| First Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI |
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decided will to pursue the commitment to enact Vatican Council II, in the wake of my predecessors and in faithful continuity with the millennia-old tradition of the Church. In a very significant way, my pontificate starts as the Church is living the special year dedicated to the Eucharist. The Eucharist, the heart of Christian life and the source of the evangelizing mission of the Church, cannot but be the permanent centre and the source of the Petrine service entrusted to me
The Eucharist makes the Risen Christ constantly present; Christ who continues to give Himself to us, calling us to participate in the banquet of His Body and His Blood. From this full communion with him comes every other element of the life of the Church, in the first place the communion among the faithful,the commitment to proclaim and give witness to Gospel, the ardour of charity towards all, especially towards the poor and the smallest. “The Church today must revive within herself an awareness of the task to present the world again with the voice of the One Who said: ‘I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’ In undertaking his ministry, the new Pope knows that his task is to bring the light of Christ to shine before the men and women of today; not his own light but that of Christ.” |
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“Before my eyes is, in particular, the witness of
Pope John Paul II. He leaves us a Church that is more courageous, freer, younger. A Church that, according to his teaching and example, looks with serenity to the past and is not afraid of the future With the Great Jubilee the Church was introduced into the new millennium carrying in her hands the Gospel, applied to the world through the authoritative re-reading of Vatican Council II. “I too, as I start in the service that is proper to the Successor of Peter, wish to affirm with force my |
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Who is Jesus for me? |
From a meditation by Mother Teresa |
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Jesus is the Word made flesh. |
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Jesus is the sacrifice, offered at Mass |
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for your sins. |
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Jesus is the bread of life, to be eaten. |
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Jesus is the hungry, to be fed. |
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Jesus is the homeless, to be sheltered. |
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Jesus is the lonely, to be loved. |
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Jesus is the leper, to be washed. |
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Jesus is the beggar, to be given a smile. |
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Jesus is the drunkard, to be listened to. |
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Jesus is the mentally ill, to be protected. |
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Jesus is the drug addict, to be befriended. |
| Jesus is the prostitute, to be removed |
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| Jesus is the prisoner, to be visited. |
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| Jesus is the little one, to be embraced. |
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| Jesus is the old, to be served. |
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| Jesus is the blind, to be led. |
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The main purpose of Mission Outreach, a newsletter of the Australian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, is to inform the people of Australia about our mission work in the world today. We will suggest areas where you
can support and assist the missionaries such as by: |
(a) prayers and contact with individual missionaries;
(b) becoming lay, religious or clerical missionaries;
(c) giving financial and other support. |
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