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"The consecrated life" is a look that sees God present in the world, even though many go unnoticed; it's a voice that says, "God suffices, the rest pbades"; it is a eulogy that arises despite everything, "said Pope Francis at the Mbad on February 2, feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the XXIII World Day of Consecrated Life.
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"Consecrated life is not survival, it is the new life. It is a living encounter with the Lord in his people. He is called to the faithful obedience of every day and to the unprecedented surprises of the Spirit. It is a vision of what it is important to embrace to have joy: Jesus. "
Pope Francis declared during the homily of Mbad on Saturday afternoon, February 2, feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the XXIII World Day of Consecrated Life,
Feast of the meeting
Stressing that the celebration of the Lord's presentation recalls the presentation of the baby Jesus at the temple, he stated that this celebration had taken place in St. Peter's Basilica with members of the Institutes of Life consecrated and societies of apostolic life. "It is the feast of the meeting." "Mary and Joseph, young people, meet Simeon and Anna, old men", meet at the temple. "Everything is found when Jesus come, "said the pontiff adding that" the God of life must be found every day of life; not occasionally, but every day. "
Following Jesus is not a decision taken once and for all;
" When we welcome him as Lord of life, center of all things, throbbing heart of all things, he lives and resurrects in us. And it also happens to what happened in the temple: around him, everything is found, life becomes harmonious. "
Returning to the Sources, Reviving the First Love
Addressing Religious Who Previously Illuminated the Vatican Basilica with Their Lit Candles at the Beginning of the Celebration, Francis recalled that it was important to return to the sources: "to remember the decisive encounters we had with him, to revive our first love, perhaps write our love story with the Lord. It will be good for our consecrated life, so that it does not become a pbading time, but a meeting time. "
The Holy Father emphasized that the consecrated life flourishes and flourishes in the Church, if you isolate, die away." Today, the meeting's feast, ask the grace to rediscover the Lord living in the believing people and to find the charism received with the grace of today. "
Called" according to the Law "and" according to the Spirit " "
Francis explained that there is a double name," according to the law ". It is that of Joseph and Mary who go to the temple to fulfill what the law prescribes. And a call "according to the Spirit". It's that of Simeon and Ana.
Two young men go to the temple called by law; two elders, moved by the Spirit. What does this double calling of the law and the Spirit say to our spiritual life and to our consecrated life? Asked the pope. That we are all called to a double obedience: to the law – in the sense of giving a good order to life – and to the Spirit, who does new things in life. Thus is born the encounter with the Lord:
"The Spirit reveals the Lord, but to receive it, the faithful constancy of every day is necessary.The higher charisms themselves, without orderly life, bear no On the other hand, the best rules are not enough without the novelty of the Spirit: law and spirit go hand in hand. "
In religious life, fidelity to concrete things [19659006] Always using the texts proposed for the liturgy On this day, Francis reminded the religious that God calls us to meet him by fidelity to concrete things, namely, daily prayer, Mbad, confession, a true charity, the Word of God … and this every day. "Concrete things, as in the consecrated life, obedience to the Superior and the Rules.If we practice this law with love, the Spirit comes and brings the surprise of God, as in the temple and in Cana Then the water of daily life becomes the wine of newness, and life, which seems more connected, becomes freer. "
Consecrated Life" is a look that sees God present in the world, although many are not recognized, it is a voice that says, "God suffices, the rest pbades"; "
" A praise that gives joy to the people of God, a prophetic vision which reveals what matters, when it is so, it flourishes and becomes for all a remedy against mediocrity: against the fall of altitude in the spiritual life, against the temptation to play under God, against the adaptation to a comfortable and worldly life, against the complaint, dissatisfaction and lamentation of his destiny, to get used to to "do what we can" and "always do it" ".
Recognition of Cardinal João Braz de Aviz to the Holy Father
concluded the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, addressed his greetings and thanks to the Holy Father for having once again celebrated with religious the World Day of Consecrated Life [19659022]
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