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1 Intro, 0,1 | dismayed (Jer. 23.4).~The Church, the People of God, constantly
2 Intro, 0,1 | 2). ~Without priests the Church would not be able to live
3 Intro, 0,1 | and force underlying the Church's rejoicing at the growth
4 Intro, 0,1 | of the Holy Spirit in the Church, firmly believes that there
5 Intro, 0,1 | sacred ministers in the Church.... Even though in a number
6 Intro, 0,1 | always be at work in the Church."(1)~At the conclusion of
7 Intro, 0,1 | the first answer which the Church gives lies in a total act
8 Intro, 0,2 | promise is accompanied in the Church by the grave responsibility
9 Intro, 0,2 | forth abundant fruit. The Church must never cease to pray
10 Intro, 0,2 | commitment is considered by the Church one of the most demanding
11 Intro, 0,2 | evangelization of humanity.~The Church's work of formation is a
12 Intro, 0,2 | priests themselves, the Church throughout her history has
13 Intro, 0,2 | intensity. Today, however, the Church feels called to relive with
14 Intro, 0,3 | authoritative teaching, the Church has on various occasions
15 Intro, 0,3(4) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 28; Decree
16 Intro, 0,3 | many other occasions the Church's magisterium has shown
17 Intro, 0,3 | them in the life of the Church and the world.~In recent
18 Intro, 0,3 | servant and spouse of the Church. At the same time, the synod
19 Intro, 0,3 | mission of the laity in the Church and in the world. Lay people
20 Intro, 0,3 | within the mystery of the Church the hierarchy has a ministerial
21 Intro, 0,4 | the sense of the universal Church and the sense of responsibility
22 Intro, 0,4 | bishops toward the universal Church and her mission, in affective
23 Intro, 0,4 | depends the future of the Church, her development and her
24 I, 0,5 | today's society and today's Church in preparation for the third
25 I, 0,5 | animated the life of the Church. In the third millennium
26 I, 0,6 | For all children of the Church, and for priests especially,
27 I, 0,7 | negative factors within the Church herself which have a direct
28 I, 0,7 | phenomenon of belonging to the Church in ways which are ever more
29 I, 0,7 | Finally, in many parts of the Church today it is still the scarcity
30 I, 0,8 | people is a "problem' in the Church community itself. In fact,
31 I, 0,8 | life and mission of the Church, and if the Church community
32 I, 0,8 | of the Church, and if the Church community is slow for a
33 I, 0,9 | self to Christ and to the Church in the priesthood.~First
34 I, 0,9 | origin. Their experience of a Church challenged to undertake
35 I, 0,9 | as their experience of a Church ever more united with individuals
36 I, 0,10 | and first of all the Church -- to ensure that "the Gospel
37 I, 0,10 | formation of priests: "The Church has always had the duty
38 I, 0,10 | tirelessly cares for his Church (cf. Eph. 5:29), he the
39 I, 0,10(16) | Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium
40 I, 0,10 | promises.~In this way the Church feels that she can face
41 I, 0,10 | ministry in the life of the Church and in the world knows no
42 II, 0,11 | participation -- in the Church -- in the very priesthood
43 II, 0,11 | pastoral activities in the Church for fostering and discerning
44 II, 0,11 | experienced then by the Church, losses which did serious
45 II, 0,11 | ministerial priesthood, as the Church's faith has acknowledged
46 II, 0,12 | In the Church as Mystery, Communion and
47 II, 0,12 | through the Spirit, the Church as "the seed and the beginning
48 II, 0,12 | s teaching, presents the Church as mystery, communion and
49 II, 0,12 | It is within the Church's mystery, as a mystery
50 II, 0,12 | Spirit in service of the Church and for the salvation of
51 II, 0,12 | People of God who are the Church and to draw all mankind
52 II, 0,12 | in the communion of the Church, as a sign and instrument
53 II, 0,12 | world. Reference to the Church is therefore necessary,
54 II, 0,12 | priest. As a mystery, the Church is essentially related to
55 II, 0,13 | priestly people which is the Church not only has its authentic
56 II, 0,15 | glory" (1 Pt. 5:1-4).~In the Church and on behalf of the Church,
57 II, 0,15 | Church and on behalf of the Church, priests are a sacramental
58 II, 0,15 | world and to build up the Church in the name and person of
59 II, 0,15 | authoritative role in the Church as servants of the proclamation
60 II, 0,15 | constitutive plan for the Church, is thus proclaimed with
61 II, 0,15 | priesthood should continue in the Church. Christ gives the dignity
62 II, 0,16 | Serving the Church and the World~16. The priest'
63 II, 0,16 | s relationship with the Church. It is not a question of "
64 II, 0,16 | priest's relation to the Church is inscribed in the very
65 II, 0,16 | relation of the priest to the Church.~In this sense the synod
66 II, 0,16 | shepherd and spouse of the Church, the priest is placed not
67 II, 0,16 | is placed not only in the Church but also in the forefront
68 II, 0,16 | in the forefront of the Church. The priesthood, along with
69 II, 0,16 | constitutive elements of the Church. The ministry of the priest
70 II, 0,16 | entirely on behalf of the Church; it aims at promoting the
71 II, 0,16 | not only to the particular Church but also to the universal
72 II, 0,16 | but also to the universal Church (Presbyterorum Ordinis,
73 II, 0,16 | apostolic structure of the Church. In this way priests, like
74 II, 0,16 | ministry arises with the Church and has in bishops, and
75 II, 0,16 | as existing prior to the Church, because it is totally at
76 II, 0,16 | totally at the service of the Church. Nor should it be considered
77 II, 0,16 | ecclesial community, as if the Church could be imagined as already
78 II, 0,16 | Christ, and in him to his Church, is found in the very being
79 II, 0,16 | of Christ present in the Church as mystery, communion and
80 II, 0,16 | and salvific action in the Church. In this way, the priest
81 II, 0,16 | priest is a servant of the Church as mystery because he actuates
82 II, 0,16 | because he actuates the Church's sacramental signs of the
83 II, 0,16 | He is a servant of the Church as communion because --
84 II, 0,16 | builds up the unity of the Church community in the harmony
85 II, 0,16 | priest is a servant to the Church as mission because he makes
86 II, 0,16 | in the structure of the Church as a sign of the absolute
87 II, 0,16 | of the grace given to the Church by the risen Christ. Through
88 II, 0,16 | ministerial priesthood the Church becomes aware in faith that
89 II, 0,16 | in the fore front of the Church as a visible continuation
90 II, 0,16 | own position before the Church and the world, as the enduring
91 II, 0,16 | he "who is head of the Church, his body, and is himself
92 II, 0,17 | concern for the universal Church and for the individual particular
93 II, 0,17 | role and task within the Church do not replace but promote
94 II, 0,17 | the overall context of the Church's mission.( 33) The ministerial
95 II, 0,18 | meet the needs of the whole Church, being prepared in spirit
96 II, 0,18 | precisely because within the Church's life the priest is a man
97 II, 0,18 | indicates the time of the Church. The consecration and mission
98 II, 0,18 | consecration and mission of the Church, the "fullness" of Christ (
99 III, 0,20 | whole body which is the Church. Like all Christians they
100 III, 0,20 | head and shepherd of the Church, with the "mission" or ministry
101 III, 0,21 | head and shepherd of the Church, and he is endowed with
102 III, 0,21 | Jesus Christ guides the Church through his Spirit.( 45)~
103 III, 0,21 | head and shepherd of the Church, and which are summed up
104 III, 0,21 | Jesus Christ is head of the Church his body. He is the "head"
105 III, 0,21 | dedication on behalf of the Church. All this he did in perfect
106 III, 0,21 | authority, from service to the Church, precisely inasmuch as it
107 III, 0,21 | Head and Servant of the Church.( 46) As St. Augustine once
108 III, 0,22 | Christ as shepherd of the Church, his flock, takes up and
109 III, 0,22 | and resurrection, as the Church sings out in the Roman liturgy: "
110 III, 0,22 | mission continue in the Church through the apostles (cf.
111 III, 0,22 | s gift of himself to his Church, the fruit of his love,
112 III, 0,22 | bridegroom who offers to the Church the wine of salvation (cf.
113 III, 0,22 | who is "the head of the Church, his body, and is himself
114 III, 0,22 | Eph. 5:23) "loved the Church and gave himself up for
115 III, 0,22 | that he might present the Church to himself in splendor,
116 III, 0,22 | blemish" (Eph. 5 :25-27). The Church is indeed the body in which
117 III, 0,22 | Christ stands "before" the Church and "nourishes and cherishes
118 III, 0,22 | Christ, the spouse of the Church.( 49) Of course, he will
119 III, 0,22 | shepherd and spouse of the Church, the priest is placed not
120 III, 0,22 | is placed not only in the Church but also in the forefront
121 III, 0,22 | in the forefront of the Church."( 50) In his spiritual
122 III, 0,22 | spousal love toward the Church, his bride. Therefore, the
123 III, 0,23 | total gift of self to the Church, following the example of
124 III, 0,23 | is directed toward the Church. This was true of Christ
125 III, 0,23 | of Christ who "loved the Church and gave himself up for
126 III, 0,23 | as a result of which the Church and souls become his first
127 III, 0,23 | of loving the universal Church and that part of it entrusted
128 III, 0,23 | Jn. 10:16).~Within the Church community the priest's pastoral
129 III, 0,23 | The gift of self to the Church concerns her insofar as
130 III, 0,23 | love and service to the Church, the body and spouse of
131 III, 0,23 | to the Christians of the church in Corinth, he refers to "
132 III, 0,23 | full gift of Christ to the Church, the gift of his body given
133 III, 0,23 | servant and spouse of the Church. Precisely because of this,
134 III, 0,24 | the case for the entire Church and within her for priests:
135 III, 0,24 | and admonition which the Church addresses to the priest
136 III, 0,25 | head and shepherd of the Church. ~This awareness is not
137 III, 0,25 | carries out on behalf of the Church and humanity, but it also
138 III, 0,25 | ministerial activities what the Church intends to do. This bond
139 III, 0,25 | to loving and serving the Church -- provides an incentive
140 III, 0,25 | shepherd and spouse of the Church, a love which is always
141 III, 0,25 | the growth of love for the Church: "We are your shepherds (
142 III, 0,26 | every other member of the Church -- ought to grow in awareness
143 III, 0,26 | authority of Christ and the Church. As a result, in order that
144 III, 0,26 | living tradition of the Church and to her magisterium.
145 III, 0,26 | of grace offered to the Church becomes the principle of
146 III, 0,26 | whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself our
147 III, 0,26 | the head and priest of the Church by encouraging and leading
148 III, 0,26 | for the upbuilding of the Church in constant union with the
149 III, 0,27 | head and shepherd of the Church, entrusting him with a prophetic,
150 III, 0,27 | because they are "in" the Church, but because they are "in
151 III, 0,27 | in the forefront" of the Church inasmuch as they are configured
152 III, 0,28 | recognizes, loves and serves the Church in her hierarchical structure.
153 III, 0,28 | safeguarding the mystery of the Church and serving the structure
154 III, 0,29 | held in high esteem by the Church as a sign and stimulus of
155 III, 0,29 | to Jesus Christ and his Church which prefigures and anticipates
156 III, 0,29 | marriage of Christ with the Church, giving himself or herself
157 III, 0,29 | herself completely to the Church in the hope that Christ
158 III, 0,29 | may give himself to the Church in the full truth of eternal
159 III, 0,29 | choice which the Western Church has made and maintained --
160 III, 0,29 | priceless gift of God for the Church and has a prophetic value
161 III, 0,29 | reaffirms what the Latin Church and some Oriental rites
162 III, 0,29 | of anyone regarding the Church's firm will to maintain
163 III, 0,29 | gift given by God to his Church and as a sign of the kingdom
164 III, 0,29 | theological motivation of the Church's law on celibacy. Inasmuch
165 III, 0,29 | a law, it expresses the Church's will, even before the
166 III, 0,29 | readiness. But the will of the Church finds its ultimate motivation
167 III, 0,29 | the head and spouse of the Church. The Church, as the spouse
168 III, 0,29 | spouse of the Church. The Church, as the spouse of Jesus
169 III, 0,29 | in and with Christ to his Church and expresses the priest'
170 III, 0,29 | priest's service to the Church in and with the Lord.~For
171 III, 0,29 | the fruitfulness of the Church, and as a witness to the
172 III, 0,29 | priests should join with the Church in praying for the grace
173 III, 0,29 | prayer, together with the Church's sacraments and ascetical
174 III, 0,30 | service to the Gospel and the Church upon the advantages and
175 III, 0,31 | Dedication to the Particular Church~31. Like every authentically
176 III, 0,31 | sharing in the holiness of the Church herself, which we profess
177 III, 0,31 | source in the holiness of the Church; it expresses that holiness
178 III, 0,31 | specific relation to the Church, always as a result of his
179 III, 0,31 | dedication to a particular Church. These two factors are not
180 III, 0,31 | conditions of a particular Church are elements which must
181 III, 0,31 | his "being in a particular Church" constitutes by its very
182 III, 0,31 | dedication to the particular Church a wealth of meaning, criteria
183 III, 0,31 | case with many old and new Church associations which welcome
184 III, 0,31 | stimulating the particular church by their presence to be
185 III, 0,31 | more intensely open to the Church throughout the world.( 85)~
186 III, 0,31 | membership in a particular church and his dedication -- even
187 III, 0,31 | to the upbuilding of the Church, "in the person" of Christ
188 III, 0,31(85) | Bishops and Religious in the Church Mutuae Relationes, (May
189 III, 0,31 | and the good of the entire Church, each person is required
190 III, 0,32 | dedication to a particular church does not limit the activity
191 III, 0,32 | the presbyterate to that church: A restriction of this sort
192 III, 0,32 | nature both of the particular church(87) and of the priestly
193 III, 0,32 | open to the needs of the Church and the world, with concern
194 III, 0,32 | the concern of the whole Church for all of humanity."( 89)~
195 III, 0,32 | increasingly serious demand of the Church today which arises from
196 III, 0,33 | good; it is love for the Church which is holy and wants
197 IV | Priestly Vocation in the Church's Pastoral Work~
198 IV, 0,34 | of Jesus' disciples, the Church is called to contemplate
199 IV, 0,34 | constantly down the ages. The Church is invited to delve more
200 IV, 0,34 | and staying with him.~The Church gathers from this "Gospel
201 IV, 0,34 | certainly a sad thing for any Church,"( 92) pastoral work for
202 IV, 0,34 | by all the members of the Church, in the awareness that it
203 IV, 0,34 | entire pastoral work of the Church. Rather as the synod fathers
204 IV, 0,34 | overall pastoral work of each Church,( 93) a concern which demands
205 IV, 0,34 | essential dimension of the Church's pastoral work, of her
206 IV, 0,34 | essential dimension of the Church's pastoral work. The reason
207 IV, 0,34 | defines the very being of the Church, even before her activity.
208 IV, 0,34 | before her activity. In the Church's very name, ecclesia, we
209 IV, 0,34 | vocational aspect, for the Church is a "convocation," an assembly
210 IV, 0,34 | together and established as the Church, that she may be for each
211 IV, 0,34 | assessment of the mystery of the Church as a Mysterium vocationis.~
212 IV, 0,35 | The Church and the Gift of Vocation~
213 IV, 0,35 | or independently of the Church. Instead it always comes
214 IV, 0,35 | always comes about in the Church and through the Church because,
215 IV, 0,35 | the Church and through the Church because, as the Second Vatican
216 IV, 0,35 | him in holiness."( 97)~The Church not only embraces in herself
217 IV, 0,35 | Blessed Trinity. In truth, the Church, a "people made one by the
218 IV, 0,35 | his Son Jesus Christ.~The Church, being by her very nature
219 IV, 0,35 | does it derive "from" the Church and her mediation, not only
220 IV, 0,35 | find fulfillment "in" the Church, but it also necessarily
221 IV, 0,35 | as a service "to" the Church. Christian vocation, whatever
222 IV, 0,35 | purpose is to build up the Church and to increase the kingdom
223 IV, 0,35 | holy orders received in the Church, to place oneself at the
224 IV, 0,35 | head and shepherd of the Church. ~From this point of view,
225 IV, 0,35 | each priest exists in the Church and for the Church: Through
226 IV, 0,35 | in the Church and for the Church: Through her this vocation
227 IV, 0,35 | from our Lord through the Church as a gracious gift, a grace
228 IV, 0,35 | and conditions which the Church herself lays down, in the
229 IV, 0,37 | the urgent need that the Church's pastoral work in promoting
230 IV, 0,38 | dimension of vocation. The Church is also truly present and
231 IV, 0,38 | care of each vocation, the Church can look for her model to
232 IV, 0,38 | is the heart of all the Church's pastoral work on behalf
233 IV, 0,38 | Christ and his Spirit. The Church, as a priestly, prophetic
234 IV, 0,38 | witness of charity. ~The Church, in her dignity and responsibility
235 IV, 0,38 | promptly and generously.~The Church should daily take up Jesus'
236 IV, 0,38 | to Christ's command, the Church first of all makes a humble
237 IV, 0,38 | summit and source of the Church's existence(108) and in
238 IV, 0,38 | 13:1). It shows us the Church as a priestly people and
239 IV, 0,38 | sacrifice of Christ, which the Church celebrates in mystery, accords
240 IV, 0,39 | her prophetic role, the Church feels herself irrevocably
241 IV, 0,39 | touches all educators in the Church. Preaching and catechesis
242 IV, 0,39 | mystery of vocation in the Church, on the value of the ministerial
243 IV, 0,39 | to all the members of the Church, in addition to dissipating
244 IV, 0,39 | Besides, the history of the Church and that of many individual
245 IV, 0,40 | As a kingly people, the Church sees herself rooted in and
246 IV, 0,40 | Jas. 1:25). Therefore, the Church fulfills her mission when
247 IV, 0,40 | her educational role, the Church aims with special concern
248 IV, 0,40 | and precious fruits to the Church's life. In certain cases
249 IV, 0,41 | it is also a gift to the Church as a whole, a benefit to
250 IV, 0,41 | her life and mission. The Church, therefore, is called to
251 IV, 0,41 | expressions: from the universal Church to the particular church
252 IV, 0,41 | Church to the particular church and, by analogy, from the
253 IV, 0,41 | analogy, from the particular church to each of its parishes
254 IV, 0,41 | that all the members of the Church, without exception, have
255 IV, 0,41(113)| Office of Bishops in the Church Christus Dominus, 15.~
256 IV, 0,41 | the concern of the whole Church lest laborers should ever
257 IV, 0,41 | service to the Lord and to his Church -- a witness marked by free
258 IV, 0,41 | educational mission of the Church -- teacher and mother. As
259 IV, 0,41 | which is truly a 'domestic Church' (Lumen Gentium, 11), has
260 IV, 0,41 | prayer and love for the Church.( 118) Following upon and
261 IV, 0,41 | presence of members of the Church in state schools, following
262 IV, 0,41 | vocation and mission in the Church, the more they will be able
263 IV, 0,41 | raises up and fosters in the Church with a view to a more missionary
264 IV, 0,41 | communion with the whole Church and for the sake of her
265 IV, 0,41 | elements and members of the Church involved in the pastoral
266 IV, 0,41 | at the very heart of the Church,"( 121) it should be at
267 IV, 0,41 | Christian feels for the Church. ~
268 V, 0,42 | for priestly vocations the Church in every age draws her inspiration
269 V, 0,42 | forms according to which the Church has been involved in the
270 V, 0,42 | head and shepherd of the Church. In their final message
271 V, 0,42 | order better to serve the Church and the world as a priest.
272 V, 0,42 | never be lacking in the Church -- to the social, psychological,
273 V, 1,43 | head and shepherd of the Church, should seek to reflect
274 V, 1,44 | Jesus Christ and to his Church. In view of the commitment
275 V, 1,44 | with regard to God and the Church and wisely guide the consciences
276 V, 1,45 | trustful attachment to the Church. Spiritual formation has
277 V, 1,45 | sacred mysteries of the Church, especially the Eucharist
278 V, 1,46 | active participation in the Church's holy mysteries and the
279 V, 1,47 | evangelization" which the Church today is called to undertake.
280 V, 1,48 | present and active in the Church's sacraments. Communion
281 V, 1,48 | virtue of penance, which the Church wisely nourishes in her
282 V, 1,50 | shepherd and spouse of the Church, and therefore as a choice
283 V, 1,50 | love for Christ and his Church, as a full and joyful availability
284 V, 1,50 | bridegroom for his spouse the Church, just as his own faithfulness
285 V, 1,50 | wisdom of our mother the Church confirms. I authoritatively
286 V, 1,50(154)| to all the priests of the Church on Holy Thursday 1979 (April
287 V, 1,51 | our Lord is calling the Church on the threshold of the
288 V, 1,51 | of the community of the Church herself. It demands special
289 V, 1,52 | oneself to Jesus and to the Church. It is not difficult to
290 V, 1,53 | been put forward by the Church and, specifically, by her
291 V, 1,53 | theologians who have enriched the Church's thinking down the ages.
292 V, 1,53 | and Jesus Christ in the Church, theology also has intrinsic
293 V, 1,53 | inserts believers in the Church and makes them partake in
294 V, 1,53 | partake in the life of the Church as a community of faith.
295 V, 1,53 | reflection on the faith of the Church by the theologian who is
296 V, 1,53 | theologian who is a member of the Church.( 166)~These Christological
297 V, 1,53 | Jesus Christ and for his Church. This love will both nourish
298 V, 1,53 | unceasing influence on the Church and operates mainly through
299 V, 1,54 | Jesus Christ and of the Church's experience of faith. Hence
300 V, 1,54 | living tradition of the Church, and authoritatively interpreted
301 V, 1,54 | authoritatively interpreted by the Church's magisterium. Hence the
302 V, 1,54 | the Fathers of the Church, the liturgy, the history
303 V, 1,54 | liturgy, the history of the Church and the teachings of the
304 V, 1,54 | its transmission in the Church. In regard to the second
305 V, 1,54 | true of the study of the Church's social doctrine which "
306 V, 1,55 | confusion within the life of the Church. One can think of the relationship
307 V, 1,55 | living magisterium of the Church and theology, while having
308 V, 1,55 | handed on faithfully by the Church's living tradition under
309 V, 1,55 | the common teaching of the Church from the opinions of theologians
310 V, 1,56 | Institutionis Sacerdotalis, the Church decided upon a vast updating
311 V, 1,56 | one which applies to the Church worldwide, and those of
312 V, 1,56 | in certain spheres of the Church, also as a consequence of
313 V, 1,56 | The very situation of the Church today demands increasingly
314 V, 1,57 | scientific reflection on the Church as she is built up daily,
315 V, 1,57 | Spirit, in history; on the Church as the "universal sacrament
316 V, 1,57 | the pastoral action of the Church in history, a Church that
317 V, 1,57 | the Church in history, a Church that each day "begets" the
318 V, 1,57 | that each day "begets" the Church herself, to quote the felicitous
319 V, 1,58 | tradition of their particular church. They will learn to open
320 V, 1,58 | missionary dimension of the Church's life. They will get practice
321 V, 1,58 | of the solicitude of the Church who is mother and teacher.
322 V, 1,59 | very nature to enliven the Church, which is essentially "mystery," "
323 V, 1,59 | importance is awareness that the Church is a "mystery," that is,
324 V, 1,59 | will convince him that the Church grows thanks to the gratuitous
325 V, 1,59 | 17:10).~Awareness of the Church as "communion" will prepare
326 V, 1,59 | different members of the Church: priests and bishop, diocesan
327 V, 1,59 | one's own identity in the Church and of the identity of others.
328 V, 1,59 | above all in a love for the Church that is deeper than love
329 V, 1,59 | Lastly, awareness of the Church as a "missionary" communion
330 V, 1,59 | missionary dimension of the Church and her different pastoral
331 V, 2,60 | way, a continuation in the Church of the apostolic community
332 V, 2,60 | original experience of the Church's life. In it the bishop
333 V, 2,60 | priesthood and so prolong in the Church and in history the saving
334 V, 2,60 | Christ and love for the Church."( 191) This ecclesial aspect
335 V, 2,60 | the needs of the universal Church."( 192) ~It is essential
336 V, 2,61 | mission of salvation in the church and in the world.~Inasmuch
337 V, 2,61 | of all the members of the Church, it has, nevertheless, contents,
338 V, 2,61 | priests, pastors of the Church."( 194) And in order to
339 V, 2,62 | times have been involved in Church life, and -- on the other
340 V, 2,63 | perceived much earlier. The Church's history gives constant
341 V, 2,63 | earliest youth."( 198)~The Church looks after these seeds
342 V, 2,64 | phenomenon, while not new in the Church's history, at present appears
343 V, 3,65 | The Church and the Bishop~65. Given
344 V, 3,65 | priesthood belongs to the Church's pastoral care of vocations,
345 V, 3,65 | it must be said that the Church as such is the communal
346 V, 3,65 | appreciation of the mystery of the Church helps us to establish more
347 V, 3,65 | for the priesthood.~The Church is by her very nature the "
348 V, 3,65 | insertion in the particular church and its communion with the
349 V, 3,65 | progress of the particular church, the bishop offers a fundamental
350 V, 3,66 | within the framework of Church laws and according to their
351 V, 3,66 | growth of the sense of the Church and a more precise perception
352 V, 3,67 | name of the Lord and his Church. In such a way, the theologian,
353 V, 3,67 | task at the mandate of the Church and cooperates with the
354 V, 3,67 | are at the service of the Church herself in promoting the
355 V, 3,67 | are full of love for the Church, convinced that the one
356 V, 3,67 | Christian mystery is the Church as such and, therefore,
357 V, 3,67 | teach in the name of the Church, and because of this they
358 V, 3,68 | expression of the mystery of the Church, the parish offers an original
359 V, 3,68 | Spirit guarantees to the Church, can and should contribute
360 V, 3,68 | their experience of the Church should not feel they are
361 V, 3,68 | Christians and as members of the Church through many kinds of groups,
362 VI, 0,70 | head and shepherd of the Church, and is sent forth to carry
363 VI, 0,70 | minister of Jesus and of the Church. He comes to share in a
364 VI, 0,70 | sacramental celebration of his Church. It is made manifest and
365 VI, 0,70 | and communicated by the Church's voice, which is heard
366 VI, 0,70 | life and the life of the Church and of society. It is in
367 VI, 0,70 | and pressing task of the Church at the end of the second
368 VI, 0,72 | part of the mystery of the Church, the teacher of truth, the
369 VI, 0,72 | genuine richness of the Church in a sure and personal way.
370 VI, 0,72 | which he carries out for the Church. Only ongoing formation
371 VI, 0,72 | heart for the good of the Church and of mankind.~
372 VI, 0,73 | identity and ministry in the Church and for the Church. They
373 VI, 0,73 | in the Church and for the Church. They are called to become
374 VI, 0,73 | presence and activity in the Church as mysterium, communio et
375 VI, 0,73 | communio et missio.~Within the Church as "mystery" the priest
376 VI, 0,74 | helps priests, within the Church as "communion," to deepen
377 VI, 0,74 | in the forefront of" the Church, but above all "in" the
378 VI, 0,74 | but above all "in" the Church. He is a brother among brothers.
379 VI, 0,74 | for the building up of the Church. It is above all in the
380 VI, 0,74 | member of the particular church in which he is incardinated,
381 VI, 0,74 | particular love for his own church and it makes that love grow.
382 VI, 0,74 | of this same particular church, in its riches and in its
383 VI, 0,74 | enriched by the particular church and actively involved in
384 VI, 0,74 | toward one's own particular church and its future ministry
385 VI, 0,74 | places Christ's one universal Church. This awareness of the communion
386 VI, 0,74 | and work in a particular church also belong to the one presbyterate,
387 VI, 0,74 | values of the particular church and those of the whole People
388 VI, 0,74 | is in the context of the Church as communion and in the
389 VI, 0,75 | awareness of his share in the Church's saving mission. In the
390 VI, 0,75 | s saving mission. In the Church's "mission," the priest'
391 VI, 0,76 | responsibility he has in the Church, he is undergoing formation.
392 VI, 0,76 | care for their particular church, which needs well - formed
393 VI, 0,77 | behalf of Christ and his Church, and also practical solidarity
394 VI, 0,77 | up their service to the Church in a calm and sustained
395 VI, 0,77 | for the building up of the Church, especially by virtue of
396 VI, 0,77 | brothers and sisters in the Church who are sharing in the Lord'
397 VI, 0,77 | of his body, that is, the Church" (Col. 1:24). 229~
398 VI, 0,78 | priests are to be found in the Church as "communion." In this
399 VI, 0,78 | sense, the entire particular church has the responsibility,
400 VI, 0,78 | Cor. 1:24).~The particular church's responsibility for the
401 VI, 0,79 | primarily responsible in the Church for ongoing formation. Truly
402 VI, 0,79 | and norms established by Church authority, as also the example
403 VI, 0,80 | Spirit addresses to the Church.~
404 VI, 0,81 | intensity, in the life of the Church: "Today, it is impossible
405 VI, 0,81 | fraternity" approved by the Church are useful not only for
406 Conclu, 0,82 | living and at work in the Church. At all times, she knows
407 Conclu, 0,82 | needs which confront the Church and the world, she yearns
408 Conclu, 0,82 | forth from the heart of the Church a prayer, that is a confident
409 Conclu, 0,82 | faithfulness, his goodness.~And the Church is ready to respond to this
410 Conclu, 0,82 | practice, knowing that the Church and the world have an absolute
411 Conclu, 0,82 | Christian fruitfulness in the Church and that, in a sense, they
412 Conclu, 0,82 | great expectations of the Church, of mankind, resound in
413 Conclu, 0,82 | him without reserve.~The Church responds to grace through
414 Conclu, 0,82 | holiness.~God promises the Church not just any sort of shepherds,
415 Conclu, 0,82 | entire community of the Church I wish to express all the
416 Conclu, 0,82 | and priestly life in the Church.~And so we priests are called
417 Conclu, 0,82 | in your heart and in the Church,~O Mother of the Savior.~
418 Conclu, 0,82 | Covenant.~O Mother of the Church,~in the midst of the disciples
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