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Pope Leo XIV began this May 20 with a series of reflections on the document from the Second Vatican Council that brought about big changes in the Church.
Are you too focused on what is immediately visible? Instead, we should measure and evaluate everything from the perspective of our final destination.
... not a privilege for the few, but a gift that requires every baptized person to strive ...
"The Church is present wherever her children profess and bear witness to the Gospel: in the workplace, in civil society and in all human relationships"
"The Catholic Church is founded on the Apostles," Pope Leo recalled, in noting God's plan for how the Church exists in the world.
The Holy Father continued his reflection on Vatican II, and looked at the reality known as the “sensus fidei,” that “sense of faith” that the Church as a whole enjoys.
Pope Leo: "It is a great sign of hope ... to know that the Church is a people in which women and men of different nationalities, languages, and cultures live together in faith"
Pope Leo reminds us we are called to build the "spiritual edifice which is the body of Christ, through communion and charity among ourselves."
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This text "makes us grateful to belong to the Church," Pope Leo said, as he began a series of reflections on Lumen Gentium.
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To know God in Christ, we must welcome his entire humanity, said Pope Leo in continuing his reflection on Vatican II's Dei Verbum.
"Time dedicated to prayer, meditation, and reflection cannot be lacking in the Christian’s day and week."
With a new series of Wednesday catecheses, the Pontiff said he intends to invite the faithful “to rediscover the beauty and importance” of Vatican II, not “by hearsay” but by rereading its documents.
