tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776813162445729178.post7218898722193568600..comments2019-11-22T21:22:11.697-07:00Comments on @ St. Ambrose: The Announcement of the Gospel TodaySt. Ambrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01667409369854825207noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776813162445729178.post-6761743957500991972012-02-18T05:33:35.717-07:002012-02-18T05:33:35.717-07:00"we need to speak again as a child the eterna..."we need to speak again as a child the eternal truth, beauty, and simplicity of Jesus and His Church."tdunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692665750427668367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776813162445729178.post-58415773412886844352012-02-17T23:25:39.236-07:002012-02-17T23:25:39.236-07:00"Thus, our mission, the New Evangelization, h..."Thus, our mission, the New Evangelization, has essential catechetical and ecclesial dimensions.<br /><br />This impels us to think about Church in a fresh way: to think of the Church as a mission. As John Paul II taught in Redemptoris Missio, the Church does not “have a mission,” as if “mission” were one of many things the Church does. No, the Church is a mission, and each of us who names Jesus as Lord and Savior should measure ourselves by our mission effectiveness.<br /><br />Over the 50 years since the convocation of the Council, we have seen the Church pass through the last stages of the Counter-Reformation and rediscover itself as a missionary enterprise. In some venues, this has meant a new discovery of the Gospel. In once-catechized lands, it has meant a re-evangelization that sets out from the shallow waters of institutional maintenance, and, as John Paul II instructed us in Novo Millennio Ineunte, puts out “into the deep” for a catch.<br /><br />In many of the countries represented in this college, the ambient public culture once transmitted the Gospel, but does so no more. In those circumstances, the proclamation of the Gospel — the deliberate invitation to enter into friendship with the Lord Jesus — must be at the very center of the Catholic life of all of our people. But in all circumstances, the Second Vatican Council and the two great Popes who have given it an authoritative interpretation are urging us to call our people to think of themselves as missionaries and evangelists."tdunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692665750427668367noreply@blogger.com