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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Office for Vocations
DESCRIPTION:AN UNDIVIDED \nLOVE FOR CHRIST \nFrom the documents of the Second Vatican Council \n◊◊◊ \nFrom the beginning\, the tradition of the Church presents us with this \nprivileged witness of a constant seeking for God\, of an undivided love for Christ \nalone\, and of an absolute dedication to the growth of his kingdom. Without this \nconcrete sign there would be a danger that the charity which animates the entire \nChurch would grow cold\, that the salvific paradox of the Gospel would be \nblunted\, and that the “salt” of faith would lose its savor in a world undergoing \nsecularization. \nFrom the first centuries\, the Holy Spirit has stirred up\, side by side with \nthe heroic confession of the martyrs\, the wonderful strength of disciples and \nvirgins\, of hermits and anchorites. Religious life already existed in germ\, and \nprogressively it felt the growing need of developing and of taking on different \nforms of community or solitary life\, in order to respond to the pressing \ninvitation of Christ: “There is no one who has left house\, wife\, brothers\, \nparents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God who will not be given \nrepayment many times over in this present time\, and in the world to come\, \neternal life.“ \nWho would venture to hold that such a calling today no longer has the \nsame value and vigor? That the Church could do without these exceptional \nwitnesses of the transcendence of the love of Christ? Or that the world without \ndamage to itself could allow these lights to go out? They are lights which \nannounce the kingdom of God with a liberty which knows no obstacles and is \ndaily lived by thousands of sons and daughters of the Church. \nCertainly many exterior elements\, recommended by founders of orders or \nreligious congregations\, are seen today to be outmoded. Various encumbrances \nor rigid forms accumulated over the centuries need to be curtailed. Adaptations \nmust be made. New forms can even be sought and instituted with the approval \nof the Church. For some years now the greater part of religious institutes have \nbeen generously dedicating themselves to the attainment of this goal\, \nexperimenting – sometimes too hardily – with new types of constitutions and \nrules. We know well and we are following with attention this effort at renewal \nwhich was desired by the Council. \nWe would like to encourage you to proceed with greater sureness and with \nmore joyful confidence along the way that you have chose. In the “pursuit of \nperfect charity” which guides your existence\, what attitude could you have \nother than a total surrender to the Holy Spirit who\, working in the Church\, calls \nyou to the freedom of the children of God.
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-office-for-vocations-20/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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