{"id":5209,"date":"2020-03-26T01:23:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/words-of-the-popes\/s-john-paul-ii\/visit-to-the-parish-of-santa-lucia-in-plaza-darmi-1-18-1987\/"},"modified":"2020-05-19T20:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:50:29","slug":"visit-to-the-parish-of-santa-lucia-in-plaza-darmi-1-18-1987","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/s-john-paul-ii\/visit-to-the-parish-of-santa-lucia-in-plaza-darmi-1-18-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to the parish of Saint Lucy in Plaza d\u2019Armi January 18, 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visit to the parish of Saint Lucy in Plaza d\u2019Armi January 18, 1987<\/h1>\n\n
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St. John Paul II<\/h4>\n\n
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Rome, January 18, 1987<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

In an area like that of the Parish of Saint Lucy, inhabited mainly by upper middle class people, one of the most urgent problems is to evangelize or reevangelize so many who are far away and to revitalize a faith that is often only formal or superficial. To provide for these requirements, the Neocatechumenal Way has been open in the parish for a few years. A first community emerged and this year, a new community has been born. The Pope met the Neocatechumenal Community in another room. A young man explained to him the path he had taken, he said that it was a small seed that must grow but who now wants to be a point of reference for those far away so that they can return to the Father’s house. The Pope addressed the representatives of the Neocatechumenal Communities in this way:<\/em><\/p>\n\n

“Here is what I want to tell you. \nI would like to tell you that all of us lacked and always lack a \ntrue catechumenate, a true catechumenate as the \nChristians of the first generations, a catechumenate like \nyours, a neocatechumenate. Because it is not enough to be already baptized, \nwe need to be catechumens again. And after being baptized you can \nstart a way. This way begins quickly by entering this \nneocatechumenate. With this Neocatechumenal preparation one becomes \nitinerant, because Jesus made his closest disciples, apostles, \nwhich means ‘those sent’, that is, itinerant. I also try to \nimitate your example, but my itinerancy is much less harsh. So I think.<\/p>\n\n

I wish you to walk well in this \nway chosen for you and also in this itinerancy wherever \nyou are; if you are here in this one, very well; as if you go to other \nparishes of Rome, to other cities, to other communities in Italy or \nout of Italy, to the whole world.<\/p>\n\n

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I wish you to carry with you a testimony of a mature faith. It is by \nwhich you always invoke the Virgin: ‘you have believed in the Word of the \nLord’. Your faith is truly the height of what it means to believe, \n‘You have believed’. But how did Mary believe?<\/p>\n\n

This is a great thing, this word is not enough. With this mature faith in imitation of Mary who believed in the word of the Lord, you try to go in search of the contemporary world, \nour brothers and sisters of this world and of this difficult time \nfar from faith. Because only from a mature faith, from a fervent faith, \nyou can turn on the light in others, especially in those who are far away.<\/p>\n\n

So, I warmly bless you all, your families, your children and your Way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visit to the parish of Saint Lucy in Plaza d\u2019Armi January 18, 1987 St. John Paul II Rome, January 18, 1987 In an area like that of the Parish of Saint Lucy, inhabited mainly by upper middle class people, one of the most urgent problems is to evangelize or reevangelize so many who are far away and to revitalize a faith that is often only formal or superficial. To provide<\/p>\n

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