about the family, which has a
absolutely needs to hear again and again and
understand more deeply the authentic words that reveal the
its identity, its inner resources and the importance of his mission in the City
men and that of God
The Church knows the path by which the family can attain
the heart of his profound truth. This way, the Church has learned
the school of Christ and that of history,
interpreted in light of the Spirit, it does not impose but
feel an innate and irrepressible need to propose to all without fear
, even with large confidence and hope, knowing that
the "good news" know the language of the Cross. But it is
through the Cross that the family can attain the fullness of his
being and the perfection of his love.
St. Joseph was "just man", a tireless worker, incorruptible guardian
of the pawns in his charge, the guard, the
protect the shine forever. May the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church as
, so too is the Mother of the "Church
home," and, thanks to her motherly aid, each
Christian family really become a "little church", which reflect
and relive the mystery of the Church of Christ
.
(John Paul II, "Familiaris Consortio")
Prayer for the family
God from whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth,
Father, who art love and life, is that every family on earth a human
by your Son, Jesus Christ, "born
Ladies" and through the Holy Spirit, the source of divine charity
, a true shrine of life and love for generations
always renewed.
Fa 'that your grace may guide the thoughts and sentences of the spouses
for the good of their families and to all the families of
world.
Fa 'that the young may find in the family solid support for
their humanity and their growth in truth and love
.
Fa 'that love, strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage
, proves stronger than any weakness and any
crisis, through which sometimes pass our families.
Fa 'Finally, I ask the intercession of the Holy
Famiglia di Nazareth, che la Chiesa in mezzo a tutte le
nazioni della terra possa compiere fruttuosamente la sua
missione nella famiglia e mediante la famiglia.
Tu che sei la Vita, la Verità e l'Amore, nell'unità del Figlio e
dello Spisito Santo. Amen
(Giovanni Paolo II)
..
Il mio amato Predecessore
Dalle omelie di Benedetto XVI
In verita, possiamo leggere tutta la vita del mio amato
Predecessore, in particolare il suo ministero petrino, nel
segno del Cristo Risorto. Egli nutriva una fede straordinaria
in Lui, e con Lui intratteneva una conversazione intima,
singolare e ininterrotta. Tra le tante qualita umane e
soprannaturali, had in fact also that of an exceptional spiritual and mystical sensitivity
. It was enough to see it when
prayed literally immersed himself in God
and it seemed that everything else in those moments was the outsider. The
liturgical celebrations saw him attentive to the mystery-in-place,
with a strong ability to capture the eloquence of the Word of God in becoming
of history, at depths of God's plan
The Mass, as is often repeated ,
was for him the center of each day and interactions.
the living reality of the Holy Eucharist and gave him the spiritual energy
to lead the People of God in the way of
history. John Paul II passed away on the eve of the second
Easter Sunday, the task of the day who made the
Lord. His agony and all carried out within this
day in this new space-time that el
eighth day, wanted by the Most Holy Trinity through the work of
Incarnate Word, crucified and risen. In this spiritual dimension
Pope John Paul II has often proved to be somewhat
already dipped before, during
his life, and especially in accomplishment of the mission
Supreme Pontiff. His pontificate, as a whole and in many
at specific times, we see it as a sign and
a witness of the Resurrection of Christ. The dynamism
Easter, which has made the life of John Paul II
a total response to God's call, he could not speak without
sharing in the suffering and death
of the divine Master and Redeemer. The saying is sure.
says the apostle Paul. if we die with him,
live with him, if we persevere with him, with him also
reign (2 Tim 2:11-12). Since childhood, Karol Wojty.a
had experienced the truth of these words, encountering on his way
the cross, his family and his people.
He soon decided to take her along with Jesus,
following in his footsteps. He wanted to be his faithful servant
up to welcome the call to the priesthood as a gift and
commitment of all life. Lived with him and with him volle anche
morire. E tutto cio attraverso la singolare mediazione di
Maria Santissima, Madre della Chiesa, Madre del Redentore
intimamente e fattivamente associata al suo mistero salvifico
di morte e risurrezione. (Benedetto XVI Omelia 2 aprile
2008)
Alla domanda del Signore: Karol mi ami?, l Arcivescovo di
Cracovia rispose dal profondo del suo cuore: "Signore, tu sai
tutto: Tu sai che ti amo". L amore di Cristo fu la forza
dominante nel nostro amato Santo Padre; chi lo ha visto
pregare, chi lo ha sentito predicare, lo sa. E cosi, grazie a
questo profondo radicamento in Cristo ha potuto portare un
peso, che va oltre le forze puramente umane: Essere pastore
of Christ's flock, his universal Church.
(Benedict XVI Homily at funeral of John Paul II -
8 April 2005) The unforgettable
Appeals
Open, open wide the doors to Christ! ".
This unforgettable appeal, I am still resonate in me like it was yesterday
John Paul II embodied
with all his person and his mission as Successor of Peter,
especially with his extraordinary program of apostolic trips
. visiting the countries of the world, meeting the
crowds, ecclesial communities, The Statesmen, religious leaders and
different social realities, he has made as a single
great gesture to confirm his initial words.
has always proclaimed Christ to all, as he had done
the Second Vatican Council, in response to the expectations of
man, expectations of freedom, justice and peace. Christ the Redeemer of man
- liked to say -, the only authentic
Savior of every person and of the entire human race.
In recent years, the Lord gradually stripped him of
all, to assimilate fully with himself. And when it does not
could no longer travel, and even walk, and finally
even speak, his gesture, his proclamation, and reduced
all essential: the gift of himself until the last.
his death was the fulfillment of a coherent testimony of faith
, which touched the hearts of many people of good will.
John Paul II left us on the Sabbath day
particularly devoted to Mary, which has always had a
filial devotion. To the heavenly Mother of God
now ask to help us to treasure what he has given and taught
this great Pope.
(Benedict XVI. Angelus April 2, 2006)
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John Paul II and the woman
The Church - I wrote in my Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem
- "wishes to thank the Most Holy Trinity for the
" mystery woman ", and for every woman, for what constitutes the eternal measure
of her feminine dignity, for
"mighty works of God" that in the history of human
generations have done in you and through you "(No. 31). The
thank the Lord for his plan on
vocation and mission of woman in the world, also becomes a concrete
and directed by women, each woman, for what it represents in the life of humanity
.
Thank you, women who are mothers
You have sheltered human joy and pain of a unique experience that makes you smile
of God for the child who comes to light, it makes you
guidance of its first steps, support its growth,
point of the next journey of life.
Thank you, women who are wives irrevocably join
your destiny to that of a man in a relationship of mutual
gift, a service of love and life.
Thank you, woman-daughter and sister-woman, leading the
family and then the whole of society the
richness of your sensitivity, your intuitiveness, your generosity and your
constancy.
Thank you, women, engaged in all areas
of social, economic, cultural, artistic, political,
for the invaluable contribution that
by developing a culture which unites reason and feeling, to
a model of life ever open to the sense of "mystery", the building of
strutture economiche e politiche più
ricche di umanità.
Grazie a te, donna-consacrata, che sull'esempio della più
grande delle donne, la Madre di Cristo, Verbo incarnato, ti
apri con docilità e fedeltà all'amore di Dio, aiutando la
Chiesa e l'intera umanità a vivere nei confronti di Dio una
risposta « sponsale », che esprime meravigliosamente la
comunione che Egli vuole stabilire con la sua creatura.
Grazie a te, donna, per il fatto stesso che sei donna! Con la
percezione che è propria della tua femminilità tu arricchisci
la comprensione del mondo e contribuisci alla piena verità
dei rapporti umani. […]
Watch Mary, Queen of love, about women and their
mission at the service of humanity, peace, the spread
the Kingdom of God!
with my blessing.
From (Letter to the Women 1995)
The woman in the Gospel throughout the teaching of Jesus, as well as a
behavior, one can find nothing which reflects the discrimination
, his day of the woman.
to the contrary, his words and works always express the
respect and honor due to women. The woman
stoop is called a "daughter of Abraham" (Lk 13, 16): While the entire Bible
the title "son of Abraham" is used only to
men. Percorrendo la via dolorosa verso il Golgota, Gesù
dirà alle donne: «Figlie di Gerusalemme, non piangete su di
me» (Lc 23, 28). Questo modo di parlare delle donne e alle
donne, nonché il modo di trattarle, costituisce una chiara
«novità» rispetto al costume allora dominante.
Ciò diventa ancora più esplicito nei riguardi di quelle donne
che l'opinione corrente indicava con disprezzo come
peccatrici, pubbliche peccatrici e adultere. Ecco la
Samaritana, alla quale lo stesso Gesù dice: «Infatti hai avuto
cinque mariti, e quello che hai ora non è tuo marito». Ed
essa, sentendo che egli conosceva i segreti della sua vita,
recognizes him as the Messiah and runs to tell his countrymen
. The conversation leading up to this realization is
one of the most beautiful in the Gospel (cf. Jn 4: 7-27).
(DA Mulieris Dignitatem - 1988)
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