{"id":3694,"date":"2020-03-15T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T23:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/15.188.244.8.xip.io\/angelus-in-st-peters-square-10-29-2006\/"},"modified":"2020-03-15T00:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T23:30:37","slug":"angelus-in-st-peters-square-10-29-2006","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/benedict-xvi\/angelus-in-st-peters-square-10-29-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelus in St. Peter’s Square 10-29-2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Angelus in St. Peter’s Square 10-29-2006 <\/h1>\n\n
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Benedict XVI<\/h4>\n\n
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Angelus in St. Peter’s Square 10-29-2006<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

In today’s \u201cAngelus\u201d, Pope \nBenedict XVI, without directly naming the Neocatechumenal Way, spoke \nof catechesis experiences proposed to young people and adults who \nhave walked a path of rediscovery of the faith in a mature and\n conscious manner, to then assume a coherent commitment of testimony and \nhe claims that this work is very important today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

“Dear Brothers and Sisters,
\nIn this Sunday’s Gospel (Mk 10: 46-52), we read that while \nthe Lord passed through the streets of Jericho a blind man called Bartimaeus cried \nout loudly to him, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on \nme!”. This prayer moved the heart of Jesus, who stopped, had him \ncalled over and healed him. The decisive moment was the direct, personal encounter \nbetween the Lord and that suffering man. They found each \nother face to face: God with his desire to heal and the man with his desire \nto be healed; two freedoms, two converging desires. “What \ndo you want me to do for you?” the Lord asks him. “Master, let me receive my sight”, \nthe blind man answers. “Go your way, your faith has saved you”. With these words, the miracle \nwas worked: God’s joy and the man’s joy.
\nAnd Bartimaeus, who had come into the light, as the Gospel narrates, “followed him on\n the way”; that is, he became a disciple of the Lord and went up to Jerusalem with the Master to\n take part with him in the great mystery of salvation. \nThis account, in the essentiality of its passages, recalls the catechumen’s \njourney towards the Sacrament of Baptism, which in the ancient \nChurch was also known as “Illumination”.
\nFaith is a journey of illumination: it starts with the humility of recognizing \noneself as needy of salvation and arrives at the personal encounter with Christ, who \ncalls one to follow him on the way of love. On this model the Church has formulated \nthe itinerary of Christian initiation to prepare\n for Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrism) and the Eucharist. In places \nevangelized of old, where the Baptism of children is widespread, \nyoung people and adults are offered catechetical and spiritual \nexperiences that enable them to follow the path of a mature and conscious rediscovery\n of faith in order to then take on a consistent commitment \nto witness to it.<\/p>\n\n

How important is the work that \nPastors and catechists do in this field! The \nrediscovery of the value of one’s own Baptism is at the root \nof every Christian’s missionary commitment, because as we see in the Gospel, \nthose who allow themselves to be fascinated by Christ cannot fail to witness to the joy \nof following in his footsteps. In this month of October, especially dedicated to \nmissions, we understand ever more that it is precisely in virtue of \nBaptism that we possess a co-natural missionary vocation.
\nLet us invoke the intercession of the Virgin Mary so that missionaries \nof the Gospel may multiply. May every baptized person, closely united to \nthe Lord, feel that he is called to proclaim God’s love to \neveryone with the witness of his own life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angelus in St. Peter’s Square 10-29-2006 Benedict XVI Angelus in St. Peter’s Square 10-29-2006 In today’s \u201cAngelus\u201d, Pope Benedict XVI, without directly naming the Neocatechumenal Way, spoke of catechesis experiences proposed to young people and adults who have walked a path of rediscovery of the faith in a mature and conscious manner, to then assume a coherent commitment of testimony and he claims that this work is very important today.<\/p>\n

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