Chapter, Paragraph
1 Intro,1 | first companions trusted Christ's words, and cast the nets. "
2 Intro,1 | with confidence: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and
3 Intro,1 | the "Holy Door" that is Christ. To him who is the goal
4 Intro,1 | known and given to us in Christ. At the end of this year
5 Intro,3 | and apostolic Church of Christ is truly present and operative".1
6 I | I~MEETING CHRIST ~THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT
7 I,4 | hope for all who look to Christ and to his Church".3 And
8 I,4 | the revelation of God in Christ. Christianity is grace,
9 I,4 | David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord" (Lk 2:11). Two
10 I,5 | aware of the mystery of Christ within the great horizon
11 I,5 | divine and human mystery, Christ is the foundation and centre
12 I,5 | Glory to you, Jesus Christ, for you reign today and
13 I,5 | times, we have contemplated Christ this year as he is presented
14 I,5 | 22:13). And contemplating Christ, we have also adored the
15 I,6 | countenance as the Bride of Christ.~For a long time we had
16 I,7 | reflection of the face of Christ.~On the occasion of the
17 I,8 | the story of someone whom Christ had met and who, in dialogue
18 I,9 | which find their fullness in Christ. Is not Christ the secret
19 I,9 | fullness in Christ. Is not Christ the secret of true freedom
20 I,9 | profound joy of heart? Is not Christ the supreme friend and the
21 I,9 | all genuine friendship? If Christ is presented to young people
22 I,10 | with them meant respecting Christ's command: "Let the children
23 I,10 | enthusiasm from the light that Christ sheds on God's original
24 I,11 | Eucharist is the sacrifice of Christ made present among us, how
25 I,12 | so that the one Church of Christ can show ever more clearly
26 I,12 | celebration of the birth of Christ? Much work was done with
27 I,15 | contemplation of the face of Christ: Christ considered in his
28 I,15 | contemplation of the face of Christ: Christ considered in his historical
29 I,15 | features and in his mystery, Christ known through his manifold
30 I,15 | into the deep", trusting in Christ's words: Duc in altum! What
31 I,15 | meditation on the mystery of Christ, the absolute foundation
32 II,16 | believers not only to "speak" of Christ, but in a certain sense
33 II,16 | to reflect the light of Christ in every historical period,
34 II,17 | 17. The contemplation of Christ's face cannot fail to be
35 II,17 | Scriptures is ignorance of Christ".8 Remaining firmly anchored
36 II,17 | first-hand experience of Christ, the Word of life: they
37 II,19 | during the historical life of Christ, in the questions which
38 II,19 | the mystery: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (
39 II,21 | of these two aspects that Christ's identity is to be found,
40 II,21 | is constantly invited by Christ to touch his wounds, to
41 II,21(10)| same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, perfect in his divinity
42 II,21(10)| man ... one and the same Christ the Lord, the only-begotten,
43 II,21(10)| God, Word and Lord Jesus Christ": DS 301-302. ~
44 II,22 | by John of the mystery of Christ is confirmed by the entire
45 II,22 | faith in the divinity of Christ that has become problematic,
46 II,22 | the full glorification of Christ, even in his humanity: "
47 II,22 | tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
48 II,23 | contemplation of the face of Christ. God has truly blessed us
49 II,23 | grafting of the redeemed on to Christ and their admission into
50 II,24 | mystery, represented by Christ's self-awareness. The Church
51 II,25 | sorrow ~25. In contemplating Christ's face, we confront the
52 II,27 | the part of the Church of Christ's consciousness when they
53 II,28 | But her contemplation of Christ's face cannot stop at the
54 II,28 | the Father's response to Christ's obedience, as we learn
55 II,28 | 5:7-9). ~It is the Risen Christ to whom the Church now looks.
56 II,28 | trepidation, his love of Christ: "You know that I love you" (
57 II,28 | overwhelmed: "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Phil
58 II,28 | today. Gazing on the face of Christ, the Bride contemplates
59 II,28 | journey, in order to proclaim Christ to the world at the dawn
60 III | III~STARTING AFRESH FROM CHRIST~
61 III,29 | Ultimately, it has its centre in Christ himself, who is to be known,
62 III,29 | enable the proclamation of Christ to reach people, mould communities,
63 III,30 | special grace offered by Christ so that the life of every
64 III,30 | point to her as the Bride of Christ, for whom he gave himself
65 III,31 | through incorporation into Christ and the indwelling of his
66 III,32 | develops that conversation with Christ which makes us his intimate
67 III,32 | reciprocity opens us, through Christ and in Christ, to contemplation
68 III,32 | us, through Christ and in Christ, to contemplation of the
69 III,33 | the grace of believing in Christ, the revealer of the Father
70 III,33 | depths the relationship with Christ can lead. ~The great mystical
71 III,33 | the lived experience of Christ's promise: "He who loves
72 III,33 | where the meeting with Christ is expressed not just in
73 III,35 | Jn 20:1), when the Risen Christ gave the Apostles the gift
74 III,35 | 20:19-23). The truth of Christ's Resurrection is the original
75 III,35 | prefiguring the last day when Christ will return in glory. We
76 III,35 | is safe in the hands of Christ, the "King of kings and
77 III,37 | calling for a rediscovery of Christ as mysterium pietatis, the
78 III,37 | himself. It is this face of Christ that must be rediscovered
79 III,38 | to forget that "without Christ we can do nothing" (cf.
80 III,38 | reminds us of the primacy of Christ and, in union with him,
81 III,38 | grace and allow the word of Christ to pass through us in all
82 III,40 | into genuine contact with Christ cannot keep him for themselves,
83 III,40 | God is preparing for us. ~Christ must be presented to all
84 IV,42 | contemplated the face of Christ, dear Brothers and Sisters,
85 IV,44 | foundation and substance in Christ's own plan for the Church, 28
86 IV,46 | single body, the one Body of Christ (cf. 1 Cor 12:12). Therefore
87 IV,47 | hardness of heart", but which Christ came to restore to its pristine
88 IV,47 | expresses the "great mystery" of Christ's nuptial love for his Church (
89 IV,48 | By fixing our gaze on Christ, the Great Jubilee has given
90 IV,48 | its ultimate foundation in Christ, in whom the Church is undivided (
91 IV,48 | which flows endlessly from Christ the Head to his Mystical
92 IV,48 | reveals to us the unity of Christ with the Father as the wellspring
93 IV,48 | belonging to the Church of Christ, these elements lead them
94 IV,48 | towards full unity. 34 ~Christ's prayer reminds us that
95 IV,48 | members of the one Body of Christ. ~A similar commitment should
96 IV,48 | with each and every one of Christ's followers, we shall be
97 IV,49 | from the contemplation of Christ, we must learn to see him
98 IV,49 | light on the mystery of Christ. By these words, no less
99 IV,49 | fidelity as the Bride of Christ.~Certainly we need to remember
100 IV,49 | is a special presence of Christ in the poor, and this requires
101 IV,50 | make their act of faith in Christ by discerning his voice
102 IV,54 | opening in the light of Christ. But not everyone can see
103 IV,54 | the Church's dependence on Christ, the Sun whose light she
104 IV,54 | a way of expressing what Christ himself said when he called
105 IV,54 | we turn to the light of Christ and open ourselves to the
106 IV,56 | to announce that it is in Christ, "the Way, and the Truth,
107 IV,56 | his presence which help Christ's followers to understand
108 Conclu,58| relying on the help of Christ. The Son of God, who became
109 Conclu,58| source of our hope? Now, the Christ whom we have contemplated
110 Conclu,58| Every Sunday, the Risen Christ asks us to meet him as it
111 Conclu,59| the living door which is Christ. After the enthusiasm of
112 Conclu,59| the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil 3:13-14). Together,
113 Conclu,59| rise to the Father, through Christ, in the Holy Spirit. ~In
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