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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St John Paul II
DESCRIPTION:THE ONE SAVIOR OF ALL \nFrom the Encyclical “Redemptoris Missio” by Pope St John Paul II \n◊◊◊ \nThe redemption event brings salvation to all\, “for each one is included in \nthe mystery of the redemption and with each one Christ has united himself \nforever through this mystery.” It is only in faith that the Church’s mission can be \nunderstood and only in faith that it finds its basis. \nIf we go back to the beginnings of the Church\, we find a clear affirmation \nthat Christ is the one Savior of all\, the only one able to reveal God and lead to \nGod. In reply to the Jewish religious authorities who question the apostles \nabout the healing of the lame man\, Peter says: “There is no other name under \nheaven given men by which we must be saved”. This statement\, which was made \nto the Sanhedrin\, has a universal value\, since for all people – Jews and Gentiles \nalike – salvation can only come from Jesus Christ. \nThe universality of this salvation in Christ is asserted throughout the New \nTestament. St Paul acknowledges the risen Christ as the Lord. He writes: \n“Although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth – as indeed there \nare many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords’ – yet for us there is only one God\, the Father\, \nfrom whom are all things and for whom we exist\, and one Lord\, Jesus Christ\, \nthrough whom are all things and through whom we exist”. One God and one \nLord are asserted by way of contrast to the multitude of “gods” and “lords” \ncommonly accepted. Paul reacts against the polytheism of the religious \nenvironment of his time and emphasizes what is characteristic of the Christian \nfaith: belief in one God and one Lord sent by God. \nIn the Gospel of St John\, this salvific universality of Christ embraces all \nthe aspects of his mission of grace\, truth and revelation: the Word is “the true \nlight that enlightens every person”. And again: “no one has ever seen God; the \nonly Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known”. God’s \nrevelation becomes definitive and complete through his only-begotten Son: “In \nmany and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in \nthese last days he has spoken to us by a Son\, whom he appointed heir of all \nthings\, through whom he created the world”. \nIn this definitive Word of his revelation\, God has made himself known in \nthe fullest possible way. He revealed to mankind who he is. This definitive self- \nrevelation of God is the fundamental reason why the Church is missionary by \nher very nature. She cannot do otherwise than proclaim the Gospel\, that is\, the \nfullness of the truth which God has enabled us to know about himself… \nNo one\, therefore\, can enter into communion with God except through \nChrist\, by the working of the Holy Spirit. Christ’s one\, universal mediation\, far \nfrom being an obstacle on the journey toward God\, is the way established by \nGod himself… It is precisely this uniqueness of Christ which gives him an \nabsolute and universal significance\, whereby\, while belonging to history\, he \nremains history’s center and goal: “…the Alpha and the Omega\, the first and the \nlast\, the beginning and the end.”
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-st-john-paul-ii-2/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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